CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jan 2, 2008 04:31pm
New Media Consortium Presents
ZeroG SkyDancers III - Virtual Flight Choreography
Pioneering Performing Arts Soar in the Metaverse - Again - Under the Direction of DanCoyote Antonelli
Avatar DanCoyote Antonelli is accustomed to breaking new ground. Even in virtual worlds he is considered avant guarde. The real man controlling that avatar, DC Spensley, has been wowing virtual audiences since 2006 with art installations that would not be possible in real life, but perhaps the most coveted ticket in all ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 16, 2007 10:31pm
With so many blogs to write in, photos to post, and places to be in Second Life, we humbly aplogize for not sharing a video from way back in.. August 2007. As you ought to have memorized, this was the NMC's first every online conference hosted completely in Second Life- the NMC Symposium on Creativity in SL.
While we have a good pile of tagged media and stories on the main NMC web site, we goofed and completely forgot to ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Dec 11, 2007 04:47pm
You are invited to attend a student poster exhibition hosted by Professor Michael Connors (RuArt Semaphore) and students in Art 356, Digital Print Production Techniques, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The posters are already in place, but plan to show up in avatar person December 18th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm PST (check for local time).
The posters are in one of the studios of the NMC Performing Arts Center (previously known as "Learning"), NMC Arts (143,97,25). Follow the signs to
exhibition.
The exhibition is part ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Nov 14, 2007 09:19am
Just popping up yesterday on the web video circuits, bouncing around by email notices, are references to another beautiful machinima by Robbie Dingo, The Mask. From opening credits:
War-paint. Camouflage. Concealment. Act of self-expression or of belonging to a group. Representation, reflection, or pretense? For protection sometimes; actually often. A curtain, a screen, a veil behind which to hide. A shield, disguise or figment. Often fanciful though - ones persona, like war-paint. Masks and avatars. Behind each, a person, with hopes ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 28, 2007 10:17am
We are pleased to see an increase in the number of events happening on the NMC Educational Communities, the sub-leased sims that are being used by our growing list of clients.
Running through September 7 over on Outreach, Woosong University located in Daejeon, South Korea, is running an Asia Photo Exhibit as a way of introducing themselves to the NMC community.
The exhibit includes professional shots taken in twelve different countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 28, 2007 08:36am
It's been more than a week since the end of the NMC Symposium on Creativity on Second Life, yet we continue to find thing to share! As noted, from the Friday highlights, we ended that day with 3 performances of DanCoyote Antonelli's ZeroG SkyDancers, one of the most unique and demonstratively creative art forms in Second Life (learn more about DC's concepts of hyperformalism...)
During the show, like many of you, I was taking lots of snapshots (see 1000+ flickr photos ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 22, 2007 03:29pm
As a special event for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention, we are pleased to bring back to NMC Campus, an encore presentation of The Show Must Go On-- live vaudeville performed in world.
You can catch the show on Saturday, August 24, 2007, join us at 6:30 PM SLT/PDT (check local time). This show will take place at the theater on Learning (81, 63, 33)! if you have never visited NMC Campus before, you will need to first join ... more » »
Let me please introduce you to Ub - a French Artist of considerable talents and who has a charm about him that was intriguing. Ub is exhibiting at the aho August 24th - 26th - The Launch party is Sunday 26th August at 2pm SLT all are as ever, very welcome to attend.
Looking forward to seeing his work and an open invite to all to come & see it !
> In 5 words how would you describe your work?
experimentation, learning, ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 17, 2007 06:53pm
We are so excited to share the work of one of the participants at this week's NMC Symposium on Creativity on Second Life. Calisto Encinal (aka James Abraham, Glendale Community College) participated in the Machinima Studio Session, where he created Calisto Meets His Maker, a creative look at not just a virtual world, but.... well, I don't want to give any of it away.
Just watch!
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As Calisto notes in his blog:
I kicked around ideas for a couple of days, ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 16, 2007 10:46am
As a special, fun event, yesterday evening we had a social activity held at a lofty 600 meters above NMC Campus, a new NMC Faculty Club designed by Stella Costello. We were fortunate to have live music performed for us by Chronic Skronski.
And to add to the atmosphere, we made use of Lyr Lobo's Dance Machine to smoothly choreograph the avatar audience (this is the same device she has demonstrated twice in her sessions on Dancin' with Wolves: Lyr Lobo's ... more » »
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