Ars Virtua Artist in Residence (AVAIR): Feed Lack Loop by Micheál O’Connell :: March 6, 2008; 7:30 pm (11:30 am Second Life Time)  :: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton :: SLURL.

Feed Lack Loop arose out of experiments with the idea of Feedback. Using a live performer and an Avatar in the Online World Second Life, Micheál O’Connell inquires whether the concept of interactivity, so lauded in contemporary culture, is about Empowerment or possibly leads to its opposite: Control. Also the liveliness, or lack of it, in virtual space is brought into question. The event will be situated in two spaces simultaneously, Ars Virtua Gallery in Second Life and as a live projection and performance at Lighthouse. Other relevant pieces by the same artist may be incorporated or displayed.

Collaborators on the project are:

- Ars Virtua Director: Rubaiyat Shatner (a.k.a. James Morgan)
- Artist and Grey Area Curator: Daniel Pryde-Jarman
- Film Director and Script Writer: Partho Sen-Gupta
- Performer: Naughty the Clown (a.k.a. Dave Thompson)
- Lighthouse Head of Media Arts: Jamie Wyld

Supported by: University of Brighton, City College Brighton and Hove, Grey Area, Lighthouse.

“AVAIR” is a 2006-2008 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.

Ars Virtua is sponsored by the CADRE Laboratory for New Media.