Amy Freelunch and Arahan Claveau discuss Occupy Wall Street and the splinter movements currently being organised around the globe. The second half of the show comes from Virtual Hotel Chelsea, and following on from Amy's announcement last month on the plan to kill her avatar she rents room 215 where the suicide will take place.
(Duration 77 mins)
Arahan Claveau explores Burn2 with Dekka Raymaker, Penumbra Carter and Nebulosus Severine. All the artists have participated in the event in previous years, and Dekka and Penumbra have just returned from the real-world Burning Man. Discussions include work by Oberon Onmura, Trill Zapatero, Rebecca Bashly, Cienega Soon, Maya Paris, windyy Lane, Starlash Sweetwater, Patio Plasma, Bar Tenk, Marianne McCann, Mikati Slade, Haveit Neox and Lilia Artis.
(Duration 150 mins)
Arahan & Amy's websites/references:
Block the Bridge, Block the Bill
Bravin Lee Programs
Hotel Chelsea
Miami Art Fairs
Occupy SL
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street Live Stream
Occupy Together
US Day of Rage
Virtual Hotel Chelsea
Burn2 websites/references:
Burn2
Burn2 Flickr group
Burning Man
Burning Man video diary by Dekka Raymaker
The Fades
Furries
Logan's Run (Carousel)
Snowcrash
Takashi Murakami
Tinies
Burn2 SLurl's:
Oberon Onmura
Trill Zapatero
Rebeca Bashly
Cienega Soon
Maya Paris
windyy Lane
Starlash Sweetwater
Patio Plasma
Bar Tenk
Marianne McCann
Mikati Slade
Haveit Neox
Lilia Artis
Arahan & Amy's playlist:
Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal
Nine Inch Nails - The Warning (Real World Remix)
Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill
Burn 2 playlist:
John Barry - Fun City
James Pants - Dreamboat
Mechanical Bride - Colour of Fire
Calexico - Bend in the Road
Crystal Stilts - Flying into the Sun
Cloud Nothings - Forget You All the Time
Bombay Bicycle Club - Lights Out, Words Gone
Big thanks to Soup, Lane's List and Museo del Metaverso for supporting us over the last year.
Amy, Penumbra, Dekka, Raul, Neb, Allan, Jane, Khamudy and everyone else who made a contribution to Soup Radio, and most especially Arahan whose skill, constancy, and dedication made it all happen, made it come together, kept it on track, and made it work- you all have done such a wonderful thing with this project! One of the most important and challenging discernments an artist must cultivate is the sense of knowing when to stop and call a work finished. You should all be proud! I feel so fortunate to have been able to follow your progress along this path and I look forward to seeing what comes next. Onward and upward! ♡
ReplyDeleteThank you Mab for all your support and enthusiasm throughout this project, and for your very kind and flattering compliments!
ReplyDeleteEveryone who participated contributed something to the ongoing dialogue and exploration of virtual art. On reflection I'm very happy with how Soup Radio turned out, and thanks again to you and all those involved, and of course the listeners for tuning in.
Love, peace and anarchy x
I would first of all like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Mab for her support of Soup Radio. It was a wonderful project to be involved in. Also to Arahan for his patience in helping out with technical aspects, kindness, organizational skills, wit and humor!
ReplyDeleteIt's fascinating to end the show with discussions about escapism, be it a virtual world, or Burning Man, especially when you see the real life events of the people who are protesting at Wall Street. Sometimes I feel that I live in two worlds, Second Life and Real Life, I guess I do. But I think that my Second Life prepared me to go to Burning Man in that I have learned to interact with people who come from all over and I take them for how they show themselves. Even if it was just a week of my time, I experienced what the world would be with no money exchanged, no real outward appearance of a hierarchy, time was your own to survive, share and explore. It did heighten my awareness of the banal, we are so diverted and engrossed at keeping what is ours, we loose the reality that we are all in this together. I loved it when Amy said she went down to observe what was going on at Wall Street, and was immediately taken in by the group. Like Burning Man, your not a spectator your a participant. Also, Wall Street Protest is a movement that started with the social networks, people from all over the world are talking to each other about how they want life to change, be more fair. We don't need anyone to tell us how to think and what is best for us. Burning Man might be a bit hedonistic, but, it too is about sharing and experiencing, and surviving in the world you make together.
I will continue to mess about in Second Life, I shy away from the part of Second Life "Art Scene" that mimics Real Life. But, I will say I have seen and meet a lot of amazing minds at work in Second Life, using the platform as a means of pushing what is in their head out. I like the obsessiveness of it all.
I will miss what Amy, Arahan and Raul have to say about SL Art, RL Art, life in general, as well as the music they play. I would like to thank the guests that have agreed to be part of this project as well.
Live Long and Prosper!
xo
I also took out a room for Dekka and I at the Chelsea Hotel, Edie Segwick room. With hall neighbors of Mab, Arahan, and Amy:)
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