“TransForm”Exhibition Unveils DSL Cyber MoCA in Boston Cyberarts 2009

Press Release
Website: www.dslcybermoca.net/cyberarts.htm

Taking part of Boston Cyberarts Festival 2009, Second Life exhibition will unveil DSL Cyber MoCA, the museum of contemporary art, April 30th. through July 20th 2009 (closing reception date and location will be announced in June). The exhibition will be on view in both physical space, Design Gallery at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, US, and the newly launched DSL Cyber MoCA located in the international artist community in Second Life. "TransForm" Exhibition features international artists' experimental new media work, and is curated by DSL Cyber MoCA's founder and leading artists Lily & Honglei, and virtual reality philosopher Philip Zhai，sponsored by DSL Collection of Chinese contemporary art, and Visual Design Department of College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.


Curatorial Statement
The exhibition focuses on the signification of "trans-" (transitional, transcending, translating, transforming, etc.) and "form" (traditional and emerging forms of art), examines the ever-changing meaning of aesthetics in the digital era over extensive areas: the social, cultural, or personal. It explores ways of using Online virtual world as the “agent” to transform traditional art forms, such as painting, sculpture, folk art, performance, into digital arts in Cyberspace, and therefore argues that virtual-world art, as a new language, is proceeding to continue the development and “transformation” of expressions that constitute the content of the history of art.

The exhibition also serves to introduce DSL (abbreviation of the collectors’ name) Cyber MoCA, the museum in Second Life presenting DSL Collection of contemporary Chinese art, to the global artist community in the virtual world. DSL Cyber MoCA is a collective effort of new media artist team Lily & Honglei and DSL Collection, who intend to promote and develop highly interactive online exhibitions for contemporary art. DSL Cyber MoCA is designed to create new art vocabulary by utilizing digital multimedia, online performances, virtual sculptures and traditional fine arts language. DSL Cyber MoCA also aims to contribute to artist community building with communication technology in the Internet age, to enhance global artist collaborations, to stress on audience/artist or artwork interactions, meanwhile emphasize education and cultural exchange functions.

Participating Artists & Projects

Patrick Lichty, Gazira Babeli & Second Front:

Dream Umbrellas
7 Up

Cao Fei: RMB City (courtesy of DSL Collection)

John Craig Freeman: Imaging Beijing

Mark Millstein: Kite Forms

Lily & Honglei: The Butterfly Lovers

Constantin Severin: Text & Time

Philip Zhai: Digital Paintings; DSL Cyber MoCA theme music.

Exhibition Venue & Time
In University of Massachusetts Dartmouth: Design Gallery, Group 6 Room 154, College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA)(see map). April 24 - May 10. 2009. Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10AM - 6PM.
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