Season 2

Some photos from Arthole Season 2 (31.08.08):



Recording of the launch party -

Arthole Season 2 - Arahan Claveau (August 31st 2008) by ArtholeRadio

Arthole Weekender

We have two major events this weekend, here are the details:


On Saturday 30th August from 4.00-4.30PM SLT/PST we will be hosting a live performance entitled "ORIENTATION" for the event Club Goodbye Dollar. This is a cross-reality event, the performances in Second Life will be broadcast simultaneously in a cinema in Amsterdam and also via live audio and video streams on the web at http://www.debalie.nl/live + http://1.live.nu + http://dfm.nu and inworld on Second Life virtual videoscreens.

Other live performances include the Shamanes, The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse, Second Front, d-oo-b, DFM RTV INT, Lauren Weyland, Akrazul Boa and Amari Soyinka.

Full details on the debalie cinema website

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cow/52/15/1031 (NOT ACTIVE UNTIL THE TIME OF THE PERFORMANCE)

*IF YOU ARE ATTENDING IN SECOND LIFE PLEASE NOTE THAT AUDIO AND VIDEO IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PERFORMANCE. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR OPTIONS ARE ENABLED PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE LOCATION.

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On Sunday 31st August from 1.00PM SLT/PST Arthole reopens to reveal the new Season 2 work. The three levels in the gallery will feature -

LEVEL 1 WEST WING - PARANOIA, Watching the Skies for Planes - New version of Burning Life 2006 installation by Nebulosus Severine.

LEVEL 1 EAST WING - Injustice - An extended chance to see this work by Arahan Claveau, originally part of his super fun happy club and The love that dare not speak its name for KunstVlaii.

LEVEL 2 - XXX PRIVATE SHOW - Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine have together created a new environment, incorporating audio and video into the experience.

LEVEL 3 - systems of reference - Selavy Oh takes over Level 3 and begins residence as the new guest artist for Season 2.

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See you over the weekend!

-Ara & Neb-

Arahan (and Arthole) blogged on NPIRL

Arahan Claveau to show at the Australian Centre of Photography; Arthole Season 2

Brit Arahan Claveau will be taking part in a month-long show opening on September 5th at the Australian Centre for Photography in Paddington, Australia called Avatar. Thirty six of his photographs of avatars from Second Life® will be shown alongside images from WoW, Sims 2 and other virtual worlds. The ACP mounted the show, because "Being yourself just isn't quite enough any more." In addition, a talk will be held on September 6 to discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls of being superhuman; whether through celebrity, performance enhancing drugs or a virtual alter-ego.

Arahan said to me, "I agreed to it because the focus is not so much about the actual photography which, as you know, I quit a while back, but more about the politics of being an avatar. I think it’s a fascinating area for discussion; raises all sorts of interesting questions..."

Read the rest of the article here.

Club Goodbye Dollar

CLUB GOODBYE DOLLAR:
RL Live Machinima Theatre & SLLAN-Party
30th August 2008
4:00 pm SLT
Live performance by Arthole - Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine
Location TBC

Level 3 update

Ichibot Nishi will no longer be collaborating with Selavy Oh as previously announced, Ichibot has decided he cannot unfortunately make the deadline of August 31st.

We're very pleased that Selavy will remain as our guest artist and her new work 'spaces' will be showing on Level 3.

Last chance to see ...

- Arthole Level 2 -- CLOSING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 2008 -



Level 2 containing 'Fontana' by Arahan Claveau and 'Null' by Nebulosus Severine will close on Saturday in preparation for a new collaborative work by the artists. Levels 2 and 3 will remain inaccessible until August 31st when the gallery reopens.


Nebulosus will also remove her current installation on Level 1; 'The (Cult)ure of Television', again to reopen and be replaced by different work at the end of the month.
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Season 2 Press Release

Season 2 [Teaser]

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LEVEL 2 - 31.08.08

Avatar

An exhibition exploring the politics of having/being an avatar, across a range of platforms from gaming and virtual environments, to cosplayers and plushies in RL, to Youtube and Myspace.

Featuring Second Life images by Arahan Claveau (Steve Millar).

The exhibition runs from 5th Sept - 5th Oct 2008 at the Australian Centre For Photography in Paddington, Australia. The gallery talk "Superhuman" (detailed in the image above) is on Sept 6th.

http://www.acp.org.au

Arthole - Season 2

The gallery relaunches on Sunday, August 31st 2008 with a new collaboration from Arahan Claveau & Nebulosus Severine on Level 2. Selavy Oh will have her own space on Level 3.

*Press release here

'Chasm' installation - see it while you can!

My sim installation, 'Chasm,' was recently featured on the NPIRL blog:

http://npirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/go-there-alone.html
http://npirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/chasm-between-loneliness-and-solitude.html

'Chasm' is only open for a VERY limited time - could be a few days, could be a couple of weeks -- see it while you can!

For more information (viewing instructions, etc.) please click this link.

SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cow/196/46/22

Get Shiki with Tuna and Arahan

Saturday August 9

For one hour today (8am SL/4pm UK) I'm DJ'ing alongside artist Tuna Oddfellow at the opening of the new Shiki sim.

Do please join us if you're around, this will be the first collaboration between myself and Tuna and it promises to be rather special.

'So Flows the Current'

My installation 'So Flows the Current' has been on the back burner for a long time, but it's open for viewing at Depot 7, please pay a visit: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Depo%207/183/102/34

Picture & a new machinima:

episodic.atomized by Ichibot Nishi

I made this video* for Brooklyn is Watching, podcast number 21. Ichibot's "sophisticated, yet horrifying" work demanded a fresh approach. It was much more complicated to pull off than usual and is very different in style and content than my other machinima.



*alternatively on YouTube, if you prefer lower quality that is.