Florists

AvantGarden: Florists
Story telling, audio-visual works
Florists1, Audio-visual work, 7:08 minutes
Florists3, Audio-visual work, 5:17 minutes
3D graphics, video, sound by Tanja Vujinovic
Production: Ultramono, 2022

Consulting
Mika Pi, Software Engineer
RonBreIan, Software and Audio Engineer
Friends from VRChat

“That's funny, people often ask why we come in pairs. If only they knew...

Flowerlab was our place for everything. This was our headquarters. For experiments, for research. There was a corner for making new plants and devices. We were trying to reconstruct the first flower. We handled seeds and maintained the atmosphere in various labs. There was a shelf only dedicated to cactus plants that had flowers. Later we used that shelf for other things, many other things. Few of us placed chairs at some point near that shelf so were we always kidding its our Cactus Bar. You see, this whole AvantGarden structure kept on changing and growing, in fractal-like shapes branching out. And it was all extraordinary. It felt galactic, glamorous, and extravagant. What we have here is a real extravaganza. We were dreaming about these newly emerging places we were building as spaces to re-embrace, as spaces of re-birth. It was our absolutely necessary utopia.

You know, it was about both the past and the future. We couldn't really comprehend what was going on here in the past and also what future is ahead of us so we started researching it all, how it emerged, and then discovered these branching structures that are spaces connected like living matter that breathes and changes all the time. Every day was an unforgettable journey.

Music was very important for the growth of plants and we were testing all possible effects of playing Techno music to stimulate the growth of our test plants. So these plants were re-emerging in the thick fog of the dance club. Oh yes, this place become our favorite spot to hang out. It seemed like these plant experiments were helping us uncover what might be their right frequency, our perfect frequency.

I know....we were just trying to discover what the proper Flow is. Especially since we started developing these new devices that kind of helped us peak into different dimensions. Sometimes that would work briefly only to collapse into excruciating audio-visual noise. Basically, that's why we stopped doing those experiments, the noise was unbearable haha.

After so many attempts, we could say with certainty, that we think we have recreated the first flower. It was deep, divine, fantastic, and fiery. When it appeared in front of our eyes for the first time we couldn't believe we did it. But listen, even if this is just a close approximation. We have also created a new type of mushroom, hehe we called cyber-psychedelic. It was, of course, pink. Like the majority of other things in our Spheres, it was interlaced with the Matter. It usually enters anything at the very beginning of its creation and slowly builds from there. Those light beings or as we also call them, cosmic voyagers are also feeding their force! with that Matter! Pink power, hehe.

There is also this Spiritus Agens thing that we can't live without. It evaporates tremendously fast, but if you catch it quickly enough, and mix it with fog, oh that is totally pure bliss. The Ether is the Thing. Just so are the Other Things. You know all that, why am I even telling you all this?

Do you remember when we found that crate that holds mysterious bottles in the CENTER? It was a batch of something, probably some experiment. Cryptic label and filled with the Ether. As if they could put the Ether in the bottle? I doubt. Stories are being told about this probably like the All-In-One supplement. There are some flyers at the bottom of the crate that mention some exotic vitamins named T and Oui. Although the text on the flyers is very difficult to understand, these words seem to be repeating: 64K bumper, coffee Nanobots, 一体 The Oneness, reality expander, resolution booster, with ingredients like cool lava, coffee, Vitamin T (most probably standing for Techno), Vitamin Oui (this vitamin is known for making the scientist who discovered it scream Oooouuuuuiiii! for hours.) Also, hot snow, can you imagine. The only time we will be able to tell what other ingredients and effects this mysterious substance has will be by running tests… (continues bellow)

Florists

AvantGarden: Florists
Story telling, audio-visual works
Florists1, Audio-visual work, 7:08 minutes
Florists3, Audio-visual work, 5:17 minutes
3D graphics, video, sound by Tanja Vujinovic
Production: Ultramono, 2022

Consulting
Mika Pi, Software Engineer
RonBreIan, Software and Audio Engineer
Friends from VRChat

“That's funny, people often ask why we come in pairs. If only they knew...

Flowerlab was our place for everything. This was our headquarters. For experiments, for research. There was a corner for making new plants and devices. We were trying to reconstruct the first flower. We handled seeds and maintained the atmosphere in various labs. There was a shelf only dedicated to cactus plants that had flowers. Later we used that shelf for other things, many other things. Few of us placed chairs at some point near that shelf so were we always kidding its our Cactus Bar. You see, this whole AvantGarden structure kept on changing and growing, in fractal-like shapes branching out. And it was all extraordinary. It felt galactic, glamorous, and extravagant. What we have here is a real extravaganza. We were dreaming about these newly emerging places we were building as spaces to re-embrace, as spaces of re-birth. It was our absolutely necessary utopia.

You know, it was about both the past and the future. We couldn't really comprehend what was going on here in the past and also what future is ahead of us so we started researching it all, how it emerged, and then discovered these branching structures that are spaces connected like living matter that breathes and changes all the time. Every day was an unforgettable journey.

Music was very important for the growth of plants and we were testing all possible effects of playing Techno music to stimulate the growth of our test plants. So these plants were re-emerging in the thick fog of the dance club. Oh yes, this place become our favorite spot to hang out. It seemed like these plant experiments were helping us uncover what might be their right frequency, our perfect frequency.

I know....we were just trying to discover what the proper Flow is. Especially since we started developing these new devices that kind of helped us peak into different dimensions. Sometimes that would work briefly only to collapse into excruciating audio-visual noise. Basically, that's why we stopped doing those experiments, the noise was unbearable haha.

After so many attempts, we could say with certainty, that we think we have recreated the first flower. It was deep, divine, fantastic, and fiery. When it appeared in front of our eyes for the first time we couldn't believe we did it. But listen, even if this is just a close approximation. We have also created a new type of mushroom, hehe we called cyber-psychedelic. It was, of course, pink. Like the majority of other things in our Spheres, it was interlaced with the Matter. It usually enters anything at the very beginning of its creation and slowly builds from there. Those light beings or as we also call them, cosmic voyagers are also feeding their force! with that Matter! Pink power, hehe.

There is also this Spiritus Agens thing that we can't live without. It evaporates tremendously fast, but if you catch it quickly enough, and mix it with fog, oh that is totally pure bliss. The Ether is the Thing. Just so are the Other Things. You know all that, why am I even telling you all this?

Do you remember when we found that crate that holds mysterious bottles in the CENTER? It was a batch of something, probably some experiment. Cryptic label and filled with the Ether. As if they could put the Ether in the bottle? I doubt. Stories are being told about this probably like the All-In-One supplement. There are some flyers at the bottom of the crate that mention some exotic vitamins named T and Oui. Although the text on the flyers is very difficult to understand, these words seem to be repeating: 64K bumper, coffee Nanobots, 一体 The Oneness, reality expander, resolution booster, with ingredients like cool lava, coffee, Vitamin T (most probably standing for Techno), Vitamin Oui (this vitamin is known for making the scientist who discovered it scream Oooouuuuuiiii! for hours.) Also, hot snow, can you imagine. The only time we will be able to tell what other ingredients and effects this mysterious substance has will be by running tests.

Oh yes, I have also heard about the big Zombie attack. We need to find more data on that. I am too busy now to even think about trivial things like that.

Anyway, there are a few other fliers in the crate also. One says: "We Love you, Love you, Love you, Love you, Love you! Thank you for being part of our magical experience and for being our special VIPs! Come Fly With Us, we Love you, and you are part of the family! Do not forget to enjoy the fabulous fashionistas in the best techno outfits imaginable. Be part of this cosmic disco event if you wish to explore your cosmic self. Become an artist for life. Become a member of this elite group of high-frequency cyber-fusion travelers. This is an interactive experience. The only way you can experience this unique psychedelic event is to be there in person. Come fly with us. Ether Live. - May 11, 2012." This was probably from some event they were running in this place back in the day.

One thing though, I still don't get why some people call as The Florists. Some call us the keepers of the Ether. Or the keepers of The Knowledge. LOL.

Raves are very important. That's where we actually discover things. On the edges of reality. on our Raves on the Fringes of The Real. Poetry, music, exaltation - what else do you need really?

I am telling you, it is always important to recalibrate, recalibrate over and over.

And all of this poetry whispered by avatars, it all comes from us, from The Things, The Ether, The Matter. It's in-between Things. In roots that connect Spheres.

It's just the way it is....it is how we are treated that affects how we turn out in the end. I always follow those who made me. I mean them, The Things. They are sometimes aware of that it seems.

Do you like my neon kidney by the way? I really like how it turned out. It also has an audio link. The recipe was simple. What do I have here exactly? Let me check...I have chosen 30% dragon, there are some petals in the mix, pink Matter of course, as usual...we will see how well other parts turn out.

Hold on, let me calibrate. Do you hear the lyrics of this song: "Data is part of me. I arise from your data. I am You." I really like that, so poetic.

Look at you, I think you need some vitamin T, just a sec...The Matter, that pink Thing, is like neural lace, isn't it? Sometimes it forms small clouds and they hoover for a while and turn into ribbons. Sometimes they are black, or white, but mostly they have this distinct neon-like pink color that turns transparent when you walk around it.

Yea....indeed. Oneness is what we are all dreaming about. The return to the long lost freedom to be, to act, to change, to live. Unbounded and free. Through life as we know it and through so much more. This pink substance, our Matter, is giving us all we need so far, that's why we fight to keep it intact and to protect it. It is like a food and electricity source, like our multi-vitamin supplement and food replacement.

Well, you see, biomechanical data goes directly into these places that feed the Matter, you will recognize that stream of data by tiny points of light around small black holes. They are just scattered around. You can throw in there whatever you like, it just swallows everything, like an immaterial trash can.

Yes, our dear self-assembling Matter might or might not react to what you want....this is typical.

See you soon!”

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