Farm Co-op, an LEA AiR Round 9 Proposal

LEA ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (LAND GRANT) APPLICATION – ROUND NINE

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Round 9 Applications

Second Life Name: Edie1943
Email Address: edies1943@gmail.com
I am applying for this grant as: Individual
Project Category: Educational Project / Community Art Cooperative
Project Name: Farm Co-op
Project Maturity Rating: M – Moderate

Aerial view of a VR SL 6.5 hectare region divided into 4 "activity" areas: Interaction Zone, Fashion Island, Photo Studio & Gamer's Cove — A concept sketch for Farm Co-op

Project Summary

I’d like to create a Co-operative Art Farm. A set of 4 activity areas: Photo Studio, Gamer’s Cove, Fashion Island & Interaction Zone, where avatar artists can create, share, and collaborate. The 6-month residency will be split into two 10-week sessions with 3 weeks of farm prep before each session.

Project Description

Farm Co-op will divide the 6.5 hectares of an LEA Region into 4 activity “islands” of about 1 hectare each, with 2.5 hectares of interstitial waters between them. The 4 activity islands will be “Photo Studio” (2D Art), “Gamer’s Cove” (World Design), “Fashion Island” (Avatar Design, Fashion & Dance), and “Interaction Zone” (Machinima, Public Art & Performance Art). Avatar artists from across the entire range of SL residents will be encouraged to come participate and create. The only 2 requirements for participation will be to spend at least 1 hour / week on The Farm, and to agree that all work created or shown at Farm Co-op will use a Creative Commons Non-Commercial license. The Farm will be an open space and we welcome having artists at neighboring sims.

Do you have experience with estate management? Yes

Your Résumé/CV

EDIE M. SEDGWICK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1965, Actor, The Factory, NYC
1966, Model, Vogue Magazine, NYC
2014, Chocolate Chef, The Cheesecake Factory, Ballard, CA
2014, Guest Blogger, StrawberrySingh.com

WEBSITES

PUBLICATIONS
Isabella Medici and I are the co-editors of MOOC Magazine. I write for StrawberrySingh.com while she’s on vacation. My new videos are on Vimeo.

TRIVIA
I’m 5’4″ (163cm), the same height as Britney Spears, Mozart, Björk, Tina Turner & Pink.

Current Exhibits / Documentation

I am currently facilitating “Self-Service Screen Tests” in a studio at Medici University at LEA23:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA23/178/171/16

You can see some of the results here:
http://edie.pink/self-service-screen-tests/

The project instructions are here:
http://mediciuniversity.co.uk/talk/screen-tests/

Thank you for your consideration!