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Liz Solo in June 08

Liz is currently immersed in the "Machine I Am" Project - a video and performance based work focused on virtual worlds and machinima. She has been presenting excerpts from the project at both live venues and in virtual spaces, most recently screening machinima at the Rose and Thistle in St. John's as part of her "experiments in performance" Series.

For the past months she has been working extensively in two online virtual environments - World of Warcraft and Second Life. Recently she attended the World of Warcraft (WoW) SCIENCE Conference, hosted by Convergent Systems. During this three-day conference scientists and researchers discussed topics related to research in online environments. Liz documented and pieced media together from the the conference, editing machinima video files together with audio generated from text chat log and run through a text to speech editor.

Uploading files via yourTube etc has been frustrating but you may view lo-res pieces by searching "WoW Science Conference" on YouTube. If you have the patience to wait for download you can see much higher reolution files here on this site. Day One and Day Two have been posted. Day Three is still being edited but will be posted soon. These links will open in their own windows so you can browse until they download.

WoW SCIENCE Conference - Day One

WoW SCIENCE Conference - Day Two

Liz is also working in the virtual environments of Second Life, presenting solo work, building the Machine I Am Project and working in collaboration with two groups - the Second Front Performance Collective and the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse. Below is a video of the most recent performance by AOM. You may also view it on the Avatar Orchestra Blog or click the link below it for higher res version (note, opens in its own pop-up window but takes a little while to download)

Higher Res Version - AOM at U21Global

Video from the Second Front's most recent performance - Pong - will be posted shortly. View Second Front Blog to see extensive documentation on the group.

Visit the Machine I Am project on Machine I Am Blog.

Liz Solo in Amsterdam

Liz Solo's early machinima experiment "Amazing" was featured in a gallery installation at PlanetArt in Amsterdam. See the video here: Amazing or visit Liz's YouTube Page. Her newest project is called Machine I Am and is in its early stages. It explores themes surrounding transhumanist idealogy and human interaction in virtual space. Liz will be incorporating or merging machinima, digital video and live performance to create a new narrative based work.

Liz is currently working with a number of artists and groups online to develop her ideas including Ars Virtua, The I AM CO-OP Project and members of the Second Front Performance Collective. See image and posts about the project on Liz's "Machine I Am" Blog here - Machine I Am

"alien" release

Meanwhile Liz is promoting her new solo CD "alien" and gearing up for national tour dates in the coming months. Hear selected MP3s by clicking the MP3s Link and Stay tuned here for details on show dates and releases as they are confirmed.

Here is an excerpt from the most recent review of "alien", from The Scope in St. John's, Newfoundland:
Liz Solo's voice is equal parts bitch-goddess and girlish fragility.. her songs are of loss, forgiveness, frustration, scars, bruises, love and the universe. Instrumentation on "alien" ranges from sweet, delicate layering to thick electric rawk. The depths of downtown St. John's and the heights of outer space meet here".
Liz's Cd is available at all of her live shows and very select retail including Fred's Records, The Travel Bug and The Reject Room in St. John's. Downloads available soon on iTunes through Rock Can Roll Independent.

alien features 14 original tracks recorded at Rock Can Roll Studios during the summer and Fall of 2007. Recorded and mixed by Liz Solo, Steve Abbott and Mike Kean. Liz has many guest players on this recording including her compandres from the Lizband and the Black Bags - Marcel Levandier (Lizband, Black Bags), Mike Kean (LIzband, Black Bags), Brian Downton (Lizband, ABNT) and others - Luke Power (Idlers), Steve Abbott (Geinus, Local Tough), Colleen Power (Collen Power Band), Sam Hall (The Sketch), Matt Wall (Local Tough) and Alex Pierson (Geinus, Pathological Lovers). Mastered by Ron Anonsen. Photography by Rhonda Pelley. Layout design by Sarah Hansen. Available soon on iTunes.

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