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13/11/2009 - 14/02/2010

Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium;
Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance, Second Life (Odyssey 123/37/25)



After its first showing in 2007 at iMAL (Brussels), The Gate is back at the Broelmuseum, Kortrijk (Belgium), as part of the Fantastic Illusions exhibition. This show explores how Belgian and Chinese artists build illusory spaces for the visitor. It features works of Nick Ervinck (BE), Hans Op de Beeck (BE), Tale of Tales (BE), Vadim Vosters (BE), Olivier Deprez (BE), Yves Bernard & Yannick Antoine (BE), Bart Stolle (BE), Heidi Voet (BE), CREW (BE), Teddy Lo (CN), Jenova Chen (CN), Aaajiao (CN), Wu Juehui (CN), Hu Jieming (CN), Peng Yun (CN).


The Gate is an installation connecting real life and Second Life. A junction point, a door between two worlds and two representation spaces. Or, basically, a simple window between both worlds where real users and SL users can see and meet each other.
A view of the SL Gate is permanently projected in the real life venue; when an avatar comes in front of The Gate, it is visible in the public space; when one arrives physically in front of the door in the public space, (s)he can interact with the SL user on the other side.

The result will be a kind of happening where the virtuality of SL is transferred in the physicality of our public space and vice-versa; a stage for performance and interaction, something between a break-dance platform, an inter-dimensional portal and a peep show through parallel universes.





Join us!

People, avatars and performance artists are kindly invited to come, perform and interact at The Gate, both in Real Life and in Second Life.


The Gate in Kortrijk!

Stedelijk Broelmuseum Kortrijk
Broelkaai, 6
8500 Kortrijk
BELGIQUE/BELGIUM

http://www.broelmuseum.be | http://www.budakortrijk.be
http://www.europalia.eu/programme/expositions/article/fantastic-illusions-266?lang=en



The Gate in Second Life

The Gate is installed on Odyssey, an island in Second Life dedicated to art and performance.

1. Create a free account on http://secondlife.com/join
2. Download the software on http://secondlife.com/download and follow the installation instructions.
3. Use this SLurl to teleport to Odyssey: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odyssey/123/37/25

The Gate is installed on the beach next to the teleport hub.

http://odysseyart.ning.com/

I love the Internet. And waxy.org specifically since it's where I found it all ;)

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth_Album

2) http://thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/

3) http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/11/10/scenes-from-an-alternate-universe-where-the-beatles-accepted-lorne-michaels-generous-offer/


<3 alternate history
<3 the Beatles

(via RPS, another reason to love'em)

Choose your language:
- Apple
- French
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Another weird choice from the self-proclaimed UI champions, if you ask me :p

Freelance life can be tough. Long gaps between commissions. Accounts departments who just can't seem to find your invoice. Not to mention the ever-present need to get your work seen by the people who count.

Jonny Wan, a freelance illustrator from Sheffield, knows all about that. A graduate of the Manchester School of Art, he's constantly striving to ensure his unique illustrative style (think abstracted facial expressions, patterns, symmetry and hand-drawn lettering) snags the attention of creative directors everywhere – and he does so via Business Cards and Postcards from MOO.
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