** 2/10 The IBM Exhibition Space has been relaunched with its own website at exhibitionspace.org. This page will remain as an archive. **

[visit the exhibition space] The IBM Exhibition space is currently curated by Tezcatlipoca Bisiani (Andrew Sempere, Research Designer at IBM's Center for Social Software), and will showcase immersive installations of virtual art and architecture as examples of the cutting edge of what is possible in 3d virtual worlds. (more...). Exhibition Calendar Sept 16 - Nov 1 2009 Selavy Oh : State of Formation There are artists who present their work in virtual worlds, artists who work with the tools of virtual worlds, and then there are those exceedingly rare artists who inhabit the tools themselves. True manipulators of the Matrix, these artists work with the underpinnings of the system, using the rawest of digital materials to deliver their vision. Selavy Oh is such an artist and, if nothing else, State of Formation has set the bar in terms of the results we should expect from the toolset that Linden has provided us. In Selavys' hands the OpenGL alpha rendering bug becomes a tool, camera controls literally alter your perception of space and moving your avatar across the surface of the ground is an act of participation that would make Robert Smithson jealous. (more...) Aug 15 - Oct 1 2009 Spiral Walcher Presents: A Machine's Dream: Organic Machinery Ecosystem A fun and spectacularly detailed collaborative build organized by Spiral Walcher, including the talent of Quite Oh, Andrek Lowell, Jopsy Pendragon, Sleeves Rhode, Deson Bowenford, Darlingmonster Ember, Tormented Twilight, Janet Rossini and Jenrose Meredith. Explore an elaborate sim-sized version of Spiral's top hat - it explains a lot! (more...) June 26 July 10 - Sept 1 (now closed) Bryn Oh : The Rabbicorn Bryn Oh's new build The Rabbicorn tells the melancholy origin story of the title character, an original robotic being in the Bryn Oh universe. The Rabbicorn exists in a world of poetic narrative, subtle ambient sound and beautiful visual artistry, part Gorey, part Poe, part Velveteen Rabbit, but with an original take that is uniquely contemporary, and uniquely Bryn. (more...) May 23 - July 03 15 (now closed) Glyph Graves : Strangers Also Dance The inaugural exhibition for the IBM Exhibition Space is Strangers Also Dance by Glyph Graves. Glyph is a Australian based artist whose interactive works incorporate sound, elaborate visuals and narrative. This piece in particular provides a journey through an alternative universe inhabited by jellyfish-like creatures made of sound and light. Incorporating interactive scripts, including cellular automata, the creatures and plants will react to your presence, incorporating you into their behavior. Come visit an exhibition where the denizens are as curious of you as you are of them! (more...)

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