Joseph DeLappe is an Associate Professor of the Department of Art at the University of Nevada where he runs the Digital Media area. He is currently a 2008 Commissioned Artist at Eyebeam in New York City. Working with electronic and new media since 1983, his work in online gaming performance, electromechanical installation and real-time web-based video transmission have been shown throughout the United States and abroad. In 2006 he enacted a project dead-in-iraq, to type consecutively, all names of America’s military casualties from the war in Iraq into the America’s Army FPS online recruiting game. His work was recently featured in the exhibition Gameworld at the Laboral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial in Gijon, Spain and published in the recently released books, "Gamescenes: Art in the Age of Videogames", publisher Johan & Levi and "Videogames and Art", publisher Intellect Books. A native of San Francisco, he lives in Reno with his spouse and twin daughters.
This blog is a journal and document regarding the online and treadmill powered reenactment of Mahatma Gandhi’s “Salt March to Dandi” in Second Life from March 12th through April 6th, 2008. I will be using this blog on a daily basis to document my progress and experience as the project evolves over the 26 days of “walking” throughout Second Life. Feel free to visit me in Second Life or on location at Eyebeam in New York City where I will be set up with my customized treadmill for the 26 days of the 240 mile march.
-Joseph DeLappe
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