| Gazira Babeli (2006-2010) | |||||
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| Gazira Babeli has been living and working as an artist, performer and film-maker in Second Life since spring 2006. In September 2006 she published records of a number of “non authorized performances” on the web, capturing the attention of art critics and artists. Artists above all. She then became part of Second Front, a new international group of artists/performers dedicated to the formal, aesthetic, cultural and social exploration of a reality dubbed “virtual”. She was involved in the launch of the first native artistic community in Second Life: Odyssey. In April 2007, after filming the movie/performance Gaz of The Desert, she staged an exhibition entitled [Collateral Damage]. The show, which gathered a year of work and experiences, was visited by over one thousand “real” people. Gazira Babeli’s work has been shown extensively in at least two worlds. Solo shows include: Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia 2008; [DAM] Gallery, Berlin 2009; Kapelica, Ljubljana 2009; Platforma, Moscow 2011, Fabio Paris Art Gallery, Brescia 2011. Other events include: Peam, Pescara 2006; Deaf, Rotterdam 2007; Performa, New York 2007 (with Second Front); iMAL, Bruxelles 2008; Window, Auckland 2008; Prague Biennale 4, Prague 2009; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2009; MU and Baltan, Eindhoven 2010; Es Baluard, Palma 2011; ROLLO Contemporary Art, London 2011. http://gazirababeli.com |
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