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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Gazira Babeli’s show at DAM in Berlin was a riot (literally). All those hammers!<BR>
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There is a lot of such good work going on in SL. In my report, mentioned earlier, I could only mention a few examples. Alan’s work is treated in some detail, as is Cao Fei’s. The latter’s work, at first sight, seems rather inconsequential. But to fully experience it you need to do an archaeological dig, in SL, going down through the levels to reach the nether-regions of her world. It takes time but is highly rewarding. Not unusual for good art then...<BR>
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Alan’s goes the other way – you need to learn to fly to get the most out of it.<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Alan Sondheim <<a href="sondheim@panix.com">sondheim@panix.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:23:13 -0500 (EST)<BR>
<B>To: </B>Stephanie Rothenberg <<a href="info@pan-o-matic.com">info@pan-o-matic.com</a>><BR>
<B>Cc: </B>idc <<a href="idc@mailman.thing.net">idc@mailman.thing.net</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [iDC] Anyone using SL<BR>
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Just to chime in here - I've worked in SL for several years now; this has <BR>
included an installation in the artists space Odyssey. You can find out <BR>
more about Odyssey at <a href="http://odysseyart.ning.com/">http://odysseyart.ning.com/</a> which is a fairly active <BR>
site. I've written extensively on virtuality - this was gathered by a <BR>
small theory-oriented press - The Accidental Artist: Fort/Da - <BR>
<a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-accidental-artist/4965130">http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-accidental-artist/4965130</a> <BR>
<a href="http://stores.lulu.com/publicdomaininc">http://stores.lulu.com/publicdomaininc</a> . SL provides an incredibly supple <BR>
environment for art-making (including choreography, installation, perform- <BR>
ance, etc.). There are two main cultural uses that should be mentioned <BR>
here - sex, which is rampant (and the programming is highly-creative; I've <BR>
never understood why it's not considered an artform), and 'standard' two- <BR>
and three-dimensional artworks which are in a great number of galleries <BR>
all over SL. I'm surprised that Gazira Babeli's work hasn't been mentioned <BR>
- s/he's one of the most astute artists I've seen in any world, creating <BR>
performances/objects/installations that do things with great 'somatic' and <BR>
theoretical import.<BR>
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