Category: Wonder
As corporeal beings we long for tactile and visceral experience. Yet object-based culture doesn’t scale and isn’t sustainable. The mystery of a Cornell Box, the joy of a Wonder Cabinet, the reassuring familiarity of a well worn diary, are these experiences lost in our time? At the iRez Wonder Hub we explore ways to have a haptic experience of the virtual.
Diary #14
WASHINGTON, DC, 1984 — Oh gawd, stop laughing! What self-respecting DC 15-year-old wouldn’t wear stilettos and ridiculously…
Personal Repository
THE HAGUE, 27 May — “Personal Repository?” No, no, I know it’s a monumentally not-sexy title, but…
Diary #13
SOMEWHERE NEAR BLACK ROCK CITY, NEVADA, 1998 — Liz Bowman and I walking in the Nevada desert,…
Diary #12
SAN DIEGO, 1996 — Eight years earlier the University of California, San Diego had altered the trajectory…
Diary #11
HONG KONG, 1989 — Terri Ray, Liz Tarnov, and I being goofballs out at some really old…
Diary #10
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, 1977 — Summertime on The Vineyard. I was never actually this young, was I? No…
Pssst… Newbie Blogger Initiative
FREE FORUMS.ORG, 24 May — May is Newbie Blogger Initiaitve month and a whole collection of new…
Diary #9
WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1989 — Oh gawd, this thing. Sophomore year. Saturday sushi-nite silliness. A group…
Diary #8
KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — My grad school roommate Stacey Giachino and I in a couple of our…
Diary #7
TEL AVIV, 2010 — My sister Fiona, her boyfriend Karl, and Karl’s son Oskar on the beach…
Cousin Hannah
NASHVILLE, 12 June — formed in 2006 and releasing their Big Machine Records debut single Amen in…
Diary #6
KASSEL, 2007 — My sister Fiona and her boyfriend Karl at documenta XII. With documenta XIII opening…
Diary #5
NEW YORK CITY, 2010 — After my marriage to Mark had ended, my mother was ridiculously excited…
Diary #4
PALO ALTO, 2003 — Floating in Mark’s pool. He was making so much money back then. He…
Playing 20 Questions with Meandr@vatar
EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, 5 May — Meandra has asked VR residents to answer 20 questions, about life…
Diary #3
RYBNIK, POLAND, 1920 — My great-grandfather Eran Wasser circa 1920. My father’s mother’s father. His daughter went…
Diary #2
PALO ALTO, 1999 — Sleeping with Mark in his Palo Alto apartment. This is my proof. He…
Diary #1
NEW YORK CITY, 1985 — For my sixteenth birthday Wendy and I got to go to New…
The More Tag
YOUR KEYBOARD, 20 April — To use the “more” tag, or not to use the more tag?…
Vaneeesa Blaylock
INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 4 April — Meet Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock,…
Vanessa Anne Blaylock
INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 1 April — Meet Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock,…
Feeding at the Tumblr Trough
CYBERSPACE, 11 March — in a world of 7 billion souls, is it reasonable, is it possible…
How Much Does WordPress Rock?
Some students and I were Skyping with Stelarc the other day… Yes, I know, fucking Stelarc! đŸ™‚…
Another Virtual Art Gallery
Along with Ali Goldflake, Joshua Fried, Keira Dooley, Betty Tureaud, and numerous other wonderful artists, I’m participating…
Virtual Art Gallery
Along with Trill Zapatero, Nancy Popp, Miso Susanowa, Katriona Beales, and numerous other wonderful artists, I’m participating…
James B. Lansing
Do they rock? That’s like asking if Ferrari’s are fast. — Ogsard Yesterday I wrote about my…
Equal Protection
MENLO PARK, CA, 28 May — It’s heartbreaking to realize that Facebook can be so inclusive…
Preview: Black Swan
The new issue of Avatars Illustrated, “Black Swan” is almost here… so we made a little video…
Swimsuit Edition
Today is launch day for A V A T A R S . I L L U…
Nautical but Nice
I am still working on the “10 Experiences” to have in this world list: http://vaneeesa.com/2011/03/09/black-swan/ However, I…