Credits
THE GATE (or Hole in Space, Reloaded)
Yannick Antoine, Yves Bernard (BE)
with the collaboration of
Domenico Quaranta (IT), Sugar Seville (Odyssey)
Production : iMAL
Yannick Antoine (BE) graduated in 2007 from the École de Rercherche Graphique (Brussels), majoring in Digital Art. He's interested in artifical intelligence, science-fiction, synaesthesia and the social web (Flickr, YouTube, Second Life) as places for art intervention. In 2005, he co-created "Cellule", an installation exhibited at openLAB and Parcours d'artistes in Saint-Gilles. The work was based on a text chat between the visitor and a character trapped in an ambiguous reality.
> yhnck.com
Yves Bernard (BE) is a computer science engineer with a first education in architecture. After 10 years as a scientific researcher, he founded in 1994 one of the first new media studio in Europe, Magic Media, which produced many art & culture cd-roms for major French publishers. He is one of the founder of iMAL, its art director and he curated or co-curated 6 new media art exhibitions and festival in Brussels since 2000. Martini Ground Zero (2001-2002) and OFFFCAM (2004) are two previous projects where Yves's interest in connecting real life with Internet became obvious besides participative platforms such as the interactive installation White Square (2001) . Yves currently teaches at ERG (www.erg.be), Saint-Lucas art schools and University of Liège. Yves had the initial concept of The Gate project.
> erg.be/blogs/artNumeur
Domenico Quaranta (IT) is an Italian art critic and curator focused on New Media Art. He is the author of the book "Net Art 1994 - 1998: La vicenda di Äda'web" (Milan 2004) and, together with Matteo Bittanti, the editor of "GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames" (Milan 2006). He curated several exhibitions in Italy, including: "GameScenes" (Turin 2005), "Radical Software" (Turin 2006), and co-curated "Connessioni leggendarie. Net.art 1995 - 2005" (Milan, 2005). He teaches "Net art" at the Accademia di Brera in Milan.
> domenicoquaranta.net
Second Front is the pioneering performance art group in the online avatar-based VR world, Second Life. Founded in 2006, Second Front quickly grew to its current 8 member troupe taking their influences from numerous sources, including Dada, Fluxus, Futurist Syntesi, the Situationist International and contemporary performance artists like Laurie Anderson. Second Front creates theatres of the absurd that challenge notions of virtual embodiment, online performance and the formation of virtual narrative.
> secondfront.org
Odyssey provides resources for artists and arts related organizations within Second Life. Odyssey was founded by Pacino Hercules and Sugar Seville as a place where artists can explore the new virtual space called Second Life. The simulator hosts projects by individual artists and organizations.
> odysseyart.ning.com
And for their precious help :
Okno (video streaming, The Gate 2007):
> okno.be
f0am (textile advices):
> f0.am
Alexia Cournoyer (SL help, support and advices) :
> sl-adventures
Gazira Babeli (SL help, ideas and energy) :
> gazirababeli.com
Jean-François Blanquet (handy RL help, The Gate 2007) :
> myspace.com/jeanfblanquet
Helfe Ihnen (Odyssey, The Gate 2009) :
> odysseyart.ning.com
Bram Coeman (Buda Art Centre, The Gate 2009) :
> budakortrijk.be
