DOUBLE VISION IN SECOND LIFE
An extraordinary emerging practitioner is about to embark on an
evolutionary journey of the networked and virtual reality environments
of Second Life. ANAT is providing the opportunity for a young and
emerging artist working with distributed, portable, online, wearable,
gaming, mobile and emerging platforms to undertake a three-month
mentorship with an established mentor of their choice.
We are delighted to announce the mentorship recipient for 2007:
Julian Stadon (Perth) will be mentored by Professors Christa Sommerer
and Laurent Mignonneau, internationally renowned media artists working
in the field of interactive computer installation and at the University
of Art and Design in Linz, Austria where they head the Department for
Interface Culture at the Institute for Media.
Throughout the mentorship Julian will work on developing interactive
augmented reality constructs, created within Second Life, to appear 3D
when viewed through a head mounted display unit in a gallery
environment. Second Life will extend into the physical realm and the
viewer will immerse themselves in these fused spaces through
interaction with them.
Julian's practice investigates the spatial and formal differentiations
between digital and physical environments, utilising virtual and
augmented spaces, in conjunction with natural phenomena to question
notions of identity within these spaces. He has recently completed a
Master of Electronic Arts at Curtin University of Technology, Perth and
has exhibited extensively since 2002.
Julian comments, "utilising the Augmented Reality Tool Kit, I aim to
insert certain coded shapes that, when viewed through head mounted
displays trigger 3D modelled objects to appear as if physically
present. These objects will situate themselves in a whole new space, as
augmented virtuality".
The ANAT emerging technology mentorship enables an emerging artist to
explore new creative directions, to expand technical skills and
increase knowledge of networks, debates and business practice and is
supported as part of the Australian Government's Young & Emerging
Artists Initiative through the Australia Council, its arts funding and
advisory body.
ANAT's Executive Director, Dr Melinda Rackham comments, "this is a
particularly exciting time for the development of art practices within
online worlds like Second Life, which have their own communities,
economies and democratic systems. Artists like Julian, who have grown
up immersed in technology, are now working to both challenge and
enhance those worlds in ways that would not have been possible even a
decade ago. We truly are at the cusp of a new age of virtually
generated creativity".
For more information please contact Gavin Artz, ANAT General Manager on
(08) 8231 9037 or [log in to unmask]
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ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia
Council for the Arts http://www.ozco.gov.au its arts funding and
advisory body, by the South Australian Government through Arts SA
http://www.arts.sa.gov.au and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an
initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
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