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.
 6 Comments on VB Previz #46 – The Seniors Project
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VB Previz #46 – The Seniors Project

In the virtual world you can easily find women with breasts larger than Pamela Anderson, and men…

 6 Comments on VB Previz #45 – Average
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VB Previz #45 – Average

The “Average Avatar” by Vaki (click image for her photostream) Previz: VB26 – Average 5-7pm GMT /…

 7 Comments on Good Grief
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Good Grief

Mila Kunis was not impressed when her presenting partner Justin Timberlake declared at the 2011 Academy Awards,…

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Postcard #10 – Waterworld

Postcard #10 – Waterworld 2, OS Grid Hello Pixel, I feel terrible! You and Faith are both…

 0 Comment on VB24 Performance Document
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VB24 Performance Document

In 2011 VBCO/Multiverse has chosen to fly beyond the nest of Second Life http://vaneeesa.com/2011/01/06/vbcomultiverse-2011/ The February stop…

 2 Comments on Heather Zapatero
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Heather Zapatero

Stop Buying Art! Buy Artists Instead! Do You Wanna Date My Avatar Auction Report #1 Last Saturday…

 1 Comment on Rez Power
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Rez Power

I live on the balcony of a lighthouse I built, originally, in Second Life. In a world…

 3 Comments on I Have Many Worlds
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I Have Many Worlds

A few aspects of Virtual Worlds (building/creative types, rather than game types) different from a certain famous…

 2 Comments on VB23 – Performance Document
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VB23 – Performance Document

VB23 – New Clothes Saturday, 22 January 2011, 8-10pm GMT a performance on the InWorldz grid Agnes…

 1 Comment on WikiRebels, The Documentary
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WikiRebels, The Documentary

 4 Comments on The Monuments of Virtual Passaic
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The Monuments of Virtual Passaic

PASSAIC, NJ, 1967 — For most of my life I have been aware of, and perhaps existed…

 1 Comment on Moderation
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Moderation

CYBERSPACE, 10 January — In the glorious free speech year of 2010 Rose was moderated out of…

 5 Comments on Field Trip Report: Blue Mars
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Field Trip Report: Blue Mars

BLUE MARS, 25 September 2010 — Today Tizzers Foxchase led an intrepid group of explorers from the…

 2 Comments on Welcome to the Real World
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Welcome to the Real World

  It was so great seeing Tizzy yesterday… my head’s still spinning over how awesome her new…

 3 Comments on Tizzers Foxchase
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Tizzers Foxchase

[2011/01/06 07:12] Tizzers Foxchase: <3 [2011/01/06 07:13] Vaneeesa Blaylock: hey Tizzers [2011/01/06 07:13] Tizzers Foxchase: hai! [2011/01/06…

 2 Comments on VB Previz #44 – VBCO/Multiverse 2011
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VB Previz #44 – VBCO/Multiverse 2011

On Saturday, 1 January 2011 the performance art organization Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company became VBCO/Multiverse VBCO/Multiverse is…

 10 Comments on VB Previz #43 – Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?
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VB Previz #43 – Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?

Previz: DO YOU WANNA DATE MY AVATAR!? This piece considers how we choose who to spend time…

 7 Comments on 2010 in Review
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2010 in Review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a…

 1 Comment on 2010 Magazine!
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2010 Magazine!

Happy New Year!! 26 Weeks of iRez now conveniently indexed and at your fingertips! http://issuu.com/vaneeesa/docs/frontpage-2010 No one…

 1 Comment on VB Previz #40 – Kiss Me::Kill Me
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VB Previz #40 – Kiss Me::Kill Me

The world’s greatest virtual-bleeding-heart-liberal Trill Zapatero wants to save the world, and she thinks we can start…

 3 Comments on VB Previz #39 – The Guild
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VB Previz #39 – The Guild

VB25 – The Guild Saturday, 12 March 2011, 8-10pm GMT a performance on the World of Warcraft…

 2 Comments on VB Previz #38 – Resurrection
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VB Previz #38 – Resurrection

VB26 – Resurrection Saturday, 23 April 2011, 7pm GMT a performance on the Second Life grid http://slurl.com/secondlife/An%20Li/68/128/22…

 3 Comments on It’s a Dualist Virtual Universe
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It’s a Dualist Virtual Universe

When I contemplated Avatar Suicide the other day, so many people reached out to me in different…

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WikiTerms

http://diasporadical.com/2010/12/16/time-person-of-the-year-is-zuckerberg-not-assange/ http://www.hulu.com/watch/202005/saturday-night-live-a-message-from-mark-zuckerberg It was really only a few years ago that everything I produced was Copyright All…

 2 Comments on Afghanistan Museum Update
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Afghanistan Museum Update

Trill Zapatero has always figured prominently on the IRez blog: she was a fierce Homecoming Queen competitor…

 3 Comments on The Broken Man
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The Broken Man

I meant to write this blog post back in August ’09 when we performed VB07 – I…

 1 Comment on Carl
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Carl

I only had lunch with him the one time. Marky Mark went down to Caltech to hang…

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Fair Leaks

Speaking of Wikileaks and remembering that journalists are supposed to be about Free Speech, not Free Lunch……

 8 Comments on Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum
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Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum

Last year Bruce Sterling wrote an article about Eva & Franco Mattes 2003 prank Nike Ground in…

 1 Comment on Maui The Demigod
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Maui The Demigod

Linus Torvalds once said that Richard Stallman was the great “philosopher,” and that he was an “engineer”……