Museum of Science Boston blog post link

Since for some reason the bitly url doesn't work, here is the long form of the link to my post:
http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/2011/09/digital-virtual-art-exhibit-at-museum.html

Digital-Virtual Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston Thrown Under the Bus

My typist's Digital-Virtual Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston has been thrown under the bus. Details here: http://bit.ly/rkKb7k

Out of Office Reply

Act II: Destruction of The Angry Gods, UWA

FreeWee Ling, Goddess of Destruction

Before

After

A glorious mess

Thanks for the gum, Miso!

Scene of Otter Destruction

Freedom!

Buried Joys: The END

Demolition of The Angry Gods

Things Fall Apart

FreeWee Ling set about taking down her UWA full sim build yesterday with a massive demolition and invited people to watch. Awesome end to an awesome build. More explosions scheduled for today (June 30, 2011).


The Center Cannot Hold


FreeWee plays the harp ...


...while Fuschia looks on

"Ophion's Egg" won First Prize in the 'Inspired by Mythology' Art Contest at Haveli Gallery

The above is a photo of me with Asmita Duranjaya, one of the organizers and judges for the contest, in front of Ophion's Egg.

I am honored to announce that my "Ophion's Egg" was awarded First Prize in the 'Inspired by Mythology' Art Contest on view at Haveli Gallery from May - June 2011. Haveli is located in Shekhawati, a beautiful sim - well worth a visit! - dedicated to the art, culture and architecture of India and the South Asian sub-continent. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shekhawati/190/158/23 The contest was judged by Asmita, Audrey Cresci, and Hiawatha Runningbear using an ingenious art-rating device devised by GeeJann Blackadder.

A video of the show and the opening, complete with a classical Indian music performance, can be seen here: http://giridevi.blogspot.com .



Asmita's beautiful sari perfectly compliments the art!

My artist statement about "Ophion's Egg:"
"In the beginning Eurynome, the Goddess of All Things, rose naked from Chaos, but found nothing substantial for her feet to rest upon, and therefore divided the sea from the sky, dancing lovely upon its waves. She danced toward the south, and the wind set in motion behind her seemed something new and apart with which to begin the work of creation. Wheeling about, she caught hold of this north wind, rubbed it between her hands, and behold! the great serpent Ophion. Eurynome danced to warm herself, wildly and more wildly, until Ophion, grown lustful, coiled about those divine limbs ..." -- Robert Graves

Ophion mated with Eurynome. In the form of a dove upon the waves, she laid the Cosmic Egg and bade him to incubate it by coiling seven times around until it split in two and hatched "all things that exist... sun, moon, planets, stars, the earth with its mountains and rivers, its trees, herbs, and living creatures." Then Ophion and Eurynome dwelt on Mt. Olympus until Ophion's boasting led Eurynome to banish him to the darkness below the earth.

Robert Graves in his book The Greek Myths (ISBN 0-14-017199-1) imaginatively reconstructs this Bronze-Age Pelasgian creation myth.

From the Medley Arts Call to Artists:
"Ancient myth has always provided fertile ground for artists and theorists of the visual. However, current writing on contemporary art is, with few exceptions, curiously devoid of mythological content, despite demonstrable interest in myth on the part of several contemporary artists, ranging from earlier figures such as Louise Bourgeois and Cy Twombly to more recent arrivals such as Gregory Crewdson, Fred Wilson, Bill Viola, Ann Hamilton, and John Currin. While some artists’ work invokes the power of classical European mythology explicitly, as in an expressly narcissistic video by Patty Chang (Fountain, 1999) or an Orpheus-inspired installation by Felix Gonzales-Torres (Untitled (Orpheus, Twice), 1991), others gesture toward myth in more subtle ways, as do for example, Gerhard Richter’s mirrored installations and paintings. "

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Links:
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford
Web Site: http://www.marthavista.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
MJB Blog: http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/
VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)
Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35
Blog: http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake
Anza Borrego Oak:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8
Acquarella:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM (Chinese narration)
Metemspyche's Garden:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:
http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs
Studio Tour:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA
The Maze:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE
The Mysterious Forest:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc
The Winter Bear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1
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Amazing Art Show at the LEA Sandbox this week

^^ my "Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi" at the LEA Sandy

I usually reserve this blog for blowing my own horn, but I am so impressed with the number and quality of the art pieces rezzed at the Linden Endowment for the Arts Sandbox this week, and I know there is just no way that what I want to say will fit into a tweet - so read it here it :)

Exhibiting artists (with apologies to anyone I overlooked - please feel free to add your name in the comment box):
Alizarin Goldflake
Artistide Despres
Betty Tureaud
Daco Monday
DanCoyote Antonelli
Dekka Raymaker
Giovanna Cerise
Laurel Leavitt
Madcow Cosmos
Mimo Vacano
Oberon Onmura
PatriciaAnne Daviau
Pol Jarvinen
Robin Moore

Go have a look here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA5/122/129/24

I would also like to mention the two pieces that most interested me. Artee (Artistide) has a geometric called AD_GrandeMain (Big Hand) clawing it's way out of the ocean. Disembarking from it like an endless stream of immigrants are particles of Artee's avatar ( I think they are particles) - very clever! Mimo Vacano, someone I am not familiar with, has 5 Kaleidoscope builds that do beautiful morphing textures reminiscent of early Glyph Graves, a real pleasure to look at. Thank you, Mimo!

And thank you to Linden Lab for providing this outlet for Second Life artists.

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Alizarin's Links:
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford
Web Site: http://www.marthavista.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
MJB Blog: http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/
VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)
Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35
Blog: http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake
Anza Borrego Oak:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8
Acquarella:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM (Chinese narration)
Metemspyche's Garden:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:
http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs
Studio Tour:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA
The Maze:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE
The Mysterious Forest:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc
The Winter Bear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1