Aram Bartholl – Blog

Schauspielhaus Hamburg shows “The Vikings at Helgeland” by Henrik Ibsen in a mix of stage play and Second Life play, streaming video in and outside Second Life at the same time. Visitors can enjoy the piece at the theater as well as in Second Life. I haven’t seen it yet but there is one feature I really like. In general in the theater as well as in Second Life the audience has its individual view/ camera position. Different to the fixed view in real life theater the user in Second Life can move his view/ camera position independetly from the avatar. But while watching the Ibsen piece in Second Life a script is controlling the camera position of the audience. This is interesing. All viewers in Second Life have the same view on the set in a more likely cinematic way. A movie camera position shows close ups, totals etc. according to the situation. Play and Cinema are merging.

Imagine, in 10 years we won’t go to the movies to see “Lord of the Rings” but we will see in Second Life (or similar) as a play in real time from preset (and also free choosen) camera positions. This thought opens up for a wide range possibilities. :-)

upcoming shows:

24.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
25.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
26.01.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
07.02.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)
10.02.2008, 8 pm (11 am PST)

Island in Second Life SLurl:
Helgeland (176, 130, 31), Hamburg North Beach

Blog of the play:
www.nordische-heerfahrt.blogspot.com/

More infos on the piece at Schauspielhaus Hamburg website:
www.schauspielhaus.de

I’ll show “Chat” at Club Transmediale next week on three nights:

– Opening of Club Transmediale, Friday 25.01.08
– After the opening of Transmediale, Tuesday 29.01.08
– and on Friday 01.02.08

Come and join!

directions:
MARIA AM OSTBAHNHOF – CTM main venue
An der Schillingbrücke/ Stralauer Platz 33/34
10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain

Public transport:
S3, S4, S8, S9 > S-BHF Ostbahnhof
U8 > Jannowitzbrücke
Bus 100, 340, 257
Night-Bus N8

Nice project by Uli Franke and Jürg Lehni.

A drawing machine just controled by two motors and a toothed belt. Besides this Edding marker painting at 24c3 they also did a lot of pieces with spray cans.

Check their website for pics and movies at
www.hektor.ch

The Urban Media Salon which I am part of opens its doors during Transmediale Berlin. Have you already booked a flight? Wanna join?

Urban Media Salon is a monthly meeting of a tight, expert network of Berliners. Selected guests are invited to discuss the interactions between the space of city and current media phenomena. Exclusive to the transmediale.08, Urban Media Salon is offering a special network event. Get involved in an evening full of uncertainties that will bring you together with 7 other guests of transmediale over dinner in a private apartment. After accepting the binding invitation, the organizers will contact you and decide which of the 7 covert locations would be right for you.

Interested parties please registrate through the Salon Website until January, 29, 2008.
http://culturebase.org/home/urbanmediasalon/

This is great! A residency in World of Warcraft. Just think about it …

Ars Virtua Artist-in-Residence (AVAIR): World of Warcraft Residence :: Call for Proposals :: Deadline: January 15, 2008 :: Jurors: Eddo Stern, James Morgan, Amy Wilson, and Jay Van Buran

via Networked Performance

Open call · “Second Inclusiva-net Meeting: Digital Networks and Physical Space” (Deadline 30 January)

Sounds like an interesting event.

Nice pic, I like all the “A”s.
:-)

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“Plaza de las letras” is a beautfiful light installation by Pablo Valbuena involving existing city landscape in a virtual play.

Check out the movie!

Not a speech bubble but a nice old iluminated portable neon sign. :-)

via Make

thx fot the link Martin!

When we were kids we had a card board TV frame like this Youtube frame and we were playing the news and other stuff.

In the era of Youtube every single moment of every day life becomes a Youtube clip in our minds…

via janchipchase

thx for the link Peter!

This talk about the “corrupted blood” plague of World of Warcraft was held by floX at 24c3. The WoW disease was programmed my Blizzard itself but went out of control and took over the whole virtual world. floX did a very precise and interesting analysis of the the plague comparing it to real life diseases. In the end he is proposing to introduce virtual diseases as a regular part of MMORPGs. I like that idea and I am wondering how to connect to real life in the end too? ;-) see also –> Snowcrash

More details and resources on the talk at 24c3 schedule