Threads of an Unwritten Future by Kelly Ruth (Dec 9, 2023 performance in Second Life)
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) presents Edmonton artist Kelly Ruth in the virtual world of Second Life for her performance of "Threads of an Unwritten Future."
In her performance "Threads of an Unwritten Future" Kelly Ruth performed live at NAISA using a weaving loom manipulated by electronics effects pedals. She integrated those sounds into a customized virtual installation environment in Second Life hosted at the Morris Code Studio. The installation is accessible until January 8, 2024 at the NAISA North Media Arts Centre in South River and at the Morris Code studio site Second Life.
The performance in this video features Kelly Ruth's avatar Poppy Morris and is captured from the point of view of audience members in Second Life through the virtual camera work of Bounce Greggan. The video feed from NAISA was streamed to Second Life by Darren Copeland where it was projected with technical assistance from Zap Pontoppidan.
Having explored virtual worlds intermittently over the past 20 years or so, Kelly Ruth returned to Second Life during the COVID pandemic after nearly a decade of absence. With a renewed fascination she has found hope in a future that integrates virtual worlds into the fabric of life. This interest has reinvigorated her practice with a playful curiosity and an excitement for the emerging reinvention of many things that are currently taken for granted.
Kelly Ruth describes the installation environment in Second Life as follows:
"Working with both a weaving loom and a spinning wheel in my sound practice has led me to explore the personification of destiny in the form of the archetypical Three Fates. The three women—Clothos who spins the thread, Lachesis who measures the allotted length, and Atropos who cuts the thread with shears—seem to exist in another dimension responsible for the human experience of linear time. This exhibit reflects on the word “allotment” and its relationship to the fragilities and transitory nature of life, economy, society, and imagined futures.
Kelly Ruth is a new media artist currently living in Treaty 6, Edmonton, Canada. In performance she uses contact microphones and effects pedals on her weaving loom and other fibre related tools. Most recently she has been researching and creating art in the virtual world of Second Life. Issue 130 of Musicworks Magazine profiled Kelly Ruth.
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🔊 New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) is a sound-based media arts organization near to Algonquin Park. NAISA presents sound sculptures, transmission art, electroacoustic music, videomusic, new art, and the art of sound, through performances, exhibitions, broadcasts, and 3 annual festivals: Sound Travels, Deep Wireless, and SOUNDplay. Operating since 2001, NAISA is partially funded by Ontario Arts Council, The Canada Council for the Arts, and The Department of Canadian Heritage.
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