Event Sept 15th, 5-7pm: Art and Design in Second Life: Exploring Virtual Worlds
Tim Allen
friend of the Salon Neil Kleinman. We hope to see you there!
Regards,
-Tim
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Art and Design in Second Life: Exploring Virtual Worlds
Tuesday, Sept 15th 5 - 7 pm
CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall @ The University of the Arts (320 S. Broad St.)
Sponsored by The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy
Artists, designers, educators, musicians, and institutions are coming
together and creating a 3-D interactive online community that
transcends the boundaries of physical possibility.
The discussion by Jeff Lipsky and Richard Minsky introduces the art,
marketplace, and design possibilities of Second Life and Virtual
Worlds. They’ll survey a variety of applications, including new
directions in the creation and marketing of art, innovative learning
experiments, global outreach through virtual museums and libraries,
and the uses of virtual spaces for distance learning and community
development.
Jeff Lipsky is an artist who makes abstract narrative paintings and
drawings. As Flithy Fluno, his Second Life avatar, he specializes in
using online virtual world and social networking technologies to
connect to international audiences, marketplaces, and local arts
communities. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums
throughout the world, and he has been featured in dozens of articles,
including The New York Times Magazine, Art Calendar Magazine, the
Boston Globe as well as on a number of websites – Artnet, ARtinfo.com,
Minskyreport.com, etc.
Richard Minsky resides in the virtual world of Second Life as avatar
ArtWorld Market and is the founder of SLART, a critical review and
journal of Second Life art. His study, “The Art World Market of
Second Life,” was the first to examine the differences and
similarities between real life and Second Life art, including
questions of aesthetic, technical, legal and economics. He is also
founder of the Center for Books Arts, an acclaimed center for the
study and craft of book design. He is himself a well-known book
designer, whose work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries
in the United States and abroad.