The return of the Space cowboy (it is only a title actually)
So yes… i’m back. It’s not i was out for a really long time, but my lifes (both, first and second) were pretty busy in so many ways. In first life, well, basically summer holidays, traveling and being out of town and far away from computers for almost a month. I’m sure you all will understand this, sometimes this is something we all need, at least i so need it sometimes.
About Second Life, well, in the last months i was enjoying being part of the Soup Radio project with a really wonderful team of people, sadly this project is finished now, but i’m proud and happy about the work on it. Well, the project is not exactly finished, but we are planning the last show of Soup Radio for October 1st. From here i would like to give a huge hug to all the Soup Radio team, specially Arahan Cleveau, for all the help, support and ideas.
So, since i’m back i would like to say a couple more of things. First, right now i’m building an installation for Burn2 so i will inform more in this blog, about my project and about Burn2 itself. And second… thanks for keep reading my blog! *Raul sings “Welcome back” to himself*
JAZZLIVE in Second Life
Some time ago my friend Arahan Claveau told me about a project he was working on, some like a cross-reality event, about Jazz. Finally he sent me some information about the project… and i think is really interesting! Let me paste some of the info:
The real and the virtual interact as digital artwork on a monumental scale provides a stunning virtual landscape while real-world jazz gigs, broadcast live from a small London club, are injected into the cyberspace. …
… JAZZLIVE at the Crypt presents a short season of jazz concerts celebrating the wealth of talent in the UK jazz scene. The concerts will be broadcast live from the Crypt into a virtual venue in the virtual world Second Life. …
… Those attending the concerts in the Second Life venue will also be exposed to great artwork commissioned especially for the events by some of the virtual world’s most respected artists DanCoyote Antonelli, Oberon Onmura and Juria Yoshikawa. Those attending The Crypt will also experience the art show, as it will be viewable on big screens in the venue. This two-way interaction is an essential element in the project. …
… Also to be screened are excerpts from a forthcoming film about JAZZLIVE by multimedia artist Steve Millar (also known as Arahan Claveau in SL). …
So if you like Jazz and Second Life don’t miss the next fridays at 08:00 PM in London, in The Crypt (RL side) or at noon SLT in Second Life, in the Jazzlive sim (SLurl). Or why not… in both sides at the same time! 
Find more information about this project in the “JAZZLIVE in Second Life” webpage.
Arthole – Season 2
© 2008 Arahan Claveau, Nebulosus Severine & Selavy Oh
Arahan Claveau and Nebulosus Severine will relaunch Arthole (SLurl) this next August 31st with new work form them two in the Level 2 of the Gallery.
© 2008 Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine
This time Selavy Oh will display a new work on Level 3 of Arthole, sadly this time Ichibot Nishi won’t have an installation due to some agenda issues.
© 2008 Selavy Oh
As i know the work of two of the artist i really suggest you visit Arthole, possibly one of the most interesting art spaces in Second Life.
Location: Kress (168,88,391)
Injustice
This is a question that really makes me sad, so i’ll go directly to the center of the theme itself: Hundreds of men and women are are being beaten, tortured, murdered and executed every day somewhere in the world because their sexual orientation. For me, being homosexual is something just hard to accept, but is true and is sad. You just need to take a look at the laws about homosexuality in the world.
Arahan Claveau talk about this in his new installation at Arthole gallery (you can arrive through this SLurl). When you arrive there some notecards give you information about this. The exhibition is centered in the execution in Iran of two guys just for being gay. This two guys were around 18 years old when hanged.
As always Arahan pushes us to contact the pain in reality in that world of escapism that is Second Life, where (almost) nobody cares about an earthquake in China but we all start the biggest drama for a not announced shutdown of the grid. Arahan’s artwork is provocative (what i think is good), and at the same time show the possibilities of Second Life as a creation and expression platform.
This artwork can be considered a continuation of what Arahan started with “Super Fun Happy Club”, an older installation that had some censorship problems with Linden Lab some time ago. Find some images about SFHC here.
Maybe you know Arahan too for “Small Story“, a beautiful tale made with SLphotography.
Arahan is not only someone i’m proud to call a friend, is a great creator, an artist that enlights our (second) lifes showing us the light and the shadows of our (first) lifes… or maybe is in reverse?
Some more blogs related to art in SL commented about this work:
Inside the Arthole
Some days ago I posted something about the new exhibition of Arahan Claveau and Nebulosus Severine (featuring Ichibot Nishi). I’ve been at the opening, was totally great to enjoy the place and the DJ sessions of Arahan and Nebulosus with great people, mostly friends. At the opening was too concentrated to take pics, but i visited Arthole again yesterday and took some pics.
I’ll try to show you most (but not all you can find there):
First level of the Arthole is, basically, some old works by Arahan and Nebulosus, but redone under a new perspective. I’d like to remark the two lockers at the sides of the landing point, that were shown in the Salon de Disruptif exhibition at the Heldscalla Gallery last year. This lockers are, in my opinion, the most personal work in the Arthole.
In the second level, some new works by Arahan and Nebulosus. Spatial, conceptual, dynamic, … are some of the adjectives that come to my mind when i was seeing the artworks, well, not sure if seeing is the right word, possibly immersed is better.
Finally, in the third level, the installation “λ.mnemonic” by Ichibot Nishi. The first thing that calls your attention is some perfect silicone breasts forming in the wall the word “SILENCE”. Then after some moments the breasts start to fly around, freely.
Of course the breasts is not the only object you can find in this installation. Is better you explore for yourself the space and take your own conclusions. Ichibot didn’t wrote any explanation about this work in a notecard, i presume he wants us to have our own conclusion. Anyway, in my opinion the installation is about the “thing-ification” of the body of the woman through plastic surgery and the beauty standards, I mean, the body of the woman understood as a thing. Maybe the artist didn’t wanted to express his worries about this issue, but, well, just Ichibot knows…
I’m not an art critic, I just know two kinds of art, the art i like, and the art i dislike… Arthole gallery is full of art i like.
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