Irwin ZiiZ ZW - Virtual Performance Artist

NEW! 2 AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEOS FROM IRWIN ZIIZ ZW!

2006-11-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

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Irwin ZiiZ ZW is an avatar artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's mansion in Cyberspace as part of the Moove and Roomancer avatar communities.

These two performances (collectively known as "^^dd^9^dd^") appear to be historically referencing the first online video excerpt of Douglas Davis' landmark video art telecast performance, "The Last 9 Minutes" which took place in Kassel's Documenta VI on June 24, 1977 with Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik.

Irwin ZiiZ ZW chose to do two live avatar performances to allow for a subtle aesthetic variation to occur using the same basic structure of the previous performance action. Since ZW begins with the occult process of virtual mirror-scrying, it is possible that two different phenomenological, ontological and metaphysical effects might occur upon the close and repeated viewing of both performance videos. ZW is currently rehearsing in the same performance space for an extremely ambitious avatar performance involving the theme of Ouija Board channeling titled "^^oui^^dd^ja^".

Please stay tuned to this blog for updates. In the meantime, there are many rehearsal screenshots and 8 other performances with embedded videos to check out.

Enjoy...

^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #4

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #5

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #6

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #7

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^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #8

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This is a very early rehearsal pic which was documented at a time before Irwin's decoration aesthetic had been finalized for the performance space.

^^dd^9^^ and ^^oui^dd^ja^ performance rehearsal screenshot #9

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NEW! 8th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-17T07:40:00.000-08:00

This 8th avatar performance video ^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y by Irwin ZiiZ ZW was just uploaded this morning although it the performance space was installed yesterday afternoon and evening (thursday)...Enjoy!

If you cannot see the video above embedded into this blog, click on this link.

This is ZW's favourite performance so far. I hope you can see why!
The theme is abstract and surreal but does seem to contain a few references along the way...

^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^^x'oa'tN'ii'jW'e'Y performance rehearsal screenshot #4

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW'S 7TH AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-16T10:11:00.000-08:00

Irwin's 7th performance video "^^^B^^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr" has just been blogged. A more detailed description is forthcoming later today.

if you cannot see it above, please click on this link.

b^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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b^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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b^rr^rr^rrr^rrrr performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 6th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-15T07:40:00.000-08:00

^^^x'KT'oN'h'w - Lost in a Supernatural Enchatted Forest is the brand new avatar performance video-document by Irwin ZiiZ ZW. The word "Enchatted" is not a typo mean to be "Enchanted". For this document, this forest is embued with a kind of chattiness.

Irwin ZiiZ ZW is an avatar performance artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's Cybermansion in the Moove/Roomancer avatar community.

ZW is an alien from another cyberdimension.

This is ZW's 6th performance video-document so far and alludes to such themes and individuals as: Supernatural British Columbia, First Nations, Coast Salish, Emily Carr, Douglas Fir, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, virtual reality, The Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Stanley Park in Vancouver, The Shadow of the Beast video game and the Katonah Art Museum in New York.

ZW seems to be getting lost in this forested cyberspace. This avatar performance -as with all other of ZW's performances - was recorded live in one take and without editing.

^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #4

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^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #5

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^^^x'Kt'oN'h'x performance rehearsal screenshot #6

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 5th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-14T10:20:00.000-08:00

Above is a new avatar performance by Irwin ZiiZ ZW. If you cannot see the video embedded in this blog posting, then click this backup link.

Irwin ZiiZ ZW is an avatar performance artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's Virtual Art-Mansion which exists in the Moove/Roomancer Community .

ZW is an alien from some unknown cyberdimension. This avatar performance is called "^^^TsemAMb - Terasem Ambitions" (2006)

This is ZW's 5th performance video-document so far and references such themes as: Transhumanism, The Post-Human, Terasem, virtual reality, body modification and Extropianism.

Some viewers interpreting this performance as an extension of Machinima rather than live performance might see a structural parallel between this performance video and Michael Snow's experimental film classic, "Wavelength" (1967).

^^^TsemAMb performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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Irwin ZiiZ ZW is currently uploading a new performance video called "^^^TsemAMb". The video is now being uploaded to Google Video. It should be online in 24 hours. In the meantime, here are some performance rehearsal screenshots and some other goodies to hold you off...

^^^TsemAMb performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^TsemAMb performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^^TsemAMb performance rehearsal screenshot #4

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 4th AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO

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Above is a new avatar performance by Irwin ZiiZ ZW. If you cannot see the video embedded in this blog posting, then click this backup link.

Irwin ZiiZ ZW is an avatar performance artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's Virtual Art-Mansion which exists in the Moove/Roomancer Community .

ZW is an alien from some unknown cyberdimension. This avatar performance is called "^^^FaAfFiRNir" (2006)

On the surface, this might appear to be ZW's most "pointless" and drawn-out performance that ZW has made so far.

Only upon repeating viewings can one glean the creative artistic expression behind this performance. It seems to be based on Fafnir the mythological Norse dragon. In this case, "Fafnir" seems to be "faffing" around and not really doing anything that a human would find productive and/or aesthetically important to a human civilization. This might be ZW's intention and theme.

ZW employed the help of The Notabots who created the soundtrack out of scrambled "New Music" from the last century (pre-historic times).

Please scroll down for rehearsal screenshots and more archived performances.

^^^FaAfFirNir performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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^^^FaAfFirNir performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^FaAfFirNir performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 3rd AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!!!

2006-11-11T09:47:00.000-08:00

Above is a brand new avatar performance art video by Irwin ZiiZ ZW!
If you cannot see the above video embedded into this block, please click on this link.

The title for this one is "^^^WoRiFiTR - Wombly Riddim File Transfer" (2006)

Please scroll down for more videos and images from previous performances.

^^^WoRifiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #1

2006-11-11T03:11:00.000-08:00

Here is the first of 4 preview rehearsal screenshots of ZW's brand new performance called
"WoRiFiTR - Wombly Riddim File Transfer" (2006).

Please scroll down to watch the other two performances which have both video and image components...

^^^WoRifiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^WoRifiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^^WoRiFiTR performance rehearsal screenshot #4

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NEW! IRWIN ZIIZ ZW's 2nd AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-10T22:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the video-documentation for the 2nd avatar performance by Irwin ZiiZ ZW.
This performance is called "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali". If you cannot see the above video embedded into this block, please click on this link.

According to the official story, Roland Quagmire III played Irwin ZiiZ ZW John Coltrane's last album "Interstellar Space" (1967) with Rashied Ali on drums. ZW was so inspired by Rashied Ali, a performance was made as a tribute to Ali and Free Jazz in general. ZW designed the room, abstract expressionist backdrops and assembled the drumset sculpture. It is believed that the Cybergroup, The Notabots were commissioned to remix Ali's drums. It is also known that the hi-hat cymbals assembled around the perimeter of the space architecturally follow a "single paradiddle" motif.

^^^RaAl - performance rehearsal screenshot #1

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The above is a screenshot from ZW's rehearsal for the 2nd commissioned performance piece called "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali".

There are two additional screenshots.

Scroll down to view the video of ZW's premiere performance....

^^^RaAl performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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^^^RaAl performance rehearsal screenshot #3

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^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #1

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Here is the picture "Jupiter" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #2

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Here is the picture "Jupiter Variation" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #3

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Here is the picture "Leo" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #4

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Here is the picture "Mars" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #5

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Here is the picture "Venus" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

^^^RaAl performance backdrop pic #6

2006-11-09T22:50:00.000-08:00

Here is the picture "Venus" that Irwin ZiiZ ZW created as a backdrop for the performance "^^^RaAl - Interstellar Ali" (2006).

NEW! PREMIERE AVATAR PERFORMANCE VIDEO!

2006-11-08T10:14:00.000-08:00

Here is the full video-documented performance by Irwin ZiiZ ZW.
If you do not see the video embedded above, click on this direct link instead.

This premiere performance "RgVe - Interpretations of the RgVeda" is part of an ongoing series for the curator Roland Quagmire III. Unlike Quagmire's video-documentation screenshot exhibitions which do not contain audio, ZW's performances have an audio component so be sure to have the volume turned on.

Please scroll down to view rehearsal screenshots and to learn a little bit more about ZW. More performances are forthcoming...

^^^RgVe performance rehearsal screenshot

2006-11-07T15:53:00.000-08:00

This a screenshot from the rehearsal for Irwin ZiiZ ZW's premiere performance ever in Cyberspace. ZW's title for this first avatar performance opus is "^^^RgVe - Interpretations of the RgVeda" (2006).

Stay tuned for the video of the entire performance!
Here are some titles for some performances in progress:

"^^^TsemAmb - Terasem Ambitions"
"^^^WoRiFiTR - Wombly Riddim File Transfer"

^^^RgVe performance rehearsal screenshot #2

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BLOG UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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Irwin ZiiZ ZW is a virtual performance artist-in-residence at Roland Quagmire III's Rolyworld mansion.

This blog is under construction...blogs with embedded videos, pictures, testamonials, reviews and ZW's own artist statement coming soon.

In the meantime, check out the blog for Roland Quagmire III's curatorial website.