The sun beat down on the plain outside of the Orc capitol city of Orgrimar and the dry ground crunched as I walked around Jaggedswine Farm waiting for the first candidates to arrive. I took to shooting a few boar to level up my new gun skill while I waited. The meetings were orderly and uninterrupted by the Alliance, though we did have the occasional “’sup” from a troll passing by on their way to the Zeppelin.

Eddo, Jay and I were impressed with the quality of the discussions and I was taken by the way the environment functioned and gave context to the process. In the end we chose Tom Betts and Alison Mealey as the first Ars Virtua Artists in Residence in World of Warcraft.

We would like to thank everyone who sent in proposals and who interviewed, and for those who missed the deadline we have plans to announce a second AVAIR in WoW. As is our custom we shall organize a meet and greet (in WoW) for the artists within a few weeks.

“AVAIR” is a 2006-2008 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.

Ars Virtua is sponsored by the CADRE Laboratory for New Media.

James Morgan
Rubaiyat Shatner
Director, Ars Virtua