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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Fontbron Academy: Faculty Application

TO: Humane Resources, Fontbron Academy FROM: Vanessa Anne Blaylock RE: Tenure Track Faculty position in Psychopharmacology Dear…

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Diary #31 – V Magazine

NEW YORK, 2012 — Gallery Xue / NYC is a real, working art gallery, but it also…

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Diary #30 – Docent

THE MAURITSHUIS MUESUM, 1995 — Museum docent Vaneeesa Anne Blaylock dutifully showing Mauritshuis visitors the permanent collection…

ScreenCap of Chrome Web Browser New Tab Apps with iRez App Circled
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iRez @ Chrome Store

THE GOOGLEPLEX, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — Hey Chrome users, you can now add iRez to…

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iRez on RockMelt

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — You have a wonderful lot of web browser choices today —…

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19 August – Fiona & Club Republik

NU REPUBLIK, 19 Aug — With Olympic world harmony already a thing of the past, we return…

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Diary #29 – Stacey Giachino

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — The Koninklijk Conservatorium Department of Dance presents Stacey Giachino and Vaneeesa Blaylock in…

ScreenCap of TweetChat twitter chatting app running in a RockMelt web browser tab
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TweetChat

THE TWITTERVERSE, 15 August — I’ve just finished my 2nd “TweetChat.” I do love Twitter, and TweetChat…

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Diary #28

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 1994 — Fiona and I holding a crystal ball in the lobby of “Blaylock’s Palmistry,” a…

ScreenCap of Prof Kevin Werbach's Gamification course home page on the Coursera website
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Gamification with Kevin Werbach

PHILADELPHIA, 27 August — While I won’t be “physically” in Philadelphia to enjoy the summer humidity (my…

Sepia toned photograph of iRez Virtual Salon authors Vaneeesa Blaylock and Strawberry Singh
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Meet The Virtual Salon

THE BLOGOSPHERE, 13 August — Meet Pamela is one of the greatest films never made. It’s the…

Still Photo from Pride Parade
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Previz #68 – Avatar Pride Parade

CIRCUIT LA CORSE, MEEWALH SIM, SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, 9 August — Over the course of VB/CO’s history…

Image of Second Life Avatar pulling her hair out with various HTML text in glowing letters over her image
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Extreme Makeover: Virtual Edition

SAINT-ÉTIENNE, LOIRE, 8 August — Here today, at the birthplace of performance artist Orlan, we announce Extreme…

ScreenCap from Star Wars: The Old Republic, in front of the old Jedi Temple on Coruscant, a large tile floor with Ravanel's avatar sitting on the floor and her pet Orokeet facing her
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VR Pet Challenge

IREZ VIRTUAL SALON, 7 August — Today the dam burst! Eva, Ravanel, and Trilby have all posted…

Color photograph of virtual fashion designer Jackie Graves at VB41 - Rock the Casbah at Gallery Xue / Port of Long Beach
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Jackie Graves

OXYMORON, SECOND LIFE, 7 July — As part of iRez’ “World Today,” today, I logged on, looked…

Avatars dressed in Jackie Graves' "Poison" paramilitary uniforms and participating in VB41 - Rock the Casbah
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VB41 – Rock the Casbah

PORT OF LONG BEACH, 4 August — Newton’s Laws of Motion: First Law: A body in motion…

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Fiona

COVET SIM, SECOND LIFE, 5 August — My globetrotting sister Fiona called me out of the blue…

Gina Broono wearing Graves "Poison" uniform in VB41 Rock the Casbah, at Gallery Xue / Port of Long Beach
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VB41 – Cast

PORT OF LONG BEACH, 4 August — Today combatants from Red, Green, and Purple teams base jumped…

Ally Sheedy as Stephanie Speck and the robot Number Five in the 1986 film Short Circuit
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Future Now: Short Circuit

DAMON, WASHINGTON, 9 May 1986 — Today an advanced robot, “Number Five,” escaped the grounds of its…

Side by side headshots of actor Valorie Curry and Playstation 3 / Quantic Dream character Kara
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Future Now: K A R A

SAN FRANCISCO, 7 March — Today at the Game Developers Conference, Quantic Dream’s David Cage unveiled their…

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Virtual Assassins Wanted!

LONG BEACH, 4 August — Calling all virtual base jumpers, assassins, pranksters & secret agents: VB41 –…

B&W photograph of performers at Gallery Xue / NYC performing in VB40 Charlotte, Forever!
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VB40 – Charlotte, Forever!

NEW NEW YORK, 28 July — Sometimes a time, a place, and a sensibility can simply be…

B&W Photo of Pianist Pixelated Gina performing on a white, grand piano, at Gallery Xue / NYC
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VB40 – Cast

NEW NEW YORK, 28 July — Today at Gallery Xue / NYC 9 cellists and 2 pianists…

Title Frame from Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo's new film Sight. Image is of the title, "Sight" and a close up of a man's face, where his eyes seem to have some sort of "active architecture"
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Future Now: Sight

YOUR RETINA, 29 July — Yordie had such a wonderful time watching Bruce Branit’s 2008 World Builder,…

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The Lagettes!

PORTUGUÊS: NOVA NOVA YORK, 28 de Julho — o desempenho de hoje de VB40 – Charlotte, sempre!…

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How Do You Spell Vaneeesa?

MIAMI, 27 July — What’s in a name? @vaneeesa change your username you slut — alexis. (@alexiss_red)…

Poster art for iRez "Future Now Film Festival" with graphic type superimposed over a "technicolor" photograph of Xue Faith performing in VB34 Net / Work
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Future Now Film Festival!

IMPERIAL SENATE, GALACTIC CITY, CORUSCANT, 28 July — Darth Maul taps the microphone and says casually, “Is…

3 avatars inside Gallery Xue / NYC wearing "TV Bras" and playing cellos with posters of Charlotte Moorman in the background
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VB40 – Production

NEW NEW YORK, 24 July — We’re installing at Gallery Xue / NYC this week for Saturday’s…

Avatars in the virtual world Second Life participating in the virtual performance artwork VB39 - Pink & Blue
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VB39 – Pink & Blue

PICO PICO LIFE, LEA19, 21 July — Even in our 21st century moment much of Western Culture…

VB36 - Pink & Blue @ Pico Pico Life / LEA19
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VB39 – Cast

PICO PICO LIFE, LEA19, 21 July — Today 21 intrepid avatars celebrated the 21st of July by…