I have just sent a copy of the last email to Steve Dietz... He's not on this list,
marc > Simon Biggs wrote: > >> This sounds like a perfect opportunity for a RL museum to enter SL and >> establish an in-world facility to preserve and disseminate such work. >> Are there any museum curator’s lurking on this list – a Rudolf >> Frieling, David Ross or Steve Dietz? >> >> Regards >> >> Simon >> >> >> On 24/2/09 16:29, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Simon, >> >> Originally I was to have the space for an exhibition in July, >> 2008. This >> was through Sugar Seville, who ran the space (see below); I met her >> through Ian Ah, who also runs OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design >> Hybrid). Sugar liked the work enough to turn the space over to me >> for a >> long residency, which originally was to end in November, then >> December, >> then the end of February. After that Sugar seemed to drop out of >> Second >> Life; none of us heard from her - I think I had 2 emails over >> months. I >> wrote repeatedly asking for a definite answer regarding the end of >> the >> installation and didn't hear (wrote her in email and IM in Second >> Life). >> Yesterday she suddenly opened up the space - all of the Odyssey >> sim - for >> anyone to change any piece. I found her online and convinced her to >> rescind the opening for a week. At the same time Doncoyote >> Antonelli had >> put up a large piece which enveloped mine; Sugar eventually took that >> down. She said she hadn't heard from me because her email was down >> and was >> apologetic, but the result of course is that the original length >> of stay >> on Odyssey is observed, and the piece won't be mine, whatever else it >> might be, after the end of this month. I'm doing as much >> documenting as I >> can. The head of a dance technology group here was also going to do a >> documentary on it; I'm not sure what will happen there. I'm >> grateful for >> the time I've had - Sugar repeatedly said it was the most interesting >> piece in SL and that's why she chose to keep it up. She also said she >> wouldn't be doing any more curating after the installation. >> >> That's the story. Ian Ah, OCAD Minotaur, has opened up a space for >> me at >> the Hybrid digital campus of OCAD and I have a piece up there; I >> might try >> to move some of the Odyssey installation as well (it's fairly >> modular), >> but I don't know how long that space is available. What I'd need >> of course >> would be a more or less permanent installation in SL, at least for >> a few >> years, but rentals are high and we have no money (I'm not university >> affiliated of course). I'm going to speak to Ian about this space, >> but I'm >> not all that optimistic for the long term - it's a learning >> environment. >> >> I hope you can keep the material on the installation in the >> article; I can >> send you images and video, but that's about it. >> >> Apologies, and thank you! >> >> yours, Alan >> >> >> >> Hi Alan >> >> Why are you taking this down? >> >> I have just written a report on SL, in which your project >> features. It >> will >> be a pity if it isn?t there when people go to find it! It?s >> probably the >> most interesting thing in SL (strangely SL is too much like RL for my >> taste). >> >> Regards >> >> Simon >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> >> Simon Biggs >> Research Professor >> edinburgh college of art >> s.biggs@ eca .ac.uk >> www. eca .ac.uk >> www. eca .ac.uk/circle/ >> >> [email protected] >> www.littlepig.org.uk >> AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk >> >> Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number >> SC009201 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
