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.
Instagram photo of a small, delicate, pink box filled with various objects and with the text "Memory Box Workshop" superimposed on top of it.
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Memory Box Workshop

Make a Secret Place As part of the Alice in Cornelland Quest for a Virtual Haptic, we…

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Jane McGonigal in my Tanning Bed!?

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve been hitting the tanning bed pretty heavily for the past 18…

Frame from The Matrix where Neo says "No," stops the bullets heading toward him, and holds one between his fingers and examines it.
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Own It (Consciousness)

Neo touching the bullet with his fingers, and processing the experience with his eyes, gives rise to a form of consciousness that may be the key to creating haptic experiences in virtual worlds.

Bing world map focused on South America and with a pushpin on Caracas, Venezuela
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Internet Time

How 5 seconds becomes an hour, or why I had to go to Caracas to edit my blog post!

Theme image for "Alice in Cornelland" proposal to LEA Committee. See post for image sources.
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Alice in Cornelland

[dropcap]Once[/dropcap] upon a time there was a young girl who lived on Utopia Parkway in Flushing, New…

Glitch Art Image - an avatar with unrendered hair that is large polygons of textureless grey
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Previz #72 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade

OMG AYFKM!? The man, the myth, the legend, Ze Moo has done a previz for a VB/CO…

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Strawberry Singh Gift Certificates

Know what they call virtual photographer Strawberry Singh in the hallways of Linden Lab in San Francisco,…

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Digital Cultures

Digital Cultures / Discussion Group Where do Virtual Babies and Digital Ethnography intersect? Besides iRez, they intersect…

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Hunting for a Parade Route

Trill and I are out scouring the mainland for parade routes for next saturday’s Noob Avatar Pride…

photographic diptych of participant in VB44 Tiny Avatar Pride Parade, featuring participant's profile on the right, and their parade appearance on the left.
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VB44 – Cast

Cast photos & profiles for VB44 – Noob Avatar Pride Parade.

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VB43 – Cast

Animal Avatar Pride Parade 48 avatars participated in Saturday’s Animal Parade in Sydney Harbour. Starting in front…

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Previz #71 – Everyone Loves an Avatar Parade

After the success of last week’s VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, and yesterday’s VB43 – Animal Parade,…

ScreenGrab from CBS News; "Linebacker carries on in the face of tragedy" showing a photo of Mante Te'o's girlfriend Lennay Kekua
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Lennay Kekua Lawsuit Filed

http://youtu.be/5Wxh4rEaiMA   ROBERT F PECKHAM FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, SAN JOSE, 17 January — In the wake of the…

Animal Parade showing a horse, an eagle, and a number of other animal species superimposed over a background of the Australia (Sydney) region of Second Life
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Previz #70 – Animal Parade

  Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she…

photograph of world of warcraft themed park in china
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Counterfeit World of Warcraft Theme Park!?

Wait, wut? A counterfeit WoW theme park opened in China 18 months ago?! How am I only…

Wide shot of VB42 Avatar Pride Parade participants at the parade start on the Long Island University region of the 3D virtual world of Second Life
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VB42 – Cast

  Avatar Pride Parade 34 avatars participated in yesterday’s 8-region, 5-university pride walk starting on the Eastern…

Xue Faith and Vaneeesa Blaylock skating on the frozen ice at the Bradley University Ice Skating Rink
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Second Saturday: Avatar Pride Parade

VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade Saturday 12 Jan ’13   SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, Sunday 6 January —…

Sepia Toned photograph of VBFM#8 - New Year's Day Art Crawl through the LEA sims
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VBFM #8 – New Year’s Art Crawl

  Tuesday, 1 January 2013 – Who needs a parade when you can have an art crawl!…

Still Photo from Pride Parade
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First Saturday: Avatar Pride Parade

  First Saturday! CIRCUIT LA CORSE, MEEWALH SIM, SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, 5 January — The growing “army”…

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The End of Second Life

  The End of Second Life I hear you, “Not again!” But this time it’s real. I…

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Fiona Blaylock’s Birthday

Fiona Blaylock’s Birthday It’s my big sister’s birthday today. Boxing Day Baby! We hung out for a…

Gustave Courbet's 1855 painting, "The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic (and Moral) Life" sometimes also referred to as "The Artist's Studio"
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The Artist’s Studio

The Artist’s Studio in the 19th Century Gustave Courbet’s monumental (nearly 4 x 6 meters) 1855 oil…

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iRez World!

In this holiday season we’ve been reminiscing on 2012, our diverse pool of authors, our diverse identities,…

World Cup photograph "Spain vs Holland" showing players in bright orange uniforms jumping and cheering
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The Difference Between Holland & The Netherlands

That great font of information C. G. P. Grey has just released a new “geography” video explaining…

Close up detail of holiday photo featuring iRez authors Xue Faith, Trilby Minotaur, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Yordie Sands, Strawberry Singh and Canary Beck
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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Our virtual salon had 31 contributing authors in 2012, all the way from Agnes to…

Marie Chouinard's evening length performance / film bODY_rEMIX / gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS - photo of dancers in the performance
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Marie Chouinard: bODY_rEMIX/ gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS

Marie Chouinard Quebec choreographer Marie Chouinard’s 2005 evening length bODY_rEMIX/ gOLDBERG_vARIATIONS features dancers with a variety of…

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Gamification Certificate

I received my gamification certificate of completion from Kevin Werbach / Coursera / The Wharton School /…

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Model Portfolio

New Pix! I uploaded a model portfolio to Models.com today! Now we have to wait 3 or…

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Diary #38: 1984 – 2001 – 2012

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 1984 — I guess the reason you’re supposed to do a “Diary” as it happens…

Image of Augmented Reality and Wearable Computing pioneer Steve Mann wearing his "eye tapp" computer vision system
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Steve Mann Goes to McDonalds

TORONTO, 18 July — O Canada’s Russ Martin reports that University of Toronto professor Steve Mann, inventor…