Betty Tureaud's Matrix & revisiting 'code dreams'

Betty Tureaud has a cool new build at Danish Visions called 'The Matrix' which incorporates QR codes, which are gaining some current attention because of several new apps for the iPhone for reading these codes. These codes are not new to Japan and many European nations where they have been widely used for a long time.


My installation for last year's Artbreaker! show at Pop Art Lab, 'code dreams', contained many types of coded information which had to be discovered like easter eggs or hidden treasure. Among the coding systems used were QR and barcode; some were textures on things, some were sculptures and some were in tonal sequences. If you want to know all about that installation you can read this older post:

Deconstructing code dreams - breaking the 6th wall

Betty's work jogged my memory and inspired me to dig out the QR and barcode bitmaps I used in code dreams and put them up on Flickr. Such codes are fun to play with and not limited to merely commercial uses. If you have a QR or barcode scanning app, you should be able to scan the code blocks and get the text, links and other information contained in the codes. Have fun and realize that information can be all around you; it's sometimes up to you to discover it and read the meaning.

code dreams QR & barcode set on Flickr

And don't forget to visit Betty's fabulous installation at Danish Visions:

SLurl: The Matrix at Danish Visions

PS: here's the manifesto for code dreams in QR code:

On scanning this QR stamp you should get the following text:

"There is information all around you; hidden meanings in the patterns of the world. Some people are aware of those hidden meanings; we call them shamans, witches, wizards. They read signs and wonders, trends and currents and know their meanings."

"Time As A Helix" at Split Screen

Time As A Helix of Semiprecious Stones at Split Screen Installation Space

Dividni Shostakovich has asked me to install "Time As A Helix of Semiprecious Stones" at the Split Screen Installation Space as an "interim" work while the featured artists get to building for the next show.

This is a nice offer, because I had to abstract "Time" from its environment for prim and particle considerations at UWA, where it won joint 3rd prize in May as well as the Tornado Gallery prize. The new installation has the sounds and effects that I have set up in Inworldz for this piece.

It is a sketch of midnight walks I did in the deep desert and mountains in California, when I could let my body armor relax and open myself to the vibrant life energies surrounding me.

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For the best experience, turn to Midnight in Environmental Settings. This work features an extensive soundscape so please have local sounds turned up. You also want your Particles set to at least 4096. Right-click on the Grid and SIT, then trail your camera behind you as if you were following your avatar.

Because this is an "interim" installation, I cannot say how long it will be at Split Screen.

SLurl: Time As A Helix @ Split Screen





You can also watch the machinima on You Tube (better quality)

CHROMA/Split Screen Inaugural

CHROMA is an installation at Split Screen Installation Space, a new patronage by Dividni Shostakovich, author of the Division Street/Divided Path blog.

CHROMA is an immersion in tint and luminence, constantly shifting and changing, interacting with avatars and objects inside of it - a holiday wash of pure color and light. Avatars become masses of glowing colored light and hidden figures in the build are revealed by slight angular changes of distance and perspective. No sound this time; it's all about the eyes.

Some photos of the CHROMA process can be seen here:

CHROMA Flickr set

I am sharing this inaugural installation set with Bryn Oh's Mayfly, a lovely and peaceful natural environment, quite different from her usual work and themes.

Split Screen is an installation space for two artists at a time to show large-scale pieces and installations for two months at a time. You can read more about Split Screen here. It's really a wonderful opportunity to work unencumbered by expectations or requirements; Divi is very supportive of artists and their work.

Please come by and support this independent effort on behalf of the arts scene in SL and Divi's generousity.

SLurl: CHROMA @ Split Screen
Dec 1- Dec 30, 2010


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... also like to mention a really nice interview with Trill Zapatero on Flora Nordenskiold's blog. Trill is one of the most outgoing and generous artists I know. Builder of the Afghanistan Museum, working to support RAWA and Violence Against Women and many other works with both social themes and real results, Trill has raised a very respectable amount of money in SL for these organizations through her tireless (and I mean tireless) efforts and I respect her work and her person very highly. She's hot lately too; several print and video interviews attest to that (so nag her to start a blog).