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Ana Voog is an American psychedelic rock[1] musician and artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Voog was born Rachel Olsen on April 18, 1966.[2] She is noted for anacam, a webcam operating around the clock.[3] Voog is also the former front woman of The Blue Up?, one of the pioneer bands of the Minneapolis rock/pop scene.[4]
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While Voog achieved moderate success with The Blue Up?, it was on the web where she reached true fame. After spending years as "the unluckiest would-be rock star" in the Twin Cities, Voog started a website late in 1997 while awaiting the release of her first solo album.[5] The album debuted after the website-- in fact, it was named for the website: ANAVOOG.COM was released by Wasteland Records, which proclaims the album "the first ever to be named for a website."[6]
anacam is featured in the documentary Webcam Girls, an independent film which was shown at the 11th annual Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival in 2005.[7] The documentary shows a "new generation of women in cyberspace", who are creating a new artform which combines fame, performance art, and pornography with new technology.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Liner notes of Introducing Sorrow, The Blue Up?
- ^ Ana Voog's weblog on LiveJournal
- ^ a b anacam website, accessed 21 July 2006.
- ^ Scholtes, Peter F. The City Pages, September 18, 2002.
- ^ Groebner, Simon Peter. We, Spy. The City Pages, December 10, 1997. Accessed 21 July 2006.
- ^ Record company bio, accessed 21 July 2006.
- ^ Program of the 2005 Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival, in PDF format. Accessed 21 July 2006.
