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Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union Lobby & BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life Birthday/Earthday Celebration
Description: The Bowling Green State University virtual campus in Second Life is celebrating its second birthday in conjunction with an Earth Day celebration in the virtual world. There will be live and virtual fashion, music, art, poetry, adventure, and social interaction. Where the real and virtual worlds collide. Everyone welcome!
The schedule of events is as follows:
- Imaging Remix Artshow Opening (11:00 - 4:00)
- Bargin/Barter Virtual Flea Market (11:00 - 4:00)
- Tour of the BGSU Virtual Campus (11:00 - 11:30)
- InWorld Fashion Show (11:30-12:30)
- Poetry Reading (12:30-1:00)
- Earthday Scavenger Hunt (1:00-2:00)
- DJ Performance, featuring DJ PsysiX and DJ What the Bleep (2:00-4:00)
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: March 10, 2009, 8-9m
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life, Creation Island
Title of Event: FATE: Foundations in Art, Theory and Education: Student Exhibition
Description: This exhibition of student work by FATE organization members follows the FATE National Conference April 2-4th, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Each of the work includes and interactive link to the assignment associated with the work.
Contact: Anthony Fontana, afontan@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: November 7, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life & Savannah, Georgia
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Title of Event: iDMAa IDEAS Art Exhibition
Description: IDEAS 08 is an exhibition of art that predicts and helps define the cultural and artistic landscape of tomorrow. The artwork uses or talks about technology from the past, present, or future. Many of the works are time-based (animation and interactive) but are displayed on the Virtual Campus as a still image representation.
Contact: Bonnie Mitchell, bonniem@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: September 9, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life & Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery
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Title of Event: Perfect with Pixel
Description: When people discuss the use of the digital technology in the realm of art, it is often dominated by the critique against the missing physical "mark" of the artist. There are some discussions also about the authorship of the artist, the lack of physicality and most importantly, the absence of the "aura" in the work. While there are some who argue that digital technology is detrimental to traditional art methods, others argue that it is another tool that not only offers many more options, but also has an aesthetic unique to itself. And then there are also some who believe that while the digital and traditional media have individual potentials, the combination of both media to create successful works of art is an obvious future.
The exhibition "Perfect with Pixel" calls for works of art that further this discussion and focuses on works on paper that integrate traditional media (print, painting, drawing and photography) with the digital medium as an integral part of its creation.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: April 22, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life: SE Corner Installation
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Title of Event: Searching: an installation by Jeff Lovett
Description: Nearly 10,000 satellites now orbit Earth, passing over our heads unseen. A few hundred of those, however, are large and close enough to be seen as flashes of reflected sunlight.
These few brilliant specks of light can be seen during daylight hours if one only knows when and where to look.
The possibility of catching a first-hand glimpse of a satellite in action is the impetus for the compulsive actions that created these photographs and installation.
The over 2000 original images in the exhibition are displayed in 3 distinct areas, a processing station, a projected high-speed slide-show and an analysis station. The sound-scape in the installation is comprised of recordings from the electronic data transmissions of satellites
Visitors to the installation are encouraged to sift through the prints and take one away with them.
Contact: Jeff Lovett (SL avatar name: Jeff Abattoir)
Date Opened: September, 2007
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life: Vertical Art Gallery
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Title of Event: BGSU Digital Art Exhibit
Description: The students in the School of Art, Digital Arts division at BGSU work with 3D modeling, digital imaging, alternative print processes, and interactive media to produce works of art that reflect a conceptual direction in their work. Their work is on exhibit in the Vertical Art Gallery so that avatars can fly or take an elevator ride to view the work.
Contact: Bonnie Mitchell, bonniem@bgsu.edu
