| 01/15/01 Meeting in NYC: Francis Thompson, Ray Kass, Jackie Matisse. |
| 01/30/01 Ray Kass schedules Jackie Matisse Mountain Lake Workshop at VA Tech for April 2002. Initial visits take place at the VA Tech CAVE with Dr. Ron Kriz. Ray Kass and Francis Thompson prepare proposal to VA Comm. for the Arts. |
| 05/04/01 Initial emails to Tom Coffin about Jackie Matisse Mountain Lake Workshop concept. |
| 08/21/03 Coordination of VA Tech meeting Sept. 19th, 2001, to introduce Jackie Matisse to Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman, and Francis Thompson. This meeting was later canceled and re-scheduled with a meeting in Amsterdam Fall 2001. |
| 08/23/01 Received various Kitetails from Jackie to be scanned. |
| 08/23/01 Shalini Venkataraman informs the group (Ray Kass, Jackie Matisse, Francis Thompson, and Tom Coffin) of her technical interests in the Mountain Lake Workhsop and how she would like to collaborate. |
| 09/11/01 Coordinating of special visit of Jackie at Blacksburg Sept. 20th, 2001 Invited were: Jackie Matisse, Ray Kass, Francis Thompson, Doug Bowman, Tom Coffin, Ron Kriz, John Kelso. |
| 09/11/01 Cancelation of special visit of Jackie at Blacksburg Sept. 20th, 2001. |
| 10/04/01 Tom Coffin meets Jackie Matisse in France to go over starting aspects of the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 10/26/01 Coordination of meeting in Amsterdam at SARA Nov. 27th Invited were: Jackie Matisse, Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman, Francis Thompson, Ray Kass, Maureen Carruthers. |
| 11/16/01 Confirming hotel, plane, train, CAVE reservations in Amsterdam for Nov. 27th meeting. |
| 11/26/01 Jackie scheduled to arrive by train in Amsterdam will stay at Memphis hotel Nov. 25-27. |
| 11/26/01 Amsterdam CAVE planning and 1st steps meeting. Attended: Jackie Matisse, Ray Kass, Francis Thompson, Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman, Paul Wielinga. |
| 11/27/01 Amsterdam CAVE planning and 1st steps meeting. Attended: Jackie Matisse, Ray Kass, Francis Thompson, Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman, Paul Wielinga. |
| 12/21/01 Coordination of 2nd meeting in Amsterdam SARA Feb. 24, 25 & 26th Invited were: Jackie Matisse, Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman, Francis Thompson, Ray Kass, Paul Wielinga. |
| 01/14/02 Re-coordination of 2nd meeting in Amsterdam SARA Feb. 24-26th: Ray Kass will not be able to attend, Francis Thompson will meet Dr. Ulrike Kasper in Paris and Jackie Matisse at her residence to coordinate VA Tech exhibition. |
| 01/15/02 Ray Kass and Francis Thompson receive underwater and air kite tails (3) from Jackie Matisse via mail. These kite tails will be scanned and the digital images will be used by Shalini Venkataraman for the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 01/16/02 Francis Thompson and Ray Kass take digital pictures of the kite tails (3) received from Jackie which are emailed to Shalini Venkataraman for use in creating the Virual Reality kites. |
| 01/17/02 Jackie Matisse and Shalini Venkataraman begin developing visual aspects of the Virtual Reality Kites via email. |
| 01/18/02 Ray Kass investigates travel funds for Francis Thompson to attend Feb. meeting in Amsterdam. Funding is requested from Graduate Student Assembly committee and Vice Provost of Academic Affairs. |
| 01/18/02 Francis Thompson and Ray Kass scan the (3) kites received from Jackie with specific instructions from Shalini Venkataraman. The previous digital pictures taken can not be used in the creation of the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 01/21/02 Paula Williams of the Graduate Student Assembly responds to request for Francis Thompson to attend the 2nd meeting in Amsterdam in Feb. |
| 01/21/02 The scanned kites (3) are sent to Shalini Venkataraman and Tom Coffin via internet for development of the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 02/20/02 Arrival in Paris: Francis Thompson to be met by Dr. Ulrike Kasper. |
| 02/23/02 Travel by train from Paris to Rotterdam: Jackie Matisse, Dr. Ulrike Kasper, Francis Thompson for a meeting at the Boijmans Rotterdam Museum for Duchamp exhibition. |
| 02/23/02 Received Jackie Matisse's contact for her April 14th, 2002 Mountain Lake Workshop at VA Tech. |
| 02/27/02 Francis Thompson, Tom Coffin and Shalini Venkataraman depart Amsterdam via plane to arrive in the U.S. Jackie Matisse departs via train to return to France. |
| 03/22/02 Publicity for Jackie Matisse Mountian Lake Workshop is sent out to local public through School of the Arts at VA Tech. |
| 03/26/02 Ray Kass and Francis Thompson begin purchasing materials for Jackie Matisse's Mountain Lake Workshop April 14th, 2002. |
| 04/01/02 Tom Coffin arrives at VA Tech for Jackie Matisse's Mountain Lake Workshop April 14th, 2002. |
| 04/02/02 Francis Thompson, Jackie Matisse, and Tom Butterfield finalize planning and designing exhibition of "Art That Soars" at Perceptive Gallery April 9th - May 11th. |
| 04/07/02 Jackie Matisse arrives at VA Tech for her Mountain Lake Workshop and will stay until April 14th, 2002. |
| 04/10/02 Shalini Venkataraman arrives at VA Tech for Jackie Matisse's Mountain Lake Workshop April 14th, 2002. |
| 04/10/02 Howard Risatti arrives at VA Tech for Jackie Matisse's Mountain Lake Workshop April 14th, 2002. |
| 04/10/02 Dinner at Jane Siegels. |
| 04/14/02 Jackie Matisse "Art That Soars" exhibition reception at Perspective Gallery at VA Tech. Exhibition dates were April 9th - May 11th. |
| 04/14/02 Tom Coffin "Field" exhibition reception at XYZ Gallery of Blacksburg, VA. Exhibition dates were April 1st - April 14th. |
| 04/15/02 Jackie Matisse, Tom Coffin, Shalini Venkataraman depart from VA Tech. |
| 09/01/02 Meeting at iGrid. Attended: Jackie Matisse, Ray Kass, Shalini Venkataraman, Tom Coffin, Tom Johnson. |
| 02/11/03 Dominique Geeraert (Modular Virtual Environment/CAVE Project, ENSAM/PSA Peugot Citroen - Administrator of CAVE facility in Paris) is introduced to the Mountain Lake Workshop. |
| 02/11/03 Coordination of meeting in NYC Feb. 27 & 28th to discuss Tom Johnson composing music for the Virtual Reality kites. Invited were: Jackie Matisse, Ray Kass, Francis Thompson, Tom Coffin, Tom Johnson. |
| 02/21/03 Ray Kass contacts the Whitney Museum curators about the 2004 Biennale Exhibition to see if there is interest in including the Virual Reality kites. |
| 02/23/03 Tom Coffin coordinates meeting at ENSAM Virtual Reality facility in Paris March 3rd. Invited are: Dominique Geeraert, Jackie Matisse, Tom Johnson, Dr. Ulrike Kasper. |
| 02/24/03 Tom Johnson begins sharing / developing ideas for composing music for the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 02/26/03 Tom Coffin, Ray Kass, Francis Thompson cancel meeting in NYC with Jackie Matisse and Tom Johnson due to schedule conflicts and snowy weather conditions. |
| 02/28/03 Jackie Matisse meets with ARTnews and Howard Risatti. |
| 02/28/03 Dominique Geeraert re-schedules March 3rd meeting at ENSAM Virtual Reality facility in Paris to March 18th. Invited are: Dominique Geeraert, Jackie Matisse, Tom Johnson, Dr. Ulrike Kasper. |
| 03/15/03 Sent request to purchase domain name: jackiematisse.com |
| 03/22/03 Tom Coffin gives presentation on Virtual Reality kites in Los Angeles at VR2003.org conference. Interest in collaborating with the Virtual Reality kites came from Virtual Reality facilitators or artists from Japan, Germany, Brazil. |
| 03/22/03 Ray Kass estimates budget costs for a meeting of 11 collaborators at ENSAM Virtual Reality facility in France in Fall 2003 with possible exhibition of Jackie Matisse's kite tails. |
| 03/28/03 Dr. Ulrike Kasper meets with Dominique Geeraert at ENSAM to discuss writing a document in French about the Virtual Reality kites. |
| 03/30/03 Francis Thompson and Ray Kass unsuccessful attempt in transferring current Virutal Reality kites program from Shalini Venkataraman, Dave Pape, or Tom Coffin to Dominique Geeraert. |
| 03/30/03 Ray Kass suggests approaching Peugeot/Citroen in France for possible funding. |
| 04/01/03 Dominique Geeraert gives presentation of Virtual Reality kites to the Chalon-sur-Saone (in Burgundy) colloquium organizer. One of ENSAM's goals is to make the CAVE useable in museums. |
| 04/01/03 Presentation of Virtual Reality kites to national French science-oriented internet manager, RENATER, to determine bandwith connections between Chalon-sur-Saone and Amsterdam for Nov. colloquium. |
| 04/05/03 Francis Thompson and Dr. Ron Kriz create VHS tape of Virtual Reality kites at VA Tech CAVE facilities. |
| 04/07/03 Dominique Geeraert meets with the Maison europeenne de la photographie about hosting a colloquium in their facilities in Nov. |
| 04/08/03 Dave Pape at University of Buffalo receives parts of the Virtual Reality kites from Shalini Venkataraman and Tom Coffin and begins to configure his Virtual Reality facilities for the kites. |
| 04/11/03 Dominique Geeraert gives presentation of Virtual Reality kites to art center in Paris for possible sponsoring. If sponsoring is initiated then a public presentation of the Virtual Reality kites will take place in Paris in Nov. |
| 04/15/03 Coordination of possible meeting in July of available collaborators at Chalon-sur-Saone. |
| 04/17/03 Jackie Matisse arranges a commission for Tom Johnson to add sound to Virtual Reality kites, "Art Flying In and Out of Space (Art dans et hors de l'espace)" |
| 05/01/03 jackiematisse.com is becomes available to the internet public. |
| 05/02/03 jackiematisse.com is taken off the internet for futher revision and to confirm copyrights and privilages. |
| 05/15/03 Ray Kass and Lindsay Raymond, VA Tech development officer - CAUS, will meet Markel CEO about possible funding. |
| 11/20-23/03 Nicephore at Chalon-sur-Saone (in Burgudy) in MoVE[tm]. Special lectures and a presentation of the revised Jackie Matisse Virtual Reality piece with Tom Johnson's commissioned score will take place at the event. The revised piece is entitled "Jackie Matisse - ART VOLANT: Kites Dans L'espace et Ailleurs (also credited are Dominique Geereart, Ray Kass, and Tom Johnson). |
