Streubaphones and Avatars

On Wednesday, May 24 agents of the Fishbon Event Lab gathered to investigate Clandestine Musical Instruments and tools for creating Virtual World Avatars in Second Life. The evening began with a demo of a wind instrument invented by Dominique and Alan Streubing for the Summer Solstice Celebration. Using a weather balloon as a membrane, the PVC pipe device was able to produce a range of strange didgeridoo-like sounds that mesmerized the operatives in attendance. Later in the evening, Alex demoed Second Life tools and templates for avatar creation. A pattern was photographed, imported into a template and uploaded into Second Life where it was mapped onto an avatar. The result was surreal. The Fishbon Fashion Cell Avatar show will be featured at the opening of the University of California at Santa Barbara Museum of Art show Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator.