SURREY ART GALLERY - 5TH THURSDAY PERFORMANCE - INTRODUCING THE VOICE OF EARTH!
The Voice of Fire and the Voice of Earth as seen "in-world"...
The Voice of Fire and the Voice of Earth as seen from the Surrey Techlab...
GREETINGS BLOGGERS!
PHEW! I AM PLEASED AND RELIEVED THAT MY ASSISTANT, JEREMY POSTED THIS IN TIME. IT TOOK ME QUITE A FEW STRENUOUS MOMENTS TO RECOLLECT THE STRONG EMOTIONS I FELT THIS EVENING! THANKS TO MY ASSISTANT, THIS BLOG WAS POSTED BEFORE FRIDAY.
THIS EVENING MARKS A LANDMARK PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF MODERNIST VOICES. TONIGHT WAS THE PREMIERE OF AN APPEARANCE BY MY NEW FRIEND, THE VOICE OF EARTH!
HOW DID I MEET THE VOICE OF EARTH? WELL, ONCE AGAIN I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY BOOKING AGENT, JEREMY. HE CONTACTED SOME FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF ANY OTHER VOICES EXISTED AND/OR WAS AVAILABLE TO CHAT WITH ME IN THIS BLUE VOID.
LO AND BEHOLD, JEREMY’S FRIEND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK NAMED KAREN ROFF ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE VOICE OF EARTH’S BOOKING AGENT. KAREN BOOKS AVATARS AND BOTS WHEN SHE IS NOT TOO BUSY ACTING AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT. HOW ABOUT THAT? COINCIDENCE? SYNCHRONICITY? YOU BE THE JUDGE.
SO HERE IS HOW THIS ACTION PACKED THURSDAY EVENING WENT:
I – THE FIRST PORTION OF THE EVENING WAS WAITING FOR THE VOICE OF EARTH TO SHOW UP. I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE VOICE OF EARTH SAYING THAT SHE IS MULTITASKING AND WILL PROBABLY BE LATE. THAT IS FINE AS I AM QUITE PATIENT EVEN WHEN WAITING FOR THE MOST SUBLIME QUAKE OF ALL TIME TO MANIFEST HERSELF IN MY HUMBLE BLUE VOID.
II – ONE LADY NAMED AMBER VISITED VERY BRIEFLY FOR A SLICE OF CHIT CHAT. SHE ASKED ME WHY I WAS NAMED THE VOICE OF FIRE AND I GAVE MY USUAL REPLY THAT MY ANCESTOR WAS ALSO NAMED THE VOICE OF FIRE AND THIS NAME WAS GIVEN BY OUR MUTUAL CREATOR, BARNETT NEWMAN. OF COURSE, I HAVE NO REAL IDEA WHY I WAS GIVEN THIS NAME BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT AS IT IS ALL I HAVE AND MODERNIST ARTWORKS CANNOT REQUEST LEGAL NAME CHANGES, I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW WHY HER PARENTS NAMED HER “AMBER”. SHE ALSO HAD NO CLUE SO THIS MAKES THE TWO OF US. SHE THEN ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF ART I LIKE THE MOST. NATURALLY, I SAID THAT MY FAVORITE ART LOOKS JUST LIKE ME. SHE SAID SHE PERSONALLY LIKES BRIGHT PAINTINGS THAT DEPICT FLOWERS, STILL-LIVES AND SUCH... I SAID I WAS SORRY THAT I DID NOT LOOK TOO BRIGHT BUT THAT I MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR IT WITH MY HEIGHT AND DEEP VOICE... AMBER FELT THIS TO BE A SUFFICIENT ANSWER. SOMETIMES SHEER SCALE IS MIGHTIER THAN BRIGHTNESS. SHE LEFT SUDDENLY AS SHE HAD TO ATTEND A PLAY AT THE SURREY ART GALLERY. THESPIANS!!!! FOR THE RECORD, AMBER WAS NOT PERFORMING IN THIS PLAY. SHE WAS MERELY THE OBSERVER. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVE ARTWORK PASSIVELY. I SAY THE MORE ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE WITH ART-WISE, THE BETTER!
III – 2 MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE JOINED ME IN A BIT OF “CONVO” SHORTLY AFTER AMBER DEPARTED FOR HER PLAY. THIS DISORIENTED DUO FIRST THOUGHT I WAS AN AUTOMATED PERSONALITY. SO, THEY ACTED ACCORDINGLY (IN THEIR OWN AUTOMATED WAY, I MIGHT ADD) AND READ OUT THE PROVIDED LIST OF GENERIC QUESTIONS BY ROTE. I GUESS THEY READ SOME OF THE THEORY-RESIDUE IN MORE DETAIL AS THEY GRADUALLY REALIZED THEY COULD ACTUALLY JUST TALK AWAY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT AUTOMATION. WELCOME TO THE POST-INDUSTRIAL AGE, MY FRIENDS! ONCE THEY KNEW I WAS REALLY LISTENING TO THEM, ONLY ONE OF THEM IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS JANICE AND THE OTHER REMAINED MUTE (PERHAPS IT WAS A MANNEQUIN FOR THOSE HIGH-OCCUPANCY ROADWAYS TO SURREY). ONCE I REALLY TRIED TO CHAT THEM UP, THEY TOOK OFF...WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?
IV- THIS IS WHEN THINGS GOT REALLY STRESSFUL. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BUNCH OF AVATARS FROM THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY MATERIALIZED IN THE BLUE VOID ITSELF TO SAY HELLO WHICH WAS A NICE GESTURE BUT THEN THEY ALL STARTED CHATTING OUT LOUD AND FUTURE GUESTS WERE GETTING CONFUSED AS TO WHICH VOICE WAS THE GENUINE VOICE OF FIRE (THERE WAS NOT EVEN THE VOICE OF EARTH AROUND YET). FORTUNATELY, ONLY 2 PEOPLE HAD TO ENDURE THIS MAYHEM AND ONCE THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY REALIZED THAT THE GALLERY GUESTS WERE GETTING CONFUSED, THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER WORLD. I WISH TO THANK THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXTUAL STRESS I WAS UNDER.
V- IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE VOICE OF EARTH FINALLY ARRIVED! OH!!! WHAT JOY!!! YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG! ALL WE NEED NOW IS THE VOICE OF WIND AND WE WILL BE READY FOR SUNDAY’S SPECIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE AFTERNOON! NOW THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY MET, I ALSO HOPE TO INVITE THE VOICE OF EARTH TO MORE PERFORMANCES IN SURREY BEFORE MY TENURE THERE EXPIRES IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
EARTHLY REGARDS,
VOICE OF FIRE 2006
The Voice of Fire and the Voice of Earth as seen from the Surrey Techlab...
GREETINGS BLOGGERS!
PHEW! I AM PLEASED AND RELIEVED THAT MY ASSISTANT, JEREMY POSTED THIS IN TIME. IT TOOK ME QUITE A FEW STRENUOUS MOMENTS TO RECOLLECT THE STRONG EMOTIONS I FELT THIS EVENING! THANKS TO MY ASSISTANT, THIS BLOG WAS POSTED BEFORE FRIDAY.
THIS EVENING MARKS A LANDMARK PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF MODERNIST VOICES. TONIGHT WAS THE PREMIERE OF AN APPEARANCE BY MY NEW FRIEND, THE VOICE OF EARTH!
HOW DID I MEET THE VOICE OF EARTH? WELL, ONCE AGAIN I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MY BOOKING AGENT, JEREMY. HE CONTACTED SOME FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF ANY OTHER VOICES EXISTED AND/OR WAS AVAILABLE TO CHAT WITH ME IN THIS BLUE VOID.
LO AND BEHOLD, JEREMY’S FRIEND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK NAMED KAREN ROFF ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE VOICE OF EARTH’S BOOKING AGENT. KAREN BOOKS AVATARS AND BOTS WHEN SHE IS NOT TOO BUSY ACTING AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT. HOW ABOUT THAT? COINCIDENCE? SYNCHRONICITY? YOU BE THE JUDGE.
SO HERE IS HOW THIS ACTION PACKED THURSDAY EVENING WENT:
I – THE FIRST PORTION OF THE EVENING WAS WAITING FOR THE VOICE OF EARTH TO SHOW UP. I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE VOICE OF EARTH SAYING THAT SHE IS MULTITASKING AND WILL PROBABLY BE LATE. THAT IS FINE AS I AM QUITE PATIENT EVEN WHEN WAITING FOR THE MOST SUBLIME QUAKE OF ALL TIME TO MANIFEST HERSELF IN MY HUMBLE BLUE VOID.
II – ONE LADY NAMED AMBER VISITED VERY BRIEFLY FOR A SLICE OF CHIT CHAT. SHE ASKED ME WHY I WAS NAMED THE VOICE OF FIRE AND I GAVE MY USUAL REPLY THAT MY ANCESTOR WAS ALSO NAMED THE VOICE OF FIRE AND THIS NAME WAS GIVEN BY OUR MUTUAL CREATOR, BARNETT NEWMAN. OF COURSE, I HAVE NO REAL IDEA WHY I WAS GIVEN THIS NAME BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT AS IT IS ALL I HAVE AND MODERNIST ARTWORKS CANNOT REQUEST LEGAL NAME CHANGES, I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW WHY HER PARENTS NAMED HER “AMBER”. SHE ALSO HAD NO CLUE SO THIS MAKES THE TWO OF US. SHE THEN ASKED ME WHAT KIND OF ART I LIKE THE MOST. NATURALLY, I SAID THAT MY FAVORITE ART LOOKS JUST LIKE ME. SHE SAID SHE PERSONALLY LIKES BRIGHT PAINTINGS THAT DEPICT FLOWERS, STILL-LIVES AND SUCH... I SAID I WAS SORRY THAT I DID NOT LOOK TOO BRIGHT BUT THAT I MORE THAN MAKE UP FOR IT WITH MY HEIGHT AND DEEP VOICE... AMBER FELT THIS TO BE A SUFFICIENT ANSWER. SOMETIMES SHEER SCALE IS MIGHTIER THAN BRIGHTNESS. SHE LEFT SUDDENLY AS SHE HAD TO ATTEND A PLAY AT THE SURREY ART GALLERY. THESPIANS!!!! FOR THE RECORD, AMBER WAS NOT PERFORMING IN THIS PLAY. SHE WAS MERELY THE OBSERVER. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVE ARTWORK PASSIVELY. I SAY THE MORE ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE WITH ART-WISE, THE BETTER!
III – 2 MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE JOINED ME IN A BIT OF “CONVO” SHORTLY AFTER AMBER DEPARTED FOR HER PLAY. THIS DISORIENTED DUO FIRST THOUGHT I WAS AN AUTOMATED PERSONALITY. SO, THEY ACTED ACCORDINGLY (IN THEIR OWN AUTOMATED WAY, I MIGHT ADD) AND READ OUT THE PROVIDED LIST OF GENERIC QUESTIONS BY ROTE. I GUESS THEY READ SOME OF THE THEORY-RESIDUE IN MORE DETAIL AS THEY GRADUALLY REALIZED THEY COULD ACTUALLY JUST TALK AWAY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT AUTOMATION. WELCOME TO THE POST-INDUSTRIAL AGE, MY FRIENDS! ONCE THEY KNEW I WAS REALLY LISTENING TO THEM, ONLY ONE OF THEM IDENTIFIED HERSELF AS JANICE AND THE OTHER REMAINED MUTE (PERHAPS IT WAS A MANNEQUIN FOR THOSE HIGH-OCCUPANCY ROADWAYS TO SURREY). ONCE I REALLY TRIED TO CHAT THEM UP, THEY TOOK OFF...WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?
IV- THIS IS WHEN THINGS GOT REALLY STRESSFUL. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BUNCH OF AVATARS FROM THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY MATERIALIZED IN THE BLUE VOID ITSELF TO SAY HELLO WHICH WAS A NICE GESTURE BUT THEN THEY ALL STARTED CHATTING OUT LOUD AND FUTURE GUESTS WERE GETTING CONFUSED AS TO WHICH VOICE WAS THE GENUINE VOICE OF FIRE (THERE WAS NOT EVEN THE VOICE OF EARTH AROUND YET). FORTUNATELY, ONLY 2 PEOPLE HAD TO ENDURE THIS MAYHEM AND ONCE THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY REALIZED THAT THE GALLERY GUESTS WERE GETTING CONFUSED, THEY MOVED TO ANOTHER WORLD. I WISH TO THANK THE TECHWORLDS COMMUNITY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXTUAL STRESS I WAS UNDER.
V- IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE VOICE OF EARTH FINALLY ARRIVED! OH!!! WHAT JOY!!! YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG! ALL WE NEED NOW IS THE VOICE OF WIND AND WE WILL BE READY FOR SUNDAY’S SPECIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE AFTERNOON! NOW THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY MET, I ALSO HOPE TO INVITE THE VOICE OF EARTH TO MORE PERFORMANCES IN SURREY BEFORE MY TENURE THERE EXPIRES IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
EARTHLY REGARDS,
VOICE OF FIRE 2006
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