THE GATE

THE GATE (Hole in Space, Reloaded)
Yannick Antoine, Yves Bernard (BE)
Opening Performance: Second Front

Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium;
Odyssey Contemporary Art and Performance, Second Life (Odyssey 123/37/25)

OPENING 13/11/2009 10:30 AM SLT

13/11/2009 - 14/02/2010

After its first showing in 2007 at iMAL (Brussels), The Gate is back at the Broelmuseum, Kortrijk (Belgium), as part of the Fantastic Illusions exhibition. This show explores how Belgian and Chinese artists build illusory spaces for the visitor. It features works of Nick Ervinck (BE), Hans Op de Beeck (BE), Tale of Tales (BE), Vadim Vosters (BE), Olivier Deprez (BE), Yves Bernard & Yannick Antoine (BE), Bart Stolle (BE), Heidi Voet (BE), CREW (BE), Teddy Lo (CN), Jenova Chen (CN), Aaajiao (CN), Wu Juehui (CN), Hu Jieming (CN), Peng Yun (CN).

The Gate is an installation connecting real life and Second Life. A junction point, a door between two worlds and two representation spaces. Or, basically, a simple window between both worlds where real users and SL users can see and meet each other.
A view of the SL Gate is permanently projected in the real life venue; when an avatar comes in front of The Gate, it is visible in the public space; when one arrives physically in front of the door in the public space, (s)he can interact with the SL user on the other side.

The result will be a kind of happening where the virtuality of SL is transferred in the physicality of our public space and vice-versa; a stage for performance and interaction, something between a break-dance platform, an inter-dimensional portal and a peep show through parallel universes.

For the opening on November 13th, Second Front, the first performance art group in Second Life, will be here again to use The Gate as an in-between stage to perform in front of the exhibition visitors and SL passer-by.

http://slfront.blogspot.com/

The Gate is installed on Odyssey, an island in Second Life dedicated to art and performance.
People, avatars and performance artists are kindly invited to come, perform and interact at The Gate, both in real life and in Second Life.




Det här kunde naturligtvis inte Apmel motstå. En chans att få visa upp sig inför en live RL-publik!


Juliet Claridge: Smile, you'r on candid camera!
Helfe Ihnen: /wave
Juliet Claridge: maybe if all the women get naked they'd notice...


Helfe Ihnen: hehe
marco Manray: YES!
Juliet Claridge: also the men!
marco Manray: ahaha
Juliet Claridge: it's like a zoo
Helfe Ihnen: yes - we are the animals
Juliet Claridge: when are they going to feed us, I'm hungry!
Helfe Ihnen: its always like this
Juliet Claridge: do they read us?
Melchizedek Blauvelt: no Juliet
Juliet Claridge: like a glass cage then
Juliet Claridge: I get naked if Apmel does




Apmel Goosson: hahha..why me?
Juliet Claridge: cause I like you :-)


Medan Apmel övervägde förslaget transformerade hon sig från en vacker kvinna till en annan vacker kvinna med ett baseballträ!


Juliet Claridge: Ampel, dear, come and dance with me
Apmel Goosson: are you sure you won´t hit me over the head?
Juliet Claridge: I might look dangerous, but I'm all sugar inside :-)
Apmel Goosson: hahaha..ok
Juliet Claridge: where's your chimera, baby?
Apmel Goosson: i don´t have one :)
Juliet Claridge: oh, what a shame
Apmel Goosson: but if you come to my tango fest next friday we can dance :)
Juliet Claridge: oohh I'd love to


http://odysseyart.ning.com/