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Date: December 4, 2009, 6pm-10pm
Location: 1102 Fine Arts Center, BGSU & BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life Events at Arts Extravaganza (ArtsX)
Description: As a yearly tradition for the art community at BGSU as well as the BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life staff, there will be a sequence of BGSU Second Life events taking place that will blend the real and virtual worlds. Come join us in real life or at the BGSU Virtual Campus!
The schedule of events is as follows:
- Virtual Fashion Show (6:30-7:30) - Professional runway avatar models will showcase some of the hottest fashion in Second Life
- Mondrian Madness (7:30-10:00) - A game of collaborative interactive art creation
- Ava-Art (8:30-9:30) - A showcase of creative avatar designs
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: April 24, 2009, 11am-4pm
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: April 17, 2009, 11am
Location: 1024 Fine Arts Center, BGSU
Title of Event: Dr. Lance R. Williams: Workshop: Scripting in Second Life
Description: This workshop will focus on scripting objects in Second Life.
Contact: Anthony Fontana, afontan@bgsu.edu
Date: April 16, 2009, 7pm
Location: 217 Olscamp, BGSU
Title of Event: Dr. Lance R. Williams: Beyond Visualization: Explorations in Reified Computation in a Virtual World
Description: This lecture will cover both art and computer science topics for an audience of non-specialists illustrated by means of working models within Second Life.
Many ideas in computer science began initially with a physical analogy and ended up as mathematical abstractions. Reification turns this trajectory on its head--the underlying physical analogy returns in the form of unusually literal implementations that are only possible inside of a virtual world. Dr. Williams will illustrate this concept with multiple examples including Alan Turing's famous idealized computer, the Turing Machine, Conway's celebrated Game of Life, and finally, a reified implementation of the Scheme programming language. He will also touch on other topics such as programming in Linden Scripting Language (at a very basic level), artificial life and self-replicating machines, and the construction of wireframe models of Euclidean solids and Buckyball's inside the game.
Contact: Anthony Fontana, afontan@bgsu.edu
Date: April 16, 2009, 11am
Location: 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union, BGSU
Title of Event: Dr. Lance R. Williams: Implementing the Scheme Programming Language in a Virtual World
Description: Because Second Life supports a programming model where a large number of small scripts execute in parallel and asynchronously, and communicate via message passing, it is an ideal testbed for research in many areas of computer science, including distributed computing, swarm robotics, self-assembly, distributed sensor networks, and artificial life.
In this talk, Dr. Lance R. Williams will first provide an overview of Second Life and its programming model. He then will describe and demonstrate a series of evaluators for the Scheme programming language which he have constructed inside the game, including one evaluator where the heap and virtual machine are represented in a completely distributed fashion as a school of swimming fish. In this way, he hopes to illustrate Second Life's value to computer science pedagogy and as a testbed for research in distributed computation.
Contact: Anthony Fontana, afontan@bgsu.edu
Date: December 5, 2008, 6-10pm
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life: Musical Performance Center & 1106 Fine Arts Center
Title of Event: Disco of Duality: Real/Second Life Fusion (as part of the Arts Xtravaganza)
Description: For the second year in a row, the BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life will be dimming the lights, turning up the sound system, and bringing a lively electronic dance music event from the real world into Second Life and back again. With four DJs spanning across four hours (Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX plus two additional special guest DJs), the Fine Arts center will be turned into a dancefloor spectacle of epic proportions. Sharp beats, fervent dance, and a trip to an alternate reality, the Disco of Duality will be like nothing the Arts Xtravaganza has ever seen.
Contact: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: June 18, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: Computational Aesthetics '08 Art Exhibition Reception
Description: Computational Aesthetics '08 Art Exhibition Reception will take place at the Bowling Green State University Virtual campus in Second Life and at the Hotel Riviera in Lisbon, Portugal.
Computational Aesthetics bridges the analytic and synthetic and integrates aspects of computer science, philosophy, psychology, and the fine & performing arts. In particular it focuses on the mathematical and information theoretic aspects of both connectionist and symbol processing methods by humans and computers.
Computational Aesthetics seeks to facilitate both the analysis and the augmentation of creative behavior. It investigates the creation of tools that can enhance the expressive power of the fine and applied arts and furthers our understanding of aesthetic evaluation, perception, and meaning. Invited talks will be given by individuals involved in the technical, artistic, and theoretical aspects of this young field to help participants better understand what aesthetics is, what computer technology is currently capable of delivering, and to appreciate what is involved in the creative process.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: April 22, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: BGSU Virtual Campus Earth/Birth Day
Description: The Bowling Green State University virtual campus in Second Life is celebrating its first birthday in conjunction with an Earth Day celebration in the virtual world on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 – 8:30pm EST. The festivities will include poetry readings, art exhibition openings, live music by BGSU student DJs, with the evening culminating with a “Save the Virtual Island” scavenger hunt. The event will take place on the Bowling Green State virtual campus in Second Life and simultaneously presented in the lobby of the Bowen Thompson Student Union.
The Birth/Earth day celebration will begin with an Open Mic poetry reading at the BGSU Writing Center in Second Life. Students, faculty and staff are invited to "step up to the mic" at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union, where their words will be broadcast into Second Life. The BGSU Virtual Campus is also proud to host an amazing art installation by Jeff Lovett from Ohio University. His work explores the concept of observation and surveillance through photography and virtual immersion. Artworks produced by members of the Computer Art Club and Digital Arts students will also be displayed in the Vertical Gallery and avatars are invited to “fly” through the gallery. Live music by BGSU student DJs, What the Bleep and DJ PsysiX, will be streamed into the Performance Center in Second Life from the BGSU Student Union. Avatars are invited to socialize and dance to the sounds of Ragga-Jungle and Psytrance music.
A special Earth Day scavenger hunt on the BGSU Virtual Campus will also accompany the festivities, beginning promptly at 7:30pm EST. Avatars will compete in a quest to find information on how to help combat global climate change. The first three avatars to find all the clues will be awarded prizes in Linden dollars. Participants will face simulated elements of climate change and environmental disaster that will be both challenging and thought provoking.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: March 25, 2008 from 7:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Media Theatre at BGSU Campus in Second Life
Title of Event: Meet the Makers of Second Skin
Description: Meet the writer or director (TBA) of the documentary film Second Skin (now playing in the media theatre). Discussion will focus on the lives of MMORPG players and virtual world persona.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: February 27, 2008
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union Multipurpose Room 228 and at the Virtual Campus
Title of Event: International Entertainment Night
Description: The Second Life Initiative will have a presence at the International Entertainment Night with possible synchronous real life/second life broadcasts. Second Life often includes international communication between avatars logging in from all around the world. For this reason, the BGSU Second Life Initiative has fully supported international presence on its island and uses tools, such as Babbler, to surpass language barriers and reach out to visitors from around the world.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: January 29, 2008 from 7pm-8pm
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
Title of Event: OLN BGSU SLLC Meeting
Description: This is the first purely in-world meeting for the OLN Second Life Learning Community in NW Ohio. Anyone is welcome to join, however the level of in-world interactivity will be above the SL beginner or newbie level. Voice and text chat will be used. The group will probably take a field trip to another location. IM AnthonyFontana Chevalier for more information or Email secondlife@bgsu.edu for more information.
Contact: BGSU SL Staff, secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: January 29, 2008 from 2:45-4:30 pm, EST
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
Title of Event: In-World Art Critique
Description: You are invited to an open art critique as part of Dr. Dena Eber's digital imaging class. We are looking for people to give students feedback about their work and to get a discussion going that addresses the content of the images. The works are student reactions to SL experiences.
Contact: Dena Eber, deber@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: December 7, 2007
Location: Secondary Art Gallery (BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life)
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Title of Event: GRAPHITE Digital Art Exhibit
Description: The GRAPHITE 2007 Digital Art Gallery showcases works of art that exemplify the creative realization of innovative ideas using computer graphics and interactive techniques. The exhibition was held in Pert, Australia Dec 1-4 and is also hosted on the Bowling Green State University Second Life Island.
The convergence of visual art with computer science, mathematics, the natural sciences and other disciplines has resulted in new forms of expression. Artists and researchers are combining ideas, elements, and techniques in creative ways to produce artworks that stimulate and challenge our intellectual and emotional sensibilities. It is these cross-disciplinary artistic endeavors that explore new territories and help to define the exciting future of artistic expression using digital technology.
The GRAPHITE 2007 Art Gallery showcases artworks that provoke thought, explore ideas in innovative ways, address contemporary issues, interactively engage the viewer in the unfolding of meaning, and captivate the viewer's intellectual and creative self.
Contact: Bonnie Mitchell, bonniem@bgsu.edu
Date: Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island), 1106 Fine Arts Center (BGSU)
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Time: 6 pm - 10 pm Eastern Time, 3 pm - 7 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Right-brained Throwdown: Real/Second Life Fusion (as part of the Arts Extravaganza)
Description: As a celebration of the success of the live DJing events and the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening, the Second Life Committee will be hosting a special event as part of the Arts Extravaganza. It will feature Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) as well as two other undisclosed DJs with 4 hours of live dance music. As usual, the event will be synchronously broadcast into Second Life as well having a presence in the Fine Arts Center. In real life, the event will feature a sensational decorated environment for dancing and listening pleasure.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date: Friday, Nov 30, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island), TBA
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Time, 3 pm - 5 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live Synchronous DJing Broadcast
Description: To continue the series of live DJing events that have been occuring on the BGSU Second Life island, Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) will be broadcasting mixed dance music into Second Life. Open to the public, the event allows avatars to come to the BGSU Second Life island to hear live music while enjoying the new Musical Performance Cneter which features a dancefloor and DJ stage. Also, synchronously, the event will be held in a location on the BGSU campus that is yet to be announced.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2007
Where: Lenhart Grand Ballroom in Bowen-Thompson Student Union (BGSU) / BGSU SL island
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Time: 4 pm - 7 pm Eastern Standard Time, 1 pm - 4 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: BGSU Second Life Virtual Campus Grand Opening
Description: The BGSU Virtual Campus will be holding its grand opening on the BGSU Second Life island.
Schedule of events:
- 4:05 - 4:10 Opening remarks by Bonnie Fink, Director of CTLT
- 4:15 - 4:30 Tour of the Island and presentation by Bonnie Mitchell and Anthony Fontana
- 4:35 - 5:05 Live/SL flute, saxophone, and piano performances by students from the College of Musical Arts
- 5:10 - 6:05 Live/SL DJing by DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance)
- 6:05 - 7:00 Live/SL DJing by DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle)
Open to the public:
Art Galleries:
- BGSU Digital Art students
- Co-hosted art exhibit "ARCADE V", digital prints, Perth, Australia
Media Theatre:
- "FloW from Gray", an animation by BGSU animation student Greg Wark
- "MUVEs and Web 2.0: Using Second Life to Create Real World Learning", Sarah Robbins recent lecture on BGSU
- "Machinima Paradiso", a machinima video by Anthony Fontana
Music Walk:
- Pre-recorded flute, sax, and piano experiences performed by BGSU music students
Contact Info: Anthony Fontana, afontana@bgsu.edu
Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island)
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, 3 pm - 5 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live DJing Broadcast
Description: In preparation for a full-scale performance at the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening on November 9th, Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) broadcast music into Second Life. Open to the public, the event allowed avatars to come to the BGSU island to hear live music while enjoying the new Musical Performance Center which features a dancefloor and DJ stage.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date: Fri, Oct 12/Oct 19, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island)
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, 2 pm - 4 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live DJing Broadcast
Description: In preparation for a full-scale performance at the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening on November 9th, Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) broadcast music into Second Life. Open to the public, the event allowed avatars to come to the BGSU island to hear live music while enjoying the new Musical Performance Center which features a dancefloor and DJ stage.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date Opened: Sep, 2007
Where: Art Gallery (BGSU SL island)
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Title of Event: ArCade International Exhibition of Digital Prints
Description: This exhibition showcases works that were shown in Perth, Australia at the Biennial of Electronic Arts (BEAP) ArCade show. The real-life exhibition took place at the John Curtin Gallery in Perth and was curated by Sue Gollifer, Brighton University, Brighton, UK. The works are produced by internationally recognized artists that work with the computer to create expressive works of art.
Contact Info: Bonnie Mitchell, bonniem@bgsu.edu
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