MEDIA RELEASE - 24 AUGUST 2007 DOUBLE VISION IN SECOND LIFE
An extraordinary emerging practitioner is about to embark on an evolutionary journey of the networked and virtual reality environments of Second Life. ANAT is providing the opportunity for a young and emerging artist working with distributed, portable, online, wearable, gaming, mobile and emerging platforms to undertake a three-month mentorship with an established mentor of their choice. We are delighted to announce the mentorship recipient for 2007: Julian Stadon (Perth) will be mentored by Professors Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, internationally renowned media artists working in the field of interactive computer installation and at the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria where they head the Department for Interface Culture at the Institute for Media. Throughout the mentorship Julian will work on developing interactive augmented reality constructs, created within Second Life, to appear 3D when viewed through a head mounted display unit in a gallery environment. Second Life will extend into the physical realm and the viewer will immerse themselves in these fused spaces through interaction with them. Julian's practice investigates the spatial and formal differentiations between digital and physical environments, utilising virtual and augmented spaces, in conjunction with natural phenomena to question notions of identity within these spaces. He has recently completed a Master of Electronic Arts at Curtin University of Technology, Perth and has exhibited extensively since 2002. Julian comments, "utilising the Augmented Reality Tool Kit, I aim to insert certain coded shapes that, when viewed through head mounted displays trigger 3D modelled objects to appear as if physically present. These objects will situate themselves in a whole new space, as augmented virtuality". The ANAT emerging technology mentorship enables an emerging artist to explore new creative directions, to expand technical skills and increase knowledge of networks, debates and business practice and is supported as part of the Australian Government's Young & Emerging Artists Initiative through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. ANAT's Executive Director, Dr Melinda Rackham comments, "this is a particularly exciting time for the development of art practices within online worlds like Second Life, which have their own communities, economies and democratic systems. Artists like Julian, who have grown up immersed in technology, are now working to both challenge and enhance those worlds in ways that would not have been possible even a decade ago. We truly are at the cusp of a new age of virtually generated creativity". For more information please contact Gavin Artz, ANAT General Manager on (08) 8231 9037 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Ends> ANAT is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts http://www.ozco.gov.au its arts funding and advisory body, by the South Australian Government through Arts SA http://www.arts.sa.gov.au and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
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