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documentary images from the ‘mellifera’ opening at ‘the block’

documentary images from the 'mellifera' opening at 'the block'

It was an evening of participant experimentation both at the gallery and inworld (Photos by Keith Novak):

‘mellifera’ opening at ‘the block’

'mellifera' opening at 'the block'

The show was opened by Andrew Donovan, Director: New Media Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts which funded the project and Australian Chief Scientist: Penny Sackett along with Queensland Chief Scientist: Peter Andrews.

essential beeswing needs your help

essential beeswing needs your help

the terra.mellifera eco-system is no longer stable due to the introduction of a virtual bacteria that has been introduced through the presence of avatars in the space.

essential is doing ous best to keep the balance, but, it is also possible for visiting avatars to help move the energy collected by the mellifera, and in turn help heal those that have become infected.

in fact it is now evident that the mellifera population is becoming more and more reliant on visiting avatars working along side of essential to keep the bacteria in check.

please join essential in-world to help where you can
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caerleon%20Isle/242/239/27

Eye of the Storm Symposium, Tate Britain

Eye of the Storm Symposium, Tate Britain

I will be presenting my arts/research: “Pluripotent Stem Cells: an artist grows her own…” at the “Eye of the Storm” 2 day Symposium on scientific controversy at Tate Britain. I will be speaking about my adult stem cell project: ‘machina carnis’ during which I cultured adult stem cells from my blood and carried out an experiment […]

the metaverse and beyond_neurone reflects…

the metaverse and beyond_neurone reflects...

Such wonderment awaits the intrepid voyager both within and without the metaverse! For neurone schism gaffa gallery was the scene of much exploration and excitement in the company of her trusty collaborator nonnatus and other revellers on the night of 16th March. Supported by the worthy investigators from the Australia Council for the Arts new life-forms […]

looking at embodiment and connections

looking at embodiment and connections

At the Biotech Art Revisited show in Adelaide next week I will be exhibiting my DVD installation: “Changing Fates_matrilineal”. This is a work that explores both the biological and material aspects of embodiment. I have referenced writing and artefacts left behind by my grandmother: Mollie, juxtaposed with digital videomicrograph image data of adult stem cells taken […]

new postcard from the metaverse

new postcard from the metaverse

i have been busy installing and testing an opensim install (as both a research project in its own right, and a backup plan for terra.mellifera if second life goes down during a gallery install) and working on programming for the arduino based second life autonomous agent and client, based on libOpenMetaverse . At the same […]

Host at transmediale

Host at transmediale

The video component of “Host”, Trish’s first project developed as artist in residence at the QBI bee facility will be screened in the Screening Territories film and video section of transmediale.09 – Berlin. http://www.transmediale.de/en/node/1358

terra.mellifera update

terra.mellifera update

terra.mellifera has undergone a major terraform and most of the flora has found a balance within the system. the flora is vital to the existence of the mellifera themselves as it will provide them with several key items that they rely upon to continue their own processes. the new entry slurl is: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caerleon%20Isle/242/239/27

the ‘bee house’ officially opens

the 'bee house' officially opens

The Bee House at the Queensland Brain Institute opened recently. For the Mellifera project, this represents the site of exchange between artist, scientist and bee. (this entry includes links to two articles on the opening and the importance of the work being done at the bee house)

Press Release

Press Release

Sydney-based visual artist and writer Andrew Burrell, and Brisbane-based arts/science practitioner and researcher Trish Adams will collaborate to develop an inter-disciplinary artwork exploring cognitive processes and body movement and its relationship to virtual environments.