Particle Magic
Particle Magic (Roxy Particles + 1Earthling Rang) opened their new exhibition “Colour Your World” at the Hannington Endowment for the Arts today.
Pewpew @ The Food Court
I was super-tired after a long day of events, but RMarie, as she is wont to do, dragged me over to The Food Court event. Robin Hood was giving out amazing samples at the Pewpew stand.
VB 102 – Haiku Speedbuild
Building to the music. Twisting prims. Helping new avatars find their way in a sometimes confusing world.
VB 101 – Luncheon with the Avatars
The biggest thing I learned from Allan Kaprow is that activities don’t have to be big. They can be modest. And thoughtful. Paying attention is the most valuable thing a fleshvatar or an avatar can do. Today we had a simple Luncheon to give avatars, old and new, and chance to share their stories.
Certificate in Virtual Public Art
VPA-199 is an activity course designed to immerse the learner in the practice of public art actions in virtual space. This course features a number of activities. All learners are welcome to enroll and participate in as many, or as few, of these activities as their time and interest permits.
Endorse Me!
I’ve been lucky to receive some very sweet endorsements from some great PBR classmates like Hugh McElveen, Molly Ross, Christa Forster and Misha Penton. Walled Garden? I hope I at least half deserve their kind words. The only catch is, as Christa can tell you, NovoEd is a Walled Garden. …
MOOC Team Home Pages redesigned by NovoED
NovoED has redesigned its MOOC Team Home Pages injecting more currency and dynamic content into what previously was more of a decorative splash page.
Activity #1
Hello Artist-Scholars! Welcome to our 1st weekly email, and our 1st Creative Activity of the Week But first: how did you get on this list?Almost all of you are colleagues from either Site Dance or Practice Based Research in the Arts. A few of you were iRez authors who’ve been …
Sharing my “Box of Practice” with Katrina Schaag
As part of Gretchen Schiller’s Box of Practice activities, Blueberry teammate Katrina Schaag and I had a Google Hangout to share and discuss our Boxes. We each found that Schiller had asked us to do things we were already doing! As much as an activity, Schiller’s prompt was a sort …
Site Dance Hangout
Yesterday the CalArts / Coursera Site-Dance Instructional Team: Stephan Koplowitz and TA’s Jen Hutton, Anne C. Moore & Kerrie Schroeder and classmate Andrew, broadcast a live Google Hangout to answer questions, discuss the course, and think about Site-Dance. The many faces of MOOC! Molly and I are enrolled in both …
Reunion Dance Party in March?
This week is already sniffle the end of Creating Site Specific Dance and Performance Works. And Practice Based Research in the Arts will be done in 3 weeks. One way to keep the conversation and interaction going is right here at .Re/search! Let us know what you’re working on! Let …
PBR Videos
For the PBR MOOC, Graduate Assistant Ryan Tacata published a number of videos on Vimeo. Some include weekly messages from the instructors Helen Paris & Leslie Hill. Others, like the Spatula & Bar Code video above, are ideas and prompts from our weekly Virtual Visiting Artists. You can view all …
Bryn Michaels
Bryn Michaels Online I’ve met remarkable people in cyberspace. Among them, 15-year-old Chicago ballerina Bryn Michaels. At 15 she’s pushing 5’10” (~176cm) and in pointe shoes she’s got an amazing line that just seems to never end. In Michaels the intense physicality of ballet and the visual and conceptual qualities …
PBR Classmates Collaborate!
In the first few weeks of our Practice Based Research in the Arts class I’ve met so many amazing colleagues. I’ve done mini-profiles of them on my blog: Virtual Public Art.com/classmates One of those new colleagues, Owen G. Parry has asked me to do a mixed reality piece with him.
Dance Camera project: Participants Wanted!
Dance for Camera project at Oceania Planetary Park I am creating a new site-specific Dance for Camera video project at Kimika Ying’s Oceania Planetary Park installation at LEA27 in Second Life. Each participant can “pick their planet” and I’ll work with you to create a movement / dance / interaction …
Artist-Scholar Website-Blog X-Prize
Artist Website Challenge: I’m announcing a €100 prize for the PBR Artist-Scholar who can make the new or existing website-blog with the most urgency by the end of the month.
About MOOC Forums
MOOC Forums are pretty good. They need to be great. How do NovoED, Coursera & iversity compare? Let’s take a look!
Situating Practice
Our Week 3 Guest Artist, and course TA, Ryan Tacata asked us to reflect on spaces and places. To locate a physical site for your practice / research, be it studio, desk, or something else, and stand or sit in this space for 30 mins. Slow your mind and be …
Welcome to PBR & Blueberry Blintz Online
Hello to all of our classmates in Leslie Hill, Helen Paris & Ryan Tacata’s Practice Based Research in the Arts course from Stanford Online / NovoED.