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.

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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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Diary #12

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

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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…

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Pssst… Newbie Blogger Initiative

FREE FORUMS.ORG, 24 May — May is Newbie Blogger Initiaitve month and a whole collection of new…

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Diary #9

WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, 1989 — Oh gawd, this thing. Sophomore year. Saturday sushi-nite silliness. A group…

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Diary #8

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — My grad school roommate Stacey Giachino and I in a couple of our…

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Diary #7

TEL AVIV, 2010 — My sister Fiona, her boyfriend Karl, and Karl’s son Oskar on the beach…

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Cousin Hannah

NASHVILLE, 12 June — formed in 2006 and releasing their Big Machine Records debut single Amen in…

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Diary #6

KASSEL, 2007 — My sister Fiona and her boyfriend Karl at documenta XII. With documenta XIII opening…

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Diary #5

NEW YORK CITY, 2010 — After my marriage to Mark had ended, my mother was ridiculously excited…

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Diary #4

PALO ALTO, 2003 — Floating in Mark’s pool. He was making so much money back then. He…

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Playing 20 Questions with Meandr@vatar

EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, 5 May — Meandra has asked VR residents to answer 20 questions, about life…

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Diary #3

RYBNIK, POLAND, 1920 — My great-grandfather Eran Wasser circa 1920. My father’s mother’s father. His daughter went…

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Diary #2

PALO ALTO, 1999 — Sleeping with Mark in his Palo Alto apartment. This is my proof. He…

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Diary #1

NEW YORK CITY, 1985 — For my sixteenth birthday Wendy and I got to go to New…

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The More Tag

YOUR KEYBOARD, 20 April — To use the “more” tag, or not to use the more tag?…

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Vaneeesa Blaylock

INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 4 April — Meet Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock,…

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Vanessa Anne Blaylock

INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 1 April — Meet Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock, Vanessa Blaylock,…

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Feeding at the Tumblr Trough

CYBERSPACE, 11 March — in a world of 7 billion souls, is it reasonable, is it possible…

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How Much Does WordPress Rock?

Some students and I were Skyping with Stelarc the other day… Yes, I know, fucking Stelarc! đŸ™‚…

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Another Virtual Art Gallery

Along with Ali Goldflake, Joshua Fried, Keira Dooley, Betty Tureaud, and numerous other wonderful artists, I’m participating…

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Virtual Art Gallery

Along with Trill Zapatero, Nancy Popp, Miso Susanowa, Katriona Beales, and numerous other wonderful artists, I’m participating…

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James B. Lansing

Do they rock? That’s like asking if Ferrari’s are fast. — Ogsard Yesterday I wrote about my…

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Equal Protection

  MENLO PARK, CA, 28 May — It’s heartbreaking to realize that Facebook can be so inclusive…

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Preview: Black Swan

The new issue of Avatars Illustrated, “Black Swan” is almost here… so we made a little video…

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Swimsuit Edition

Today is launch day for A V A T A R S . I L L U…

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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…