Immersed with the Avatar Orchestra - A Benefit for Odyssey

Saturday, March 24 1 pm SLT

Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator, Second Life

http://map​s.secondli​fe.com/sec​ondlife/Od​yssey/133/​161/306

Bring your musical mind

bring your Lindens

and prepare to be immersed, soothed, inspired, mesmerized, energized and downright amazed.

Join the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse Saturday, March 24 in a celebration of their 5 years working at Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator in Second Life. Odyssey hosts some of the most adventurous and thought-provoking art-making in virtual reality. It exists through the volunteer management of Liz Solo and Fau Ferdinand. Funds raised will help fund the cost of renting the Second Life simulator from Linden Labs.

Guests will be given an insider experience of the Orchestral dynamic and offered virtual audio-visual instruments, animations, seats and the chance to play music with AOM in exchange for donations to Odyssey.

This is a rare opportunity to have access to a limited set of AOM instruments and instruction and to experience the deep telematic experience of playing with the seasoned members of the Orchestra in this platform.

The program features the creations of AOM's three instrument builders / script artists and members of AOM's performing core. (See list here)

PROGRAM

Tim Risher's RITUAL,
in which the audience will be surrounded by undulating chanting sounds and the ritualistic dance of avatars.

Norman Lowrey's IN WHIRLED (TRANCE)FORMATIONS, with guest participants
preceded by a demonstration of Norman's amazing set of Singing Masks, which are offered for sale to support Odyssey. Participants will be instructed in HUD use and invited to perform this piece with AOM. (see photos and video below)

Andreas Mueller's WEE NO KRESH and ALEATRICITY,
preceded by the sale of dancing animations and sounding instruments that will enlighten your understanding of virtual dancing and rhythms.

SATURDAY MARCH 24 1 - 2 pm SLT
ODYSSEY http://map​s.secondli​fe.com/sec​ondlife/Od​yssey/133/​161/306

See you there!

How to buy Lindens:

http://com​munity.sec​ondlife.co​m/t5/Engli​sh-Knowled​ge-Base/Bu​ying-and-s​elling-Lin​den-dollar​s/ta-p/700​107

Payments can also be made via Paypal to Odyssey - Email Odyssey: odysseyart​ssl@yahoo.​ca

Singing Masks offered by donation (minimum 500 Lindens)

Norman Lowrey's Singing Masks are modeled on Real Life Singing Masks. Info here. Each virtual Singing Mask / HUD embodies a set of specific earth element gives the wearer the ability to play a set of short and long sounds, emit particles, and perform ritualized animations.


Virtual Singing Masks and Sampanophones in action here. 

 

Singing Mask and Sampanaphone photos and posters by Flivelwitz Alsop aka Tim Risher

Images from Vancouver Calling, Improvising across platforms

The Avatar Orchestra Metaverse performed in a networked composition by Pauline Oliveros during her presentation, via Skype, at the Canadian New Music Network Forum 2012 in Vancouver, January 22.

Randy Raine-Reusch introducing Pauline and AOM

The composition was performed after Pauline's presentation of the Deep Listening Institute's Adaptive Use Musical Instruments (AUMI) program, demonstrated by Jackie Heyen, also via Skype.

After the demonstration, musicians attending the Forum were invited to participate in the piece. Some were instructed how to play with the three AUMI programs installed on iMac computers in front of the stage.

Others were provided monitors that gave a view of two groups of AOM performers in Second Life and given information about the virtual instruments and visual representations of sound.

Pauline gave the performance instructions for Vancouver Calling to all the live players - musicians in Vancouver on acoustic instruments, AUMI players in Vancouver, Jackie playing AUMI via Skype in New York, and the Avatar Orchestra in Second Life. See the score here.

And then the global multi-platform telematic performance.