Placebo Gallery

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digital art, Placebo Gallery, ReadMeri, Second Life, secondlife, Seraphim Placebo, virtual art, virtual gallery

Seraphim Placebo, curator

Recently I returned to one of my favorite galleries in Second Life, the Placebo Gallery in Jormundgandr. The curator was on the premises, having just acquired two more pieces.

The gallery has always held an excellently curated personal collection of art for as long as I’ve known of it. Located close to Circuit La Corse, it has been expanded and updated during the last six months or so.

To the right of the landing, in an enclosed courtyard, are the welcoming home and gardens of the curator. There are many amenities which are also a wonderful collection of pixel creativity. Digital pieces by the human behind the avatar are displayed in this area.

The great eye for design is evident everywhere. I wanted to linger even longer but also intended to do this blog post in a timely manner.

More art is displayed inside the home along with quirky, wonderful objects.

In the first display room of the gallery is a photographic exhibition by ReadMeri.  Her photographs, usually seen online, look great on gallery walls.

I kept meaning to count the number of floors, maybe seven, but kept getting distracted.

I like there to be plenty of seating in galleries, especially one this huge, for when my avatar has to park for a few minutes.

It’s interesting how the floors and rooms are configured. There are works from years past plus very recent pieces I’ve seen around our world.  And I always like to see an avatar supporting the arts in SL and taking an interest in what others do.

For an interesting and well-documented history of the gallery, see this post.

I looked out one of the windows on an upper floor and could see one of the huge buildings nearby.  In years past, after visiting the gallery I would hop on a pod and tour the area, looking at changes. It has been more populated of late and seems to attract vampire clans although I haven’t had time to explore more closely.

And up on the rooftop—more stuff to look at.

Some Updates

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Neva Sky Villi, Placebo Gallery, RolePlay, Wendigo Lake

Sometimes Second Life is more enjoyable when I can forget about photography and blogging for a while.

The next two days I’ll post photos taken at Neva Sky Villi. They were taken several weeks ago but I’ve returned several times since then. The raw shot above was taken there.I’ve a new roleplay life, having recently been stranded on a tropical island. Fortunately I have my dog with me. I’ll like this during the winter especially and while there’s danger, there are no vampires or werewolves here.

I moved out of my room at the boarding house in Wendigo Lake, having finally caught up with the owner who I suspect is not human. The police seem to need to be called in almost every evening there.

I moved into a small house, also in Wendigo Lake. My roommate is human, like me. I’m now working in a biker bar owned by werewolves (of which I’m not aware yet).

The two pieces of art on the wall behind me are from the Placebo Gallery in Second Life, curated by Seraphim Placebo.

I also have a life in 1850’s London.

Towards More Quality Time

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art, Placebo Gallery, Wendigo Lake

Life is a Force by Chris Attwell ~ Placebo Gallery in Second Life

Lately my life has expanded since my typist is having a roll of efficiency, synchronicity and flow in her life. She looks around and finds that the important things are done and since it’s rainy and windy out I get to do more things.

Today I went dancing at Junkyard Blues. My partner was great company, but I had to turn the audio back on every 30 seconds. I’m guessing now that it’s something to do with memory instead of my viewer. I used to watch hulu and be in SL at the same time; my overworked laptop!  Looking into it, I see that using a laptop and wireless, which I do, isn’t recommended. And I’m going to have to care a lot more to do anything about this.

The Wendigo Lake roleplay sim is still in beta. But some of us have been playing and whatever the character generator system will change later, I’ll just go with it. I have a werewolf boyfriend who is real life knowledgeable about World of Darkness and he’ll help me with my character sheet. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep my room at the boarding house or my job as hostess at the Asian Tea House when the Vampires take over. I’m having fun now though.

Placebo Gallery in Second Life

So while I was mostly afk, I noticed that Seraphim Placebo was online. She is the curator at Placebo Gallery and I was hoping that she was placing Life is a Force by real life illustrator Chris Attwell up. I’d seen it recently on Attwell’s blog. Later I went to have a look and there it was; the cute little blue alien is still there as well.

I bought a copy and put it in my boarding house room.  I hope this thing about the new Linden Labs TOS gets sorted soon regarding textures and art uploaded.

art by Hamish Blakely from the Gallery in Calas Galadhon.

One of the ways I get to be in SL more is that lately my typist’s detector of what’s going to pay off for her and humanity and also what’s fake, shadowy, a sham and energy draining is way more acute. Just letting go of a lot of nonsense is freeing up her time and other resources.

Now she’s turning a gimlet eye to some of what I do but I’m counting on that meaning I’ll just have more quality time here.

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Placebo Gallery, Tizzy Canucci

location: Placebo Gallery in Second Life

Back from vacation in Calas Galadhon and from exploring the Mechanical Circus installation, I returned to my London Apartment with the sort of insights one receives when they’re removed from everyday routines and surroundings for a period of time.

The apartment was all in order and the dogs doing well. Everything was tidy on the surface but I felt compelled to address my inventory. Drawers and closets are stuffed as are the filing cabinets. Submarines and rusty pipes, scrolls about magical poisons, silly hats and lots of roses–how can I be such a hoarder!

To be sure, I’ve done other things to keep from burning out–I’ve been dancing, explored a forest with a friend and visited her lovely home, committed to a roleplay project or two. I’ve also been to look at art galleries.

After my beginning, horrid period of being a new resident in Second Life, I found myself most at home in the roleplay sim of Legacies 1891. One of the shopping landmarks I was often given then was that of Rag Dollz and I have a collection of their Victorian dresses. While shopping, I’d also pick up other items that I fancied, mostly costumes.

Stuffed in a closet I found a kimono and parasol; I tried it on and at that point felt weary of organizing; I got one of the dogs and went to the Placebo Gallery to see the changes that curator Seraphim Placebo had made.

The art was gorgeous and the dog was pleasantly distracted by the little blue alien flying about just out of reach. (It can be seen if you look closely in the space between the paintings in the top picture.) Not wanting to go back to sorting closets I travelled to Tizzy Canucci’s gallery, which is in a mixed use area.

 I wandered around looking at the pretty area and saw some lots were available to rent. It was more pleasurable to daydream about what kind of place I might have in the area–always good for procrastinating.

But all too soon I returned to my intentions for change that I’d considered while I was on vacation.

Visit to Placebo Gallery

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art, Pandamonium 1850 London, Photos, Placebo Gallery, shopping, virtual destinations

Late one recent evening I went to the Placebo Gallery to look at new art pieces and any decor changes. I’d wanted to go out somewhere after getting several new dresses.

When I saw blog pictures of Art Deco era clothing at Genre I knew I had to go check it out. This round at Genre goes until July 12th, I believe. I also picked up some Art Deco furnishings and earrings while there.  

There are different types of art at Placebo Gallery, including some dark themes,  and lovely places to just sit for a while. 

In the above photo Pearl is admiring a new digital painting.

I moved my Victorian furnishings out of my little apartment in Pandamonium 1850  London since the build will be taken down on July 1st. Fortunately I have a London apartment skybox where I feel at home but it was a little sad to leave.

I consoled myself with shopping. Besides the several party dresses, jewelry and furnishings from Genre, I bought a gloomy animated painting from Mr Munro at Grey November Gallery since I wanted to take some black and white photos of me in my new dress. (A little vain, perhaps?).

I also got three dogs from [Manticore] after first seeing a puppy from there in one of the fashion blogs recently. That is kind of fun. They’re worn as attachments but unless I’m wandering in the country I might just take one out at a time. I’ve just posted a picture of me with the three dogs to my flickr page which can be accessed in the sidebar.

In first life when I have little disappointments, I can’t really go on shopping binges.

But back to Placebo Gallery–I recommend it as a place to visit and pick up some awesome art. I have two pieces myself that are displayed in my Second Life home and am pleased about that.

It Started With an Outfit

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art, houses, Pearl Grey, Photos, Placebo Gallery

Whatever it’s like for anyone else, I’m affected by my physical world environment, by the energy of things and also by what I experience in virtual reality. I’ve mentioned that since I live in a high desert region, I feel better when my avatar stands in the pouring rain at Grey November Gallery.

When it was bitterly cold a few months ago, my avatar was spending time in an old Victorian tavern near the sea. The doors were open and there were fresh breezes unlike what I was experiencing with the indoor heating and shut windows in physical reality.

Then spring arrived in first life, although it’s been too windy for my liking, and the tavern began to feel dark and splintery. Also scary Orcs moved in next door. (Not a problem, really.)

Anyway, I did some shopping at the Buddy Walk and really, really liked the outfit I’m wearing in the above photo. It inspired me and somehow led to my renting a Paris Apartment skybox on impulse and I was quite pleased with it in the short time I lived there. Then I liked the London Apartment, which is similar, even better and that’s where I’ve been living. The white walls are filled with art I’ve picked out and this virtual home is uplifting to my mood and outlook on life.    For a while I’ll have a home without spiders, splinters, and rats; here the chickens and geese can’t wander in. 

The painting in the background is by first life artist Chris Attwell and was purchased from the Placebo Gallery in Second Life, which is curated by Seraphim Placebo.

Placebo Gallery in Second Life

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Pearl rests after looking at art.

The cyber-grunge roleplay sim I played in last summer has reopened with some changes. After we clean up and repair from a “natural disaster”, I’ll be managing the Golden Dragon Tea House and Bath House again. Pearl will be wearing her version of a year 2070 look instead of Victorian or Medieval/Fantasy for a while.

She recently went to the mainland to visit the Placebo Gallery, curated by resident Seraphim Placebo to view the work of an artist and fellow blogger.

A lovely world where grass, wildflowers and trees can easily grow inside a gallery.

After checking the land impact of some of the pieces (only 1), Pearl purchased the one in the left of the above photo.

Really like the bone flowers.

Inworld the gallery can easily be found in search under Placebo Gallery.

The gallery is on the mainland.

Pearl rarely travels to the mainland and got distracted a little by looking around the immediate neighborhood. She was standing in the middle of the street when amazingly, several residents strolled by.