New Odyssey

In February of 2011 ownership of the Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance Simulator was passed from its longtime sponsor - Dynamis Media Group - to the hands of fifteen Odyssey members. Odyssey now runs thanks to the commitment and support of the following people/avatars/groups: Alan Sondheim/Alan Dojoji, Neutral Ground/Soil Digital Media Suite, Pauline Oliveros/Deep Listening Institute/Avatar Orchestra Metaverse, Man Michinage/Patrick Lichty, Norman Lowry/North Zipper, Rose Borchovski, Jo Ellesmere, Evolutie Szuyuan, Pixel Reanimator/Andrew Stringer, Garrett Lynch, Nora Furlough, M4SK22 Melody, Oberon Omnura, Fau Ferdinand/Yael Gilks, Liz Solo/Black Bag Media Collective. All of these entities are making it possible for Odyssey to continue forward.

In this spirit of change the familiar Odyssey logo is being rejuvenated by Fau Ferdinand. Fau has added color, depth and dimension in the re-design. (original design by Sugar Seville).

this is what an AOM rehearsal looks like

Avatar Orchestra Metaverse are rehearsing now on Odyssey. We are thrilled to have them! AOM will be performing a concert this month on Odyssey. Announcement of date and time coming soon.

Here is what a rehearsal looks like:

The Gate in Brussels

The Gate, by Yannick Antoine and Yves Bernard, creates a junction point between real and virtual spaces - a window between worlds. The most recent installation of the Gate involved interaction between artists and spectators on Odyssey and students in Brussels. This event - February 2 - 4, 2011 - was part of the the Corps/Machine seminar organized by École de Recherche Graphique.

See also http://www.imal.org/TheGate.

Opening of The Gate in Shanghai

The Gate - a junction point between worlds created by Yannick Antoine and Yves Bernard - was part of the 8th Shanghai Biennale. The Gate was open on Odyssey and at the Shanghai Art Museum from October 21, 2010 until January 23rd 2011. For the Opening event many artists performed in Second Life.

Second Front presented a new Untitled piece.

Pyewacket Kazyanenko performed new choreography with her robot dancers.

Mother and child spectating.

See also http://www.imal.org/TheGate

Cleaning the Sky

Odyssey is about to undergo some big changes as we transition from corporately sponsored sim to a member owned sim. Dynamis - who have sponsored Odyssey since 2005 - will be handing the island over to its members this month. It is an exciting time and in preparation for the coming changes Fau and I went exploring the sky to assess the space and clean it of stray objects.

There were some lost prims and a few old sets that needed to be returned but it was quite a surprise to find that several new residences had sprung up, overnight, high in the sky.

People had moved right in.

The inhabitants of the new community were very nice when the janitors arrived.

It was a bit of a shame as clearly the new squatters had been having a very good time in their little village of love shacks.

In no time the sky was clean again. The squatters have moved on.

Returning a lost parrot:

Zeitgeist Schedule

Happening Saturday November 20 and Sunday November 21, 2010 simultaneously at Odyssey in Second Life

and live at the MuroGallery – Genève, Switzerland:

ZEITGEIST

by Nora Furlough

SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Odyssey/197/57/601

Performance schedule:

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20

9 Am SLT - 'On Recognition of Antonin' - by pixel Reanimator

10 AM SLT – "Don't Feed the Poor" by Sca Shilova

11 AM SLT – New Performance by Man Michinaga

12 Noon SLT - "Homology" (2010) by Selavy Oh and Qiezli Hixantapo

1 PM SL – New Performance by nnoiz Papp

2 PM SLT – New Performance by lizsolo Mathilde and Fau Ferdinand

3 PM SLT - "Fundamental Environmental Roadshow" by SaveMe Oh

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21

10 AM SLT - Performance by Humming Pera and Gumnosophistai Nurmi of Avatar Orchestra Metaverse

11 AM SLT - "On Recognition of Antonin" by pixel Reanimator

12 NOON SLT - "Real Virtual Games" - Participatory Mixed Reality Performance by Isabel Valverde and Todd Cochrane

12 NOON to 4 PM SLT - Open performance. Apearances by: Kakukkfu Yosuke and many more. All are welcome to participate in Zeitgeist.

Zeitgeist on Odyssey

Zeitgeist – L’esprit du moment

Saturday 20th et sunday 21st November, from 9h a.m. to 16h p.m

Simultaneously at

Odyssey in Second Life

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odyssey/210/53/601

and at the MuroGallery – Genève

A project by Nora Furlough

Participating artists from RL: Francesca Banchelli, Jérémie Chevalier, Asuka Des, Gruppo Estraneo Permanente, Sonia Genoese, J_F_T_M, Olga Kokcharova, Laetitia Lanvin Bech, Orfeo Aurora Lili, Violetta Perra, Laurence Wagner, Martina-Sofie Wildberger

Participating artists from SL: Pixel Reanimator, Man Michinaga, Selavy Oh, Sca Shilova, Humming Pera, Gumnosophistai Nurmi, Fau Ferdinand, lizsolo Mathilde and more TBA.

Zeitgeist is a performance event inspired by the event Dusseldorf Kunstalle (1968 – 72). During these years, young artists squatted in an institutional space (the Kunsthalle of Dusseldorf) to make performances and artistic works during the empty time between two exhibitions.

Zeitgeist gives this example and strategy a visibility in a commercial gallery. During two days different performers will occupy the space of MuroGallery in Geneva to make performances and share a collective experience between themselves and the public.

The performance will have a different kind of approach: generational issues, collective works, art and technology. Some performers will work between Real Life and Virtual Life.

A huge projection of Odyssey land in Second Life will show in the gallery in Geneva - the virtual performances shared with the community in the RL gallery.

SL artists are invited to become a part of Zeitgeist. If you are interested in participating in this event, please write me as soon as possible.

Best,

Nora Furlough

CONTACT

IM Nora Furlough in Second Life

Email: nora.furlough@gmail.com

MURO GALLERY,

37-39, chemin Jacques-Philibert de Sauvage, 1219 Châtelaine

T. +41 22 797 24 12 M. +41 78 897 68 01

info@murogallery.com