Glenn was not kidding when he said it was small. It was pretty much like the gallery at cypress but this one was way better. There were only a few pieces of art on display but they were actually good. I can see why Glenn spoke so highly of it within his blog. Plus they gave free stuff! which is always a treat.
What was on view was...
Inner Space-Birds
Chico MacMurtrie
Using compressed air Chico creates objects that have the illusion that they are living objects. From a bird flapping its wings to the human body moving back and forth. This was truly a treat to behold.
By far my favorite were the flying birds. They flapped there wings ever so nicely. It was a small exhibit but it gave me a new perspective on things you can do with are with just inflatable balloons/material and some compressed air.
This was taken from an interview that Dr. Garfield Doutt did a few weeks ago.
Reporter: good evening america Nigel Clish here with a special report for you tonight on our very special guest tonight. He is the founder of A.P.L (Android Progressive Living) and is about to change life as we know it.
Good Evening Dr. Doutt
Doutt: Good evening Nigel
Reporter: Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Doutt: Certainly hmm, My name is Dr. Garfield Alexander Doutt. I am 52 years old. I am a happily married father with 2 children Garfield Junior and Laura. I started out at M.I.T studying under them until I received my Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Electrical and Computer Science. I then moved to Korea working as a contractor work under KITECH for there construction of an anroid.
Reporter: Was this EvER-1
Doutt: Yes, it was. this by far was one of my favorites to work on. Of course when I landed in Korea the language barrier was intact but I took it as a challenge to learn the language.
reporter: Tell us about EvER-1
doutt: sure.... EvER-1 was my first real project it was officially revealed to the public in 2003 and is noted as being the first android that could sing.
reporter: wow surely this would be a fantastic feat for any group to accomplish what kept you going.
doutt: honestly just life at the time my girlfriend was pregnant with our first child and I needed to keep pushing to reach my goals.
reporter: what was your next project?
doutt: my next project was DER 01 which I think I did work for under IRL (Intelligent Robotics Lab) from Japan. They released DER 01 back in I want to say 2005-2006
reporter: blurry line?
doutt: compared to where I am now very blurry
reporter: well when did you decide to go out on your own
doutt: well in order to build any spectacle worth seeing or talking about you need money so I went to a source of mines and old friend if you will John Gates.
reporter: john gates?
doutt: yes the playboy himself. I went to john and asked if would be willing to finance a project I had been wanted to do. he obliged but only if he could keep 85% of the profit from the first project then decrease down to size of 35% afterwards
reported: that's quite a high price
doutt: i really didn't care I had faith in myself that everything would work out for the best.
reporter: apparently they did (laugh)
doutt: yea I guess so.
reporter: SO which project was this?
doutt: This project was code name Replicon later to be known as BAR1 which is also known as Bio Android Robotic 1.
reporter: yes we all remember unveiling of BAR1 it was an amazing push in the field of robotics. the amazing part was that you did this all alone
doutt: well I can't take all the credit I managed to keep in touch with a few of my classmates from MIT and asked if they would be willing to help me with build the robot.
reporter: I remember watching you in your suit and the robot actually moving with you on 1-2-1 movements
doutt: yes it was amazing first time ever seeing something like that.
reporter: what came after that?
doutt: well me and my team here at APL took a long period of time to release our next project.
reporter: why?
doutt: we were doing so much with this product everything had to be right.
reporter: what came to be?
doutt: my bread and butter Android 001
reporter: wow! was it that big of a deal to you?
doutt: yes it was. it was a big deal to all of us there at APL. we created the first surrogate android for mass production now everyone can have an android and everyone can be an android.
reporter: explain..
doutt: with this android you are the android you are put to sleep with the comfort of your home to be reawakened as your android. all of your 5 senses are intact you can smell, hear, touch, see, and taste.
reporter: wow when will this product be available to the public
doutt: the summer of next year.
reporter: great well thankyou dr. doutt alway a pleasure seeing you.
doutt: likewise. you have a goodnight
reporter: well this is Nigel Clish signing out goodnight
My name Doctor Garfield Alexander Doutt. I am the CEO of APL or Android Progressive Listening as it is known throughout. We handle customer care in the field of robotics. With our product the Android 001 we have created the first surrogate android. Yes, you can now travel the world from the safety and comfort of your own home. Where did I get such an idea well. I graduated with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T and from there I have worker with various companies to produce android who can do lots of things. I started off In Korea helping to create what is known as EvER-1. Soon after that project was completed I moved on to another project which I completed known as DER 01. Working on those two androids I gained a lot of experience and was ready to change the world. I combined with John Gates to produce what is know as the greatest achievement know to man, the Android 001.
Comet Morigi is a Japanese female second life artist. She threats her avatar as she does herself with precise realism. Her avatar has been known to even gesture while talking. This piece is a small section from a gallery called "Viewing Islands, from the Gallery by an Architect". I think this piece is really cool just by looking at the picture it makes you think like wow mountains, islands, and pretty much all of these beautiful landscapes are being displayed on a wall.
I wonder if there is a separate meaning behind the title for the piece. What does it mean. Does it mean don't stay inside and look at great pieces of art that nature has created from a tv screen or from a computer monitor, go and view it or does it mean something completely different? If it means the first ironic thing would be that the artist is choosing to live her life through a computer monitor right now. Makes you think.
By far the coolest looking thing ever. If concept cars were ever looking for a building block on wear to start on making a flying car/rv this should be it. I'd buy one most definitely. This artist goes by Mariko Mori. This art piece is called Wave UFO it is a sculptural object and viewer participatory installation that epitomizes Mariko Mori's ongoing exploration of the relationship between the individual and an interconnected cosmos. On the outside it's shaped like a drop of water and appears to hover off of the ground. Inside you are presented to a video that is mainly based upon the participants that are within the UFO. It uses our brainwaves to create imagery. This is a first that I've ever heard this done and only wish I could go see it to see what is actually being shown on the projection screens. Like is it mood or what? I would like to participate is all that I do know. Interesting the artist is trying to combine otherworldly concepts, as in she wants us to connect with different ways of thinking.
7th artist is Gracie Kendal, she is a second life artist and uses her work to put herself back together. She's overweight and uses her second life avatar to give herself a second life. Her art is based on spontaneity and change. In this piece its her real self and her second life counterpart posing in similar manners You can really get the since that she is enjoying herself loving her life now. I wonder if she felt the same way before she created Gracie Kendal.
"…I have found it difficult to be comfortable in my own skin. My sense of self has become dislodged and torn apart. Through Gracie I have begun to put myself back together.
By reading this qoute she wrote it's hard to tell. Was she an overweight artist who found comfort and herself within secondlife or is she just an artist looking for a new media to present work within. She threats Gracie as if she is real as if she is herself. Most interesting is one picture she has on her site.
In the real world you can't wish and make something happen but you can in second-life. So I think if you ask the question is Gracie Kendal real. I say no she's not. She is an alter-ego, but definitely not real.
Vaneeesa Blaylock is an interesting and mysterious individual. Born April 25th 1969 at Georgetown University Hospital. Her mother was a diplomat in the Reagan Administration. Graduated high school in 1987. She spent her 1987-1988 academic year at UCSD where she studied with Alan Kaprow. In 1988 she was recruited by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts she agreed to go and spent. She graduated 1991 with a degree in choreography. She did graduate work at Koninklijk Conservatorium (Conservatory of the Hague). Which she felt out of place but was kept in good spirits by her music professor Louis Andriessen. She would go on to graduate with a MFA in New Media Studies in 1998.
Vaneeesa Blaylock is an performance artist within second life, her work deals with ideas of identity and individuality. She was officially born again April 11, 2009 in Little Andalucia. When I see her work im not sure what I feel or what to think. I don't know whether to say "oh this is great" or "it's been done". Going over her portfolio which took forever to find I was able to find some art work that was really easy to comment on.. This is her third art piece on Second-life called
"Veinticinco Mujeres"
This is "woman" naked, not "nude". Not as "god made her" but as she has chosen to exist in second life. I found this piece interesting since it is pretty much just a bunch of naked women standing. But it's women standing naturally how they want to be viewed. Not as the overweight divorced loser degenerate that everyone calls them. Just as they feel inside just as how they want to look. But then it got me thinking why are there only women. There's so many more people, so many more species on second-life why focus on one gender.
This one is called Prism, pretty basic no identity here just a prism might as well call the piece rainbow though minus the fact that it has more colors in it. When viewing her art I don't really see anything aspiring or different all I see is "ohh I wonder how you do that in second-life". There isn't really much of a bio about her anywhere or if she's even a her. All I have is a portfolio of her artworks that contains about 19 pieces. http://vaneeesa.com/portfolio/
