What a thing is Second Life! How else can the world converge on a university in the most remote capital city on the planet (Perth, Western Australia) to produce artistic brilliance that uplifts and seems to transcend geography....language.... art... time... space.
Launched in mid December 2009, the wondorous avatars of THIS world have delivered, and MachinimUWA: The UWA Machinima challenge is proud to announce the 13 finalists hailing from Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Paris, Maastricht, Berlin, Toronto and Perth.
Winners of this L$215,000 challenge will be announced on the 8th of February (details below) following the deliberations of an international panel helmed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (RL), Professor Alan Robson, and the doyen of all things SL, Torley Linden.
In no particular order, the finalists are:
COLEMARIE SOLEIL, Florida, USA
UWA Machinima Challenge
CISKO VANDEVERRE, Berlin, Germany
SEEK
BRADLEY DORCHESTER, Perth, Australia
MachinimUWA: Art Architecture, Research, Teaching
PYEWACKET BELLMAN, New York City, USA
University of Western Australia in Second Life
CHANTAL HARVEY, Maastricht, Netherlands
University of Western Australia in Second Life
SOPHIA YATES, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
The Challenge - Architecture, Teaching, Research Arts on the UWA sims
IONO ALLEN, Paris, France
Seek Wisdom
GLASZ DECUIR, San Sebastian, Spain
MachinimUWA: UWA in Second Life, Achieving International Excellence
LASLOPANTOMIK YAO, Barcelona, Spain
MachinimUWA
NOVA DYSZEL, Toronto, Canada
UWA in SL Challenge
SOPHIA YATES, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
Second Life Virtual University of Western Australia
MASTERDARK FOOTMAN, Dallas, Texas, USA
UWA Jan 2010
MASTERDARK FOOTMAN, Dallas, Texas, USA
The Heart of UWA
Please join us for the winners announcements and party on the 8th of February:
Date: 8th February 2010
Time: 1pm - 2pm slt
Location: Winthrop Hall, University of WA sim in SL
Guest of Honour at the winners announcement party will be Torley Linden!
UWA would also like to thank Sophia Yates, MasterDark Footman, Iono Allen & Matt Jilley for some wonderful machinima of the UWA SIMS which are unrelated to the Challenge, but focus on a number of areas as to the UWA presence:
SOPHIA YATES, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
UWA Cultutal Precinct Nexus
MASTERDARK FOOTMAN, Dallas, Texas
The Trouble With Travel
MATT JILLEY, Perth, Australia
UWA in Second Life
IONO ALLEN, France
Nov 2009 UWA 3D Art Challenge Entries
Larkworthy Antfarm, USA
Strangers Also Dance
For more information, please contact co-hosts, White Lebed or Jayjay Zifanwe.
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