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		<title>about mellifera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mellifera consists of an on-line interactive environment in Second Life which is linked to a complimentary series of real-time exhibitions in gallery and museum spaces. Central to this ecologically sensitive artwork is the artists’ direct engagement with various aspects of bee behaviour at Queensland Brain Institute, where researchers are investigating cognition, navigation and communications in the honey bee. The artists’ poetic and scientific interactions with the bees has inspired the development of mellifera's experimental series of  human / computer interfaces, which provide modes of sensory delivery for both virtual and real-world participant interactivity. They are creating a space that allows the viewer to interact with artificial life created in virtual worlds through direct physical engagement with various interfaces - providing a platform for the investigation of posthuman technologies and modes of sensory delivery. The launch at gaffa introduces key artificial life organisms that are central to the developing virtual environment, providing a taste of the real-world interactive interfaces due to premiere in Brisbane in August 2009 at 'the block', QUT.



This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/08/06/about-mellifera/</link>
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		<title>mellifera : neoNascent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mellifera : neoNascent is a rebirth of the mellifera environment on the OpenSim platform. Inspired by an invitation to show mellifera at this years Freeplay Festival in Melbourne we have completely reworked the environment and also created a new version of mellifera – echoes of travels in new territories (2010). You can visit us at Freeplay or online in ReactionGrid (Caerleon-Mnmemosyne region)]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/08/06/mellifera-neonascent/</link>
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		<title>vale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past week Nonnatus Korhonen and Neurone Schism have been meeting to close down the &#8216;terra-mellifera&#8217; eco-system and clear the landscape. Part of this process has been a farewell to resident independent agent: Essential Beeswing &#8211; at least for the present anyway. For many months Essential has greeted visiting avatars, summoned the &#8216;mellifera&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/06/04/vale/</link>
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		<title>mellifera &#8211; echoes of travels in new territories (2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a short video documentation of the project we developed over ten days in residence at the RMIT Virtual Reality Center.]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/04/17/mellifera-echoes-of-travels-in-new-territories-2010/</link>
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		<title>Sneak Peek of Work in Progress!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A look at stills from the early stages of the generative video to be included in &#8216;mellifera_extensions&#8217; at the RMIT VR Centre gallery. Andrew and I are spending 10 days extensively workshopping extensions to earlier incarnations of &#8216;mellifera&#8217;. We have been invited to show this work as part of the Drawing Out Conference exhibition programme being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/04/01/sneak-peek-of-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;mellifera_extensions&#8217; @ RMIT Virtual Reality Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;mellifera_extensions&#8217; will move on from the earlier exhibition last year at &#8216;the block&#8217; and on-line. Please join us at RMIT Virtual Reality Centre gallery of you are in Melbourne or inworld if not. There will  also be a one off screening at Federation Square on Thursday 8 April, following the show opening and forum earlier [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/04/01/mellifera_extensions-rmit-virtual-reality-centre/</link>
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		<title>mellifera youTube Channel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mellifera now has its own youTube channel. For video documentation of mellifera have a look at http://www.youtube.com/user/melliferaProject]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/02/02/mellifera-opening-in-brisbane/</link>
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		<title>TAXA @ the RMIT VR Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The TAXA opening was well attended and the VR centre proved to be an exciting venue to show in. The many mobile plasma screens available facilitated the structure of the installation in both of the gallery rooms. Here a documentary video of &#8216;machina carnis&#8217; is playing in the first room. HOST was also projected large-scale in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2010/01/05/taxa-the-rmit-vr-centre/</link>
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		<title>documentary images from the &#8216;mellifera&#8217; opening at &#8216;the block&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was an evening of participant experimentation both at the gallery and inworld (Photos by Keith Novak):]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2009/11/12/documentary-images-from-the-mellifera-opening-at-the-block/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;mellifera&#8217; opening at &#8216;the block&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://mellifera.cc/2009/11/12/mellifera-opening-at-the-block/</link>
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