Upgrade! Second Life presents
Brad Kligerman, Ars Virtua Artist in Residence
Thursday May 10 at Noon SLT (Pacific time)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dowden/43/51/52

Brad Kligerman will present a program of short videos that illustrate
his current exhibit at Ars Virtua and his residency.

"SL is unique, even as far a synthetic worlds are concerned, due to
the fact that all of the its material artifacts are invented,
fabricated and owned by its citizens. The world's creators provide
the material context (the physical rules and the tools with which to
manipulate them) and the social-spatial fabric emerges from a
multiplicity of intentions and interests that migrate with its
inhabitants. Observation reveals that most of this content, the
buildings, clothes, weapons… are replicas of similarly functioning
objects from the real world. In the case of objects representing the
inhabited environment, this reveals a strange inconsistency in that
the SL objects do not function at all like their RL counterparts.
This begs the question for the invention of spaces & forms, buildings
& agglomerations, programs & structures that are emerging from real
SL usages, and not just a symbol of an intention." – Kligerman

Kligerman will talk about how his interaction and experiments during
his residency effected his final work in the gallery. He will show
how his work represents the depth and breadth of his experience
during the 11 week period. His video presentation will examine his
view of the different sources of "creation" in Second Life and his
push toward fully "native" experiences.

"Avatars "Engage" in this process which projects them from image to
project site in a transformative process expressing the inherent
condition of immaterial space. It is a function of frames per second,
flickering forever between Image+Space: 2-D+3-D, concept+fabrication,
machine+architecture, actual+virtual…" – Kligerman

Be prepared to tour the multi-sim installation and ask questions of
the artist.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dowden/42/60/52
http://arsvirtua.com/upgrade
http://turbulence.org/AVAIR
http://arsvirtua.com

AVAIR is an extended performance whose purpose is to investigate the
nature of art making in the 3D synthetic environment of Second Life.
It is an examination of policy and institution, as well as a
reflection on place and art. Artists are given a stipend and
technical support. Their methodologies are documented here.

'AVAIR