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ORIENTATION
2008/2011
ORIENTATION was a multimedia promenade performance incorporating audience participation. The first performance of ORIENTATION was a Mixed Reality event in 2008, broadcast simultaneously to a real-life cinema in Amsterdam for art collective PLANETART's event PICNIC08 and also experienced live via Second Life: some participated as actors in the event, while others watched via in-world virtual video screens.
Attendees who were invited to participate in ORIENTATION event logged into Second Life from various locations around the world. They would then teleport their avatars to the event location, change into Bunnyken avatars, and follow directions from the actors (posing as ORIENTATION employees). Due to the nature of the performance, numbers were limited to 10 guests per performance.
ArthOle reformed temporarily for the 2011 Odyssey Performance Art Festival to host a remixed performance of ORIENTATION.
ORIENTATION employees:
Business Suits: Arahan Claveau and Nebulosus Severine
Police Officers: Dekka Raymaker (UK artist Andrew MacLachlan) & Penumbra Carter (US/UK artist Beth Holmes).
Attendees who were invited to participate in ORIENTATION event logged into Second Life from various locations around the world. They would then teleport their avatars to the event location, change into Bunnyken avatars, and follow directions from the actors (posing as ORIENTATION employees). Due to the nature of the performance, numbers were limited to 10 guests per performance.
ArthOle reformed temporarily for the 2011 Odyssey Performance Art Festival to host a remixed performance of ORIENTATION.
ORIENTATION employees:
Business Suits: Arahan Claveau and Nebulosus Severine
Police Officers: Dekka Raymaker (UK artist Andrew MacLachlan) & Penumbra Carter (US/UK artist Beth Holmes).
"...it played with different tropes that already exist within the medium, in a way that's far better than most other pieces I've ever seen." (artist Amy Wilson)
* CAUTION: STROBE EFFECTS IN VIDEO BELOW *
