My decade and a half at The Long Now Foundation began with a cold call. After reading the book The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility by Long Now president Stewart Brand, I placed a call to the executive director, and proposed to work for them. Knowing their next fundraising event would be an art installation in downtown San Francisco, created by board member Brian Eno, I specifically proposed that we produce an online remix of 77 Million Paintings by Brian Eno.
I did this work—digital design, copywriting, press releases, and online events and promotion—in collaboration with designer Annabeth Robinson, and Long Now Foundation executive director Alexander Rose, the designer and engineer behind the 10,000 Year Clock. And I recruited a global team as well.
Brian Eno presents 77 Million Paintings for the North American opening at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
“Bryan Campen’s work with us is always professional, of the highest caliber, and always goes beyond the call. Everyone involved is impressed.” —Long Now Foundation Executive Director Alexander Rose
The virtual installation was created in the world of Second Life.
To accomplish this, I recruited a global team of 7 in Frankfurt, Leeds, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Manila, and produced the online version. This was done with the support of Second Life creator and CEO Philip Rosedale, and weekly, direct collaboration with the Long Now team.
Mixed Reality
Pictured: Alexander Rose of Long Now walks board member Brian Eno through our online installations of Eno’s artwork.
Easter Eggs
We not only designed the North American installation in Second Life, as shown above, but also hid copies of former installations, inside the virtual world of Second Life.
One, the Tokyo installation.
The other, Milan.
