Epic Mixed Reality Second Life Exhibit In Italy

If you're planning to be in Florence during the next few months (and really, who wouldn't want that?), there's a "Virtual Renaissance" exhibit which just opened in the Museum of Natural History at the University of Florence.  It's the brainchild of Italian journalist Mario Gerosa (Frank Koolhaas in-world), featuring screenshots by SL artists like Gazira Babeli, Frieda Korda, Ashanti Leshelle, and Marco Manray. "There is also a 320 page catalog in English and Italian and two CD with the music produced for the exhibit," Mario tells me, not to mention a cast of actors dressed up as avatars, offering themselves as virtual world guides.  More details at his blog.  When you're in Florence, you might also want to stop by and see the original Renaissance avatar-- you know, Michelangelo's David.

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[DebbieTrilling]

There will be many great artists and work at the Rinascimento Virtuale festival at Museum of Natural History at the University of Florence

The Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP) are pleased to announce that we will be performing a one-off special performance of 'The Wall V-2' on 25th Oct 2008 2pm SLT as part of this festival

This performance will be broadcast to a live RL audience.

Prior to this live broadcast, we will have an Open Rehearsal.

Open Rehearsal:
Wednesday 22nd Oct at 2pm SLT PROMPT (please arrive early)

Live Broadcast Performance:
Saturday 25th Oct at 2pm SLT PROMPT (please arrive early) followed by DJ Doubledown Tandino

Both the Open Rehearsal and the Live Broadcast will be performed at NMC Campus West at the following SLURL:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus%20West/127/47/612/

'The Wall V-2' has already been performed 30 times in SL to over 2200 avatars. We will be re-retiring the show after the performance on the 25th.

[Ganymedes Costagravas]

I talked to some people on the phone right after the opening!!!!