Thursday, July 19, 2007

Breaking News III at Inter-Access and Reuters - Chat Transcript...

Photo by Miulew Takahe. Here we are waiting outside the Reuters lobby for the rest of Second Front to show up. Not everyone in this pic is from Second Front... The couple sitting on the bench on the far right were both audience members and our photographers - Evo Szuyuan and Miulew Takahe. Unfortunately, Second Front members, Tea Chenille and Gazira Babeli could not make it due to RL difficulties.

Photo by Miulew Takahe. Here is another angle of some of us loitering at the bench outside Reuters... Tran Spire was lurking in the bushes somewhere while receiving very important and realtime newsfeeds about Second Front in Second Life.

Photo by Miulew Takahe. Miulew took a great pic of SF member Lizsolo Mathilde as she was getting ready to wear her Meg White costume a la the White Stripes.

Hey there performance art, Inter-Access gallery attendees, Torontonians, and breaking news junkies!

A few days ago, we mounted a special and exclusive repeat performance for those who attended part of our workshop series for Inter-Access Gallery in the RL city of Toronto.

You can look at our previous Breaking News performances by clicking here and here.

Stay tuned for pictures from the gallery-side documentation of this performance.

We decided to do yet another sequel of our very first performance "Breaking News" as a way to show the gallery audience the mechanics behind our performance strategies so in a sense, it was a sort of performance "demo".

We will have some more blog postings about this most recent performance soon but in the meantime, check out our totally raw and unedited (lots of typos) chat-transcript....This performance was very heavily text-based so through the process of reading all of our news headlines, you will get a sense as to what this performance series was all about...

[18:50] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: ENOUGH MEMBERS OF SECOND FRONT HAVE ARRIVED TO PERFORM "BREAKING NEWS III"
[18:50] Tran Spire: GE you seem taller
[18:50] Great Escape: it's the shoes
[18:51] Bryan Dix: His head swelled
[18:51] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: BEGINNING TRANSFER SEQUENCE
[18:51] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: PEOPLE AT INTER-ACCESS IN TORONTO ARE BAFFLED AS TO WHETHER SECOND FRONT HAS STARTED PERFORMING OR NOT
[18:51] AliseIborg Zhaoying is Online
[18:51] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS: LIZ SOLO TAKES A SHOT OF BREAKING NEWS PARTICIPANTS!
[18:52] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: ALISEIBORG ZHAOYING HAS JUST ARRIVED
[18:52] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: WORKSHOP DEBUNKS MYTH OF SECOND FRONT
[18:52] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! MORE SECOND FRONT ARE HERE
[18:52] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT ARE GATHERING AROUND A BENCH FOR A SEAT
[18:52] Great Escape: JUST IN: PREPARING FOR INFILTRATION
[18:53] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS: LIZ SOLO IS APPROACHING THE BENCH!!
[18:53] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: MORE SECOND FRONT ARE MERELY A REFLECTION AWAY
[18:53] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT MEMBER TEA CHENILLE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS BREAKING NEWS III PERFORMANCE DUE TO AN INSURANCE CLAIM IN RL
[18:53] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: TRAN SPIRE HAS OBSERVED OTHER MEMBERS OF SECOND FRONT ON BENCHES
[18:53] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: TEA CHENILLE IS STILL PROCESSING HER CLAIM IN RL
[18:54] Man Michinaga: Breaking News! SECOND FRONT SEEN STALKIGN SMALL CHILDREN!
[18:54] Miulew Takahe: ;;;)))
[18:54] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: WIRXLI FLIMFLAM WAS ACQUITTED FROM THE ALLEGATION OF STALKING HIS ADOPTED DAUGHTER
[18:54] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! SECOND FRONT ABOUT TO ENTER REUTERS
[18:54] Bryan Dix: BREAKING NEWS:BRYAN DIX FELL ASLEEP AT BREAKING NEWS PERFORMANCE
[18:55] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! SEONT FRONT'S NEWS MORE RELIABLE THAN FOX NEWS
[18:55] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT APPEAR TO BE COLLECTIVELY GETTING OFF THEIR ASSES TO ENTER THE BUILDING
[18:55] Great Escape: JUST IN: SECOND FRONT IS ALL TALK NO ACTION
[18:55] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: TEA CHENILLE IS BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN PIZZA SLUTS
[18:55] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: ALLENVEST HOLDING TEA CHENILLE HOSTAGE
[18:55] Bryan Dix: DEVELOPING STORY: BRYAN DIX WOKE UP
[18:55] lizsolo Mathilde: NEWSFLASH: THE WHITE STRIPES GIVE PRETENTIOUS ONE NOTE PERFORMANCE IN ST. JOHN'S.
[18:56] Wirxli Flimflam: NEWSFLASH: REUTERS BUILDING IS ENTIRELY EMPTY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SECOND FRONT AND FOX NEWS HAVE SUPERIOR NEWS FEEDS
[18:56] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: GREAT ESCAPE TO LEAD CHARGE INTO REUTERS
[18:56] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT PLANS TO RESCUE TEA CHENILLE
[18:56] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: THE WHITE STRIPS ARE STILL SUCKING BUT THAT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCKING COCAINE
[18:56] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT ARMED WITH CHICKEN GUNS!
[18:57] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: THE WHITE STRIPES ARE SNORTING WHITE STRIPES...DETAILS TO FOLLOW
[18:57] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT HAVE STORMED THE LOBBY OF THE REUTERS BUILDING TO PROVIDE BETTER NEWS HEADLINES
[18:57] Man Michinaga: VREAKING NEWS! SECONT FRONT HAVE ENTERED THE BUILDING!
[18:58] AliseIborg Zhaoying: SECOND FRONT POSSESS SUPERSPY POWERS!
[18:58] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS
[18:58] lizsolo Mathilde: LIZ SOLO IS HAVING DEJA VU
[18:58] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: BREAKING NEWS
[18:58] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: RUMOUR SPREADING THAT ALLENVEST HAS TAPPED REUTERS BUILDING FOR SECOND FRONT PERFORMANCE
[18:58] Wirxli Flimflam: NEWSFLASH: SECOND FRONT EXPOSED AS TALENTLESS FRAUDS
[18:58] Great Escape: JUST IN: MACKY OH JOINS THE CROWD
[18:58] Macky Oh: Sweet
[18:58] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: RUMOUR OF PUMPKIN GRENADE TO HIT REUTERS!
[18:58] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS:SECOND FRONT AGREES
[18:58] Macky Oh: a randomm group
[18:58] Macky Oh: random*
[18:59] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! SECOND FRONT DOES NOT DENY FRAUD ALLEGAIONS!
[18:59] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT IS RUMOURED TO BE A RANDOM GROUP
[18:59] Macky Oh: Are you up to nothing benificial?
[18:59] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: SECOND FRONT MEMBER MAN MICHINAGA STANDING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ONE OF THE SEATS IN THE REUTERS' LOBBY
[18:59] Macky Oh: Score
[18:59] Macky Oh: i'm in luck
[18:59] Great Escape: JUST IN: MIULEW LOOKS AWFULLY COMFORTABLE
[18:59] Miulew Takahe: ;;)))
[18:59] Miulew Takahe: still looking for a newsHUD
[18:59] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: ALLEGATIONS CLAIM THAT SECOND FRONT IS UP TO NOTHING BENEFICIAL...DEVELOPING STORY TO FOLLOW
[19:00] Great Escape: JUST IN: MACKY OH QUESTIONS SECOND FRONT INTENTIONS
[19:00] Rain Coalcliff is Online
[19:00] Macky Oh: Yes, yes she does..
[19:00] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: MAN MICHINAGA IS STILL WORKSHOPPING
[19:00] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! MACKY OH INTERROGAGTES SECOND FRONT!
[19:00] AliseIborg Zhaoying: DEVELOPING STORY: PUMPKING GRENADE EXPLODES BEFORE HITTING REUTERS!
[19:00] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT INTENTIONS INTENTIONLESS
[19:00] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: ALL ALLEGATIONS ABOUT SECOND FRONT APPEAR TO BE CORRECT, ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES
[19:00] Macky Oh: the offices of SL Senator Botch Von Pootertooer demand these questions answered
[19:01] AliseIborg Zhaoying: DEVELOPING STORY: PUMPKING DEBRIS FALLOUT MAY CAUSE NEWS SERVICE AROUND THE WORLD!
[19:01] BL Niven is Online
[19:01] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SO-CALLED "RELIABLE SOURCES" CLAIM TO BE RELIABLE SOURCES, ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES
[19:01] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT AVOIDS QUESTIONS
[19:01] Great Escape: JUST IN: SENATORIAL STAFF GRILLS SECOND FRONT
[19:01] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: BL NIVEN IS ONLINE
[19:01] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: HILARY CLINTON HAS APPLIED TO JOIN SECOND FRONT
[19:02] Bluewave Ogee is Offline
[19:02] Miulew Takahe: ahhh tran .- -
[19:02] Macky Oh: What is this jazz about?
[19:02] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! BL NIVEN ARRIVES IN INTERROGATION SITE!
[19:02] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: BL NIVEN LOOKS CLASSY
[19:02] AliseIborg Zhaoying: DEVELOPING STORY: PUMPKIN SEEDS PUMMEL SATELLITE DISHES!
[19:02] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: TERRORIST/INSURGENT GRIEFER GROUP "SECOND FRONT" HAS DEMANDED TO MEET WITH THIS SENATOR FACE TO FACE...
[19:02] Macky Oh: and more importantly, where so I sign up?
[19:03] BL Niven: haven't been on for awhile
[19:03] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT CONTEMPLATES US PRESEDENTIAL CANDIATE FOR SPONSOSHIP SCANDAL
[19:03] Great Escape: JUST IN: MACKY OH ASKS ABOUT INNER WORKINGS OF SECOND FRONT
[19:03] Macky Oh: Well, this can be arranged..provided of course, requiremtns are met..
[19:03] Wirxli Flimflam: NEWSFLASH: PUMPKIN GRENADE EXPLODES NEAR PROMINENT SENATOR'S OFFICE - SECOND FRONT GROUP BLAMED
[19:03] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: BL NIVEN IS NOW WORKING FOR CIA
[19:03] Great Escape: DEVELOPING STORY: BL NIVEN MAKES EXCUSES
[19:03] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT CAUSES REUTER STOCKHOLDERS TO DUMP STOCK!
[19:03] Macky Oh: Such as: in no particular order..exposure to your groups master mind and twoo scoops of sunshine in every box
[19:03] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: BL NIVEN IS MASKING INTENTIONS
[19:03] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: BL NIVEN IS KNOWN IN CIA CIRCLES AS BL LINDEN...DETAILS TO FOLLOW
[19:04] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT IS A HEALTHY START TO ANY DAY
[19:04] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! SECOND FRONT HAS DAILY REQUIREMNT OF 12 VITAMINS AND MONERALS
[19:04] Great Escape: JUST IN: SHERYL BRIGHT ENTERS REUTERS
[19:04] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT IS NOW DIET FREE
[19:05] Wirxli FLimflam: NEWSFLASH: SOME SECOND FRONT MEMBERS ACTUALLY APPEAR TO BE GRADUALLY LEAVING THE LOBBY AND INFILTRATING OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING - DIET COKE IS TO BLAME FOR IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOUR SAYS FORMERLY RELIABLE SOURCES...
[19:05] Macky Oh: that I cannot show you the tape of
[19:05] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS SECOND FRONT IS GOOD FOR YOUR SEX LIFE!
[19:06] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: THE REUTERS LOBBY IS MUCH BETTER FOR YOUR SEX LIFE WHICH IS WHY IT IS BETTER TO NEVER LEAVE THE LOBBY, SAYS WIRXLI FLIMFLAM FROM SECOND FRONT
[19:06] Great Escape: RECYCLED NEWS: SECOND FRONT LOSES FACE YET AGAIN
[19:06] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT HAS INCRIMINATING VIDEO
[19:06] Macky Oh: Of?
[19:06] Macky Oh: Does this SECOND FRONT take money orders?
[19:06] AliseIborg Zhaoying: DEVELOPING STORY: PUMPKIN SMASHES INTO BL LINDEN'S MOTORCADE!
[19:06] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: MACKY OH QUESTIONS CONTENT OF QUESTIONABLE VIDEO BY SECOND FRONT
[19:06] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: MIULEW TAKAHE BUSY BROWSING WEB
[19:07] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: MACKY OH ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE SECOND FRONT
[19:07] Abby Hynes is Online
[19:07] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT MEMBER WIRXLI FLIMFLAM HAS SEX WITH REUTERS LOBBY COFFEE TABLE MUCH TO THE DISCOMFORT OF OTHER FURNITURE
[19:07] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT OFFERS CASH FOR NEWS BRIBING!
[19:07] Macky Oh has L$40 and a wheelbarrow full of sweet lady H
[19:07] Enniv Zarf is Online
[19:08] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: GREAT ESCAPE ON FLOOR AFTER SWEET LADY H DEBACLE
[19:08] AliseIborg Zhaoying: DEVELOPING STORY: WIRXLI OFFERS SECOND FRONT SEX DRUG
[19:08] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: SECOND FRONT ACCEPTS BRIBE FROM MACKY OH ON THE CONDITION THAT THE FURNISHINGS OF THE REUTERS' LOBBY ARE PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY BY IKEA
[19:08] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT FINANCES REUTERS PERFORMANCE WITH AVATAR SEX TRADE IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT
[19:08] Bluewave Ogee is Online
[19:08] Macky Oh: Ikea is a commue front
[19:08] Macky Oh: NO DEAL
[19:08] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: WIRLXLI FLIMFLAM IS A SEX DRUG
[19:08] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: LIZSOLO CAN'T HOLD HER LADY H
[19:08] Macky Oh: Commie*
[19:09] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT FORMS CARTEL OVER NEWS PORNOGRAPHY!
[19:09] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: GREAT ESCAPE OF THE GROUP SECOND FRONT HAS OVERDOSED FROM SEQUEL- BOREDOM
Photo by Miulew Takahe. Apparently, Great Escape overdosed from either too many breaking news headlines and/or performance boredom.

[19:09] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: GREAT ESCAPE HAS LYSOL ON HIS BREATH
[19:09] Macky Oh: Shall I poke him with a stick?
[19:09] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT PLANS ANOTHER BREAKING NEWS SEQUEL IN THE NEAR FUTURE
[19:09] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: ALISEIBORG SPRAYS RAID ON HERSELF
[19:09] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! MAN MICHINAGA TAKES A SEAT!
[19:10] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT IS WANING DUE TO GENTRIFICATION
[19:10] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: MACKY OH RESTLESS
[19:10] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! GENTRIFICATION SCOURGE OF PERFORMANCE ART!
[19:10] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: ALISEIBORG FROZEN IN AVATAR STATE!
[19:10] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: OTHER MEMBERS OF SECOND FRONT TAKE ACTION AND CHOOSE TO ACTUALLY SIT ON THE CHAIRS IN THE REUTERS' LOBBY!
Photo by Miulew Takahe. Here we all are (Second Front and audience) in the Reuters lobby as we have successfully breached our way into Reuters' high-level security system. We pretty much remained in the lobby as this is the best place to shout out breaking news headlines.

[19:10] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: NO UNAUTHORIZED PICTURES
[19:11] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT HERALDS IN THE DAWN OF POST-BORDOM PERFORMANCE ART
[19:11] Macky Oh: lemme snap a few noodz of you sexzies
[19:11] Macky Oh: and i'll put them in the lobby of here
[19:11] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT POSES FOR GROUP PHOTO
Photo by Miulew Takahe. Here is an action shot of Man Michinaga, Wirxli Flimflam and Lizsolo Mathilde.

[19:11] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS : THREE MEMBERS OF SECOND FRONT NOW TAKING A LOAD OFF
[19:11] Macky Oh: so people can touch themselves while they are getting news
[19:11] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT TOUCHES THEMSELVES
[19:11] Macky Oh: like me
[19:12] Man Michinaga: BREAKIGN NEWS! SECOND FRONT CAUGHT TOUCHING THEMSELVES!
[19:12] Wirxli Flimflam: NEWSFLASH: SECOND FRONT HAS GRIEFED THE REUTERS LOBBY TO DEATH DUE TO EXCESSIVELY NARCISSISTIC GROUP PHOTO...DETAILS ALWAYS TO FOLLOW...
Photo by Evo Szuyuan. Evo took a great pic of us in the same lobby but at a different action-packed angle :-)

[19:12] Macky Oh snaps the exclusive photos
[19:12] Macky Oh and gives them to SLNN
[19:12] Great Escape: JUST IN: REUTERS DECIDES NOT TO PRESS CHARGES -- BIGGER FISH TO FRY
[19:13] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT GROUPIES NOSH WITH KEY MEMBERS!
[19:13] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: INTEREST IN SECOND FRONT DROPS DUE TO HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
[19:13] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT BREAK RECORD FOR NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE REUTERS BYUIULDING AT ONE TIME
[19:13] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: MACKY OH HAS TAKEN UNAUTHORIZED PHOTO OF SECOND FRONT AND HAS SOLD THE PHOTOS RIVAL NEWS ORGANIZATION, SLNN - LAWSUIT TO FOLLOW SAYS CONRAD BLACK'S DEFENSE TEAM IN CHICAGO...
[19:13] Macky Oh: bring it, bitch
[19:13] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: TRAN SPIRE CHANGES NAME TO BAZ PADERBORN
[19:13] Macky Oh: Sentator Pootertooter is waitin'
[19:13] Man Michinaga: DEVELOPING NEWS: HACKNEYED PERFORMANCE ART GROUP CONTINUES TO SCREAM HEAD OFF, INTETRNATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATION TILL SEEMS NOT TO CARE
[19:14] lizsolo Mathilde: BREAKING NEWS MACKEY OH CHALLENGES SECOND FRONT
[19:14] Great Escape: JUST IN: BAZ PADERBORN WONDERS WHAT IS GOING ON
[19:14] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: BAZ PADERBORN (FORMERLY TRAN SPIRE) BOOTED OUT OF SECOND FRONT DUE TO LESS SEXY NAME CHANGE
[19:14] AliseIborg Zhaoying: Developing story: NOSHING PHOTOS TAKEN! PINK HAIR SUSPECTS WIRXLI AMONG SEX COUPLING!
[19:14] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT ANNOUNCES NEWEST MEMBER CONRAD BLACK
[19:14] Bryan Dix: NEWS FLASH: SECOND FRONT HAS REDEFINED THE DEFINITION OF: "TOTAL WASTE OF TIME"
[19:15] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: SECOND FRONT OFFERS TO FORGIVE ESTRANGED MEMBER BAZ PADERBORN PROVIDING HE CHANGES HIS NAME BACK TO TRAN SPIRE
[19:15] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT PLANS TO CHANGE NAME TO SUIT MARKET TENDENCIES
[19:15] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT INVENTS NEW TIME ZONE!
[19:15] Baz Paderborn: NEWS FLASH: WHAT THE FUCK?
[19:15] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS:THE FUCK IS QUESTIONED
[19:15] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT MEMBER GAZ TRAPPED IN NEW TIME ZONE
[19:15] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: THERE IS ALREADY AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE NAME BAZ PADERBORN - CLASS ACTION SUIT BEGINS
[19:16] Man Michinaga: THIS JUST IN! BAZ LEHRMAN DIES IN GRUESON CLOGGING ACCIDENT!
[19:16] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: TRAN SPIRE SELLS FAMILY FARM TO FINANCE CHANGES AGAINST SECOND FRONT
[19:16] Bryan Dix is Offline
[19:16] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: NTZ (NEW TIME ZONE) TO BLAME FOR TARDINESS OF ALL SECOND FRONT CITIZENS BORN AFTER JULY 2007
[19:16] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT EXPOSED AS FRAUDULENT ARTISTS ON SECOND LIFE
Photo by Miulew Takahe. Here is a great pic of Great Escape caught in the act of some announcing some breaking news headlines.

[19:17] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT APPLIES FOR GROUP INSURANCE POLICY FROM AGENT BAZ PADERBORN
[19:17] AliseIborg Zhaoying: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT ADMITS ALL WRONG DOINGS!
[19:17] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT SHARES MAXIMUM SECURITY LOBBY WITH CONRAD BLACK
[19:17] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: BL NIVEN ADVISES AGAINST SECOND FRONT INSURANCE SCAM
[19:18] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT BEHIND CONRAD BLACK ALL THE WAY
[19:18] Man Michinaga: Breaking News! Second Front HAS Virtual Ipo on Virtual Insurance!
[19:19] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: SECOND FRONT HAS ENOUGH INSURANCE TO BE MORE LIABLE FOR GRIEFING THAN THE YES MEN
[19:19] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT FIRST PERFORMANCE ART GROUP TO UNDERWRITE OWN INSURANCE POLICY
[19:20] Man Michinaga: Breaking News! Second Front TAunts Fossils!
[19:20] Esther DeCuir is Online
[19:20] Wirxli Flimflam: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT FIRST PERFORMANCE GROUP TO FIND THEIR OWN PERFORMANCES TO BE BORING
[19:20] Lanai Jarrico is Offline
[19:20] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT CHALLENGES REUTERS STAFF TO MATCH OF COMPETITIVE GRIEFING
[19:21] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT FIRST PERFORMANCE ART GROUP TO GO TO THE MOVIES AS PERFORMANCE
[19:21] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: REPORTER OF RIVAL NEWS AGENCY, SLNN HAS BEEN INVITED TO WITNESS THIS BREAKING NEWS PERFORMANCE
[19:21] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SEOND FRONT PREPARES FOR A WAR OF WORDS
[19:22] AliseIborg Zhaoying is Offline
[19:22] Wirxli Flimflam: NEWSFLASH: AUDIENCE IN TORONTO ARE BORING THEMSELVES TO DEATH AND HAVE BEGGED SECOND FRONT TO COMPLETE THEIR PERFORMANCE
[19:22] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT MEMBER TRAN SPIRE SUSPICIOUS OF SPELL CHECK
[19:23] Wirxli Flimflam: JUST IN: WIRXLI FLIMFLAM IS ADDICTED TO BLOGGING PERFORMANCES EVEN BEFORE THEY ARE FINISHED
[19:23] Ana Mendieta: EXACTLY IN: The CONNERIES OF WIRXLI ARE EVEN POISONED To The
EXECUTIONS OF BLOGGING BEFORE THEY ARE FINISHED
[19:23] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE
[19:23] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT KNOWS THAT YOU ARE LIVE
[19:23] Great Escape: JUST IN: ANA MEDIETA MAKES HERSELF KNOWN
[19:23] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT DECIDES PERFORMANCE IS NEARLY OVER
[19:24] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT ATTEMPS ENDURANCE PERFORMACE WITH LITTLE SUCESS
[19:24] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: SECOND FRONT'S PERFORMANCE APPEARS TO BE WINDING DOWN, ACCORDING TO RELIABLE SOURCES
[19:24] Enniv Zarf is Offline
[19:25] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT PERFORMANCE GROUP IS VOTED BETTER LOOKIN IN REAL LIFE
[19:25] Ana Mendieta: RUPTURE OF THE NEWS: The CLASS of USE of the RESOURCES SECONDLY FRONT
IS BETTER LOOKIN VOTED IN the TRUE LIFE
[19:26] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: AUDIENCE AT INTER-ACCESS HAVE RL CENTERFOLD PINUPS OF SECOND FRONT MEMBERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BEDROOMS...JUICY GOSSIP TO FOLLOW
[19:26] Great Escape: BREAKING NEWS: GREAT ESCAPE ANNOUNCES HIS IMMINENT DEPARTURE
[19:26] LillyEliska Kralomoc is Offline
[19:26] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT CONTEMPLATES POST-PRODUCTION ACTION SEQUENCE FOR UPCOMING DVD EDIT
[19:27] Wirxli Flimflam: DEVELOPING STORY: WIRXLI FLIMFLAM HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED HIS/HER IMMINENT DEPARTURE
[19:27] Man Michinaga: BREAKING NEWS! SECONF RONT EXEXUTESA ANOTHER FLAWED PERFORMANCE!
[19:27] Ana Mendieta: CRUPTURA OF THE NEWS! CSECONF RONT EXEXUTESA ANOTHER DEFECTIVE
EXECUTION!
[19:27] Man Michinaga is Offline
[19:27] Tran Spire: BREAKING NEWS: SECOND FRONT PERFORMANCE ART GROUP HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Olga Wunderlich interviews Great Escape

After the infamous Pizza SLut performance, Olga Wunderlich (who joined us for that evening's festivities) interviewed Great Escape at his place in Stone Pike. She recently posted the condensed interview on her blog. Here, they discuss some of the lines between 'griefing' and performance, public and private space in SL and artistic practice in virtual worlds.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Dead Calm in the Summer


Hey, performance art fans...
Yes, you haven't heard much for a month or so from your pals at Second Front. We've been working hard on some big media projects (won't spoil the surprise), live appearances by Man Michinaga and Great Escape in Toronto, and perhaps even a live performance at the Second Life community conference in Chicago!

However, getting ready for all of this leaves avvies dead tired, as you can see. GE and I are practicing for an upcoming performance we'd love to have as many people join in with us as possible across as many sims as possible, and we're practicing here in Ian's hot tub...

What you think it's sone sort of Jonestown thing? No, no, no. We don't want to simulate sims of dead people, that's no fun. We'll let you in on it soon enough.

But for the meantime, here's a shot of Man and GE having a relaxing float in the pool.

Now, if we could only get them to float face up...

Virtually yours,
Man.