There is an increase in VR art galleries, and online exhibitions, over lockdown. In the Metaverse, Omniverse, see below.
Here’s my VR gallery (with coder Christian) from my design and build web studio Twin Media (London) back in 1995. VRML was a web based 3D renderer with a simple mark-up language, superseded by X3D.
VRML VR gallery [Metaverse] 1995 – Twin Media logo is the green squiggleVRML VR gallery [Metaverse] 1995The new 3D cube videos from Micro Arts MA1 will be located in one of these, I will update when selected.
Search for Metaverse, Cryptovoxels, etc. Second Life is still around. These sites have always had usability issues and are just a bit clunky. There are lots of 3D world-building games such as Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox, and of course Sim City. Nvidia has an Omniverse. Facebook are really into this via VR.
I am making new 3D art with Patryk Jaworsky, we met at the recent Leicester exhibition, from the MA1 series, followed by more from MA2, MA3, MA4, Michel’s Quantel art from 1984 and more. There will be a 3D catalogue of all the new work released next week, along with all 7 finals of MA1 pieces, plus a complete ‘all 7’ MA1, as per the original data cassette release.
There are many more demos in the Micro Arts Group YouTube channel.
We are planning an exhibition for this year if possible. We need 7 large monitors though so it is quite expensive to set up.
All rights reserved. Copyright 2021. Music and 3D video by Patryk. Original art and new concept from Geoff Davis.
I met Patryk at the recent 8-bit exhibition in Leicester. He is a prolific recordist in live settings such as parks or old buildings. He suggested doing a concert in the Lightbox gallery space at LCB Depot. The excellent result is below.
Etalon Production – Air, Pressure and Tension | Less Solid Dialect (vol.4) 2021 | PATRYK JAWORSKI
Micro Arts exhibition at the LCB Depot, 31 Rutland St, Leicester LE1 1RE until Saturday 26 June 2021. Curated by Sean Clark of the Computer Arts Archive & Computer Arts Society, UK.
Geoff doing a talk 9/6/2021 at the 8-bit Micro Arts Exhibition Leicester 2021
This big show has image stills from most of Geoff Davis‘s work from the MA1 “Abstract Originals” release, plus some from MA2 Various Unusual Events along with Martin Rootes MA3 release. There’s also a page from Geoff’s MA4 Story Generator. There are displays of the artefacts like data cassettes and deck, and the Micro Arts Magazine, along with a real time live run of the MA1 algorhythmic art, which means the 1980s code is actually running in the exhibition, providing ambient art, as intended. See the navigation here for more details of the MA releases, and the videos etc.
Lots of photos below, and more on a link at the bottom.
Plus two 8-bit micro controlled installations are in the exhibition, an interactive audio piece from Virtual Ground and a visual sculpture by Sean Clark, both of which used 8-bit micro controllers.
Photo credits: Sean Clark
8-bit LCB exhib poster
All photo credits in the set below (covering set up and talks): Sean Clark
Join the artists for the launch of the show and as part of the of the 8-bit exhibition, short talks from Micro Arts founder Geoff Davis and exhibition curator Sean Clark from the Computer Arts Archive. You will need to wear a facemask in the gallery. Talks start at 7pm. Grays Cafe Bar will be open for drinks in the courtyard.
Computer Arts Society Archive Geoff Davis Micro Arts
2020 October: Exhibitions
There are 2+1 exhibitions next year [2021], two for Micro Arts (London and Leicester with Sean Clark) and a show of new AI based work (London UAL, tbc). There is a paper by Sean Clark on Micro Arts in the EVA London conference in summer 2021.
