Hrag Vartanian

Tonight, Douglas Gayeton’s documentary short “Molotov Alva and the Search for His Creator: A Second Life Odyssey” airs on Cinemax at 8pm EST (like right now, sorry for the late notice).
I knew this would develop into something when I posted about it back in April 2007. Part philosophical tract, part travel guide to the subcultures [...]

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Maybe it’s time for me to revisit Second Life (SL) and scout out some new art.
I saw this recreation of Hopper’s “Nighthawks” and was reminded how SL seems to excel at recreations, particularly performances.
You can visit the virtual recreation by clicking on this SLURL.
I like the idea of “walking” around classic paintings in order to [...]

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Under the guise of my Second Life (SL) avatar, Ari Montreal, I went gallery hopping in SL for months. It was often hit or miss, but art was all around and there were some interesting things to see. My SL art experience culminated in an article about SL’s art scene for the Brooklyn Rail in [...]

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Over the last few months, Second Life’s (SL) art scene continues to mature and grow. One SL group known as 0100101110101101, consisting of Eva and Franco Mattes, has been trying to push some boundaries by performing classic performance art pieces in the virtual domain.
A series of reenactment of historical performances inside synthetic worlds such as [...]

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Email interview (March 16, 2007)
1 - How did you become involved in Second (SL) art?
Well, I am an artist in real life (rl). I first started second life after my rl aunt and uncle read about it in “Spin magazine”. They came in, and saw what an incredible world it was. So I came in [...]

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