IWz Dreamz & Visionz Festival Award Ceremony

Follow the link below to read about the ceremony and a list of the winners announced yesterday.


Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz Festival Award Ceremony

Congrats to all who participated and especially the winners!

Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz Festival Update

By all accounts the Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz Festival which has been underway all of this week has been a huge success. I spoke briefly with Jeri Rajha and Quadrapop Tree, the festival organizers who are pleased with how the festival has unfolded with 30 plus teams of artists vying for one of four top prizes. The judges have begun their judging and the participants are awaiting the decision which could come as early as this Sunday. Along with the art on display, there is also entertainment galore arranged by the magic of Sunbeam Magic. Both Jeri and Quad are pleased with Ms Magic's efforts in coordinating the calendar of events and in picking up the reins after her predecessor had left the team unexpectedly. The details on the entertainment can be found on the festival site.

Peoples Choice Vote: GRAND FINALE UWA 3D Open Art Challenge

The announcement below came to me via JJ at UWA and I'm passing it along in the event you hadn't heard about it yet.  This marks the end of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge and give you the art patrons of Second Life the opportunity to participate in the event by making your selections known. After reviewing the list along with a stop at the site to see many of the pieces, I can guarantee  that it won't be an easy task. But it will be a fun one and the chance to see the work of some of Second Life's finest artists.

Greetings,

We've come to the end of the MONTHLY rounds of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge and now we're looking for the People's Choice Grand Finale winners!!!!

To have your say in who you think should win, all you have to do is choose between the art pieces listed below.

There are two categories to be decided;

            *Overall Winner

            * Best Non Scripted Artwork

PRIZES FOR VOTERS

3 Lucky voters will win for themselves L$5,000, L$3,000 & L$2,000 respectively  + Special RL UWA packages posted out to you!

(Full Prize List at Bottom of NC)

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To make your vote count, we ask that you:

    * Submit a notecard entitled 'People's Choice Vote UWA (YOUR NAME)'

    * List your top 10 preferences for EACH category IN ORDER.

    * Send your entry to both Jayjay Zifanwe and FreeWee Ling by the 30th of November 2011.  

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED FROM 6AM SLT, SUNDAY 11th of December.

WHO CAN VOTE

1) Everyone can vote (with some qualification - see next item)

2) If you, your alts or your partners work is part of the Grand Finale, you will still be allowed to vote, but you cannot list your own work or that of your partner in your top 10

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FINALISTS FOR UWA 3D OPEN ART CHALLENGE (Please give me a Top 10)

The 59 finalists for UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. A list of the works in the running:

1. FLY WITH THE WIND by Josina Burgess

2. FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE by Miso Susanowa

3. THE GLOWING SERPENT by Ginger Alsop

4. LAZER BALLS by Betty Tureaud

5. DREAM OF THE COLD SLEEPER by Typote Beck

6. IL PLEUT SUR MON COEUR COMME IL PLEUT SUR LA VILLE ("It's raining in my heart, as it's raining in the town") by Cherry Manga

7. TRAVEL IN THE SHADOW OF TECHNOLOGY by Anley Piers

8. PARANORMAL FROTTAGE by Misprint Thursday

9. THE ILLUSIONIST by Gleman Jun

10. LIGHT TOWER by Betty Tureaud

11. TURNING THE TIDE by Nish Mip

12. CHOOSE YOUR BLOSSOM by Suzanne Graves

13. SYMPHONY IN THE BARREL OF A GUN by Arrow Inglewood

14. PLANET CENSORED by Anley Piers

15. STRANGE PLANT...UGLYNESS & BEAUTY by Claudia222 Jewel

16. THE RHYTHM OF MOOD - Lea Supermarine & Jarapanda Snook

17. DIGITAL GLOVE by Misprint Thursday

18. THE WILD WILD WORLD OF ILLUSION by RazorZ  & Olga Soulstar  

19. THE MINOTAUR OF CARTON by Typote Beck

20. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Cherry Manga

21. SHATTERED by Ginger Alsop

22. THE FRAGILITY OF THE SOUL IS NOT A DEFECT by Gleman Jun

23. SPANISH BULL by Silene Christen

24. TROIS PETITS TOURS ET PUIS S'EN VA (Three little turns and it goes away) by  Josiane Sorciere

25. JUNGLE CHALLENGE by Dusty Canning

26. THE DOCK SPIRIT by Scottius Polke

27. ULTRA VIOLET by quadrapop Lane

28. THEATRE OF WAR by Miso Susanowa

29. VENUSTRAP by Claudia222 Jewell

30. ONE AND FOUR TIMEBOARDS by L1Aura Loire

31. UNE HORDE DE CORDES by Aristide Despres

32. 5x8 COMPUND CUBE by Wizard Gynoid

33. TIME AS A HELIX OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES by Miso Susanowa

34. THE HUMANICAL FROG by Lollito Larkham

35. HERE COMES THE SUN by Sledge Roffo

36. TV MORNING EXERCISES by Dusty Canning

37. PIUME DI PAVONE by Nino Vichan

38. DANGLING NARROW CHAIN DEMONSTRATOR by Emilin Nakamori

39. HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres

40. NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire

41. LIVING FRACTAL by June Clavenham

42. THE MATTER OF IDEAS by Gleman Jun

43. THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck

44. DOWN ON THE DATA FARM by Miso Susanowa

45. PETITE ETUDE SUR OLIVIER MESSIAEN by Artistide Despres

46. OMNIPOTENT by Pixels Sideways

47. THE CHASM by Oberon Onmura

48. EXCERPTS FROM REALITIES by Glyph Graves

49. THE ABANDONED DAUGHTER by Eliza Wierwight

50. YOU CAN'T TOUCH HEAVEN by paleIllusion

51. AUTUMN by nexuno Thespian

52. THE CROSSING by Nish Mip

53. FANTASIA EN LA SOMBRA by Romy Nayar

54. PRIMSCAPE DREAM by Sledge Roffo

55. 99% by Harter Fall

56. BLACK SHIRT by Misprint Thursday

57. IN DREAMS by Blue Tsuki

58. SWALLOWED UP BY THE CROWD by Fuschia Nightfire

59. L'IMPATIENCE by Josiane Sorciere

FINALISTS FOR THE NON-SCRIPTED (Please Give me a Top 10)

The 24  finalists for the Non-Scripted Imagine Challenge are located at the above LM. Here is a list of the works in the running:

1. THE COPPER BEECH by soror Nishi

2. LOSS by Gingered Alsop

3. MISS N by Suzanne Graves

4. DAUGHTER OF THE WIND by Fae Varriale

5. GECKO ON THE GEKKO by Yooma Mayo

6. SHATTERED by Ginger Alsop

7. THE FRAGILITY OF THE SOUL IS NOT A DEFECT by Gleman Jun

8. TRIBUTE TO GOYA by Silene Christen

9. MARIONETTE by Haveit Neox

10. HISTORY IN CREAM by Haveit Neox

11. FATA DANZANTE by Daco Monday 

12. SPATIAL by Sledge Roffo

13. SPRING BOX by Cherry Manga

14. TRUST by spirit Radikal

15. TUNNEL WITH LIGHT AT THE END OF IT by RazorZ

16. HURDLE by Corcosman Voom

17. BEHIND COLUMNS by Harter Fall

18. BIRDSONG by Cherry Manga

19. YOU CAN'T TOUCH HEAVEN by paleIllusion

20. STILL LIFE by soror Nishi

21. 99% by Harter Fall

22. THE REVOLT OF THE MANNEQUINS by Silene Christen

23. USED PIECES by Secret Rage

24. SMALL PIECE OF HELL, The Suicide Forest Infested by Harpias by Rebeca Bashly

PRIZE POOL

3 Lucky voters will win for themselves L$5,000, L$3,000 & L$2,000 respectively

Overall 1st Prize: L$100,000,  L$75,000 (2nd), L$50,000 (3rd), L$20,000 (4th), L$10,000 (5th) and L$5,000 each for 6th - 10th.

Non-Scripted 1st Prize L$15,000, L$10,000 (2nd),  L$5,000 (3rd), L$3,000 (4th), L$2,000 (5th) and L$1,000 each for 6th - 10th.

People's Choice 1st Prize (Overall): L$15,000, $8,000 (2nd), $5,000 (3rd)

People's Choice 1st Prize (Non-Scripted): L$8,000, L$5,000 (2nd), L$3,000 (3rd)

* With thanks to our sponsors, MidnightRain Glas, Philip Vought, Patch Thibaud, Aino  Baar and TheDove Rhode

Clarification Announcement on Machinima Contest - Gulliver's Travels Build in InWorldz

Since the announcement went out a few weeks ago, there has been some clarification to the contest rules as set by Jeri Rajha. 

The following is an update to the rules:

Machinima Contest Gulliver's Travels Build in InWorldz

1) The contest begins on 2/18 and all submissions must be in by 3/25/11 - the Machinima must be posted on YouTube to be seen and the information on the Machinima location must be sent to the Sitting Judges - so that they may view it. Also provide a copy of the Machinima to be sent to Jeri Rahja.

2) All Photos must be forwarded to Jeri Rahja  - so they may be properly displayed at the Gulliver Sim - the Photos must be sent with full permissions, but will never be sold or distributed except for the winning picture. (See the note below

3) The Winning Machinima will continue to be the property of the creator, and the rights to use it for Gulliver's Travels in an agreeable manner will be determined in a cooperative manner. It is possible that we may use it for our future advertising, or utilize it as a tool for other means within Gulliver. The prize money will be paid with the release of a full perm version of the Machinima to Jeri Rahja and an agreed upon scope and usage as determined by the respective parties involved.

4) There is no limit as to how many photos or Machinima's one person may enter.

5) There are only 2 winners in this contest

  

  

First Prize Machinima  30,000 L'zs      First Prize  Photo   10,000 L'zs

  

  

Judges are as follows:   Ub Yifu, Saffia Widdershins,  Nazz Lane,  Mera Kranfel,  Tricia Aferdita,  Tranquillity Dexler,   Copan Falta  & Soror Nishi

Attention: With regards to the Intellectual Property (IP) rights of the Machinima. I know there have been some questions as to the ownership, with respect to the winning Machinima and Picture. I am not seeking full ownership of the Machinima and Picture, just permission from the creator and the rights to use the Machinima and Picture within an agreeable scope and guidelines that we (the creator, Gulliver Travel's and I) can all feel comfortable. Ownership of the Machinima and Picture will continue to be that of the creator, it is the rights to utilize the Machinima and Picture I am requesting in a manner that is agreeable to each party.

Machinima Contest Announced to Feature Gulliver's Travels Build in InWorldz

At this afternoons opening event of Ub Yifu's Gulliver's Travels, Jeri Rajha announced that she was sponsoring a machinima contest. She had mentioned the contest to me earlier this week when she had solicited my participation as one of the judges for the event. While I visited the build this evening, she passed along a note card with the contest rules.

Gulliver Contest

1) The contest begins on 2/18 and all submissions must be in by 3/25/11  - the Machinima must be posted on u-tube to be seen and the information of the Machinima must be sent to the Sitting Judges - so they maybe properly viewed. Along with a copy of the Machinima send to Jeri Rahja

2) All Photos must be forward to Jeri Rahja  - so they may be properly displayed at the Gulliver Sim - the Photos must be sent Full Perm and will become the property of the Gulliver Property but will never be sold or distributed - except for the winning picture - reason for the 10,000L'z prize - as we may use the picture for our use.

3) The Winning Machinima will also become the sole property of Gulliver's Travel's and we may use it for our future advertising - or utilize it as a tool for other means within Gulliver. The prize money will not be paid until a full perm version of the Machinima is release to Jeri Rahja with a notecard from the creator that any and  all rights of the Machinima belong to Jeri Rahja and or Gulliver's Travels.

4) There is no limit as to how many photos or Machinima's one person may enter

5) There are only 2 winners in this contest

  

  

First Prize Machinima  30,000 L'zs      First Prize  Photo   10,000 L'zs

  

  

Judges are as follows:   Ub Yifu, Saffia Widdershins,  Nazz Lane,  Mera Kranfel,  Tricia Aferdita,  Tranquillity Dexler,   Copan Falta  & Soror Nishi

A "New Art Show" - Open to All Artists in Second Life

I'd received the following announcement from Sabrinaa Nightfire:

New Art Show -- Open to all artists in SL

Title of Show: Black and White and Red All Over

Location:  Erato of Caerleon

Prim Limit:  200

*  When enough entries have been received to reach the total prim allowance, we will stop accepting entries.

NOTES:

1. One entry per artist

2. All pieces may only be Black, White or Red.  Pieces with other colors will be disqualified. 

    * ONLY THE BLACK AND WHITE TEXTURES INCLUDED ON THIS CARD (see below) MAY BE USED FOR YOUR PIECE. 

        Textures for black and white surfaces: (Contact Sabrinaa in world for the textures - Nazz)

    * You may use any red you desire and the red texture(s) may have some black or white.....but, NO OTHER COLORS MAY BE USED.

3. No Megaprims

4. Maximum size is 10x10x10m

5. No high lag scripts as determined by our script police.

6. The management reserves the right to not show any piece they deem inappropriate.  There will be no trial.  It's good to be head goddess:)

All art MUST be submitted to Sabrinaa Nightfire by Midnight SLT on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Midnight, SLT.   Any art placed by others will be sent back to its owner.

The Show will open at 1pm SLT on Sunday, February 20, 2011with live musical entertainment and dancing.

Questions, comments, concerns?  Contact Sabrinaa Nightfire.  If I am off line, please send me a notecard.  My IMs are often capped....thanks!  Sabrinaa

UWA Launches the 3rd Machinima Challenge - MachinUWA III: Journeys

On Sunday, the 6th of February at 6 am PST/SLT, Jayjay Zifanwe will formally announce the launch of the "MachinUWA III: Journeys" at an event at the UWA site in Second Life. This will be the third challenge  in the series by UWA, one of the more prominent arts establishments in the virtual world of Second Life. Jayjay had given me a heads up about the challenge and Sundays event, when he'd dropped a preliminary version of the notecard announcement. He also said in IM, "That's our almost finalized NC for the new challenge, the only things changing will be peoples names on the judging panel or something like that". 

Much to my surprise and delight, it was two days later, when he'd  messaged me in world once again and asked, "Would you consider being one of the judges?"

I readily accepted and in reply said, "I'd be honored to do so."

Follow the links and you can read more about the MachinUWA III: Journeys (3rd UWA Machinima Challenge - 2011) prizes, timing  and rules. Also here's a link to an interview I did with Cisko Vandeverre, winner of the first UWA Challenge, for the SL Newspaper.

BORN MFA - ILLUSTRATE A POEM CONTEST

Another note from Juliee Landar.

Prizes - 4,000L, 3,000L, 2,000L, 1,000L to be awarded by the 15th of November at a date tbd.

Please select one poem from the following list and create an original piece of artwork to convery the idea of the poem. The poem name and author DO NOT need included on the piece.

One poem per person.

Submit your piece as mod/copy no transfer to Juliee Landar by Nov. 1st.

Title your piece as the poem title plus your name.

Example: Phenomenal Woman - Juliee Landar

1 Phenomenal Woman Maya Angelou

2 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein

3 If You Forget Me Pablo Neruda

4 I carry your heart with me E. E. Cummings

5 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost

6 A Dream Within A Dream Edgar Allan Poe

7 There is another sky Emily Dickinson

8 Life Is Fine Langston Hughes

9 A Girl Ezra Pound

10 Messy Room Shel Silverstein

11 To My Wife - With A Copy Of My Poems Oscar Wilde

12 Still I Rise Maya Angelou

13 Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes

14 To You Walt Whitman

15 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost

16 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth

17 The New Poetry Handbook Mark Strand

18 Funeral Blues W. H. Auden

19 Touched by An Angel Maya Angelou

20 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe

21 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas

22 A Word to Husbands Ogden Nash

23 Bear In There Shel Silverstein

24 If those I loved were lost Emily Dickinson

25 Romance Edgar Allan Poe

26 Seeker Of Truth E. E. Cummings

27 I Taught Myself To Live Simply Anna Akhmatova

28 Walking Around Pablo Neruda

29 Digging Seamus Heaney

30 Brown Penny William Butler Yeats

31 The Broken Heart William Barnes

32 A Birthday Poem Ted Kooser

33 The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks

34 A Life Sylvia Plath

35 As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed Jack Prelutsky

36 I'm not Yours Sara Teasdale

37 And The Moon And The Stars And The World Charles Bukowski

38 America Allen Ginsberg

39 Those Winter Sundays Robert Hayden

40 All the World's a Stage William Shakespeare

41 A Poison Tree William Blake

42 Daddy Sylvia Plath

43 Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face Jack Prelutsky

44 O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman

45 A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns

46 I know why the caged bird sings Maya Angelou

47 Fast rode the knight Stephen Crane

48 Happiness Raymond Carver

49 A Pretty a Day E. E. Cummings

50 Dream Deferred Langston Hughes

BORN MFA - DESIGN A BOOK COVER CONTEST

The follow came to me by way of Juliee Landar who asked to help spread the word.

Prizes - 4,000L, 3,000L 2,000L,1,000L to be awarded by the end of Oct. at a date tbd.

Please select one book from the following list and create an orignal 'cover' for the book. (The title of the book and the author's name should be included on your cover)

One book per person.

Submit your cover as mod/copy no transfer to Juliee Landar by Wed. October 20th.

Title your piece as the book title plus your name

Example: The Secret Garden - Juliee Landar

BOOK LIST

1. Little Women - Lousia May Alcott
2. Emma - Jane Austen
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
4. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum
5. Tales from the Arabian Knights
- Burton
6. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
7. The Secret Garden
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Capote
9. Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
- Lewis Carroll
10. Through the Looking Glass
- Lewis Carroll
11. Man of La Mancha - Cervantes
12. The Adventures of Pinocchio
-Carlo Collodi
13. Last of the Mohicans
- James Fennimore Cooper
14. The Red Badge of Courage
- Stephen Crane
15. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel DeFoe
16. The Old Curiosity Shoppe
- Charles Dickens
17. A Christmas Carol
- Charles Dickens
18. The Three Musketeers
-Alexander Dumas
19. Lord of the Flies
- Golding
20. Far From the Maddening Crowd
- Thomas Hardy
21. A Farewell to Arms
- Ernest Hemmingway
22. Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
23. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
24. Hunchback of Notredame - Victor Hugo
25. Westward Ho - Kingsley
26. The Jungle Book - Kipling
27. The Man Who Would be King - Kilpling
28. The Phatom of the Opera - Leroux
29. Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
30. Call of the Wild - Jack London
31. Gone with the Wind - Mitchell
32. Wicked - Gregory MacQuire
33. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
34. Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Poe
35. Ivanho - Sir Walter Scott
36. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
37. All's Well that Ends Well - Shakespeare
38. The Comedy of Errors - Shakespeare
39. The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
40. Midsummer's Night Dream
-Shakespeare
41. Treasure Island - Robert L. Stevenson
42. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
43. Walden - Henry David Thoreau
44. Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
45. Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Twain
46. Around the World in Eighty Days
- Jules Verne
47. Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Jules Verne
48. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Jules Verne
49. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
50. The Importance of Being Ernest
- Oscar Wilde

Grand Finale of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge

45 entries from around the world were received for the Machinima UWA II: Art of the Artists challenge which asked machinimatographers to capture and honor the artworks in the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge. Winners of this challenge will be announced together with the winners of the Grand Finale of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge from 6am slt, Sunday 10th October at the 4-SIM, 200 seat UWA-BOSL Grand Amphitheatre. ALL entries are linked below, and on the website provided. Do take part in the AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT described below, where YOU can share in a L$5,000 prize.


Date & Time: 6 am SLT, Sunday, 10th October 2010
Location: UWA-BOSL Grand Amphitheatre (200 Seat)
Guest Speaker of Honour: Lumiere Noir (creator of the legendary Ivory Tower Library of Primitives)
Star Performer: Mommaluv Skytower
WEBSITE WITH ALL ENTRIES


PARTICIPATION EVENT for MACHINIMUWA II - Deadline Midnight SLT 7th October


L$5,000 has been set aside for SL residents and viewers who take part in a special participation event. We are asking all the residents of SL to give us your TOP 8 machinima, in order of your preference.


The 3 residents whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel (see end of NC for names of panel members), will win for themselves L$2,500, L$1,500 & L$1,000 respectively. The winner will be invited to be on the panel for MachinimUWA III.


Method of entry - List your top 8 in order of preference on a NC, and send to White Lebed and/or Jayjay Zifanwe. Please title the NC - MachinimUWA Audience Selection (your name)


ALL ENTRIES - IN NO ORDER WHATSOEVER


LASLOPANTOMIK YAO (Barcelona, Spain) - City of Art & City of Art II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHkkZXwalY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrRHI6_vS_U&feature=player_embedded


PIA KLAAR (Brewster, Massachusetts, USA) - Art of the Artists: A Closer Look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE-SuGbx7yE


ED VESPUCCIANO (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - Lessons in Democracy
http://vimeo.com/14894926


BRADLEY DORCHESTER (Perth, Australia) - Art of the Artists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3HzHUNREno


LAURINA HAWKS (Ulm, Germany) - UWA Art of the Artists : No Tomb for the Arts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrZgMA8SNI&feature=player_embedded


GLASZ DE CUIR (San Sebastian, Spain) - MachinimUWA II: Art Theft done in Second Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxwJJvdl8es
http://vimeo.com/15073702 (High Definition Version)


YESIKITA COPPOLA (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) - Inspiracion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubRVBll5muI


L1AURA LOIRE (Boston, USA) - CLICK, Immersive & Interactive Virtual Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sf3Q2VAlKE


TUTSY NAVARATHNA (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - An Art Form is Born & Gladiator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1JGXuXs_U&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF3WIJfvN1w&feature=player_embedded


LARKWORTHY ANTFARM (Tacoma, Washington, USA) - Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ59KEzvPJA


ARCHIVIST LLEWELLYN (Lima, Ohio, USA) - Biological R/Evolutions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndZi7W-kjBE


FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE (Poole, Dorset, UK) - Adventures of a Cyborg Part II & Moonlit Heath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSRirER49s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_LxjvRgKw&feature=player_embedded


SPYVSPY AEON (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - I Am Not A Robot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXY12oCNxDQ&feature=player_embedded


BRYN OH (Toronto, Canada) - Art of the Artists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9cLyeJ3_cs&feature=player_embedded


MEGAN MERLIN (Bavaria, Germany) - Wichtels Fantasy Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2nnvg60xac&feature=player_embedded


RYSAN FALL (Enfield,Connecticut, USA) - MachinimUWA, Art of the Artist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0XbX9b6Qs0


SUZY YUE (Sunnyvale, California, USA) - Across A Crowded Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8MAuK7fTU


MISSY RESTLESS (Santa Cruz, California, USA) - Yearning for the Sea & Quantum Matrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1TgtYzfVHg&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDal1Q8ERE&feature=player_embedded


FAKE JEWELL (Cheshire, United Kingdom) - Song of Medusa
http://vimeo.com/14745121


PENUMBRA CARTER (Rural Midwest, USA) - University of Western Australia
http://vimeo.com/14994248


AIDAN WITRIAL (Munich, Germany) - MachinimUWA II : Art of the Artists & Shibas Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhczNdRX-o&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGIdPy5O5Cs


APMEL GOOSSON (Stockholm, Sweden) - ROBOT - The Visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5NiND8h9s&feature=player_embedded


CHANTAL HARVEY (Maastricht, Holland) - Arts of Both Worlds
http://www.vimeo.com/15213371


NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Silken Vortex, Frames, Balloons, Holophrasis, Kunst Der Fugue & two additional tributes to Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
http://vimeo.com/15045751
http://vimeo.com/15027044
http://vimeo.com/15046450

http://vimeo.com/15149068

http://vimeo.com/15149827
http://vimeo.com/15146141
http://vimeo.com/15148453


KAFKA MOODY (New York, USA) - Aphrodite Visits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcfKbPFA7wA


EIFACHFILM VARCIRCA (Zurich, Switzerland) - The Abyss, Natural Energy, The Sandman & The Deep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifpSfHx9YRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40IpFCAhgng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hveWvvKlj8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLPTkR-VKo


MINDBLIND SETSUKO (Bologna, Italy) - Escape from the Art Gallery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iohfTj65FiY


ROHAN FERMI (Stuttgart, Germany) - Order in Chaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO8phE2-rMA


HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) - Hyperreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwloFzqLMAQ


ABDULLAH YAZIMOTO (France) - Untitled (September the 18th 1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAqAJnr--ys


FRIDAY SIAMENDES (Calabasas, California, USA) - Virtual Vaccuum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tcH-p5j7EI


THEME OF MACHINIMUWA II - Art of the Artists: Create something that will take our breath away


THE CHALLENGE
Create a Machinima of between 2 and 5 minutes in length (recommendations only - is not a criteria) that features some of the winning artworks from the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge. There are more than 35 artworks spread across 4 floors, and you can choose to film as many (or as few) as you like. You can view the artworks at the following location and vote for your favorite artworks & building designs.


JUDGING PANEL
1. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
2. Dr Carmen Fies (RL) - Second Life Lead: University of Texas San Antonio
3. quadrapop Lane (SL) - Curator of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge
4. White Lebed (SL) - Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Curator
5. Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art& Design Challenge
6. Iono Allen (SL) - Official Machinimatographer of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge
7. Cisko Vandeverre (SL) - Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
8. Dr Kim Flintoff (RL) - Lecturer, Instructional Design, Centre for eLearning, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
9. LividEye Yoshikawa (SL) / John Yap (RL) - Senior Media Producer, National University of Singapore
10. Michelle Glaser (RL) - Senior Project Officer, Department of Culture and Arts, Government of Western Australia
11. Ian Booth (RL) - Chief Executive Officer, Screen West, Western Australia
12. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)


PRIZE POOL: L$200,000
1st Prize $L70,000
2nd Prize $L50,000
3rd Prize $L30,000
5 Honourable Menton prizes @ L$10,000
With thanks to LaPiscean Liberty, Taralyn Gravois, quadrapop Lane and Bohemian Ghost

1st Annual October Spookapalooza Writing Competition

1st Annual October Spookapalooza Writing Competition!

(Sponsored by June Stormcrow & Rae's Novel Writing Class)

This year we're kicking off with a competition to bring in the most spooktacular time of the year!

We want your best urban fantasy stories featuring supernatural creatures throughout the 20th century from the 1900s to 1980s. Vampires in the Industrial age of technology replacing the natural world, werewolves in the disco dancing era of bell bottoms, afros and disco clubs. The roaring 20s, the noirish 30s and 40s with sleek suits, fast talking broads and smooth joes. All supes are fair game from vampires, werewolves, faeries, ghosts and more.

Stories can be betwen 1,000 - 5,000 words.

Prizes will include:

1st L$2,000
2nd L$ 1000
3rd L$ 500

Winners will be announced at the party at Bookstacks library on October 31st at 5pm SLT.

Contest is open from October 1st - 23rd so get those stories hopping!

*Although we'll have winners, all entrants are invited to read their short stories aloud during the celebration on Sunday October 31st.

To enter: Send your story in a notecard and pop it over in the mailbox at Rae's cottage on the refreshment table.

http://ping.fm/eT0KK

Rights notice: Authors retain ALL their rights. The Spookapalooza contest is an SL only contest and won't be publishing any of the entries. in audio or written format.
The rules for this may change later if there is a publication either in-world or online for later contest years but for this premiere contest, no publications. Authors agree to have their work read by the judges to determine winning entries. Titles and blurbs may be publicized in-world to promote the contest.

Please enter only new and unpublished work for the theme of the contest.

eMotion Art Contest Announcement at Berliner Kunsthalle Gallery

I'd received this announcement from artist and curator Asmita Duranjaya, a good friend. Her note and information are reprinted below:

Dear friends and artist colleagues,

I am pleased to announce a new art contest. Hanni Fride and Fantazia Enzo have worked for months to build a sim compound including a new gallery, called "Berliner Kunsthalle". It is my honour to curate there changing exhibitions and I would like to start with an art contest on the topic "eMotion". This has two meanings, "electronic motion" and "emotion" in the sense of "moving the mind". Both together should be a guarantee for an attractive artwork. Gallery opening and winner announcement are planned for the 31st of October at 1pm SLT. You have one month to create a new artwork and here are the rules:

1. The artwork has to be new and created exclusively for this specific contest.

2. The topic is "eMotion" in the above mentioned sense.

3. Something has to "move" in the artwork, either animations, particles or through scripts. Flat pictures without movement are not accepted.

4. You can use up to 25 prims.

5. One piece per participant!

6. As usual in my contests there will be a public and a jury panel voting.

7. Send your work with mod, cop, no trans to Asmita Duranjaya. Deadline is the 24th of October 2010 3pm SLT.

8. The exhibition remains in the gallery for 2 months and every artist can try to sell his piece with a commission of 25%.

9. The 1st winner will get 3000, the 2nd 2000 and the 3rd 1000 L$ and every participant will receive a little something.

10. The place is still not available to show an example there, but I have build one with 11 prims on my land:
It shows the average size and my imagination of the topic.

A lot of fun and good luck!

Asmita

FREEWEE WINS IMAGINE, NYX & HERICK SHARE HONOURS: JUNE WINNERS OF THE UWA 3D ART & DESIGN CHALLENGE

A brilliant and mesmerizing piece by FreeWee Ling, VERTICAL SPIRAL KALEIDOSCOPE has taken top art honors (L$5,000) for the JUNE Round of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge! The FLAGSHIP (Architecture) Challenge went down to the wire, and in the end, the builds of Nyx Breen and Herick Straaf could not be separated as the judging panel were hopelessly deadlocked, thus resulting in the first ever joint winners for the FLAGSHIP Challenge. Herick a first time winner, and Nyx coming in with an incredible 5 wins across the 10 months of the challenge! Nicci Lane took 2nd Prize in the FLAGSHIP.

Concluding month 10 of this year long L$550,000 challenge, June saw 68 amazing artworks and 7 Flagship Builds submitted by artists hailing from all corners of the globe, including by a number legendary SL builders.

Commenting on the win, FreeWee said, "I am just astounded at this prize. The June round had some of the most amazing work yet seen, including many pieces by some of the true greats of SL. Artists who have truly inspired me for a long time. To win first place in this field of entries is truly humbling.  I was amused to see several kaleidoscopic pieces in this round. The nature of SL prim building lends itself to recursive forms like that. It's not hard to create interesting forms. But I admit my discovery of the effects of gravity on rotating flexible prims was a happy one. There is almost and organic quality to the piece as the parts spin and dance."

South American winner Herick Straaf was left stunned, " First, I have no words to describe my delight at winning this competition. It is an honor, since it's my first participation in the UWA Flagship challenge. I would like to thank everyone who gave me this vote and all of the jury and also to Keystone Bouchard who sent me a notecard about this contest.  As a Brazilian, I have great affection for the people, culture and Australian architecture. The moment I heard about the contest, I became interested in researching more about Western Australia, and one of the first great impressions was the Stirling Park Ranges, which gave me the start to my building, so I made a reduced version with high-technology style of the Bluff Knoll peak. I am very pleased and honored to have had this recognition, and from now on will be tuned to the forthcoming events of UWA. My sincere thanks to everyone who recognized the work."

Another first time entrant Takni Miklos won a host of prizes with her piece, Sierpinsky Sieve, taking the newly established Rain Prize, joint 2nd Prize in the People's Choice Award, and also joint 2nd Prize in the IMAGINE Art Challenge.

MidnightRain Glas, one of the founding patrons of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge and after whom the Rain Prize is named, explained, "It's very interactive, it tempts you to disobey the instructions, and you know you will, and so the artist.... is very clever and takes advantage of human weakness"

Takni herself was thrilled at the outcome, "I came to SL to chat and I didn't discover that you can build things here until a  year later. Now I'm discovering that other people like my things, and I'm VERY surprised. Thanks to all."

The exquisite MEDUSA'S GAZE, masterfully crafted by pravda Core took the prize for Best Non-Scripted entry, and will prove very hard to dislodge in coming rounds. He's thrown down the gauntlet, and submitted his pieces for July already (The Vampire Heritage & The Minotaur's Wrath).  A believer in the wonders SL can offer, pravda said, "nothing is impossible, dream, believe, be inspired and make it happen."

It was truly a month for joint awards, as EINSTEIN'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY (Gleman Jun) and A BEAUTIFUL SOUL PASSES (Jeri Rahja) were joint 2nd Prize winners in the IMAGINE & PEOPLE'S CHOICE Awards respectively.

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES by Lea Supermarine & Jarapanda Snook also won a couple of awards taking first Prize in the People's Choice as well as the "Honorable Mention Prize for A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYTHING".

There were 5 Honorable Mention Prizes in all, with the others being won by Madcow Cosmos, Abstract Baroque, Silene Christen and Theoretical Afterthought.

Theoretical Afterthought put it very nicely when she said, "Recognition of someone's creative attempt to describe a feeling or emotion through the use of uncomplicated building blocks signals some degree of success, albeit temporary, for its creator.  Being at the receiving end of that recognition for creation of The Panopticon is very cool, indeed.  This being a build based on surveillance, on watching, on gazing, of one's physical  depiction or that of others, I have to wonder what it signals to the spectator.  It is that connection, that relationship that develops between the idea of the creator, and how the spectator receives it, that intrigues and challenges me. As a lifelong student of identity, introspection /self-reflection is always at the forefront of all my work."

Some other exciting developments with the UWA presence were announced at the awards ceremony.

First of all  the Residents of Artemesia, through FreeWee Ling,  have stepped in to help run a UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge Trophy Contest, to create a Trophy that will be given to all winners of the UWA Challenges. The creator of the best trophy, that we select to use, will win a  L$3,000 prize. The closing date for submissions of the trophy design is the 31st July 2010. Basically no scripts are allowed for the trophy, and the limit is 10 prims. There are notecards available here ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/64/136/250 ) for anyone who might want to help design a trophy.

The Rain Prize was also established. This is a special prize of L$1,000 offered by one of the founding patrons of the UWA 3D Art & Design challenge. This Rain Prize winner will be selected by the patron and provided for the June, July & August rounds.

We also had the Second Life Birthday #7 (sl7B) happen and UWA were represented by a lovely build by quadrapop Lane which was dedicated to the 180++ SL residents who have taken part in UWA events.  There was a talk at sl7b which described all the "Unexpected Collaborations" that have driven the growth of the UWA presence. (http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2010/06/unexpected-collaborations-uwainsl-and.html)

Thanks was given to the master machinimatographer Iono Allen who created the Machinima of the May winners ( http://vimeo.com/12891162 ). His works have been much sought after, and his amazing interpretation of the winners will be sorely missed for the June round winners as Iono goes away holiday. We are lucky however to have another very accomplished machinimatographer Suzy Yue, to pick up the reins for the June winners! Big boots to fill. But if anyone can fill them, Suzy can.

WINNERS OF THE JUNE ROUND OF THE UWA 3D ART & DESIGN CHALLENGE
IMAGINE CHALLENGE - 3D ART

Imagine Challenge 1st Prize: ($L5,000 + Custom T-Shirt) VERTICAL SPIRAL KALEIDOSCOPE by FreeWee Ling

Imagine Challenge 2nd Prize: ($L3,000)  JOINT EINSTEIN'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY by Gleman Jun & SIERPINSKY SIEVE by Takni Miklos

Best Non-Scripted Entry: ($L3,000 + Custom T-Shirt) MEDUSA'S GAZE by pravda Core

FLAGSHIP CHALLENGE - BUILDING DESIGN

Flagship Challenge 1st Prize :  ($L5,000) JOINT CONCEPT BUILDING FOR AXS LAB by Herick Straaf & UWA AXS LAB  by Nyx Breen

Flagship Challenge  2nd Prize: ($L3,000) JUNE UWA FLAGSHIP by Nicci Lane

Honorable Mention Prize for PHILOSOPHY (L$1,000) TA PANOPTICON  by Theoretical Afterthought

Honorable Mention Prize for SOUL (L$1,000) THE LAND OF FORGOTTEN THINGS by Selene Christen

Honorable Mention Prize for A BEAUTIFUL MIND (L$1,000) IMAGINE by Abstract Baroque

Honorable Mention Prize for ELEGANCE (L$1,000) THE FORGE OF DREAMS by  Madcow Cosmos

Honorable Mention Prize for A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVERYTHING (L$1,000) MUSIC OF THE SPHERES by Lea Supermarine and Jarapanda Snook

The RAIN PRIZE (L$1,000) - Established for one of the Founding Patron of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge SIERPINSKY SIEVE by Takni Miklos

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - 1st prize (L$1,000): Lea Supermarine & Jarapanda Snook - Music of the Spheres

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - 2nd prize (L$500): Joint Prize Takni Miklos - sierpinsky sieve jeri Rahja - A beautiful Soul Passes

Juried Photographic Exhibition at WoW Art Gallery

The following came my way via Morgana Nagorski:

WoW Art Gallery is pleased to announce a juried photographic exhibition.

• Theme: Song title or a line from a song

• Limit of 3 entries per person

• Deadline 6:00pm SLT 28 November

• The pics must be SL not RL

• And yes photoshopping etc is not only allowed but welcomed!

• Prizes
1st $5,000
2nd $2,000

And the top 10 entries will be exhibited at Wow Gallery in mid December

• Judges: a magazine editor, 2 art reporters and two gallery owners (I am solely the organiser and will not be involved in judging).

• How to submit an entry
Full perm texture to me in a note card
Note card must be titled WoW Photographic competition - Your name
Note card to contain the name of the piece and/or the line of the song, if that line is too long as a title
Dimensions of the piece in pixels to be included so that I can put them on prims for judging.

• Top ten entries will be asked to hang a prim version for the resulting exhibition.
They can, of course be marked for sale with 20% commission taken

If you have any questions feel free to IM or send a note card.

Regards
Morgana Nagorski

RezLibris Magazine Announces Writing Contest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: DULCIE MILLS

DATE: October 1, 2009

EMAIL: rezlibris@gmail.com

REZLIBRIS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES WRITING CONTEST

RezLibris Magazine, http://www.rezlibris.com, announces a writing contest open to any SL resident not already connected with the magazine. Entries will be accepted in the following categories: Arts, Health, Education, Libraries. All entries must follow these guidelines to be eligible:

1. Entries must be emailed to rezlibris@gmail.com as a Microsoft Word attachment with the subject line "November Writing Contest" and the name of the category entry being entered

2. Entries need to be sent between midnight October 4 and midnight October 17 SLT.

3. All entries must be a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 1,200 words

4. Entries must include the author's SL name. Photos are optional but recommended of both the author and the subject of the article.

5. Only one entry per category per person is permitted.

6. Entries should be written in third-person and must deal with a topic, issue, or group in Second Life

7. There will be one winner per category. Winning entries will appear in the November issue of RezLibris, and the authors of the entries will receive L$500 each.

RezLibris Magazine

http://www.rezlibris.com

SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/153/152/26

Email: rezlibris@gmail.com

Join our SL group: RezLibris Readers

 

Dulcie Mills, Publisher

Vienna James, Public Relations Director

Mucaro India, Public Relations Asssistant

 

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Tranquil Photo Contest and Photo Classes

Residents of Tranquil are hosting a Tranquil Photo Contest and Photo Classes.

Tranquil residents DanD Rau and Sazzy Oh have organized a Tranquil photo contest and classes. Here are the basic details. The Theme is "Tranquil Colors", and entries must be submitted no later than June 14 for the photo contest. Photography classes will be held at the Tranquil Cafe on Sunday June 7 at 7amslt and 4pmslt. There will be $1000 Linden awarded to winner.

There is more information available at the Tranquil Cafe.