Everywhere and Nowhere by JadeYu Fhang at LEA 15

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Dividni Shostakovich, Everywhere and Nowhere, JadeYu Fhang, Linden Endowment for the Arts, Split Screen Installation Space

Everywhere and Nowhere by JadeYu Fhang is one of two installations at LEA 15.

There’s an exquisite, looping, toning sound on the sim, most noticeable near the landing and fading as you move about.

There are various convenient poseballs on the ladders. We like to photograph our avatars in Second Life; it’s also great for those who cam around. I chose to fly around the installation. (I found no spiders!)

At the landing of Split Screen Installation Space, LEA 15 you will see several boards. Two are teleports to the installations. (You can teleport from each installation to the other.)

Another board has a slideshow of previous Split Screen Installation exhibits. “The Split Screen Installation Space is a curated place for artists to develop large installations, often not possible in the physical world.”

“Dividni Shostakovich has been curating exciting 3D installations by a variety of Second Life artists at his Split Screen Installation Space since Dec 2010.”

These photos are cropped only, raw photos.

Yesterday I posted about the other exhibit at Split Screen Installation Space, The Games We Play by Krystali Rabeni.

 

 

 

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The Games We Play by Krystali Rabeni at LEA 15

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Dividni Shostakovich, Krystali Rabeni, Linden Endowment for the Arts, Split Screen Installation Space, The Games We Play

The Games We Play by Krystali Rabeni is one of two exhibits at LEA 15.

At the landing of Split Screen Installation Space, LEA 15 you will see several boards. Two are teleports to the installations. (You can teleport from each installation to the other.)

Another board has a slideshow of previous Split Screen Installation exhibits. “The Split Screen Installation Space is a curated place for artists to develop large installations, often not possible in the physical world.”

“Dividni Shostakovich has been curating exciting 3D installations by a variety of Second Life artists at his Split Screen Installation Space since Dec 2010.”

I turned on Advanced Lighting Model. The music selection goes very well with the exhibit. There’s a bio near the landing.

“Krystali Rabeni is an accomplished traditional and 3D digital artist and author in RL and SL, winning various awards and taking part in charity and awareness events around the world. When she isn’t glued to her computer screen or canvas she enjoys spending time with her family and writing. She hopes to one day graduate from the ‘University of life’ and live out the rest of her days on Planet X!

Krystali’s work can be found in myriad of public and private art collections both in RL and SL and has been seen in numerous exhibitions worldwide. She currently lives and works in the UK.”

Tomorrow I will post photos of the other exhibit, Everywhere and Nowhere by JadeYu Fhang.

 

Last Chance to See Fairy Tale

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3D virtual art, Fairy Tale by Cica Ghost, virtual worlds

On Friday, September 15, Fairy Tale by Cica Ghost will close; if you haven’t been, you have about half a day left to see it as of this posting.

”Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

C.S. Lewis

I went to visit very early, a few hours after it opened and wandered all over the ground area for quite awhile in the vague human fear of missing something.

One of my favorite areas was near the dragon eggs. They are gorgeous and the effect doesn’t show in this photo.

But high on a hill covered in flowers is a sweet little house.

The sweet little house appears to be overrun and ruled by cats.

But sometimes one must leave the sweet little houses and ventures out and down to the shadows and dragons, if only for a while.

We can dream of us all living happily ever after.

 

Pockets of Light at Wanderlust Cafe Exhibiting Now Through October

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Klaus Bereznyak, Pearl Grey, Pockets of Light, poetry, Wanderlust Cafe, Writing

Pockets of Light, ten photographs and ten poems are on display at Wanderlust Cafe in Quentin now through October. Most are on the ground level with the outdoor cafe seating; several are on the rooftop of the cafe accessed by outside stairs.

The project began in the spring of this year, the photos done first, of images taken in Second Life during moments of reflection on peace and sustainability for a just future in the real world.

The beautiful, thoughtful poems, one for each photograph were written during the summer.

Real
====

This surface this lattice of molecules
Will not betray you
This matter cannot go back on its word
This is the truth that doesn’t need defending
A geometry not up for discussion
And the mundane manipulation
Of things in space
Taking cutlery from the drawer
Or hanging a picture in place
These cannot be faked
Against such, even the spoken breaks
Start here and stay until you know
Your skin is the same stuff
Caress for instruction
How you carry it and
Where it goes
Is beyond dispute
Not one day has the ground
To your feet proved false
Unless too long at sea
You forgot all else

(KB – June 2017)

In a Mist
****

In a living mist
Spilling up the valley
As far as the fence line
Comes the sweet bitter of
Pine needles, sycamore and
Poplar leaves turning

Infused by the lungful
This aromatic vapor bearing
Extracts of memories
Flung spray, blown spume, sea-gulls crying
Asks no permission but
Is gentle

Below the stone house
In the orange orchard
Through the ruined arch
Lays eiderdown on wildflower
Carpeted meadows in milklight
Red points and yellow splashes

Watercolors out the scratches
In three primary
Colors of green
Holds a shushing finger up
To time and
Stills it

(KB – June 2017)

 

 

Here’s Looking at You Exhibit Open Now Through October

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art, Here's Looking at You Exhibit, Montara Bridge Works Gallery, Quinn Leilani, virtual photography, Wanderlust Bench Art Park

Recently opening September fifth, Here’s Looking at You by Quinn is the exhibit at Montara Bridge Works through October. The second floor, shown above, contains Quinn’s earlier works, some from when the elusive corvid was still an egg.

The ground floor of the gallery exhibits more recent photos from his travels.

Quinn is the owner of the 512 parcel in Quentin where Wanderlust Bench Art Park is located. He generously offered it during an experiment with a premium account in March 2016 and the space is still thriving. Many of these pieces have been exhibited there one at a time.

He moved his birdhouse to Wanderlust some months after the park and Saul Goodie’s adjacent Wanderlust Cafe opened. The birdhouse is currently showing art by serra Qendra.  

Quinn has also experimented with black and white photography.

He wanted the exhibit to be titled “Here’s Looking at You, Roadkill”, which is the title of one of the works. As curator, I vetoed the idea since it doesn’t reflect the whole body of work.

Quinn participated at Art Farm, an LEA sim in the latter half of 2015.

Confluence by Aneli Abeyante

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Aneli Abeyante, Confluence, Diotima-Ocio & Cultura, R & D Gallery, Second Life, secondlife, virtual art

Confluence by Aneli Abeyante opened yesterday, August 7, at the R & D Gallery at Diotima-Ocio & Cultura.

The long gallery room exhibits paintings plus some animated pieces and what look to me like CyLents. Figures slowly rotate in the middle of the room, wearing some of the textures of the art. About half of the art is available for purchase. There’s more to see in an area to the left at the far end.

From the English part of the artist notecard: “I like geometry ant mathematics. In reel i paint , i search only harmonisation.
Also today I present some painting works as well as creations and some photos, a confluence of my different works throwing in sl 🙂
A big thanck to Red Bikcin for the invitation.”

This was my first visit to the sim. There’s also a R & D Gallery 2 showing an exhibit which opened in mid-July plus some other buildings I intend to look at during a future exploration.

Ephemeral ~ LEA 10 ~ Friday, December 2 Event

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3D art, art, Bufje, Ephemeral, Linden Endowment for the Arts, Lucio Dalla Band, Second Life, virtual art

Bufje’s Ephemeral; Never Ending Work in Progress continues to exhibit through the end of this year at LEA 10. On Friday, December 2 at 1:00 p.m. there will be a performance by a musician who was in the Lucio Dalla Band. The stage, which holds a piano and cello, and the event is being arranged by Livio Korobase. The performance is to be a tribute to Lucio Dalla who passed away in 2012 and a selection of his songs have been chosen.

At the Ephemeral landing, you’ll find a great free avatar. I’ve photographed and filmed a friend using this avatar in several projects.

From the land description: “Time to reflect the purpose of my art, to serve longevity or fragility?

Windlight setting and audio stream are fundamental part of installation, please push Play button of viewer.”

The audio stream is indeed an enjoyable and fundamental part. On the LL viewer, which I use, I keep my quality low most of the time and opt for speed, especially with all the lag and challenges I’ve been having lately. Returning recently to take these photos I moved the scale to higher quality and the windlight magically arrived for me, looking differently than what I’d been accustomed to seeing here.

There are cubes where you can pose and you may also dance.

If you haven’t visited since it opened, there have been some changes. “Never ending work in progress.”

In one area, loud purring can be heard.

The deadline to submit applications for the next round at LEA is nearly here and announcements will be made around the 15th of December.

 

  

Vertepad Plains, Grey Corner

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Grey Corner, Jeogeot, mainland, Second Life, Vertepad Plains

At Grey Corner in Jeogeot, just off the road, Vertepad Plains. From the land description: “Welcome to Veretpad Plains. You are most welcome to explore. Only request, if spoken to, please reply even a hello and goodbye is good.”

The land is one of at least two sims in the area called Vertepad Plains. The other, across the road and to the left a little ways, is an adobe build with a Spanish flag and the name “Vertepad Plains, dee’s corner”. (There are also other sims with banlines in the area.) The walled garden is a peaceful spot.There are free bows on offer in a nearby building.I found I’d need a group tag to actually rez an arrow from it.There are a couple of sculptures in the back, this one a fractal.

The other is nearby.

There’s also a zen garden near the house, which is private.

Edwardston Station Gallery ~ Hillside, Cayuga

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baker Bloch, Edwardston Station Gallery, Heterocera, Second Life, Sunklands blog

During each of my several visits to Edwardston Station Gallery, different collages have stood out for me. Perhaps they were new but it’s more likely I overlooked them. There’s a lot to see here, years of work. It’s become a gallery I like to go in person to with friends whose intelligent opinions I’ve come to value. On this visit I went with a friend wearing the avatar from Bufje’s Ephemeral at LEA 10.  I’m unable to explain or critique any symbolism or meaning in these collages. Art isn’t about that for me, anyway.  I do recognize that much imagination has gone into these. My approach here is to take in the colors and composition from a distance and then examine the pieces more closely to see what they are made up of.The artist of these works is baker Bloch, whose blog, Sunklands, I’ve been following for years.  My home is within walking distance of his Collagesity in Minoa. The landing point is set. It looks like you’re standing on thin air but all is well. Just walk towards the building and down the stairs to the left.  The newest of these series is on the top floor. Everyone I’ve shown the gallery to finds at least a few pieces they are quite taken with. The collages are for sale and modifiable to fit your spaces.  There’s also some statistical information for those who enjoy that sort of thing. The gallery had previously used all the available prims so I will be watching the space.The collage on the left of the picture was selected for the November/December exhibit at Wanderlust Bench Art Park. It isn’t for sale there; you can get the LM to Edwardston Station Gallery from the poster on the Cafe side as well as from this post.

And do visit the gallery when you can.

Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival 2016 in Second Life

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Day of the Dead, Dia de Muertos, Second Life, Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum, UTEP

Dia de Muertos is being celebrated at the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso in Second Life. The destination guide states: “This traditional event, held Nov. 1-2, features competitions, concerts and more!” I believe inworld it may be running through the 6th. It’s recommended to choose midnight setting to see the sim at it’s best.

There’s a sandbox where people can pick up an altar kit.  There will be several reminders that dress code is PG.

I wrote more extensively about this place last year here.  

This area above will give you a list of events.

UTEP is interesting to visit year round. I like the Afro Cuban music exhibit.

River of Memories

The Pet Cemetery

If you miss the festival, Zarrakan made a 35 minute YouTube video here.