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A major solo installation for Second Life by Adam Nash (Adam Ramona) presented by the Odyssey Art Simulator, curated by Sugar Seville, located on East of Odyssey. One monumental immersive, interactive columnunar audiovisual sculpture, accompanied by sixteen smaller, intimate immersive audiovisual interactives. This is a major show of post-convergent interactive audiovisual 3D art. Press launch September 1, 2007, public launch September 8, 2007. Running through September and October . Extended indefinitely. -- Images from Seventeen Unsung Songs [ link ] A selection of views of the seventeen unsung songs. -- Video Documentation: 1: Introduction to Seventeen Unsung Songs and demo of The Moaning Columns of Longing, excerpt from documentary on virtual art, courtesy the KQED channel, Northern California: [ download this mp4 video ] or [ download high quality quicktime version ] -- 2: Blue Sound Ground and The Space Between. Visitors create the audiovisual experience by moving through these two works. In Blue Sound Ground, a carpet of objects randomly choose a colour and sound for themselves, then sense an avatar's movement as audiovisual triggers. Visually, the work's conscious juxtaposition of highly synthetic objects placed within faux realistic landscape questions the nature and use of virtual environments via a reference to the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. In The Space Between, an empty space is filled with sound and vision as the avatar moves through it, objects choosing random size, hue and sounds accrete around the avatar, creating a volumetric audiovisual sculpture unique to that avatar at that time. Interactively, the work invites the user to reflect on the inttrinsic qualities of virtual environments specifically and digital media generally, while enacting a post-convergent experience where interaction with the work creates the work. Both works explore the intrinsic qualities of digital/virtual audiovisual space, using saturations and harmonic tunings impossible in analog space. [ download this mp4 video ] or [ download high quality quicktime version ] -- 3: Ultramarine Column. A massive animated tower, over 80m tall, dominating the Seventeen Unsung Songs installation, the Ultramarine Column is an immersive audiovisual interactive sculpure rising out of the water. With sound and vision activated by the movement of avatars within and throughout, it is a dense exploratory work designed to immerse the user in an experiential journey. Echoing and recombining sounds, animation patterns and colours from the other Unsung Songs, the user is able to dynamically consruct endless variations unique to that moment. As with many of the other Unsung Songs, it works particularly well when pairs or groups of users interact with the work, creating an impromptu and totally unique collaboration. Once again, the experience for the user is created by users themselves interacting with the work. [ download this mp4 video ] or [ download high quality quicktime version ] -- Text Documentation 1. Catalogue essay by Dr. Lisa Dethridge [ link ] 2. Interview with Adam Nash by Helen Thorington, Networked Music Review [ offsite link ] 3. Review in Not Possible In Real Life [ offsite link ] -- Display Proposal 3 x room-scale wall projections, each with spatialised sound. Users interact with works via custom physical interface devices, in the style of a trackball with buttons, allowing simple intuitive navigation and interaction. The setup encourages play and collaboration. As the three screens are all projecting views and audio of the virtual installation island, visitors are able to interact with the works together, their explorations and interactions dynamically creating the virtual experience.
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Enquiries: Adam Nash, email <adam@yamanakanash.net>, mobile 0433155886
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