Rage + Insane

"Let me preamble by saying, YES this is a controversial piece, and NO I will make no apologies. This is an editorial piece and by no means does it apply to all ..."

The Sculpter vomits...

This is the beginning of the note cards which are belonging to the 4 new sculptures of Chuckmatrix Clip, displayed in Monroe Snook’s gallery. They provoke to think about quality of art in Second Life.  There is praised in SL too much and very little honest and constructive criticism. Chuck and I agreed that every artist needs criticism for its own growth. His 4 sculptures and note cards are as mean as funny. I laughed tears! And I found particularly funny, that on the screen of the fractal artist is displayed a work done by Chuck himself. And that hangs in my house! So please Chuck, add a sculpture of clueless art admirers!

The Fractal Artist (taken by Eupalinos Ugajin, who sits on it wearing his cool table avatar)

Of course, I have asked him how many committed suicides have been happened in front of these sculptures. Chuck said there wasn't any so far, but an artist has announced to abandon photography, sculpting AND fractal art immediately ;)

Together with Monroe’s works “Insane”the show is really worth a visit.

I would wish more provocation in Second Life!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Conservatory/213/60/1514



    

Huge Labyrinth: Second Libations

Haveit Neox is obviously a passionate, not to say posessed Builder. He built a huge maze, which only can be fully enjoyed by walking through. So I just teaze you with photos and really hope that you will not miss it! The story is about our earth which happens to be completely dehydrated. Bots try to rescue the world with virtual water.

From the landing point which is a desert you have to walk through a computer screen and then a long and beautiful way down the Colossous to the virtual world. By click you get from vendors on the way clothes for your adventure and a folder with helpful maps of the places.

In the large Temple are 3 doors and you have to choose:

Banquet of the Artists

The Librarynth (cool word!)

Scripters’ Web Tower

Can you imagine that all this is at one place? It is incredible! As I have written in my post about immerson: You dive into a new world and become part of it.

ONLY OPEN UNTIL END OF DECEMBER!
Taxi: sadly gone



 

D'ailleurs grâce au Soleil, l'herbe est plus… @ Split Screen

In my blogpost about immersion I already wrote how much I respect the work of Eupalinos Ugajin. I already posted about his installation "One day my cow will come" at Two Fish. When he showed me his new work at Split Screen, it really has blown my mind away. The title means translated something like "Besides the sun, there is grass too". So we also see here a reference to the Wall Street movement. I decided to explain the work by some photos, although I think I have not yet discovered all. You land on a platform. Make sure that your viewer has autoplay media enabled and take the notecard with some helpful advises. You jump through the hole and land on the installation.

On the way round are some things to explore. Try everything but be careful and expect the unexpected. Passing though the gate you reach the next lower level.

Through the tunnel you reach the center where a bot is prisoned in his own home. Between the bot and me you see Eupalinos.

The Tunnel at the other side has some disturbing noises by passing though. Enjoy ;)  Here on the photo you see Maya Paris and me. I am wearing the gift from the matress at the side of the bots house.

On top of the installation is a boat, surrounded by floating boxes. When you ride the boxes a script will raise the ground to mountains. To flatten them, you have to sit on the chair and help the "Ministy of Grass Regulation" and the stamp will flatten the ground.

 This represents the current state of the eart with space debris. Eupa gave me a link about that topic.

But as we see, the inhabitants of SL like to have it neat and orderly and of course their own plot of land.

I found this board absolute hilarious! It is done by Josh Susanto. And found myself in the prison of a home and our consumers world :)

Here is a machinima about the installation: http://vimeo.com/34323559

As far as I know Eupalinos, he will not stop to add things. We can expect more fun. Enjoy!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beleza/37/66/123

LET THESE FACTS BE KNOWN @ Split Screen

THIS WORK IS IN MESH. Please make sure to use a mesh enabled viewer.

With only 2 prim mesh (counted differently from LL) Artée built an entire city. The alpha bug has a great effect here. I lost the orientation and felt alone by walking through it. In the center, we hear a demonstration and see one person (a copy of Artée’s avatar) with a white board. Yesterday, when I was there to take pictures, I met her by chance there and asked her:

Quan Lavender: Just one question: Is that work meant to be a tribute to the wall street movement?
Artée (artistide despres): yes, I want the people to ask themselves a few questions
Artée: why is the protest board white
Artée: why is she alone
Artée: why is the mob really present
Artée: the text, which i borrowed from OWS is interesting itself
Artée: the city and its symbol
Quan Lavender: you mean here on the ground?
Artée: yes
Quan Lavender: yes, it is
Quan Lavender: although they stay as fragments
Artée: you can download the original (huge file)
Quan Lavender: do you have a link?
Artée: I give the address at the corner of the sim
Quan Lavender: oh ok
Artée: I look for you
Quan Lavender: I have overseen that so far
Artée: http://www.nycga.net/files/2011/11/DeclarationFlowchart_v2_large.jpg
Quan Lavender: I was so flashed by the walk through when you showed me first
Quan Lavender: oh that Chart looks impressive
Quan Lavender: that’s the mean thing with your and Eupalino’s work, you urge one to think ;)
Artée: there is a sentence by Lucien Hervé (photographer and friend of Le Corbusier) I like particularly: 'Il vaut mieux suggerer que documenter"
Artée: you can better suggest that document(ate) to figure a continuing

As  written in my previous post, I highly recommend to visit this place.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beleza/66/187/21



 

Thoughts About Immersion

Artée (Artistide Despres) and Eupalinos Ugajin are 2 of my favorite artists in Second Life. Not only because both are nice and well-educated people which are always a pleasure to talk with, but mainly because their art is always intelligent, thoughtful and surprising. I already expected something special from the current installation on split screen but my expectations were even exceeded. And although Artée showed me her work some time ago and Eupalinos on Thursday, I still do find it very difficult to write anything adequate.

Many artists claim to make immersive art in Second Life. What is that actually? From Wikipedia: “Immersion is the state of consciousness where an immersant's awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment; often artificial. This mental state is frequently accompanied with spatial excess, intense focus, a distorted sense of time, and effortless action. The term is widely used for describing immersive virtual reality,..” That simply means you get LOST in the installation, become part of it and dive into a new dimension. This experience is what me flashes here in SL and I choose mainly places in my travelogues where you can get this feeling. I refer in that context to my article about virtual and real perception. From RL uploaded works hanging on virtual walls are for me just a pale reflection of reality.

Artée and Eupalinos offer true immersion in their installations, combined with serious content that comes more subconscious. And that as intelligent as complex that it is worth to get more than just some short words. And yesterday night, the LEA Full Sim 6 has opened with Haveit Neox’ installation and it also belongs to this group of immersive installations. Because this travelogue shall not come out in a week, I have to accept, that my next 3 posts are just a pale reflection of these great works.

Go, loose yourself and enjoy it!

Sneak Preview: Betty Christmas

Betty Tureaud invited me yesterday to have a sneak preview at her new installation. It is not yet finished, she is still working on the sounds, but I am allowed to present it already.

Make sure to have the viewer on midnight, because the subject of this work is the original meaning of Christmas, the winter solstice. The days turn to getting longer and the New Year is born. The lights here remind us of this and the flying spheres are meant to be amoebas as a symbol for the awakening of life in nature. Rez the ice skates in the vendor or fly around and enjoy the ocean of colors.

  Betty's Christmas Party will be on Monday 12 at 2 PM SLT :) 

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Araman/146/110/3241 

A Great Place for Winter Fun: Siren

 This place was created to gather with friends to have winter fun. You may rez here. So you can do snowboarding, sledding and have a snow ball fight.  

You find also hot chocolate, a bonfire and a "workshop" where one should assemble snowmen.

 Taxi:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Needful%20Things/136/34/3201

  

  

Beautiful Christmas Market

This Christmas market is so exciting because of the beautiful carousel and the spectacular Christmas tree. If you have only 500 prims free, you also can place it at home;)

Taxi:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sculptie%20Experiments/74/169/22 

  

Beautiful Landscape: Winter Scenes 2011 by Incendia

If you are seeking for winter romance and nature you are right at Satis Island. Mountains, animals, quiet trickles of snow…simply beautiful! You can rez and ride a horse sleigh or a sleigh.

I especially liked ice skating with nice single and couple animations.

 Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Satis%20Island/58/142/22 

  

Art & Poetry @ Two Fish

Poem by Carmen Auletta, Picture by Carlotta Ceawlin

Like every week until January yesterday took place the Art & Poetry event. And as always, it was inspired by a poem by Carmen Auletta. This time it was this (translated):

THE BOAT

For a fantasy voyage I step on board

To take a load off my mind

Where I sail is of no import--

I go to be alone and in kind.

Ah, how my mind flails,

It doesn't know whence it came!

But if it embarks on pretty sails,

its fears slowly begin to wane.

I don't yet know where I shall land

but truly hope that while I sail

I shall see things to make me glad

since life on shore is much travail.

Simotron Aquila

Merlino Mayo, Simotron Aquila, Eupalinos Ugajin, Carlotta Ceawlin, Mistero Hifeng and Iono Allen have contributed works.

Merlino Mayo + Mistero Hifeng

"You Are the Ship!" Merlino Mayo consists of two parts. Take the TP in the ball and you will land in  the waves. Very impressive!

Merlino Mayo

The ship of Eupalinos Ugajin I can not present it better as by the machinima, done by Iono Allen:

Rose Borchovski

"Art & Poetry" is currently guest on the great Sim Two Fish that I already have presented. Rose Borchovski has now placed her great work "The Fear of Falling" as well here, what makes the visit even more interesting.

Although it is off-topic, I take the chance to recommend Iono’s 2^nd last work: "VirtualLove". As poetic as sad and heartbreaking beautiful, here is the link to Virtual Love

Art & Poetry is open until Sunday 11. and Two Fish always :)

Taxi:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//81/191/54

  

Sleigh Ride at the North Pole

Now is the right  time to enjoy winter and Christmas spirit. What could be more appropriate than a trip to the North Pole? At the landing point you can jump into a sleigh and enjoy the landscape relaxed by passing by. The journey ends in a village, where of course the Christmas elves are working diligently.

  Taxi:   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Atrum%20Complexo/25/115/39