Installation Art "Exhibition Record" archive from the GNE Prototype

How can one not love a game which encourages spontaneous installations and provokes a discussion of art in terms of image, reproduction, illusion, community, cooperation, vested effort, performance, and permanence? This is our attempt at an "exhibition record" to document the permanent and ephemeral collection during this renaissance period of GNE. These exhibits were all showcased in the GNE Prototype between October and December of 2002.
- Jean Baudrillard, Arts Editor

• Scape-Cow or Shrine to a Faucet (moen). A cow, some salt, water and lettuce. Location: The Desert. Artists: neddles & Jean Baudrillard.
• Late Night Haiku (II). Six shining poets / each entry luminous star / joined - constellation. (transcript)
• Free Winona. Part poetry reading, part performance piece, part excuse for latte and cookie consumption -- a spontaneous GNE “happening.” The event was attended by an audience of twelve. Artist Outis. (transcript)
• Slap a Mime. In a true GNE street performance, the artist left herself exposed in the Plaza de la Revolucion for 8 hours of slimeing and stabbing and ritual aggression. "Imagine a mime that you can slap with impunity. You know you've always wanted to do that." Artist Shiri Masen. (screenshot)
• 1111111. 1111111 harpsichords, oboes, saxamaphones, ukuleles, and vintage guitars. "Music is mysterious and beautiful. Not only because of its auditory characteristics but even as notes on sheet music. I've tried to capture the visual beauty of music in the GNE via this exhibit." Located in Plectrum. Artist inspoetica. (screenshot) (addendum) (further)
• Smells Like GNE Spirit. 1242 inconceivably powerful breathmints. Located in the canning room of Steinbeck's Cannery, Port Dentry. Artist leslie.
• Six Hundred Threescore and Six. The Beast reappeareth in GNE. Has the stage been set? Can you hear The Four Riders? Artist Outis. (screenshot)
• The Wages of Sin. "The Beast makes an appearance among the followers of Mammon." Artist capodistria. (screenshot)
• I'm sorry, please please forgive me...just say you forgive me before i throw myself into this chasm. A work which stands as "a public apology and beg for forgiveness" -- in honor of majick. Kholberg Steppes, a Mountain. Artist Kallese.
• C^3 - Careless Caterina Consumption. 314 Caterinas; 314,000,000 shekels. In the most insanely expensive GNE art project to date, the artist cleans out Ludicop Offsales of Caterinas [314] and then in a single extravagant gesture consumes every last one. A grant proposal was written and approved. Two of the initial patron parties walked after hearing about the consumption. Artist Traducer. Patron inspoetica. (screenshots) (proposal)
• Faux Paper Tree. 1000 sheets of paper, 500 quires of paper, 7 reams of paper in the fenced lot of Fierov Hights. Artist jai.
• What I've gotten myself into. GNE's first performance piece. In the artist's words, “it consisted of me dropping 20,000 eggs on the ground resulting in a big sticky mess, and then i sat down in the middle of it and just put my head down and sat there silently.” The piece was attended by a small number of players - one who actually threw an egg at the performer toward the end of the show. Artist Kallese.
• Contra Lunkheads is a protest installation of 1000 burning bras in the firefields complete with "manyfesto." Brought to us by the B.R.A.S collective (Babe Righteousnesses for evA in Stencilton).
• Flowers for Algernon Prozacton, under the mature paper tree in Prozacton. 100 bunches of buttercups, 80 bunches of foxgloves, 40 bunches of snapdragons. Artist: Avogadro
• Evidence and Contraband. In the Police Station in Civic Center. Artist: Kallese
• F(lust)er: A Den of Iniquity. "Long the home of the pizza-addled flaneur, Scarlett's House on the scenic Waterfront now welcomes males, females and others alike with its interactive exhibits." Artist: Mojito
• Botanical Garden. In Media Shire, Apt. #301. Artist: Kallese
• Pie and Playa. "Fifty-five thousand beach balls, 60 homemade pies; 5000 sq. ft; overall dimensions vary with various stages of deflation. Huizingaplatz Pie House. Donated by artist (3.5 million shekels)." Artist: Jean Baudrillard
• Wilbur Descends: When E.B.Turns Noir. "The exhibit is open now in the fenced 'ranch' in North Agricola. There may be looting due to the contents: 100 Webs, 20 Jars of Fireflies, 5 Pigs, 2 Hysteria, 10 Packs of Ham, ... and spawning buttercups forever." Artist: myjetsam
• Senseless Scents Studied Solipsistically. "My new exhibit available for your viewing/smelling pleasure at Burplands. Media: Stink bombs, red yarn, scented candles, odor erasers." Artist: Inspoetica
• 100 Harpsichords. "due to a freak negative weight in my inventory, i have been able to purchase and carry 100 Harpsichords to the Desert! (The Existential Cowboy to be exact) I figured he needed some theme music to go with his mystery." Artist: Kallese
• Pie and Furniture. "Eleven thousand pieces of disposable swedish furniture, twenty slices of heavenly pie; 1000 sq. ft; overall dimensions vary with exact installation arrangement. Turtle Hill Pie House. Donated by artist (2.5 million shekels)." Artist: Jean Baudrillard
• Slime Balls. Trying to make something beautiful out of something worthless. St. James Shelter, Waterfront. Artist: Eglantine
• Sheep and Condoms in the Media Shire Hotel. Every room in the hotel filled with the aforementioned items — I stumbled upon this one by accident and found it just too decadent and bizarre. Artist: J. K. Huysmans Capodistria
• Feast for the Homeless. Lavish meals (lobsters, champagne, sometimes 7-8 courses) arranged in the homeless shelter in Waterfront. Artist: Capodistria
• Nation Sack Chicken Tree Pyramid and Bras Across Bentown. Two of the earliest known installations in the game - part of the artist's subversive art campaign. Artist: majick