Kunstvlaai Art Pie International 2008

10-18 may 2008, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, 10.000 visitors. Curator and production of Virtual Worlds Mash Up

An art project with Wii technology, RetroYou game with gravity code removed, critisism through Missbimbo, where you can take boobjobs and take dietpills to become the perfect Bimbo, Webkinz, Second Life art and performances (Second Front / the YesMen, Arahan Claveau, Nebulosous Severine, Edo Paulus, Ischibot Nichi and many others). Arjan Scherpenisses Virtual Mirror, Chris Oakley RFID, Sandwoman.

Live interview and stream with Arahan Claveau, about Censorship on Second Life and his art about the hanging of 2 Iranian teens, because they are homosexual.

Performance of Second Front / the YesMen, disturbing also big company releases on Second Life with aesthetic performances.

etc

Thanks to it-staffing, DutchX, H&S Computerservices, VU University, AFK, Engage tactical Media, DeBalie and many others.. http://www.planetart.nl/kunstvlaai.htm

Some of my work I did as a “Second Life specialist”: created some government avatars, i.e. the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Science: R. Plasterk.

More information about my recent Virtual Worlds activities, lectures, events, strategy advise, etc, at the ABOUT page.

Workshops Advanced Building on Secondlife

Now available: Workshops

“Advanced Building on Secondlife”

“Builing on Secondlife”

You can ask for details by email.

previous workshops

First theater play in Europe on Secondlife: Waiting for Woloch (no Godot)

The first theater play in Europe on Secondlife: Waiting for Him (no Godot). Theater De Lege Ruimte (the empty space). June 26 2007.

“..If this is secondlife, there has to be a firstlife somewhere. - That’s not for us kind”.

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Red Cross on Secondlife

The Red Cross in the Netherlands asked me to create an avatar for the supermodel Yfke Sturm (Armani, Ralph Lauren..) for their promotion campaign on Secondlife.

Yfke specially asked for an avatar in the shape of her body that has a caring and kind expression.

VU University Amsterdam

In may 2007 was the opening of the VU University. I worked in a team of four builders on this project:

     

Hortus Botanicus VU University

In december 2006, creation of the first european university on Secondlife: VU University Amsterdam. To make it a more attractive place, I added a botanical garden, in cooperation with the “firstlife” botanical garden of the university.