Dublin in SL

Nice music – nice place. The epitomy of an irish build in Second Life.

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The Stream Scene #7

Kim Seifert hosts this weeks hottest music on the Grid. Twstd Ruggles catches up with SRV4u Conacher and Thumper Boucher performs. From Metaverse TV.

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Dream Creatures by Kazuhiro Aridian

Probably Second Life’s most meticulous and talented artist, Kazuhiro Aridian is well know for the creatures of dreams, fantasy and nightmares which she painstakingly creates. Recently, she invited several people on a safari tour in Aletheia to share her experiences in developing her creatures. She demonstrated how the Darvyn and the Seadryke have evolved over time as her skills and creativity progressed. The safari was made possible by NPIRL’s Bettina Tizzy. This machinima is produced by Machitopia.

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SECOND LIFE – METROPOLIS FILM INTRO

METROPOLIS SHOWCARP cybernetic art research project presents METROPOLIS all friday and sunday 2 PM SLThttp://www.flickr.com/photos/22475787…METROPOLIS_Diabolus art space, Benvolio (35,66,1497)METROPOLISAfter THE RINGS the next HUGE project. Half the sim is build into Metropolis . Audience in seats will fly from scene to scene, muybridge animations used for mass-scenes. new technology used again, camera systems, and video.Velazquez Bonetto – Owner of the Diabolus Artspace and CARP (cybernetic art research project), specialist for 4D audiovisual commuication, cybernetic art, virtual theatre, design and virtual arhitecture, avatar historian, LSL specialist.

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Las MENINAS Virtual Museum

Las Meninas has long been recognised as one of the most important paintings in Western art history. Las Meninas (Spanish for The Maids of Honour) is a 1656 painting by Diego Velázquez.The elusiveness of Las Meninas, according to Dawson Carr, “suggests that art, and life, are an illusion”: We are looking at a picture in which the painter is in turn looking out at us.The relationship between illusion and reality were central concerns in Spanish culture during the 17th century, figuring largely in Don Quixote: the best-known work of Spanish Baroque literature. In this respect, Calderón de la Barca’s play Life is a Dream is commonly seen as the literary equivalent of Velázquez’s painting:What is a life? A frenzy. What is life?A shadow, an illusion, and a sham.The greatest good is small; all life, it seemsIs just a dream, and even dreams are dreamsLas Meninas is one of the most studied and commented paintings on world.Las Meninas little Virtual Museum in Second Life since April 1st- 2009.

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The Rings – a Virtual Reality Rock Opera

The Rings or Homo Sapiens V2: Virtual reality rock opera grown from new forms of international artistic collaboration.400 years ago artists came together in Italy to create the first performance of new work that brought together music, drama, dance and the visual arts a form that became known as opera. In the 21st century virtual reality is home to new forms of artistic collaboration in which national and art form boundaries disappear. New forms, as yet unnamed, emerge. And new forms of social connection reach across the globe, addressing the pressing challenges of human survival and the way we become divided from each other. The Rings is a work created in Second Life by a multinational team within the Cybernetic Art Research Project (C.A.R.P). It has been developed through months of collaboration. The creative team is drawn from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and the UK. The performers are based also in Italy and France. It takes the form of a rock opera with composed lyrics and music, building and scripting, costumes, shape changing, flight, dance and drama underpinned by new use of in world cinematic techniques. The Rings celebrates the miracle of the Metaverse, the dematerialized virtual time-space. It asks – is this where humanity can at last unite: to overcome the forces that push us towards global destruction and blames victims for the pain they feel. It reminds us that we can be guided towards optimistic action by great humanists and philosophers. It ends on a note of optimism. We are invited to unite and change the world. After alternate performances there will be Rings discussion circles, involving campaign organisations active in Second Life. Velazquez Bonnetto, CARP co-founder and virtual reality artist said: “It is our responsibility as artists to call the public attention to questions where further thinking and searching for solutions is needed. The message of this artwork comes on several channels and addresses both the emotional and the rational side of the viewer. The Rings may have many different interpretations. There is nothing more boring than explanations at how it should be understood and nothing more exciting and thrilling than a simple and clear artistic language that can talk in a second of visual delight about human questions of huge magnitude.” Junivers Stockholm, composer and director, said: “For a long time I have believed in the potential of the Metaverse to connect people in new and powerful ways: to take humanity to a future of cooperation instead of competition. Music has the power to draw people in to work on the answers to the major questions of our time.” Josina Burgess, CARP co-founder, lyricist and vocalist said: We should never underestimate the power of song to wake people up and to mobilise people to change the world. From the beginning of time it has brought people together in unity and strength.” Medora Chevalier, lyricist and choreographer, is a campaigner against homelessness. She added: “Many of the evils of our world can be tackled if we open up our sense of connection to other people and to nature in its beauty. Then we can stop the exploitation of people and living things that so threatens our world and future generations”Chantal Harvey, producer, camera person, editor, machinima creator. It was an honour to be asked to film the Rings. I enjoyed every second of it, the edit was extensive and forfilling. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

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Angel Stromwind

Angel performs “Black Velvet”.

Nighthawks – by AdvancedVirtual – Second Life on Koinup

The Hopper painting recreated inworld.

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The Stream Scene #5

Kim seifert and Twstd Ruggles host this week in music from MBC. Mankind Tracer performs and Aurora Metaluna.

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FengShuiFull

Latest clip from China Tracy’s RMB city build.

Director: Cao Fei (SL: China Tracy)
Concept / Script: Huang He (SL: QueenShoe Voom)
Translation: Venus Lau (SL: Nokan Vlodovic)
Project Manager: Samantha Culp (SL: Miniature Tigerpaw)
Project Coordinator: Mengxian Li (SL: Ume Freiman)
Engineer of Fengshui Project: Sinewave
Camera / Editing: Avatrian

Co-produced by Kaaitheater, Festival PERFORMATIK 09, Brussels, Belgium

RMB City project is developed by Cao Fei (SL: China Tracy) and Vitamin Creative Space

RMB City © 2009

AM Radio

A sampling of the art of Second Life resident, AM Radio. Film by Nitwacket.

Filthy Fluno Drawing NMC

Second Life artist Jeffrey Lipsky (Filthy Fluno) drawing an abstract work for the New Media Consortium. Filthy was, of course, the main Second life artist featured in last week’s New York Times article, so a good excuse to re-present this old clip.

Second Life Today: Episode 02

Carlos interviews the Nude Swedish Dancing team!

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Second Life Today Show

Carlos interviews hobo Joe on the travails of old age!

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The Whole Note #4

The latest programme from MBC – Blair Bonde hosts from the French Quarter in Second Life. This week Edward Kyomoon performs.

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St. Pat’s Parade Dublin

Celebrate St. Pat’s online as well as in the world in Dublin in Second Life. Featuring the Traditional St. Pat’s Day Parade in Not-So-Traditional virtual reality. In 2009 also the Irish Writer’s Riot (three days) and South by Southwest Music Festival (three days).

St. Pat’s Week Dublin SL 2009 March 15-21 .

Virtual Iowa

The Stream Scene #4

The latest episode of the music show from MBC, with all the latest from Second Life.

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Mayfair Theatre

The Mayfair Theatre in Second Life Virtual London.

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The Whole Note #3

Shantu Selene is this weeks guest on the Whole Note hosted by Blair Bonde from the French Quarter of Second Life. From MBC.

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