Re: [microsound] performing in "second life"?

[doug van nort <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi John,

i just had a concert in second life, in fact.  it was with Pauline  
Oliveros, her
ensemble at RPI where she teaches, and the 'Avatar Orchestra Metaverse'.

the AOM were the impetus for playing in/with second life, as this is  
where all
their  concerts take place.  one of the pieces that they played  
involved a
lot of circuit-bent instrument sounds, and i would qualify as  
microsound-ish.

more info can be found at http://avatarorchestra.blogspot.com/
and their concerts seem to all be taking place at 'U21 Global' within  
second life.
there was some great set design for our performance, done by some of

i can say from experience that working between second and real life  
provides
some interesting challenges in regards to the split in visual/sonic  
perspective,
and how to convey this to an audience (both in real and second life).

-doug



On 22-Nov-08, at 12:02 PM, John Hudak wrote:

> hello folks.  a query.  after having heard rolf julius play last  
> evening at
> roulette in nyc, i got to thinking about what the "experimental  
> intermedia
> foundation"  must have been like in the 60s and 70s as described in  
> tom
> johnson's book of writings.  my impression is that it was a place for
> musicians to experiment with sounds in front of other musicians (as  
> well as
> other interested parties), and perhaps get feedback on what they were
> doing.  there are a number of spaces in nyc that this may informally  
> occur
> at, roulette being one of them; but what would it be like if  
> something like
> this were to be started in "second life."  while i know almost next to
> nothing about "second life," i was wondering if there are perhaps some
> people on the microsound list that have had any experience with this  
> kind of
> thing, and if people know of some spaces that already exist there  
> that might
> be interested in microsound-ish sounds.  also, if anyone can  
> recommend a
> place to start into "second life," that would also be nice.
>
> best,
> john
>
> --
> http://www.johnhudak.net


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