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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Un-Space Ground

LOS ANGELES, February 25 — Un-Space Ground: The Unvisited, Unnamed, and Uninhabited Empty Areas beneath the Normally-Used…

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Where is Public Space?

If you have to push a door to get inside, it’s not public. LOS ANGELES, February 25…

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Code as Craft

LOS ANGELES, February 24 — CAA Panel: Code as Craft: Programming in the Art & Design Curriculum…

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Archipelagos

For about a week now I’ve been walking across two archipelagos… a mental archipelago of art… and…

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The “Privileging” of Visual Art

LOS ANGELES, February 24 — CAA Panel: Is it Time to Question the “Privileging” of Visual Art?…

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Public Art in the Virtual Sphere

LOS ANGELES, February 23 — CAA Panel: Public Art Dialog: Public Art in the Virtual Sphere During…

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Sheryl Oring

LOS ANGELES, February 23 — Sheryl Oring is a typist. I really like typists. Honestly, in my…

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College Art Association

LOS ANGELES, February 22 — At the end of the 1984 adaptation of The Razor’s Edge, on…

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Day 26

Yesterday I reached land’s end, LEA17. That, and, even if I hadn’t, my bones have grown weary…

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How Much Does WordPress Rock?

Some students and I were Skyping with Stelarc the other day… Yes, I know, fucking Stelarc! 🙂…

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Day 25

About 33 months ago I discovered evaxebra’s contributions to the daily self-portrait phenomena “365 Days.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/evaxebra/ hahaha,…

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VB31 – Demo Days

VB31 – Demo Days Gallery Xue / Palestine 21 January 2012 Are avatars “real?” What about the…

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I Wore a Mesh Dress & I Liked It

OMG, so much IDK if I’ll ever wear a system or prim dress again! This makes me…

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Duets A, B, C

• Duet C – Art / War Eostara’s Contemporary Art 6 February 2010   • Duet B…

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VB Moments C-M

• Moment M: Paris Naked       • Moment L: Phenomenology I I want to feel…

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VBFM #6 – Tatspo

22 February 2010 Who doesn’t need an excuse to show off their tats!? Agnes Sharple Bouncing Box…

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VB Previz #59 – Polymorphic

So this previz isn’t exactly about Helmut Newton’s photograph Big Nude III, Paris 1980, or even about…

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VB Previz #58 – Net / Work

VB31 – Demo Days was the brain child of Queen of Demo, Agnes Sharple. Then our gallerist…

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VB Previz #57 – Sugar Mountain

My daughter Xue is turning 20. This past half year has thankfully been a rather harmonious time…

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Day 7

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 2 February — I’m standing inside Professor Caproni’s recreated “Tenant Farmer House” • maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ASU…

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Day 6

OMG! What you can do with 3 hours of bodypainting! They turned me into a white girl!…

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Day 5

Riding the “invitation” to Kikas & Marma’s performance on Sunday, “Back to the Brink” at Place des…

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Day 4

On top of my pile of “stuff” for the upcoming performance artwork VB32 – Shit Happens, at…

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Day 3

Misprint Thursday offered to host “VB32 – Stuff” • Previz #51 Stuff • Discussion on Tumblr at…

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Day 2

I ran into Anyusha Lillenthal at her shop Ibizarre. She was the designer for VB10 – Dressed…

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Day 1

I dropped by Angel Learning Isle, which I heard is closing soon. Here I am on a…

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VB Previz #56 – Cheer is Life

Aero Bigboots produced Ze Moo’s Rezday Party 2011… and then fell off the face of the virtual…

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VB Previz #55 – Demo Days

Previz #55 / VB31 – Demo Days Saturday 21 January 2012 10am – Noon SLT 6pm –…

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VB30 – Born Again

CONCEPT: To celebrate the dawn of a new year, and Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company’s 4th year of…

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VB29 – Natatorium

VB29 Natatorium Compton’s Live, London City Saturday 17 December 2011 • 10am – Noon PDT • 6…