DSL Cyber MoCA
in Second Life
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a comprehensive
collection of Chinese
contemporary art
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an unconventional
Cyber Museum of
Contemporary Art
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with unique
metaphorical and
aesthetic approaches
to art
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visit NOW
SL user: teleport
here
non-SL user, read
instruction
Website:
www.dslcybermoca.net
Contact:
info@dslcybermoca.net
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DSL Cyber MoCA
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a project designed
for
- presenting
influential
contemporary art
in
virtual world;
- promoting
creativity
&
artistic practice
in new media;
- enhancing
cultural exchange
- building
artist community
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DSL Cyber MoCA, the museum of contemporary art in Second Life, is pleased to announce:
DSL Cyber MoCA will officially open in Second Life on
April 30, 2009
Public (all Second Life users) can access to a comprehensive collection of contemporary Chinese art from DSL Collection, meanwhile, experience the unconventional virtual museum, an original multimedia piece with metaphorical and meditating environment created by Beijing artists Lily & Honglei (杨熙瑛，李宏磊). We would like to extend our warmest invitation to the artist communities in both Second Life and the "real life". Please read Instruction for visiting the virtual museum. |
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DSL Cyber MoCA is a collaboration
of DSL Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art and new media
artist team from Beijing - Lily & Honglei (杨熙瑛，李宏磊）.
Missions
- Developing highly interactive online exhibitions of contemporary art by employing imaging technologies of virtual world (Second Life) platform.
- Promoting creativity and diverse cultural expressions in Cyberspace through art projects, showcases and cross-continent artist collaborations.
- Contributing to artist community building, education and cultural exchanges by using the communication function of virtual world platform.
Virtual Architecture
Based on an original art project, "Land of Illusion" in Second Life by Lily & Honglei, the virtual constructions of DSL Cyber MoCA is unique for its metaphorical and aesthetic approaches, and considered a piece of independent artwork by itself, while constituting a comprehensive collection of Chinese contemporary art - DSL Collection.
To Visit
Galleries of Painting & Print, Sculpture, Installation, Photography, and New Media (video & interactive art) in Second Life:
- Second Life users, teleport now.
- If you don't have a free Second Life account, register now.
More Information
About DSL Cyber MoCA
http://dslcybermoca.net
For press, please contact:
info@dslcybermoca.net
About Second Life:
http://secondlife.com/
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DSL Collection represents 90 of the leading Chinese avant-garde artists who have a
major influence on the development of contemporary art in China today.
It was started from a museum approach, which means that we are
collecting a wide range of media including painting, sculpture,
installation, video, and photography. We want to share the experience
of contemporary culture and to make it more accessible and meaningful
for a broader public. DSL Collection participates in conferences, seminars, and talks hosted by institutions or at special events. The DSL Collection has participated in seminar at Tsinghua and Shanghai Universities, and been scheduled for
a seminar at ARCO Madrid 2009 and a lecture at New York University. New Website: www.dslcollection.orgDSL Collection has unveiled its newly designed website. The website has
been re-organized to become more user-friendly while maintaining its
allegiance to interactivity.
New Audio E-book: www.dslebook.com
DSL collection has worked with Chinese designers to create an audio
e-book, an electronic interactive catalog of the DSL Collection. This
e-book has been sent out to important curators, museums, art
institutions, university deans, in China and all over the world.
More information about DSL Collection's Educational and Communication Programs, Conferences and Panels, please visit www.dslcollection.org
Contact: contact@dslcollection.org |
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Lily & Honglei (杨熙瑛, 李宏磊）, the artist team from Beijing, initiated the Cyber Museum of Contemporary Art based on their art project "Land of Illusion（太虚幻境)" constructed in Second Life with virtual traditional
Chinese architecture, where Lily & Honglei have created a series of
virtual installations, multimedia presentations and online performances
accomplished through cross-continent artist collaborations since 2007. It
is a cultural meditation engaging history, philosophy as well as
Chinese diaspora. The work examines the current economic development of
China within the context of globalization, while simultaneously
exploring the meaning of virtual online communities in terms of global
dialogues as they relate to cultural roots and the fantasy of China.
"Land of Illusion" also functions as a net-art platform aiming to
fulfill the promise that the Internet is the direct continuation of
Enlightenment thought, namely promoting cultural openness,
decentralization and independent thinking. As Chinese contemporary
artists, Lily & Honglei consider that these aspects are extremely
relevant to art-making.
Lily & Honglei's work is intended to make social and cultural commentaries about virtual
worlds, particularly through reinterpreting themes in Chinese folklore.
The work reflects on globalization's impact on the environment and on
the individual, which often results in multi-layered cultural or
personal identity. It explores displacement and the spiritually
homeless who struggle to preserve traditional values. More importantly,
"Land of Illusion" is a virtual world art project that proposes
solutions for preserving and re-evaluating cultural heritage with
digital arts, and developing aesthetic traditions with new imaging techniques in the 21st century.
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