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e notice the babelswarm sim will be down for maintenance over the next 24 hours we ll let you know when we re up again update we re up again drop in posted by christo at 5 26 pm no comments thursday may 29 2008 babelswarm in the press babelswarm has attracted a lot of interest from both mainstream and arts media below is a round up of what we know about our thanks to everyone who s taken an interest in the project we re looking forward to coupling into the real world again soon australia s first second life arts residency australia council old funds for new words the australian they re virtually famous the sydney morning herald the age babelswarm photofile magazine babelswarm abc radio artworks feature iconology desktop magazine australia leading metaversal art aftrs lamp the myth of babel comes alive babelswarm not possible irl babelswarm australia coucil launched second life art projec t metaverse journal australia council launches innovative art project in second life regional arts nsw posted by christo at 10 48 am no comments tuesday may 27 2008 download the book of babelswarm we ve made the typeset version of the babelswarm book available for download it s a1 in size when open but should be legible if printed on an a3 printer 100 signed copies have been printed and bound copy 1 100 was donated to the australia council and copy 2 100 to lismore regional gallery download an unsigned copy for free 4mb pdf posted by christo at 9 37 am no comments friday may 23 2008 installation images i m posting some additional lismore installation images that have just come in enjoy posted by christo at 4 15 pm no comments wednesday april 23 2008 who is nimrod low some of you may have noticed a silent character gazing upon the babelswarm tower his name is nimrod low and he plays a key part in the installation s functionality historically nimrod was the tower of babel s chief architect but in babelswarm he is our camera for the real word audience his sight is broadcast via the projection screen on the back wall the above image shows nimrod and how his vision is represented in the gallery posted by christo at 11 39 am 1 comment monday april 21 2008 babelswarm on flickr thaumata strangelove we think you re cool too thaumata has started a bableswarm flickr group head there now and post your shots posted by christo at 5 15 pm no comments lismore installation a quick video walk through of the lismore gallery installation posted by christo at 9 21 am no comments sunday april 20 2008 radio national artworks interview the babelswarm team was recently interviewed by abc radio s lyn gallacher you can catch us a few minutes into the stream here or listen via the program site here posted by christo at 1 09 pm no comments saturday april 19 2008 describing babelswarm given the increasing interest in babelswarm and the backwards nature of blogs first stuff last i thought it appropriate to re describe the artwork so babelswarm is a real time interactive audiovisual artwork built in second life the installation is based on the story of the tower of babel a mythical tale of humanity s desire to reach the heavens babelswarm is contained within an entire sim with visitor chat captured and fed into a meta babeller this babeller spills words from the sky and into an amphitheater performance space the words shatter on their decent and once settled begin to swarm in random directions seeking out other letters that held the same numerical position in the word they were born with if they find a partner they bond and help create the tower s structure eventually each letter will sleep but can be re awoken or destroyed by touch the artwork is an exploration of emergent bahaviour and swarm theory there is of course more meaning but we ll leave it up to others to discover and discuss of most importance to us is the joy of watching the tower evolve through the interactions of participants like you your words are its nourishment and will be forever archived in the babeller s memory not possible irl has a great article for those interested in more info and you can download justin s essay for a deeper look at the underlying theories and background or you can teleport straight in posted by christo at 2 32 pm no comments wednesday april 16 2008 contacting babelswarm we ve been getting a lot of press and requests for interviews and images recently if you re interested in having a personal tour of babelswarm via second life or would like some high rez images you can contact us via email we re looking for curators interested in seeing babelswarm installed in their galleries the lismore gallery s physical virtual installation has struck a chord for many and we re keen to expand on this with the next iteration of the work talk to us we need you posted by christo at 2 27 pm 3 comments monday april 14 2008 just a pile of lettus babelswarm launch photos i ve uploaded launch photos from the real life lismore installation it was a great night and our thanks again to everyone who helped out this is babelswarm s beginning with public interaction helping build and modify the artwork over time we ll be keeping you up to date with the installation s next phase you can watch the pre launch walk through movie below posted by christo at 10 23 am no comments thursday april 10 2008 babelswarm opening details babelswarm will be open to the public on friday 11th april 1am sl time 6pm australian eastern time click here to jump in you can also download the babelswarm eassy by justin clemens here many thanks to everyone at the lismore regional gallery who have helped with the real world installation and to powermax computers for their it support i ll be posting launch photos soon posted by christo at 11 03 pm 1 comment friday april 4 2008 final touches much has happened over the last two weeks the original island layout has been dumped for a more focussed approach and the various babelswarm installations have been distilled into a final few the old adage of less is more rings true once again and we re feeling confident the finished installation will represent our original vision book printing is down to the wire with copies being delivered the day before we leave it ll be well worth the wait as the printers printmode in melbourne have done a wonderful job we ll be binding a few by hand once we re in lismore for display in the gallery adam and i are flying to lismore on tuesday to begin the real world installation with justin meeting us a few days later i ll leave you with a final image before we post the slurl on april 11th oh and drop us an email if you re coming to the launch we d love to say hi posted by christo at 6 59 pm no comments monday march 31 2008 the book of babel justin s eloquent babelswarm essay is with the printers it s big in all respects a2 in size for starters and 100 numbered copies are being manufactured for the installation s literary component i ll post further details once it s delivered and available for purchase a plain text version of the essay will be available for free via the blog and second life posted by christo at 7 48 pm no comments saturday march 29 2008 babelswarm launching on april 11th in lismore and sl the babelswarm installation will be opening on april 11th 2008 at the lismore regional gallery australia council ceo kathy keele and chairman james strong will be there to launch the event and we ll post a slurl for virtual attendees closer to the date posted by christo at 4 46 pm no comments friday february 15 2008 photofile keep an eye out for the next issue of photofile magazine published by the australian centre for contemporary photography justin s been interviewed about babelswarm and adam s hybrid mug has made the cover we re also featured in the next issue of the art gallery of new south wales look magazine update ok so we didn t make the cover bummer but we did get a good spread groovy and the article is most excellent watch out for the upcoming issue posted by christo at 2 08 pm no comments tuesday february 5 2008 terraforming a few major milestones have been reached with terraforming tests beginning and adam working on a few new scripts a simple particle based swarm can be seen above as can one of our deconstructed pixel mountains posted by christo at 5 25 pm no comments wednesday january 30 2008 start parameters and swarm gods seems our upgrade to the havok 4 physics engine is causing problems with start parameters this means our textures don t rez and we spend the afternoon taking dramatic photos instead this one is for an interview justin did with the australian centre of photography s photofile magazine i ll post a full link once his most excellent comments are published posted by christo at 6 04 pm no comments friday january 25 2008 disturbing the peace scripted object seems our wandering random babbler has been causing some troubles a linden employee noticed acva was suffering from physics lag which is no biggy but then they came down hard linden lab individually investigates the circumstances of every abuse report we receive following a careful review of our server records and logs we have determined that your recent actions violated the second life community standards or terms of service the violation in question occurred on january 24 2008 in the region of acva violation community standards disturbing the peace scripted objects every resident has a right to live their second life the use of repetitive sounds following or self spawning items or other scripted objects that intentionally slow server performance or inhibit other resident s ability to enjoy second life are examples of disturbing the peace the rules of conduct are interpreted with the broadest meaning possible discipline no additional action is being taken at this time appeal process the decision to issue a warning or suspension for your second life account was reached after investigation of your use of the second life software and service if you would like to appeal your warning or suspension you may contact second life support in writing at the address below second life support linden lab 945 battery street san francisco ca 94111 we will not disclose the identity of residents who file abuse reports posted by christo at 9 27 am 1 comment wednesday january 16 2008 meta babeller thanks to adam s code optimisation the babeller is now capable of generating a huge volume of prims without effecting the island s overall performance we re also starting to see some interesting emergent behavior which is very exciting and something we ve been hoping for audio is coming along nicely as is a database that acts as an archive and source for random babel towers to draw from oh and night shots rock posted by christo at 3 55 pm no comments friday january 4 2008 interview with adam networked_music_review has a long interview with adam its mainly a discussion of ideas of post convergent media art within realtime 3d environments trying to clarify some of the issues that are informing the process and creation of the babelswarm project posted by anonymous at 1 08 pm no comments saturday december 22 2007 all your base adam has created a great script to aid in the creation of a babelswarm base aptly named auto_spawn_rotate_with_delete you can see the beginnings of the island wide platform above posted by christo at 2 22 pm no comments the problems with physical space we ve had two meet and greets with prospective babelswarm hosts so far while acmi were initially enthusiastic the timing didn t fit with their schedule same for an unnamed contemporary art institution although it seemed their understanding of art created in virtual environments was somewhat uninformed patronising and dismissive they were interested in running a mediated forum on the legal and cultural debates surrounding virtual art although i believe these debates have already been successfully addressed in academia and the virtual public realm the unnamed did have valid observations regarding ozco s framework including the need for a physical space to exhibit babelswarm this is something we re still debating the merits of why does virtual art need a real world interface posted by christo at 1 36 pm 5 comments tuesday december 4 2007 babelswarm makes the cover the latest issue of desktop magazine features the babelswarm project posted by christo at 5 19 pm 1 comment monday december 3 2007 new milestone a new milestone has been reached with adam implementing the final letter forms audio is being embedded and tested this week posted by christo at 1 12 pm no comments monday october 29 2007 proof of concept adam has been busy scripting with some great outcomes seen below in this pre beta build the php was relatively simple for adam but as always sl is proving more problematic still the outcomes are impressive and we re moving on to final letter forms soon the swarm behaviour voice recognition interface audio effects and housing are being discussed and we ll begin integration once the scripting issues are sorted adam rides a swarm wave adam and christo catching some zs posted by christo at 8 34 pm no comments friday october 5 2007 the babelswarm team left to right adam ramona adam nash christo kayo christopher dodds justin clemens s1 gausmann posted by anonymous at 6 59 pm no comments sunday september 9 2007 recipients of the inaugural australia council second life artists residency we are proud to announce that we have been awarded the inaugural australia council second life artists residency a project based grant at aud 20 000 it is the biggest grant to be awarded for second life work we d like to thank the australia council for recognising 3d multi user virtual environments muves as a medium for serious art for a public funding body to give such significant support shows vision and commitment to innovative post convergent practice we will collaborate to develop an inter disciplinary artwork in second life which converges possibilities of literary music sound art and real time 3d arts practices within the virtual world there will be a simultaneous installation in second life and in a real world gallery where gallery visitors can be directly involved in its creation via a voice driven interface the installation a metaphor for the tower of babel will use voice recognition software that converts the spoken word of real and virtual world participants into 3d letterform images in an evolving tower of words the behaviour of the individual letterforms and the meta tower will be informed by swarm theory our team consists of christopher dodds aka mashup islander adam nash aka adam ramona and justin clemens aka s1 gausman details in the people section at right posted by anonymous at 9 25 pm 1 comment home subscribe to posts atom visit babelswarm in second life click here to teleport contact babelswarm feel free to email us for information questions or requests who we are christopher dodds adam nash justin clemens 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