AM Radio in Arthole Radio… oh wait… lots of radios!
Some days ago recieved a Press Release from the people of Arthole Radio about a really exclusive interview.
Arthole Radio is pleased to announce that the first ever voice interview with elusive Second Life artist AM Radio will broadcast as part of The Amy Freelunch Hour this Wednesday, November 26th (details below). The interview was recorded after the two met in person last week, over breakfast.
That’s BIG news! AM Radio is one of the best artist working in Second Life. Of course i will be listening to it!
Arthole Radio broadcasts every Wednesday via this stream: http://slan13.ipr365.com:10320 (click on it or copy-paste it in your stream player).
Find more information in the link to the Press Release above or visiting the Arthole blog.
Image in the post by Arthole published under a Creative Commons license.
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.
Arthole, a collaborative art space
Photograph © 2008 Arahan Claveau
Arthole is a new collaborative project between artists Arahan Claveau and Nebulosus Severine. Having succesfully worked together for the first time in 2007 on the exhibition Salon Du Disruptif for the Heldscalla Foundation, they were eager to establish a permanent space for their work.
Photograph © 2008 Arahan Claveau
Both Severine and Claveau are keen to avoid what they refer to as “flat art”, insisting all the work on display is either interactive or uses the tools of Second Life to create an experience unique to a virtual world.
Another feature is the inclusion of a guest artist area, a space where the invited individual has total freedom to show off their talent and ingenuity. The first guest, Ichibot Nishi, has created an installation intriguingly entitled “λ.mnemonic” which can be accessed on level three.
Photograph © 2008 Arahan Claveau
Split into three separate levels, Arthole has been very consciously conceived to be a continually evolving space, which will strive to challenge and surprise the visitor. The environment has been designed to encourage exploration at a more considered pace, and those that choose to do so will likely be rewarded with a much more immersive and satisfying experience.
The Arthole group offers, as an extra incentive for people to join, regular member-only parties hosted by veteran DJ’s Claveau and Severine. These occasions will integrate live multimedia performance that will endeavour to confound the participants’ usual expectations.
Arthole opens to the public on Saturday 26th April 2008.
I know the work of the three artists in Arthole, and i just can say they are, for me, some of the best artist in Second Life. For sure Arthole will worth a visit.
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