Quan's Travelogues

2012-02-22

Monochrome

More than once I had discussions with artists, who see themselves independent of trends. To my opinion not even a hermit could be.

Trends are not made, but are an evolutionary process. This leads then to the fact that suddenly arise independently things at the same time that show certain similarities.

Such a trend is currently monochrome. The CAFÉ WB is a good example. The landing area has a black background and when you land by the TP at the Cafe it is white.

A beautiful place to relax and chat. Enjoy!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chris%20Lorraine%20Sofee/180/46/3095

2012-02-21

Captain Nemo and Captain Hook

My travels through the LEA sims took me several time to LEA 11 with it’s beautiful marine scenery. After closer inspection I saw that there is built a large underwater world with a Hunt.

Look for the chests

And that really pays off. I got great freebies, almost all items of the place are given randomly. I liked the pirate costume with wooden leg so much that I wore it for a carnival event. At my last visit I met the builder Aley. A curious look at her profile showed me that the well known Arcadia Asylum is behind this avatar. Her freebies even have a museum in SL. She gave me this sweet Mer Bunny, which she had just finished. It is soo cute! And if you are jealous now as I would be and wish to have it too, IM me. It is a freebie.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA11/108/104/21

A friend saw me in this costume and he took me to one of the best pirate Sims, I have seen in SL so far. The Fair Winds consists of 12 Homesteads, which are all connected by water.

There are almost daily sea battles. Each owner of the homesteads leave for that purpose 1200 to 1500 prims free. The sims are 17. Century themed. Visitors are welcome to participate the role play and can use boats to travel around.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fair%20Winds/171/93/23

2012-02-20

The Art of Architecture in SL

It's always amazing to see what the artists are creating on the LEA sims, This one is created by a group of artists on the subject of architecture. There was not yet an official opening, so I do not know if the works are ready. But they are already definitely worth a visit! The project bases on the book 'The Invisible Cities' by Italo Calvino. In the story of the book Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan about his travels and describes 55 cities. I don't know the book, but that sounds really intreresting!

On the basic level, we see the beautiful fairy tale but also a bit morbid work of Cherry Manga. Have close look at the objects, a number of them teleport to the other layers. These are the doors to the other cities. Four teams have chosen a city, built it and are creating a machinima to tell the story of the city.

Cherry Manga

Morlita Quan - Lanjiran Choche - NicoleX (machinima): ISAURA

I landed first in the work of Lanjiran Choche and Morlita Quan. It is an urban environment where pollution and noise seems to play a major role. The many words reminded me of the many radiations bringing the Internet, telephone and text messaging to the people.


Lanjiran Choche + Morlita Quan

Lanjiran Choche + Morlita Quan

Rebeca Bashly - Spiral SilverStar (machinima): ESMERALDA

My second TP is to a magical Venice made of emeralds. Visitors can walk around or ride with a boat through the city. Rebeca Bashly built this dream. Unfortunately, the photos do not show properly the great effect of the transparency.

Rebeca Bashly

Marcus Inkpen - Fuschia Nighfire (machinima): EUDOXIA

Marcus Inkpen’s build’s always delight me with the aesthetic and the ultra-realistic textures. Slightly dark and just beautiful!

Marcus Inkpen

Romy Nayar - Leona Mhia - Ux Hax - Hypatia Pickens (machinima): ARMILLA

The last one leads me to the work of Romy Nayar, Leona Mhia and Ux Hax. It reminds me of the "scaffolding" in the work “You Choose”. But here the challenge is again and again to find new ways to get ahead. I did not know until today that bathtubs are a convenient travel option!

Romy Nayar - Leona Mhia - Ux Hax

Official opening will be at Februar 25. The machinima will be presented at this time to tell the story of the cities.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA15/89/142/21

2012-02-18

Spiders and a Gecko

Poor little gecko is still hungry. Geckos like to eat spiders. So up to Aracnia!

The spiders have bright colors like delicious candy, but they are so big again. And spiders like to eat geckos too! Just a matter of size.

Get out of here ;(

Gecko's last hope is Insectia on the same sim.

Help, here are even giant spider webs.

But the little gecko is not giving up and down on the ground finally fed up

Taxi to Aracnia: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA13/85/30/797
Taxi to Insectia: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA13/82/28/1144

Tip for Today: Jaynine Scarborough Live

Jaynine is one of the best known singers in Second Life. Her fans especially appreciate her great voice.

Jaynine Scarborough aka Juliane Gabriel lives in Berlin, Germany and performs in SL since june 2006. She studied classic singing and acting, worked in performing arts but also as a director and teaches singing and energetic vocal work in Berlin and in international workshops such as South Korea, United States and within Europe. She performs with Roland Satterwhite and Kristoff Becker in Berlin, but also outside Germany. In SL she sings mostly Jazz and Folksongs, but also opened the Ratepoint Eldrich-Broom Concerthall and The Cairo Theater with a Casual Arias Program.

About Jaynine RL: http://www.myspace.com/julianegabriel

Hear her singing the beautiful song Mad World:

Jaynine Scarbourough performs today Saturday, 18. at 12 PM SLT

Don't miss it!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Base/143/203/26

2012-02-17

Ants and a Gecko

A shopping tour yesterday went unexpected. I am now a gecko and proud member of the "Society of the G.E.C.K.O". The bow and tutu are my addings :)

After that I was hungry, but in the in refrigerator was nothing suitable for a gecko. A friend told me that there is an Ant Island in SL. That sounded good! But unfortunately ..... look for yourself:

I was rather in danger of being eaten by the giant ants. But the scenery is really nice. It gives a bit the feeling of standing on the Mars.

I especially love the St"ant"ue of Liberty . Cymbal Constantine and Merillion Vyper have built this great sim. Merillion told me that both continue to build and will still change in the near future.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kent/117/56/22

2012-02-16

Nino's Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare is one of the scariest and bloodiest dramas in theater history. It inspired Nino Vichan for this installation, which has skillfully combined the atmosphere and the most important elements of the drama as a kind of 3D collage.

When walking around to get in contact with the elements unintentionally. I had the impression that Nino has been moved particularly to express how one could feel with the burden of guilt.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galleria/66/191/1001

2012-02-15

Dreams of the Childhood

In the note card about his installation at LEA RAG Randt tells that his niece was the inspiration, as she expressed her enjoyment of a piece of chocolate cake, "Am I dreaming?"

He created a nice a story of a childhood’s dreams and fears. You fly as an eagle and with a rocket, you visit a circus, but you also have to go to school and to face monsters. I especially like the chocolate cake, which I had to taste.

RAG has built a great installation where visitors have fun. Do not miss it!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA16/249/10/27

2012-02-14

The Beauty of Blue

Wendy Xeno is the builder of Humanoid, which many of you might know. This is her latest work.

I never could imagine that blue can look so romantic. While exploring you find several beautiful places to hang around. Owner Mandingo Quan is happy to host many guests. You can also fly around with ballons or dance.

I really like the motto of Harzardous: "Dream infinitively..... remain fearless.....seek Hazardous adventures."

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Misali/162/44/21

2012-02-13

Invitation

I am standing in Nice on the road, it's carnival and I'm wearing a costume.
Isn’t here missing something?

Yes - YOU!

I asked the great DJ Morli (Morlita Quan) if she comes today to play a set, and yeah, she has committed. Today from 1.30 PM SLT (22.30h Euopean time) today we celebrate Carnival in Nice.

Come in your coolest costume or avatar!

Moya Janus (Patrick Moya RL) has built this great carnival and will be filming the party. The best scenes are at the carnival in Nice on 17 RL February to 4 March shown on a huge screen.

See you tonight!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moya%20Land/201/219/73

2012-02-12

Here Are Your Plans For Today!

There is so much this weekend, I made a choice for you today:

1.00 - ??? PM SLT Party at Split Screen with the great works Nybbles by Pinkpink Sorbet
and Apocalypse by Shellina Winkler
Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beleza/31/241/22

1.30 - 3.30 PM SLT Carnival in Nice.

Here is the link.

2.00 - 3.00 PM SLT Show and Tell

Here is the link.

3.00 - 4.00 PM SLT ULTRAVIOLET ALTER AND TYREHL BYK LIVE

Ultraviolet Alter and Tyrehl Byk attracted a huge audience with their last performances. Today they plan a more casual event. In Tyrehl's words:

Who: Ultraviolet Alter and Tyrehl Byk
What: Well.....awesome music and some particles.
That much is certain.
When: Sunday February 12, 2012 3:00 PM SLT
Where: Ultraviolet's new Stage at Mad Pea:

Why:   AWESOME FUN. No stuffy greeters....
           BYOH (bring your own hud) and whatever hair you care to.
           this is a loose and unscripted event.
            (I'm sure I won't be wearing hair so my ARC is hereby contributed to someone else!)

Hope to see you all there for sure!

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Base/143/203/26

2012-02-11

Celebrate Carnival in Nice and Become a Movie Star RL!

Starting from Febr. 17 to March 4. will be held carnival in Nice. Moya Janus (Patrick Moya rl) has planned a super cool action for the rl event:

This is the carnival in Nice on Moya Land. Today, Sunday and Monday will carnival be celebrated in SL. It starts daily at 1.30 PM. Moya will be filming the party and show the best scenes on a large screen in the streets of Nice at the RL carnival. Come in your best costume, have fun, dance and become movie star!

Moya said: "You must come with a spectacular costume, artistic, even very large." And the many cute little sheep’s send their regards to let you know that even wolves are welcome!

Moya shows me my Press Lounge :D

Saturday, Sunday, Monday at 1.30 PM SLT.

Taxi: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moya%20Land/204/230/73

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