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.
 5 Comments on VB06 – Design Contest
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VB06 – Design Contest

Attention Fashion Design Students & Emerging Designers Scarf Design Contest Vaneesa Blaylock, Performance Artist, announces a Scarf…

 1 Comment on VB Previz #9 – Bell Jar
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VB Previz #9 – Bell Jar

Oh gawd… we can’t… can we? It’s sooo… cliche… isn’t it? We have to… don’t we? Yes……

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400 Friends

You can clearly see the “cancerous” sovereign nation of Second Life continue to, like nanobots with a defective self-replication-stop switch, take over my network.

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VB Previz #8 – Prism

This is the look I’m working on for: ==VB04 – Prism== Saturday, 27 June 09 • 1-3pm…

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VB Previz #7 – Go Ask Alice

Not really a “previz,” more just a statement of concept… one of our cast members has a…

 4 Comments on VB04 / VB06 Dates Set
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VB04 / VB06 Dates Set

Vaneeesa, Seasprite, Leo @ St. Leo Main Gallery === VB04 – Prism === Saturday 27 June 09…

 1 Comment on VB Previz #6 – Event
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VB Previz #6 – Event

click image to view an enlarged, more detailed image VB PROPOSAL: VB09 – Event Our culture today…

 2 Comments on VB Previz #5 – I Advance Masked
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VB Previz #5 – I Advance Masked

Vaneeesa said… [4:02] Zola Zsun: cool, and i wanted to ask about the masked one [4:02] Vaneeesa…

 5 Comments on Avatars and Web2.0 Tools
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Avatars and Web2.0 Tools

VB03 LINKS • VB03 PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT • The Cast of VB03 • VB03 Rehearsal Images • VB03…

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VB03 Cast

VB03 LINKS • VB03 PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT • The Cast of VB03 • VB03 Rehearsal Images • VB03…

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VB03 Rehearsal Pix

VB03 LINKS • VB03 PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT • The Cast of VB03 • VB03 Rehearsal Images • VB03…

 0 Comment on VB Previz #4 – Birth of Venus
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VB Previz #4 – Birth of Venus

Classic paintings. Oh yes. You know they’re coming. A dozen Venuses… probably! The Bougueureau has so much…

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VB Previz #3 – Mary

VB01 & VB02 featured identical “clone” avatars. VB03 featured completely unique avatars united only by common shoes….

 2 Comments on VB Previz #2 – Gingham
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VB Previz #2 – Gingham

This previsualization isn’t actually about the clothing or hair depicted. It’s about the skin. Two days ago,…

 1 Comment on VB03 – Veinticinco Mujeres
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VB03 – Veinticinco Mujeres

VB03 LINKS • VB03 PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT • The Cast of VB03 • VB03 Rehearsal Images • VB03…

 5 Comments on VB Previz #1 – Golden / Red
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VB Previz #1 – Golden / Red

I found a cool wardrobe previsualization tool: Looklet You’ll find me there at: http://looklet.com/user/25068 This is the…

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300 Friends

In this frame you’ll notice a giant blob of friend-protoplasm threatening to take over this Friend Network Visualization! Yes, it’s that tightly interconnected army of Second Lifers!

 2 Comments on Big Thunder Mountain
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Big Thunder Mountain

Space Mountain is a “ride,” and that ride is more about Space Mountain than it is about you. Facebook is also a “ride,” and Facebook is more about Facebook than it is about you.

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High Heels

NEW CALEDON, 30 May — With VB03 – Veniticinco Mujeres, our new, largest-to-date performance work, featuring “veinticinco…

 1 Comment on Eloh Eliot
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Eloh Eliot

In the middle of a barren snow drift in Lippert stands, unexpectedly, a small patch of sunflowers….

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218 Friends

This just happens to be the exact same number of “real/meaningless” “friends” that, uh, “someone” I know took almost 3 years on Facebook to acquire.

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Charlie White

I’ve seen some of Charlie White’s work in the past, like his Alien at a Cocktail Party…

 5 Comments on VB03 – Cast & Venue Set!
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VB03 – Cast & Venue Set!

VB03 LINKS • VB03 PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT • The Cast of VB03 • VB03 Rehearsal Images • VB03…

 3 Comments on VB02 – Peggy Sue
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VB02 – Peggy Sue

Is an avatar a “real” girl? Or some mixed-metaphor of Barbie x Pinocchio? In VB02 Peggy Sue, 9 identical avatars, complete with “Talking Barbie” pull-strings come to life, if only for a moment.

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100 Friends

The reason my FB account is under the name “Vanessa Blaylock” and not my “real” name Vaneeesa Blaylock, is that when I signed up, Facebook said that the name “Vaneeesa” was unacceptable because “too many repeating letters” – not allowed!

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Touchgraph

Joined Facebook yesterday. Here’s a “Touchgraph” of my “Social Network”

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6000 Degrees

Here are some excerpts from my 2003 work 6000 Degrees. As you can see in the video…

 9 Comments on Vanessa Blaylock
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Vanessa Blaylock

Vanessa Blaylock: Born: 25 April 1969, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC BFA Choreography: June 1991, Hong Kong…

 14 Comments on VB01 – Girl Next Door
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VB01 – Girl Next Door

(click on any image to view a larger version of it) I had my SL debut performance…