Wirxli FlimFlam is a founding member of Second Front.
In Real Life (RL), Wirxli is known as Jeremy Owen Turner (b. 1974 - Victoria, B.C., Canada). Turner is an internationally exhibiting avatar performance artist, curator, music composer and writer based in Vancouver.
Turner has been performing in virtual environments since about 1996 and has specifically performed as an avatar since 2001.
Turner was the coordinator for Vancouver's LIVE Biennial of Performance Art in 2005 and has just been appointed their Director of Avatar Development for the LIVE Biennial in 2007. www.livevancouver.bc.ca
In addition to Second Life, Turner has also performed produced artwork and/or performances in these avatar environments: Digitalspace Traveler, Cybertown, Active Worlds, Moove/Roomancer, Virtual Ibiza, IMVU, MUSE and The Palace.
Prior to being a performance artist in Second Life, Turner was most known for co-producing the very first in-world documentary of a virtual (avatar) community called AVATARA (2003) with Donato Mancini and Patrick "Flick" Harrison.
As a freelance writer, Turner has contributed articles and interviews to: C-Theory, Intelligent Agent, Shift (online version) and Front Magazine among others... |
