[spectre] Turbulence Commission: "Ars Virtua Artist-in-Residence (AVAIR): Brad Kligerman"

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April 7, 2007
Turbulence Commission: "Ars Virtua Artist-in-Residence (AVAIR): Brad
Kligerman"
Opening on April 20 at midnight (SLT), and April 21 at noon (SLT)
http://turbulence.org/AVAIR

"AVAIR"--a project of James Morgan, Amy Wilson and Jay van Buren--is an
extended performance whose purpose is to investigate the nature of art
making in the 3D synthetic environment of Second Life
(http://secondlife.com). It is an examination of policy and institution, as
well as a reflection on place and art. Artists are given a stipend and
technical support. They are expected to have an open studio, produce an
exhibition, and make a public presentation. Their methodologies are
documented at http://turbulence.org/AVAIR. Orchestrated through the classic
structure of the gallery, the performances run at any time of the day or
night, and create a platform for exchange between artist and audience. 

Brad Kligerman, Ars Virtua's (http://arsvirtua.com/) first AIR, is winding
down his 11 week tenure. He is fabricating three machines capable of
extracting in-world data pertinent to discovering the rules of materiality
inherent to Second Life: (1) the Calibration Machine for reading the world;
(2) the Analogy Machine for learning about it; and, (3) the Mutation Machine
for writing, inventing and transforming it. His exhibition will consist of
interactive hyper-spaces made of images, ideograms and holograms. Join us
for the opening on April 20 at midnight (SLT), and April 21 at noon (SLT).
If you do not have an avatar, go to Second Life (http://secondlife.com/) and
register for a free account; download the client and launch it. Teleport to
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dowden/42/60/52

"Ars Virtua Artist-in-Residence (AVAIR)" is a 2007 commission of New Radio
and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It
was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.

BIOGRAPHY

Brad Kligerman is an architect, artist and teacher. Previous projects
include the design of astronaut work and habitation spaces that address the
body's physical and psychological adaptation to the temporal and spatial
environment of low orbit space for the NASA space station, Grumann Corp; and
the design of large scale architectural projects, for instance The
Bibliotheque de France (Dominique Perrault Architects); and 544 Park Avenue
(SOM). Kligerman also produces gallery installations and multi-media
projects.

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