Proposal Title
Virtual Concretism Continued: Poetry Concrete in Second Life
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Submission Type
Virtual Engagement Session
Start Date
18-7-2020 3:30 PM
End Date
18-7-2020 4:00 PM
Abstract
Virtual Concretism Continued: Poetry Concrete in Second Life extends Patrick Lichty’s research in virtual concretism from Joseph Frank’s theories of Spatial Literary Theory (1943), through Fluxus, performance art group Second Front, and the work of Canadian concretist BP Nichol. It expands from a earlier works such as 2019’s Letters for Negin, which explored multilingual concrete poetry and gravity as a narrative device. But, given the context of the COVID viral pandemic, Virtual Concretism Continued takes place in the shared virtual world of Second Life. Hosted by the Odyssey Art and Performance Space, the work will be concretist installation continuing from that maze in Farsi from Letters for Negin, but also new works by Lichty that will be “performed” live in a 15-minute Happening inside the larger installation that will remain for the month of the conference. Visitors will be given the ability to interact and add components to the Installation. The context of the work relates to the global virtual turn under COVID, as well as the late 2010’s renaissance of Second Life, as a mature virtual space.
Virtual Concretism Continued: Poetry Concrete in Second Life
Virtual Concretism Continued: Poetry Concrete in Second Life extends Patrick Lichty’s research in virtual concretism from Joseph Frank’s theories of Spatial Literary Theory (1943), through Fluxus, performance art group Second Front, and the work of Canadian concretist BP Nichol. It expands from a earlier works such as 2019’s Letters for Negin, which explored multilingual concrete poetry and gravity as a narrative device. But, given the context of the COVID viral pandemic, Virtual Concretism Continued takes place in the shared virtual world of Second Life. Hosted by the Odyssey Art and Performance Space, the work will be concretist installation continuing from that maze in Farsi from Letters for Negin, but also new works by Lichty that will be “performed” live in a 15-minute Happening inside the larger installation that will remain for the month of the conference. Visitors will be given the ability to interact and add components to the Installation. The context of the work relates to the global virtual turn under COVID, as well as the late 2010’s renaissance of Second Life, as a mature virtual space.
Bio
Patrick Lichty began working in New Media in North Canton, Ohio, USA. He obtained his MFA from Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA in Computer Art in 2006 Patrick is an animator, media artist, curator, and theorist exploring how media shape our perception of reality as well as the borders between the digital and the material. He is best known for his work with the virtual reality performance art group Second Front, and the animator of the activist group, The Yes Men, and one of the Board of Directors of the Wrong Biennial. He is a CalArts/Herb Alpert Fellow and Whitney Biennial exhibitor as part of the collective RTMark. He is also included in key books on Virtual and Augmented Reality, including the Oxford Handbook of Virtuality.
Patrick has been part of numerous collectives, including RTMark, The Yes Men, and the virtual performance group, Second Front. He has also created multimedia works for the Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Sprawl), the Walker Art Center (Grasping at Bits – Honorable Mention, Ars Electronica), and Books.Org (w/David Guillo)