Wanderlust Art Park and Cafe ~ May and June

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Quentin, Sansara, Second Life, virtual art, Wanderlust Bench Art Park, Wanderlust Cafe

There’s a little over a week left to visit the art park and cafe in Quentin if you haven’t been there in May and June.

The photo above shows work, from left to right, by Mr Kaplan, (Art Park owner), Klaus Bereznyak, Wheedle, Melusina Parkin and Arden Grendel. The retro television in front is by Kimika Ying.

There are sculptures from my Silas Merlin collection scattered about and I got some new seating from Hearth and Home, a shop on the mainland I saw during the Steam Hunt.

Art from left to right is by Mango Lassi, SAUL GOODIE, Lynette Trinity, Elle Thorkveld and Kate Silver.

Every exhibit series has had a timely literary quote on a notecard placed in an image. I did the first few and Klaus has done very well since. The collection is on the back fence at Sojourners Ground. The work on the right is by Cake and a couple of my pieces are on the far left.

Our Second Life locations are transitory. The first set of destination posters we offered was valid for a good while. Recently a new set was created. Click the posters for landmarks; you can also take copies of individual posters plus there is a free box of 18 posters in a folder on the nearby bench.

The photo on the right is by ChrysTeRox.

A new sign reminding people of more art in the birdhouse.

There’s more seating in the birdhouse; all species welcome.

The large pot in the foreground is by Lynette Trinity. There are exhibit posters plus art by Saul, four on the left and a collage by baker Bloch. This is on the Wanderlust Cafe and Art Park Extension side as it WAS about a week ago.

Not to be missed is a 3D piece by Art Oluja, a mini Glass Jars, (like her LEA 11 grant sim, open until the end of June) which can be peeked into. There’s also a 2D piece by Savage Taurus, part of which can be seen in the upper left here.

Planning the new construction above.

More people have been moving into the Quentin area lately; the view is changing. Last week SAUL GOODIE changed the Cafe side and I love it. The timing is right.

Wanderlust Bench Art Park; March–April

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Sansara, Second Life, virtual art, virtual worlds, Wanderlust Bench Art Park

There’s still almost a couple of weeks left to see the work by a variety of artists at Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Cafe.

Today also marks the one year anniversary for the park side of Wanderlust.

The sculpture in the foreground is by RMarie Beedit.

Melusina Parkin was gracious in sending me some things when I requested to exhibit some of her work.

Work by Kate Silver, Wheedle and ChrysTeRox shown above.

Kimika Ying contributed the piece on the left. The photo in the middle is by Klaus Bereznyak and contains a quote, one in a series.

Myra Wildmist is exhibiting one of her works using projectors.

From left to right, work by Saul Goodie, Lynette Trinity, Elle Thorkveld and Mango Lassi. Sculpture by Silas Merlin from my collection. 

Photo by Art Oluja (next to the tree) and a black and white photo by Mr Kaplan, the park owner who started this whole thing.

Posters for destinations and exhibits are encouraged and kept up to date. Arden Grendel did the work on the right; her first piece shown at Wanderlust.

A copy of work by Savage Taurus is shown on the Wanderlust Cafe side.

I really like the sculptures by Silas Merlin and have been including more from my collection the last few rounds.

There are vintage prints for Quelques Choses on two levels inside the large birdhouse.

Saul Goodie exhibits some of his graphic designs on the fence.

The Saul Was Here exhibit is in the sky above, March through April, which I posted about here.

A vase by Lynette Trinity sits near the teleport door the the sky exhibit.

The collage in the center is by baker Bloch.

A documentary machinima of the March-April has been uploaded to Vimeo.

I don’t know if we’ll still be here next year but we’ll likely have new work shown for May and June.

Wanderlust Bench Art Park ~ January and February

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art exhibit, Second Life, virtual gallery, Wanderlust Art Truck Tour, Wanderlust Bench Art Park

The current art at Wanderlust Bench Art Park will continue to be exhibited until the end of February. The view has been changing with neighbor’s renovations, land sold and abandoned and some recent weird terraforming on abandoned land which might be coding errors or some strategy on the part of the Lab.

Joining us is Ani Jung with three beautiful nature photographs.

The piece propped against the wall to the left gives a notecard with a timely philosophical quote.

From left to right, by ChrysTeRox, Saul Goodie, Lynette Trinity, Elle Thorkveld and Mango Lassi.

Soon we’ll have been here for one year. I’ve learned a lot taking care of this place and enjoy hanging out with friends here so I don’t begin to associate it only with working and communication tasks. Behind us on the wall to the left are the current destination posters with landmarks and then photography by Pixel Crescendo and Mr Kaplan, the park owner.

Kate Silver, Princess Muse Rose, Wheedle and RMarie Beedit.

Adjacent to the park at the cafe there is a collage by baker Bloch and posters for ongoing events as well as current exhibitions.

The gorgeous kaleidoscope is by Kamika Ying.

I’ve made some shadowboxes and this one came in handy when I needed something to exhibit here. There’s a photograph on the back of it. An animated sculpture by Elle Thorkveld is nearby.

There are some home decor pieces too. The vases like the one shown in the left of the photo get changed more often than every two months.

The large birdhouse contains a couple of 3D Cylents and a quiet lounge.

Saul Goodie has begun putting some of his designs on men and women’s clothing for the new STYYLL FASHION brand.

To help keep things enjoyable, a friend and I are doing a related side project, the Wanderlust Art Truck Tour which will be stopping at various small parcels on the mainland for about 10 — 14 days each. The soft opening was February 1st and film clips have been collected of some of the visitors so far. The exhibit will be in Rosieri through the 9th and will open in another location on the 11th.

There are five more locations penciled in. A poster is on the cafe side at Wanderlust with current locations. If you’d like to participate by contributing low Li art, being in the documentaries or hosting the truck please contact me, pearlgrey resident.

This first location isn’t usually a public destination. I accidentally auto returned my home while filming the truck, which is difficult to drive, as it entered the yard. After the shock, I found it hilarious to edit a (less than two minute) video of it.

 

Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Cafe ~ November & December

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art, art gallery, Quentin, Sansara, Second Life, virtual art, virtual art gallery, Wanderlust Bench Art Park, Wanderlust Cafe

We’re pleased with the art on exhibit at Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Cafe for November and December. If you’ve not visited since after mid-month November, there have been additions and several artists have rezzed new pieces at the beginning of this month.

After we got the additional prim allowance, which makes a big difference in small parcels such as this, a large birdhouse was added to give more wall and installation space as well as providing a cozy hangout. The birdhouse with its two levels can be accessed via teleporter.

Jade, an animated cylent by Art Oluja, is currently installed here.

On the Cafe side is Decayed Maps, an exhibit of nine pieces by Klaus Bereznyak. You can click on the info notecard for the story of how the maps came to be.

Over the Cafe is “Hive Horizon Shownight 12bit (Final)” referring to the club event at which it was first debuted and tested. This one has about 30 textures in it which can be replaced by an owner for their club or event. The hive canvas was made by Emma and the scripting done by Isadora Alaya. There’s a pre-loader in it and I believe it will be available for purchase eventually. I enjoy having it here, especially on midnight setting.I invited Kimika Ying to rez a display model of her Babbage Go-Devil which I recently blogged.   

We enjoy having avatars visit the park. Some like to chat a bit and others simply to look around. Near the event posters is a chair with info and LM to the Chair Conservatory. A gacha machine with art inside has been added.

There are three digital pieces by Seraphim Placebo (Chris Attwell) plus an info card with LM to Seri’s Placebo Gallery. I got to see some of the WIP of these pieces on Chris’s blog. 

On the park side, left to right, is a note carded quote inside a piece by Klaus Bereznyak, a lovely photo rezzed by Kimika Ying and two Gridism art paintings by [a.e.meth] which are available for purchase.

Not to be missed is a book titled Trilby’s Frankenstein. I  rezzed my copy which I’d gotten as a party gift on the occasion of Mary Shelley’s 300th birthday on August 30th. The party was given by Trilby Minotaur. The party was fun; I made a 1:15 vimeo of the lab. My friends and I really enjoy the book.  

Fold screen section by Lynette Trinity, 2D art by Elle Thorkveld and baker Bloch.

Myra Material Face by Myra Wildmist contains links to converting a photo to “materials” and Myra’s Flickr feed. Photographs by ChryTeTox, Muse and art by Wheedle.

The destinations are being updated as posters instead of framed photos.

If you’d like to show your work, please contact Pearl Grey (pearlgrey resident) or Mr Kaplan (quinnleilani resident).

Wanderlust Bench Art Park ~ September and October

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Quentin, Sansara, Second Life, Wanderlust Bench Art Park

This round at Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Cafe is going by quickly.  There’s still a couple of weeks to see this collection by various creatives. Above, left to right, are pieces by Art Oluja, ChrysTeRox and Klaus Bereznyak.  

The park and cafe are also pleasant places to hang out and watch a sunrise or sunset.

The picture on the left is by Klaus Bereznyak; click on for a notecard with some thoughtful writing. The lighthouse photo is by Kimika Ying.

The photo above from right to left shows work by Elle Thorkveld, Saul Goodie and Quinn. You can see there’s a space for your art.   

Continuing past Quinn’s picture, from right to left is art by baker Bloch, Wheedle and Muse Beck.

The park also has destination photos with LM’s and info plus pieces by RMarie Beedit, Isadora Alaya and me. 

On the park side, there are posters for a gallery, exhibition, a reading room and a cocktail and conversation group. There’s also a travel poster for the park made by Wheedle.

Saul Goodie has some work on the wall. More of the kind can be found at his Steampunk Cafe in Wyrd.

It was an honor and fun to be spotlighted in the Kultivate Magazine October issue, beginning on page 88. Thanks to John Brianna for making that happen.

The open area near the cafe displays sculpture by Elle Thorkveld and The Twig Oracle by Klaus Bereznyak which I blogged about here.

 

Wanderlust Bench Art Park ~ July and August

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Quentin, Sansara, virtual art, Wanderlust Bench Art Park, Wanderlust Cafe

Summer is flying by fast. We changed our monthly turnaround of art to encompass both July and August and there’s about a week left to see the current exhibit.

Shown above are images by Muse Beck, RMarie Beedit (for Mainland Modernists group) and Baker Bloch.

Most of the participants have been invited but we are welcoming to more, whether you are new or are experienced and simply too busy to do more work intensive shows right now.  

Shown above is art by Quinn, SAULGOODIE, Mango Lassi, Elle Thorkveld, Seraphim Placebo and Isadora Alaya.

Here is a vimeo, a little over four minutes, that shows the park during July and August in more detail.

While we don’t have a theme, we’ve had a philosophical quote each round which can be accessed by clicking on an image. The piece on the left by Klaus Bereznyak holds the quote for July/August.  The travel picture on the right is by Kimika Ying.

Some of the destination locations no long exist. There are more being created right now; check back soon.There’s a suggestion box on the counter of the cafe next door. Writers and performance artists are welcome too; there are flexible ways to participate here.Several new homes have rezzed in the area near the cafe side in the last month or so, not shown here because I keep my draw distance down.

The poster area has info of events, exhibitions, a cocktails and talk group and galleries.

The cafe side is also exhibiting some sculpture by Elle Thorkveld.

Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Wanderlust Cafe are located in Quentin on the continent of Sansara.  

Bench Art Park and Wanderlust Cafe June 2016

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Second Life, virtual art, Wanderlust Bench Art Park, Wanderlust Cafe

Through the Wormhole by Kimika Ying on the right

The art at the Bench Park has been refreshed for June. Next to the piece by Kimika Ying in the above photo is a picture called Loneliness with a NC quote by Olivia Laing that can speak for many of us in both real and virtual worlds.   

It’s a lovely spot to watch the sun rise and set.

Seascape 1 1 by RMarie Beedit for the Mainland Modernism group

The piece on the left is animated; a very short video of it can be accessed on my Flickr in the left column of this page.

FIOrbit by Elle Thorkveld on the right

The 3D piece on the right is animated too. Behind it is our first piece for July/August by Klaus Bereznyak. It’s summer; we need to relax so July and August are being counted as one month.  Anyone really inspired may change their art sooner.

The renderings of destinations have been moved to the end of the wall in the park. Clicking on them will give you LMs and info.

Dj Lorbo played a long and enjoyable set the first of June at Wanderlust Cafe next door. Keep an eye on the cafe for an upcoming opportunity.

The wall at the cafe includes posters for current exhibits and ongoing activities.

Many of the art pieces in the park also include links to galleries and Flickr pages.

 

Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Wanderlust Cafe

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Art Farm Co-op, Medici University, Quinn Leilani, SAUL GOODIE, secondlife, Wanderlust Bench Art Park, Wanderlust Cafe, Wanderlust Project

Less than a month old, Wanderlust Bench Art Park and Wanderlust Cafe are each growing at a comfortable pace. It was a totally spontaneous idea and came together in a way that can happen in Second Life. This is an invitation to visit, to hang out or possibly join and share your work when it feels right.  Moving from the cafe to the park, as shown in the above photo, you’ll see a sign on the right with a notecard giving more information. The park gets the “bench” part of it’s name from the shape of the land. The “Wanderlust” part is taken from the Wanderlust Project, which grew out of Medici University, LEA round eight and Art Farm Co-op, LEA round 9. The Wanderlust Project found a home for three months at the MOTEL Gallery at Lollygaggers, curated by serra Quendra. I enjoyed vimeo documenting the exhibits for February, March and April.

photo by Veyot

Serra is taking a break to pursue first life projects. Quinn Leilani, who participated at Art Farm, impulsively decided to get a premium membership and a 512 mainland parcel. Not needing much, being a corvid, he decided to offer the space to continue the Wanderlust Project in it’s next incarnation.

There’s already a great collection of 2D art and placeholders for small 3D sculpture.In addition to art, there’s a growing collection of renderings of destinations which include landmarks, info and links to blog posts for the locations. Most are roadside cafes and parks on the mainland. The owners of the destinations are encouraged to participate in visiting the other locations as well as checking out the landmarks to galleries and links to Flickr feeds in the art.

photo by Klaus Bereznyak

Quinn soon decided his work was done and talked me into caretaking the project. My first thought was to find a way to keep enjoying it, on a sustainable scale instead of trying to create a 900 pound gorilla that would cause me to want to flee the virtual world. Fortunately there are enough avatars offering support and positive feedback that I don’t feel I’m doing this alone. SAUL GOODIE purchased some land next to the park for a cafe hangout and space to place more work. Some of SAUL’s great digital art is on display as placeholders. The cafe and art park share the same rez/notice group and have different music streams. There’s a suggestion box at the cafe. Art can be placed for sale or not. The pieces in the left of the photo are available for a limited time. On the right are some posters, one for a workshop and one for a new drinks and conversation group that has begun to meet regularly. If someone doesn’t want to give up a group slot to join, they can transfer a piece to someone else to rez.The intention is to meet participants who are new to showing their work all the way on a spectrum to veterans feeling too busy and overwhelmed to deal with large exhibitions at this time. It’s meant to be an easy-going community for those who are interested in what others are doing as well as sharing their work.  The artist, Art Oluja, does some of my favorite landscaping in Second Life and she agreed to do the gardening in the park.With the help of livestock and various wild animals, the grass is being maintained.  It’s a lovely spot to look at the water and watch the sunrise and sunset.

Wanderlust Bench Art Park is located on the continent of Sansara. The location is where the huge Poppyport Airport used to be. The land has since been divided into smaller parcels. The neighbors above us on the hill have been there for quite some time and it will be interesting to see how things develop around the area, always a risk on the mainland.