Author: Vanessa Blaylock

As a virtual public artist my work invites avatar communities to express their identity, explore their culture, and demand their civil rights.
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Timmie Jean Lindsey

HOUSTON, 16 March 1962* — today Timmie Jean Lindsey underwent the world’s first silicone-gel breast implant surgery….

 12 Comments on Previz #64 – Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k
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Previz #64 – Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k

MILAN, 10 April — Automattic’s manager of VIP Global Services, Sara Rosso announced the 2nd annual WorldWide…

 4 Comments on Passing
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Passing

VEST-AGDER, NORWAY, 13 April — Vaneeesa Blaylock and Sojourner Starship had dinner at the Bella Bistro Restaurant…

 8 Comments on Previz #63 – Strange Zeitgeists
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Previz #63 – Strange Zeitgeists

SAN FRANCISCO, 11 April — In this Previz we imagine multiverse traveler Ironyca along with performance / new media…

 3 Comments on Bullshit on Demand
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Bullshit on Demand

THE HAGUE, 9 April — Vaneeesa Blaylock’s skill at detecting bullshit, or at least her glee at…

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Thomas Kinkade, dead at 54

LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA, 6 April — Thomas Kinkade, “The Painter of Light” died today of unknown, and…

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Athena Reich

NEW YORK CITY, 6 April — Singer, songwriter, actress, TV Personality, Lady Gaga impersonator, and arts educator…

Google software engineer "Stephen" wearing mock-up concept of "Google Glass" glasses
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Google: Project Glass

MOUNTAIN VIEW, 4 April — The long time dream of Augmented Reality “heads-up displays” (HUDs) took a…

 5 Comments on Girls Around Me
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Girls Around Me

4 April — The meteoric rise of iPhone App Girls Around Me to, well, deletion… has been…

 2 Comments on Vaneeesa Blaylock
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Vaneeesa Blaylock

INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 4 April — Meet Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock,…

 1 Comment on Garage Band & Public Storage
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Garage Band & Public Storage

YOUR GARAGE, 2 April — paradoxically, this unassuming place is both the place where creativity is born……

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Vanessa Anne Blaylock

INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 1 April — Meet Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock,…

 3 Comments on The Mauritshuis is Closing!!
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The Mauritshuis is Closing!!

http://youtu.be/i3TNPPoPYm0 THE HAGUE, 1 April — Today is the last day for the next two years that…

close up of human eye with "a Steven Spielberg film" superimposed on it
 81 Comments on The Minority Report on SaveMe Oh
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The Minority Report on SaveMe Oh

LONDON, 30 March — Like Peter Sellers’ “Chauncey Gardiner” in Hal Ashby’s 1979 film Being There, artist…

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Previz #62 – Dance Anywhere

TRAFALGAR SQUARE, 30 March — Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company and Gallery Xue / London City will join…

Sojourner Starship & Vaneeesa Blaylock watching performance video in Sourjourner's screening room
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Celluloid Heroes

KANDAHAR, 24 March — Friends dancing at a mountain site featuring Betty Tureaud’s immersive light and space…

 0 Comment on Diderot, Britannica, Wikipedia & Knowledge
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Diderot, Britannica, Wikipedia & Knowledge

CHICAGO, 13 March — surprising no one, 244 year-old Encyclopaedia Britannica announced today the end of their…

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VB34 – Participant List

KANDAHAR, 10 March — Long time VB/CO participants like Pennyroyal Calamity in her 25th appearance, haute couture…

Lia Johin
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Lia Johin

KANDAHAR, 10 March — Legendary haute couture model Lia Johin appeared in VB34 – Net/Work today wearing,…

Xue Faith and friends on the ledge outside the Egypt Club
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VB33 – Sugar Mountain

PALESTINE, 2 March — On a slender, meter-wide ledge outside the Egypt Club, Xue Faith and 15…

image from the film "Somewhere in Time." Modern day Christopher Reeve stares at a photo of Jane Seymour
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Being Outed

CHICAGO, March 1912 — As the nymwars have helped elucidate, there are many reasons to use a…

 3 Comments on Previz #61 – Like a Prayer
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Previz #61 – Like a Prayer

TUMBLR, INC. 14 March — I hurt a friend this week. It wasn’t my intention, but it…

image from a kickstarter "anniversary edition" ad
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The Kickstarter Conundrum

YOUR WALLET, 13 March — Last month Kickstarter’s co-founder Yancey Strickler famously, or now infamously, told Carl…

 0 Comment on Previz #60 – Public Documents
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Previz #60 – Public Documents

KANDAHAR, 11 March — with the success of yesterday’s bombastic collaboration with Betty Tureaud, VB34 – Net…

sheep at a trough
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Feeding at the Tumblr Trough

CYBERSPACE, 11 March — in a world of 7 billion souls, is it reasonable, is it possible…

 1 Comment on VBFM #7 – LEA PacMan
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VBFM #7 – LEA PacMan

LINDEN ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 5 March — during my 365day trek thru the LEA archipelago I’ve…

 1 Comment on VB33 – Participants
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VB33 – Participants

PALESTINE, 2 March — for the last hour of Xue Faith’s teenage life, from 11:01pm GMT to…

 3 Comments on VB32 – Shit Happens
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VB32 – Shit Happens

VB32 – Shit Happens Misprint Thursday, Mausoleum, LEA14 11 February 2012 CONCEPT: George Carlin famously observed, Have…

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Kodak Theatre

LOS ANGELES, February 26 — As long as I was in Los Angeles thru Saturday for CAA…

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Nancy Popp

LOS ANGELES, February 25 — CAA: final event, final day: Performing Space. CHAIR: • Nancy Popp, Independent…