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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VB37 – Sitting is the New Smoking

CIRCUIT LA CORSE / SAN DIEGO / MILAN, 26 April — Mad Men depicts a time, a…

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The Facebook Says: Art

THE HAGUE, 16 June — On Thursday I asked a few Facebook Friends a question about art….

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Diary #25

HALLIBURTON, THE HAGUE, 2001 — I’d received my MFA from Koninklijk a couple of years earlier and…

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Diary #24

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1997 — This was after I left the graduate dance program and had transferred to…

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Diary #23

MUI WO BEACH, LANTAU ISLAND, HONG KONG, 1989 — Sophomore year. Photography class. hahaha – notice I…

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Dollhouse 1

http://youtu.be/yDcEKo4V7fA   LOS ANGELES, 2009 — A computer is hardware that runs software. You can boot your…

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Diary #22

AMSTERDAM, 1996 — The Treachery of Heels. THE HAGUE, 2012 — We’ve already established that I’m a…

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Comment Moderation

NEW NEW YORK, 7 June — Hahah, I can’t stop myself! Yes, I know the Newbie Blogger…

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This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Vanessa

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSSETS, 7 June — Writer, blogger, wife, mother, feminist, and founder of The Mamafesto blog, Avital…

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Previz #66 – Pink & Blue

NEW NEW YORK, 5 June — I was reading a couple of posts by Avital Norman Nathman,…

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Diary #21

WASHINGTON, D.C., 1975 — Oh gawd, this thing. One Easter, yes I am a (half) Jewish girl…

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Diary #20

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1996 — Me, being a dweeb with my camera’s self timer and a tripod. THE…

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VB36 – Dance Anywhere

TRAFALGAR SQUARE, 30 March — At exactly Noon PDT / 20:00 BST today, Vaneeesa Blaylock / Company…

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Diary #19

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 1980 — Brilliant costume designs by the 11-year-old fashion prodigy Vaneeesa Blaylock for her summer…

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Diary #18

TAIPEI, 1991 — Do you remember what you were wearing the day you got pregnant? I do….

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By The Numbers

SAN FRANCISCO, 1 June — kk, my last NBI post! 😛 I came to the project late,…

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Awesome Lookin’ New Blogs!

THE HAGUE, 1 June — It’s already 1 June here in The Hague, but still 31 May…

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Diary #17

WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1991 — “Persona.” Yes, my senior thesis choreography was named after a Bergman…

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Creative Freedom

NEWBIE BLOGGER INITIATIVE, 31 MAY — Wow, month’s end already! I’d like to do one more piece…

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Diary #16

KOWLOON TONG, HONG KONG, 1989 — Junior Year. This guy from City University of Hong Kong came…

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Diary #15

TSIM SHA TSUI, HONG KONG, 1991 — A group of HKAPA students and I went to Tsim…

Detail of the 1863 painting Olympia by Victorine Meurent and Edouard Manet
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Vicky

PARIS, 1863 — Lady Gaga, Madonna, yes, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift too, they all owe Vicky…

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Diary #14

WASHINGTON, DC, 1984 — Oh gawd, stop laughing! What self-respecting DC 15-year-old wouldn’t wear stilettos and ridiculously…

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Personal Repository

THE HAGUE, 27 May — “Personal Repository?” No, no, I know it’s a monumentally not-sexy title, but…

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Diary #13

SOMEWHERE NEAR BLACK ROCK CITY, NEVADA, 1998 — Liz Bowman and I walking in the Nevada desert,…

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Brian Feldman Follows Me!

WASHINGTON DC, 26 May — Performance artist Brian Feldman is following me. Only me. Well, only me…

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Diary #12

SAN DIEGO, 1996 — Eight years earlier the University of California, San Diego had altered the trajectory…

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Meet Me HiPiHi!

BEIJING / TOKYO, 26 May — Just when you thought you knew all the virtual worlds in…

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Diary #11

HONG KONG, 1989 — Terri Ray, Liz Tarnov, and I being goofballs out at some really old…

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Diary #10

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 1977 — Summertime on The Vineyard. I was never actually this young, was I? No…