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.
Red and Blue pills from the matrix and over a green matrix code background, but in this illustration the red pill is labeled Bitcoin, and the blue pill has the symbols for Dollars, Euros, Pounds, Yen
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Alt Avatar Ball

Avatars: Experience vs Represent Going to the Alt Avatar Ball? What happens when you wear an Avatar?…

Photograph of Vanessa Blaylock's chest showing bright red, sunburned skin, and pale, normal flesh colored areas where her bikini top was. Between her breasts, also "sunburned" in is the text "VB49: SPF50, LEA11, Saturday 6 July, 10am - Noon"
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Previz #73 – SPF 50

It started simply enough. I posted an Instagram pix saying that even though it really wasn’t that…

Head to thigh portraits of Second Life avatar Strawberry Singh's body shape over the past 6 years of her virtual life
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Avatar Shape Gallery

Body Image in the Real (virtual) World Where can you find an avatar shape gallery of real…

long horizontal portrait of Vanessa Blaylock with the characteristic warm browns of a selenium toned black and white print. Blaylock reclines in a chair with her arms over legs pulled into her chest. She wears a frilly bikini top.
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Sunburns on Instagram

I went to the beach yesterday and posted a pix on Instagram adding the hashtag “sunburn.” After…

Vanessa Blaylock and 2 gorillas sit on a small island across the water from Club Morpheus. The scene is at night and 4 high-powered lasers shoot 20-plus meters into the sky to form a giant red "M"
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Avatar Blogger Month – Day 21 Gold Star!

  It’s true! 3 weeks down, 1 to go! And here’s your I Survived 21 Days! Gold…

Title graphic of Vanessa Blaylock in a white dress wearing Google Glass on a catwalk runway with a white background and with superimposed typography "Vaneeesa Confessions of a Google Fangirl"
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Confessions of a Google Fangirl

Vanessa a Google fangirl? Strange but true! I love Google! Google+ Rocks! I want to have Vic…

Aerial view of the Avatar Blogger Crossfit gym at LEA11 in Second Life. A large star with the number 15 on it rotates over the gym and the many treadmill workstations
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Avatar Blogger Month – Day 15 Gold Star!

Avatar Blogger Month is half done! Congratulations to us! A n d . . . time for…

Poster for Agnes Sharple's "The Tree of Missing Avatars" workshop
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The Tree of Missing Avatars

Remembering & Forgetting In The Tree of Missing Avatars, Agnes Sharple helps us explore relationships made and…

Poster of installed works at Alice in Cornelland at LEA11 with the text "an investigation at LEA11, March - July 2013"
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The Reality of Virtual

The mission of Alice in Cornelland @ LEA11 is to think about the Immersive and Real qualities…

Parody poster for the film "Inception" featuring avatars in a virtual world as characters from the film narrative
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Berry’s Monday Meme: Inception

Here’s my entry for Berry’s “Monday Meme Challenge.” Click the image to see it in full sized…

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Moments @ LEA11

Even if LEA11 is developing more slowly than Dubai, it still is a fairly busy place ATM….

Vanessa Blaylock at the Strawberry Singh Meme Gallery at the Alice in Cornelland installation at LEA11 in Second Life
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Berry’s Monday Meme Gallery

Yesterday, like dozens of Monday’s before it, our own Strawberry Singh issued her weekly “Monday Meme Challenge.”…

Vanessa Blaylock's profile picture and cover photo from Facebook
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Vanessa Blaylock’s Online Identity

What is Vanessa Blaylock’s online identity? As tends to happen to women, I’m changing my name. Are…

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Avatar Blogger Month – Week 1 Gold Star

A few ABC Gym members got together to celebrate the end of Week 1 & give ourselves…

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My Typist Saw Star Trek Into Darkness & She Liked It

[box type=”alert”]Star Trek Into Darkness: Spoiler Threat Level: Mild[/box] What is Star Trek? A billion euro franchaise?…

chart or datagraphic or visualization or data porn of dream levels in the film Inception
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Immersive Interactive Creativity Community Yay!

Saturday is going to be an IICCY day! And even though it’s pronounced icky, I think it’s…

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Avatar Blogger Month – Reading the Blogs!

You’re all reading each other’s blogs, right? I mean, it’s no big deal to do a post…

Photo of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams in a grey sweater with arms outstretched as he addresses an audience.
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Content Platforms: Authorea vs Medium vs Scalar

Avatar Blogger Month seems like the ideal time to think about the platforms we use to express…

Vaneeesa Blaylock at Treadmill Desk / Blogger Workstation at the Avatar Blogger Crossfit Gym at LEA11
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Avatar Blogger Crossfit – Day 3

Exciting times in the first week here at ABC. Today I wandered through the Goatswood RP sim…

Two avatar bloggers walk on treadmills at treadmill desk workstations and work on blog posts at the desk / computer monitors in front of them
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Avatar Blogger Month – Participant List!

  Like the decathlon or the heptathlon, blogging requires many skills, and Blogger Crossfit is a fun,…

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Dance Party!

My fellow avatars… times have been hard… financial meltdown… easy bake oven implosions… if you are an…

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Alt Avatar Blogger Ball!?

Avatar Blogger Month Agnes and I were talking about June is Avatar Blogger Month, and she had…

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SMO10b

BREAKING NEWS — LEA11 — 25 May — Despite the shocking news that Vice President Hamlet has…

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LEA11: Quest for Virtual Haptic

Agent Cyan The Quest for a Virtual Haptic: Hello everyone, my name is Agent Cyan. I have…

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Happy Grandmother’s Day!

My father’s mother, Sarah Dukelski, died when I was very young. I don’t have any “real” memories…

photograph of Vanessa Bartlett's race number for Sunday 12 May Chester Half Marathon
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#vb131

Straight from the London 2012 Games to your PC or Mobile, British track star, and my “Internet…

Vaneeesa Blaylock walking on a treadmill, surfing the web, and reading blogs on her virtual treadmill desk
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!

Avatar Bloggers Unite! By proclamation of, well, me, June is Avatar Blogger month! WHO: Any Avatar Blogger…

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Diary #39 – Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD!

(Diary #39 – Mom’s Instagrams of me ‘n Fiona in ballet clothes)   You know how agent…

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Memory Box Workshop @LEA11

Saturday’s Memory Box Workshop @LEA11 had 5 intrepid participants who thought about ways to bring the images,…

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Slapping My Snotty Sister

My stupid sister Fiona opened an art gallery featuring pix of OUR FAMILY NAKED!? Is she stoopid?…