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VB 274 SL20B Avatar Generations
Social Production

VB 274 SL20B Avatar Generations

3 December 20223 December 2022 by Vanessa Blaylock

21 avatars depicting the Avatar Generations of Second Life. A performance artwork by Agnes Sharple and Vaneeesa Blaylock.

VB 264 – Solstice Cards
Social Practice

VB 264 – Solstice Cards

1 December 202112 December 2021 by Vanessa Blaylock

I sent a solstice card to my friends on 1 December ’21. And then I just kept sending more each day of December.

VB 238 Flash Fiction Island
Social Production

VB 238 Flash Fiction Island

18 February 202112 December 2021 by Vanessa Blaylock

This semester Medici University travels 500 km SE of our home campus in Florence to the idyllic waters of the Bay of Naples and MU’s island campus at Herculini Crater for Flash Fiction Island.

VB 234 – Miss Monica Smith (avatar design challenge)
Social Production

VB 234 – Miss Monica Smith (avatar design challenge)

30 December 202030 December 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Your challenge is to design an avatar for “Miss Monica Smith”, an orphaned daughter and university student from Ivory Coast who wants to deposit $5.7 million in your bank account.

VB 229 – Alphabet Blogging Challenge! (ABC)
Social Production

VB 229 – Alphabet Blogging Challenge! (ABC)

8 December 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Calling all avatar bloggers! In this challenge you write the ABC’s of your world!

VB 228 – Buying L$10,000 worth of Art
Curatorial Projects

VB 228 – Buying L$10,000 worth of Art

6 December 202015 December 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Landscapes of the Avatar Body is a new exhibition at Vanessa’s Place: coffee + conversation. The show features the work of 10 SL artists and explores their diverse ways of seeing.

VB 225 – Consciousness Transfer Event
Social Practice

VB 225 – Consciousness Transfer Event

27 November 202028 November 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Today we assisted Trilby5thDimension in transferring her consciousness to Trilby6thSense.

VB 222 – Morning Coffee Challenge
Curatorial Projects

VB 222 – Morning Coffee Challenge

14 November 202027 November 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Exhibition of avatar “morning coffee ritual” photographs. Curated from the Morning Coffee group on Flickr.

VB 221 – Connie Arida: a life
Curatorial Projects

VB 221 – Connie Arida: a life

14 November 202026 November 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

Retrospective covering 14 years of self-portraits by avatar-photographer Connie Arida.

VB 220 – Vanessa’s Place: coffee + conversation
Curatorial Projects, Social Practice

VB 220 – Vanessa’s Place: coffee + conversation

13 November 202014 November 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

In this turbulent year of 2020, Coronavirus has killed the joy of the RL coffee shop. Which seems like a fitting time to open a VR coffee shop where avatars can meet, drink coffee, and share their lives.

VB 213-237 Avatar Parades
Public Art

VB 213-237 Avatar Parades

11 October 20203 January 2021 by Vanessa Blaylock

From Oct to Dec we organized 14 Avatar Pride Parades: Tiny, Faerie, Zombie, Furry, Child, Differently-Abled, Animal, Demo, Mermaid, Naked, Animesh, Noob, Machines & Seniors.

VB 212 – Syzygy
Public Art

VB 212 – Syzygy

18 September 202014 November 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

What are the chances of Pirate Party zealot Ze Moo’s 5,000th rezday coinciding with International Talk Like a Pirate Day? Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! Join us for the celebration, and… Talk Like a Pirate!

VB 210 – Dressed/Naked, 2003/2020
Public Art

VB 210 – Dressed/Naked, 2003/2020

28 August 2020 by Vanessa Blaylock

You are invited to be “2003” or “2020” and “Dressed” or “Naked”.

Activity No.44 – I Love You Island
Social Production

Activity No.44 – I Love You Island

29 May 2016 by Vanessa Blaylock

I love you. This activity is an invitation to 15,000 avatars to share a simple thought.

Activity No.43 – Art Farm
Social Production

Activity No.43 – Art Farm

1 August 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

Art Farm!

Activity No.42 – Manifesto for Virtual Maintenance Art
Social Practice

Activity No.42 – Manifesto for Virtual Maintenance Art

23 June 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

What goes up… must come down.

Activity No.41 – Jane’s Walk
Social Practice

Activity No.41 – Jane’s Walk

1 May 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

Jane’s Walk, in honor of Jane Jacobs, hosts thousands of tours in cities across the globe. This year it also includes its first “virtual city.”

Activity No.40 – Virtual Public Art 198: Grant Writing
Public Art

Activity No.40 – Virtual Public Art 198: Grant Writing

18 April 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

A course focusing on grant writing for virtual public art projects.

Activity No.39 – Self-Service Screen Tests
Social Production

Activity No.39 – Self-Service Screen Tests

3 April 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

Andy Warhol in the 21st century. Now everyone can film their own “self-service” screen tests.

Activity No.38 – Dance Anywhere ’15
Social Practice

Activity No.38 – Dance Anywhere ’15

27 March 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

Join Vanessa Blaylock Company in Beth Fein’s Dance Anywhere

Activity No.37 – Virtual Public Art 199: Field Research
Public Art

Activity No.37 – Virtual Public Art 199: Field Research

20 March 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

1st course in the Medici University certificate program in Virtual Public Art: Field Research

Activity No.36 – Katyperryopolis!
Public Art

Activity No.36 – Katyperryopolis!

1 February 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

‘Cause, baby, you’re a firework!
Come on, show ’em what you’re worth!

Activity No.35 – Mining My Friends List
Social Practice

Activity No.35 – Mining My Friends List

6 January 2015 by Vanessa Blaylock

The art of friendship.

Activity No.34 – Medici University
Social Production

Activity No.34 – Medici University

1 January 20153 March 2019 by Vanessa Blaylock

Medici University, virtual residency & Alternative MFA’s for the 21st century.

Activity No.33 – Avatar in a Box
Social Production

Activity No.33 – Avatar in a Box

26 December 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Challenges for creative avatars

Activity No.32 – Pedestrian Access
Public Art

Activity No.32 – Pedestrian Access

22 December 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

I like to walk.

Activity No.31 – Dawn
Social Practice

Activity No.31 – Dawn

21 December 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

An avatar vigil for the dawn of a new virtual day.

Activity No.30 – Avatar Cards
Social Production

Activity No.30 – Avatar Cards

14 December 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

54 avatars celebrate their creativity in this collaborative selfie card deck.

Activity No.29 – Blueberries (1-Year)
Social Production

Activity No.29 – Blueberries (1-Year)

11 December 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Our Blueberries art collective celebrates a year of collaboration.

Activity No.28 – Vaneeesacam!
Public Art

Activity No.28 – Vaneeesacam!

15 November 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

24-hour endurance livestream of the life of an avatar

Activity No.27 – Eau de Avatar
Social Production

Activity No.27 – Eau de Avatar

27 October 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Avatar sweat. Distilled.

Activity No.26 – Angry Asian French Maid Avatar Strike
Social Practice

Activity No.26 – Angry Asian French Maid Avatar Strike

25 October 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Sometimes an Angry Asian French Maid Avatar’s just gotta say, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!”

Activity No.25 – Avatar Hangout
Social Practice

Activity No.25 – Avatar Hangout

13 September 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

a gathering of friends at Kimika Ying’s Sister Planet

Activity No.24 – Project Secret Identity
Social Practice

Activity No.24 – Project Secret Identity

30 August 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Protesting in solidarity with the EFF at Dragon Con

Activity No.23 – ONE Night
Public Art

Activity No.23 – ONE Night

31 May 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Mixed reality performance with VR Vanessa Blaylock Company and RL Donna Sternberg & Dancers

Activity No.22 – Tera Field Trip
Social Practice

Activity No.22 – Tera Field Trip

19 April 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Avatars from many worlds meetup for a field trip to Tera

Activity No.21 – Minecraft Field Trip
Social Practice

Activity No.21 – Minecraft Field Trip

12 April 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

VB Friends visits that other UGC World

Activity No.20 – Drum Circle
Social Practice

Activity No.20 – Drum Circle

4 April 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

Dancing to the rhythm

Activity No.19 – Dance Anywhere ’14
Social Practice

Activity No.19 – Dance Anywhere ’14

28 March 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

From Virtual Trafalgar Square, Vanessa Blaylock Company joins dancers in 200 RL cities in Beth Fein’s “Dance Anywhere”

Activity No.18 – New Hampshire Rebellion
Social Practice

Activity No.18 – New Hampshire Rebellion

20 January 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

VR walkers at Izzy’s Gym join RL walkers in the New Hampshire Rebellion

Activity No.17 – Ze Moo’s Rezday Party
Social Practice

Activity No.17 – Ze Moo’s Rezday Party

11 January 2014 by Vanessa Blaylock

An avatar celebration of a man, a myth, and a legend.

Activity No.16 – Ice Skating on Saturn
Social Practice

Activity No.16 – Ice Skating on Saturn

22 December 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

A holiday ice skating party on the Rings of Saturn at Kimika Ying’s Oceania Planetary Park

Activity No.15 – I Want a Dead One
Public Art

Activity No.15 – I Want a Dead One

15 November 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Mixed Reality performance with Owen G. Parry at ]performance space[ London.

Activity No.14 – Nadya Tolokonnikova Candlelight Vigil
Social Practice

Activity No.14 – Nadya Tolokonnikova Candlelight Vigil

1 October 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Candlelight vigil in support of Nadya Tolokonnikova’s hunger strike

Activity No.13 – Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade
Social Practice

Activity No.13 – Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade

17 August 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Avatar protest march in Red Square

Activity No.12 – Asylum in Your Embassy
Public Art

Activity No.12 – Asylum in Your Embassy

14 August 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Fashion Insurrection.

VB50 – Farewell
Performance Art

VB50 – Farewell

23 July 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Farewell.

VB49 – SPF50
Performance Art

VB49 – SPF50

6 July 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

In a world where beauty is free

Activity No.11 – Big Heads Gallery
Social Production

Activity No.11 – Big Heads Gallery

3 July 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Alice in Cornelland hosts the “Big Heads Gallery” (avatar selfie gallery)

Activity No.10 – Black Bags Release Party
Social Practice

Activity No.10 – Black Bags Release Party

28 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

The Black Bags’ Liz Solo came to Club Morpheus for a CD Release Party

Activity No.9 – Avatar Shape Gallery
Social Production

Activity No.9 – Avatar Shape Gallery

24 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

In collaboration with Strawberry Singh’s “Whats Your Digits” challenge, we opened the Avatar Shape Gallery at Alice in Cornelland

Activity No.8 – The Tree of Missing Avatars
Public Art

Activity No.8 – The Tree of Missing Avatars

14 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Agnes Sharple’s Tree of Missing Avatars workshop

Activity No.7 – Moments @LEA11
Social Practice

Activity No.7 – Moments @LEA11

12 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

an appreciation of the moments of a day

Activity No.6 – Monday Meme Gallery
Social Production

Activity No.6 – Monday Meme Gallery

11 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Strawberry Singh challenged avatars to envision their virtual lives as movie posters

Activity No.5 – Avatar Blogger Month
Social Production

Activity No.5 – Avatar Blogger Month

1 June 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Avatars accept the challenge to blog every day for a month. An Avatar Blogger “Crossfit Gym” is setup at Alice in Cornelland to support their work.

Activity No.4 – Alt Avatar Ball
Social Practice

Activity No.4 – Alt Avatar Ball

27 May 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Win date with an Oh, and support the EFF

Activity No.3 – SMO 10b
Public Art

Activity No.3 – SMO 10b

26 May 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

What happens when you turn virtuality’s most notorious artist and her massive inventory loose?

Activity No.2 – Memory Box Workshop
Social Production

Activity No.2 – Memory Box Workshop

28 April 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

The serendipity of memory in the simultaneously bounded, and unbounded, space of a virtual box

Activity No.1 – Alice in Cornelland
Public Art

Activity No.1 – Alice in Cornelland

8 March 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

The quest for a virtual haptic

VB48 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB48 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade

23 February 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Is it a glitch? Or is it life?

VB47 – Child Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB47 – Child Avatar Pride Parade

16 February 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Invisible people never get civil rights.

VB46 – Demo Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB46 – Demo Avatar Pride Parade

9 February 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

The Fashion of Abundance.

VB45 – Noob Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB45 – Noob Avatar Pride Parade

2 February 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Returning to our roots!

VB44 – Tiny Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB44 – Tiny Avatar Pride Parade

26 January 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

All avatars are equal, but some are more equal.

VB43 – Animal Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB43 – Animal Avatar Pride Parade

19 January 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero, was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she immediately challenged us to do an Animal Parade on the Sydney sim.

VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade
Performance Art

VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade

12 January 2013 by Vanessa Blaylock

We’re here; we’re avatars; get used to it!

VB41 – Rock the Casbah
Performance Art

VB41 – Rock the Casbah

4 August 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

fashion insurrection

VB40 – Charlotte, Forever!
Performance Art

VB40 – Charlotte, Forever!

28 July 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

Arrested by NYC police for her performance of TV Bra for Living Sculpture, Charlotte Moorman died from breast cancer.

VB39 – Pink & Blue
Performance Art

VB39 – Pink & Blue

21 July 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

Love Pink! Or Pink Scare?

VB38 – Isomorphic
Performance Art

VB38 – Isomorphic

8 May 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

Isomorphic: isos “equal” + morphe “shape”

VB37 – Sitting is the New Smoking
Performance Art

VB37 – Sitting is the New Smoking

26 April 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

walk for life

VB36 – Dance Anywhere
Performance Art

VB36 – Dance Anywhere

30 March 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

What if, in one moment, the whole world started dancing?

VB35 – Like a Prayer
Performance Art

VB35 – Like a Prayer

17 March 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

to calm the mind

VB34 – Net / Work
Performance Art

VB34 – Net / Work

10 March 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

What if we were entering into a new time?

VB33 – Sugar Mountain
Performance Art

VB33 – Sugar Mountain

2 March 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

Calming our minds; paying attention; noticing our breath; celebrating life.

VB32 – Shit Happens
Performance Art

VB32 – Shit Happens

11 February 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

My [stuff / shit] is my identity

VB31 – Demo Days
Performance Art

VB31 – Demo Days

21 January 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

I am artificial

VB30 – Born Again
Performance Art

VB30 – Born Again

7 January 2012 by Vanessa Blaylock

baptizing the noob

VB29 – Natatorium
Performance Art

VB29 – Natatorium

17 December 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

the immersion and weightlessness of liquid space

VB28 – The Seniors Project
Performance Art

VB28 – The Seniors Project

18 June 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

Do avatars grow old?

VB27 – Un/Wedding2.0
Performance Art

VB27 – Un/Wedding2.0

4 June 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

I take you?

VB26 – Average
Performance Art

VB26 – Average

30 April 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

man (sic) is the measure of all things

VB25 – Resurrection
Performance Art

VB25 – Resurrection

23 April 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

not so grandiose as a “resurrection,” simpler, like a “return”

VB24 – Multiverse
Performance Art

VB24 – Multiverse

12 February 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

not like atoms, but like bits

VB23 – New Clothes
Performance Art

VB23 – New Clothes

22 January 2011 by Vanessa Blaylock

and they fit just right

VB22 – The House with the Ocean View
Performance Art

VB22 – The House with the Ocean View

16 September 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

Sometimes art is just painful.

VB21 – Gogbotahedron
Performance Art

VB21 – Gogbotahedron

12 September 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

Life is fractal.

VB20 – Taaratantaarinen
Performance Art

VB20 – Taaratantaarinen

28 August 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

Life. Sculpting.

VB19 – I Avatar
Performance Art

VB19 – I Avatar

21 June 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

I Rez, Therefore I Am.

VB18 – Avatar Chess
Performance Art

VB18 – Avatar Chess

5 June 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

I’m just a pawn in your chess game.

VB17 – Dark Side of the Moon
Performance Art

VB17 – Dark Side of the Moon

8 May 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

I am a Platonic Solid.

VB16 – Au Pair Next Door
Performance Art

VB16 – Au Pair Next Door

16 April 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

If Cinderella were an avatar, she’d still have to do everyone’s laundry.

VB15 – Gracie / Kris
Performance Art

VB15 – Gracie / Kris

6 March 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

How do I live in a world where “beauty” is free?

VB14 – Gingham
Performance Art

VB14 – Gingham

13 February 2010 by Vanessa Blaylock

Pick one: I (Love / Hate) you because you’re different.

VB13 – Peace
Performance Art

VB13 – Peace

12 December 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

I am a child.

VB12 – Landscapes with a Corpse
Performance Art

VB12 – Landscapes with a Corpse

7 November 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

Do avatars die?

VB11 – Fire Walk With Me
Performance Art

VB11 – Fire Walk With Me

24 October 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

At the Burning Man regional event “Burning Life” we play with fire.

VB10 – Dressed / Naked
Performance Art

VB10 – Dressed / Naked

17 October 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

Exploring the dressed & naked avatar body and the embodiment of truth.

VB09 – Event
Performance Art

VB09 – Event

1 October 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

Frozen moments awaiting a spectacle in the courtyard of Chinese College, Monash University, Melbourne.

VB08 – Two Wear My Skin
Performance Art

VB08 – Two Wear My Skin

12 September 2009 by Vanessa Blaylock

Impossible IRL, avatars become clone pairs wearing identical bodies.

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