Metaverse Meetup: Invisible Threads mixed reality performance at Eyebeam for Synthetic Times 4.15.08

Jerry Paffendorf of Wello Horld CAN HAZ VIRTUAL SWEATSHOP JEANS
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Synthetic Times: Media Art China 2008, a Cultural Olympics project that will open at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing in June 2008, launches in NYC with programming co-organized by the exhibition’s curator, Zhang Ga, the MoMA, Parsons School of Design and Eyebeam. www.mediartchina.org/events/newyorkmoma

On April 15, following a day-long symposium at Parsons, Eyebeam featured a performance of Invisible Threads by Eyebeam artists Jeff Crouse and Stephanie Rothenberg, as well as performances by Taeyoon Choi and Friedrich Kirchner. www.eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=unique&id=168

Invisible Threads documentary by Annie Ok, Jeff Crouse & Stephanie Rothenberg:
www.annieok.com/OtherProjects/InvisibleThreads

About Invisible Threads:

Invisible Threads is a mixed reality performance installation created by Eyebeam artists Jeff Crouse and Stephanie Rothenberg. The project explores the growing intersection between labor, emerging virtual economies and real life commodities through the creation of a designer jeans sweatshop in the metaverse Second Life. Simulating a real life manufacturing facility that includes hiring Second Life “workers” to produce real world jeans sold for profit, the project provides an insider’s view into current modes of global, telematic production.