Vanessa Blaylock Company Archives - I Rez, Therefore I Am

Asian French Maid serving tea and tiny sandwiches to a man and a woman at a cafe table

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Previz #85 – Asian French Maid Avatar Worker Strike

It’s time to fight for Asian French Maid Avatar Worker empowerment! Join us in the streets of Virtual Paris!

poster for Vanessa Blaylock Company Field Trip to Minecraft

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Field Trips Minecraft

Minecraft Field Trip!

Wendz Tempest leads the VBCO Travel & Safari Company in a Minecraft Field Trip! Saturday 7-9am SLT

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Field Trips

Field Trip: Tera!

Field Trip! We’re off to the free-2-play (freemium) fantasy MMORPG of Tera! Grab your adventure gear and climb aboard.

photo of a woman, eyes closed and arms in the air, perhaps in a state of ecstatic trance, dancing in a group drum circle

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Previz #84 – Drum Circle

I invite you to join in a drum circle with us. We’ll have drums and hula hoops or you can BYO whatever you like. Rediscover personal ecstasy in your life.

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Previz #83 – Dance Anywhere

Friday at Noon PDT / 19:00 GMT Vanessa Blaylock Company will be joining dancers on 6 continents as part of the 10th annual “Dance Anywhere!”

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Previz #82 – A is for Animation, B is for Baby

George Carlin famously spoke about my stuff and your shit. In this 26-day photo / blog challenge you have the chance to leave your shame over your obscenely large inventory behind and take pride in your brilliant collecting. Share your ~~shit~~ stuff with the world!

photo of a woman eating a slice of bread on a mountaintop as she walks past a makeshift grave marker in the form of a cross

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Previz #81 – Valentine’s Walking Brunch!

You’re invited to Valentine’s Walking Brunch at Izzy’s Gym on Sat 15 Feb! Come hit the VR treadmill: walk, websurf, and hangout with friends.

Photo of Vanessa Blaylock walking on a treadmill desk and reading about the NH Rebellion on her large, flat-screen monitor

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Previz #80 – Year of the Treadmill Desk

2014 is the year of the treadmill desk. Vanessa Blaylock Company is organizing 12 treadmill walking events in 12 months. Please join us!

Vanessa Blaylock and Merriam Galaxy walking down the street in Virtual New Hampshire and wearing "NH Rebellion" t-shirts

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Previz #79 – Virtual New Hampshire Rebellion

Mon 20 Jan from 8:45 – 2p SLT/PST Merriam Galaxy, Vanessa Blaylock, and perhaps YOU will walk 10.2 miles in virtual solidarity with the NH Rebellion walkers on their way from Canterbury to Concord, New Hampshire.

Panoramic photograph of Vanessa Blaylock & Kimika Ying ice skating on the rings of saturn at Oceania Planetary Park at LEA27 in Second Life.

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Previz #78 – Ice Skate on the Rings of Saturn

Join us Sunday 22 Dec from 9-11am SLT for a VBCO Holiday Party. Bring your ice skates, or grab free ones at the party. We’ll be ice skating on the rings of Saturn and skating / dancing to an awesome new party mix from DJ Agnes!

Photo of a crowd of people at night. All holding candles.

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Previz #77 – Candlelight Vigil

Please join us at 6pm Monday PDT / 5am Tuesday MST in Virtual Red Square for a candlelight vigil in support of Russian patriot, inmate, and hunger striker Nadya Tolokno.

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Previz #76 – Activity #2: Mexico City, 1968

I propose Mexico City, 1968 a virtual Olympic Games. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina & Yekaterina Samutsevich, as Tommie Smith, Juan Carlos and Peter Norman. 1968 in resonance with 2013. Mexico City with Sochi. Black Gloves with Pink.

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Activity Report

Activity No.1 – Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade

In Activity No.1 – Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade, I, “fake Nadya Tolonko” was joined by 29 other avatars in a solidarity march at virtual Moscow in Second Life

Pussy Riot Week. Montage of Pussy Riot images. Arms raised in front of St. Basil's cathedral. "Free Pussy Riot" written on chained arms. Amnesty International logos written on arms. On top of the images is the text "It's Pussy Riot Week"

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Production

Pussy Riot Week!

We celebrate Pussy Riot Week with a photo shoot Sunday, online shop opening Tuesday, and the Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade on Saturday.

Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade. Vanessa Blaylock in a red balaclava. Text: Киска бунт Солидарность парад.

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Previz #75 – Activity #1: Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade!

Previz #75, for VBCO’s first “Activity,” Activity #1 – Pussy Riot Solidarity Parade. A march of avatars at Red Square in Virtual Moscow.

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Performance Documents

VB47 – Child Avatar Pride Parade

I am a child, I’ll last a while. You can’t conceive of the pleasure in my smile. You hold my hand, rough up my hair, It’s lots of fun to have you there.

Black & White Dolce & Gabbana ad featuring Madonna scrubbing a floor. Burned in the upper left is the text "VB50"

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Previz #74 — VB50: Farewell

In VB50: Farewell, avatars will clean 15,000 primitive objects and 6.5 hectares of virtual land. VB50 will be the last work in our performance art series.

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VB48 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade

In VB48 Glitch Avatar Pride Parade virtual performance artists celebrate glitch culture by becoming glitch avatars. VB48 in the streets of Virtual Amsterdam.

Poster image for VB49: SPF50 featuring Calliope Lexington, Scarlett Luv, Harmony Sandalphon, Agnes Sharple, Lizzie Gudkov, and Vanessa Blaylock standing naked on a beach showing different degrees of sunburn skin damage

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VB49: SPF50

Performance document for VB49: SPF50. Performance artwork about skin & sunburn. In VB49 virtual performance artists present a tableau vivant of sunburnt bodies.