BRIAN ENO’S 77 MILLION PAINTINGS TO EXHIBIT IN ARS VIRTUA

Jun 29 2007

We are pleased to announce that this Friday the 29th, at 8 PM PDT (Second Life Time), The Long Now Foundation will begin the Second Life premiere of Brian Eno’s 77 Million Paintings. This will occur alongside its North American premiere in San Francisco, in partnership with blueair.tv. Each installation of 77 Million Paintings will be unique to its location.

The event will open at 8 PM in Second Life on Kula 1 Sim at The Commons amphitheater (intersecting Kula 1 through Kula 4 and by Joi Ito). The opening will include an interview of Second Life artist Angrybeth Shortbread (Annabeth Robinson, creative partner of blueair.tv). Angrybeth developed the 77 Million Paintings remix in Second Life through blueair.tv.

There will also be several other public installations hosting 77 Million Paintings, all available for viewing by the public. There is no cover charge.

Each installation is unique and should not be missed (see list below). Each location will have its own version of 77 Million Paintings, along with individual items unique to several locations. These include a virtual Oblique Strategies card deck for Second Life (see a description at http://tinyurl.com/yr8zcz), a fifty-page virtual booklet on 77 Million Paintings, and a smaller version of 77 Million Paintings for the virtual home. These are complimentary, and can be obtained by visitors through exploring all the installations.

After the opening at 8 PM PDT, locations across the main grid will begin to open every half hour to explore and discover until Sunday evening. The above-mentioned items will be found at the locations listed below.

8 PM Kula 1 through Kula 4 from Friday to Sunday: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kula%202/6/11/50

8:30 PM PDT/SLT at Art Center in Avignon with Xantherus Halberd, Friday to Sunday: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avignon/143/179/490/

9:00 PM PDT/SLT at Ars Virtua in Seventh Eye with Rubaiyat Shatner, Friday to Sunday: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seventh%20Eye/58/91/67

9:30 PM PDT/SLT with Jeremy Neumann, Hooper Sim, Friday to Sunday: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hooper/179/149/51

10 PM PDT/SLT at Leeds College of Art and Design at The Collective, Friday to Sunday: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/45/68/33

Dan Darling (real name Dan Winckler) of Zoomlab and Kids Connect will host the opening on the Teen Grid until Sunday: Kids Connect (121, 186, 498)

Sunday’s Private Event for Long Now Members will open at 7 pm PDT on Sunday evening, hosted by Leeds College of Art and Design. For this event please IM Cyrus Huffhines with your Long Now membership number, or send an email to blueair.tv[at]gmail.com.

Please see http://blueair.tv for updates on the event as it progresses.

ORIGINAL 77 Million Paintings :: Second Life Release:

http://blueairtv.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/eno-longnow-sl-release.pdf