MachinimUWA III: Anima Technica's 'The Egg'

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The Egg from Anima Technica on Vimeo.

Anima Technica's 'The Egg', a philosophical exploration of the nature of the afterlife, god and human kind.

Based on a story by Andy Weir, starring Richard Grove and Jorge Campos.

Music composition by Jesse Pringle "That Extreme" by Red Hook Ramblers used under Creative Commons

Entries to MachinimUWA III close on the 1st of May

People's Choice Vote: February Round - UWA 3D Open Art Challenge

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The People's Choice Vote for the February Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge is underway.

79 artworks in for February from the wonderful world of artists of Second Life.

See them here. Voting takes place directly at each artwork

Vote for as many entries as you like, on a scale of 1 to 3. Note that any vote is a positive vote. If you don't like something, don't vote for it. It's important that you look at all the works and to vote for all the pieces that truly speak to you. You are, of course, welcome to encourage your friends to come see the show and to vote for their favorite pieces. But please don't tell them to just come and vote for yours. It's about the art, not the artist!

Announcements & Party
6am slt Friday 4th March HERE

1 Aletta Woodford No idea...
2 Aneli Abeyante Connexions blanche
3 Anley Piers Dark Earth
4 Artfox Daviau Windy
5 artist Loon A mob
6 Asmita Duranjaya Connections
7 Asmita Duranjaya Sparkling New World
8 Betty Tureaud The lost girls from the Teahouse
9 Cat Boccaccio I don't count
10 ChapTer Kronfeld Sonic Space of Silence
11 Cherry Manga Through the Looking-Glass
12 Cherry Manga Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
13 Cheyenne Palisades Kaboom Teleport Rocket
14 Corcosman Voom Take Peppers, Add Wings
15 Daco Monday mano
16 Daco Monday libro metaverso
17 Eifachfilm Vacirca Colorfall Meditation
18 Fae Varriale Gaia dreams
19 Fae Varriale Steam-Angel
20 Faery Sola Unicorn
21 fiona Blaylock Private Dancer
22 fiona Blaylock Camille Claudel and Rodin
23 Fuschia Nightfire Dirty Fucking Rats
24 Garnet Trilling Thru the Eye's of a Glass Artist
25 Gingered Alsop The Seeds of Change
26 Gingered Alsop Delighted to See You
27 Gleman Jun Memories etched in the sand
28 Gore Suntzu Simurgh
29 Ichtyo Broome [S T R U C T U R E ]
30 Ichtyo Broome [ F O R M ]
31 Jesse Keyes Water wheel house
32 Jimmy Debruyere Seed Totem
33 kyra Roxan Choice
34 L1Aura Loire IceOpal
35 Lea Supermarine and Jarapanda Snook The Rhythm of Mood
36 Loup Erin Looking for Freedom
37 Loup Erin Kiss me, I'm so Horny
38 Luciella Lutrova Dance of Colours
39 Luko Enoch Stand & Deliver the Universe
40 Marcus Inkpen The Observatory
41 mcarp Mavendorf Cuckoo Clock
42 mcarp Mavendorf Clock 3
43 Menubar Memorial Psychedelic Sunshine Fractal
44 Miah Seetan Fadel Dradel
45 Miah Seetan Weather Box
46 Miah Seetan Cube of Confusion
47 Milly Sharple Trip the Light Fantastic
48 Miso Susanowa Ceci n'est pas un Magritte
49 Misprint Thursday Digital Glove
50 Miss Crumb My blinking heart
51 Moeuhane Sandalwood Sunburst - Your Energy Future
52 Nema Galicia Rebirth
53 Nino Vichan Shackling of Pregnant Incarcerated Women
54 patrich Merlin Fractals Dream
55 PatriciaAnne Daviau Tiny cats in bottles
56 PatriciaAnne Daviau Venice boat scene
57 Penumbra Carter IKEA Thought Police
58 Pol Jarvinen Infinite
59 quadrapop Lane White Osteo
60 quadrapop Lane Chaos Flower
61 Scarp Godenot Soundless Fire Vortex Exhales
62 Scottius Polke Jacks in the Box
63 Secret Rage The Transparancy of Thought
64 Secret Rage Choices
65 Sharni Azalee Butterfly Dreams
66 Sharni Azalee "Alone" Sorrow Tree
67 Silene Christen Freedom
68 Silene Christen Planned obsolence
69 soror Nishi Midnight Faerie Grove
70 Takni Miklos Candy necklace
71 Takni Miklos Toki pona
72 typote Beck The Minotaur of carton
73 Winter Ravenheart Abstract Falls
74 Winter Ravenheart Consequences of a Precious Balance
75 Xen Oller SL hamsa amulet
76 Xenophile Neurocam Chaotic Atomic
77 Ynot Fenua Rez Tryptych
78 Yooma Mayo Gecko On the box
79 zephyru Zapedzki Bettie Paige painted

MachinimUWA III: Ed Vespucciano's "The Marine Corps Does Not Want Robots"

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The Marine Corps Does Not Want Robots (SaveMe Oh party part II) from Ed Vespucciano on Vimeo.

Ed Vespucciano's "The Marine Corps Does Not Want Robots"

A journey into the intricate mind of SaveMe Oh and her inspired band of brothers and sisters while they create, from chaos, what can only be imagined as Third Life.

Entries to MachinimUWA III close on the 1st of May

Yesikita Coppola presents: January Winners of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge

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Thanks to Yesikita Coppola (Official Machinimatographer - UWA 3D Open Art Challenge) we have once more a presentation of the winners of the January Round of the challenge.

UWA 3D Open Art Challenge - January 2011 Winners

1st Prize
CHOOSE YOUR BLOSSOM by Suzanne Graves

2nd Prize
SYMPHONY IN THE BARREL OF A GUN by Arrow Inglewood

3rd Prize
STRANGE PLANT...UGLYNESS & BEAUTY by Claudia222 Jewel

3rd Prize
PLANET CENSORED by Anley Piers

Best Non-Scripted
DAUGHTER OF THE WIND by Fae Varriale

Curator's Choice Award
FLUCHTPUNKTE by Harter Fall

S&S Gallery Prize
TELEVISION RULES THE NATION by Loup Erin

Pirats Prize
SURVEILLANCE by Nino Vichan

Nordan Art Prize
SYMPHONY IN THE BARREL OF A GUN by Arrow Inglewood

BOSL Prize
XMAS DAISY TREE by soror Nishi

Show & Tell @ Avaria Prize
STRANGE PLANT...UGLYNESS & BEAUTY by Claudia222 Jewel

Odyssey Prize
HARPY OF GLUTTONY by Cherry Manga

Workhouse & Art Place d-o-o-b Prize
SHIVERING ROCK by Moeuhane Sandalwood

CARP Prize
CHOOSE YOUR BLOSSOM by Suzanne Graves
X-RAY by Betty Tureaud

UTSA Prize
ANGELOVE by Fiona Blaylock

SL Art Prize
CHROMA (LOOM) by Oberon Onmura

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD,
STRANGE PLANT...UGLYNESS & BEAUTY, also by Claudia222 Jewel
SERPENT CHAIR VEHICLE by Claudia222 Jewel

MACHINIMA
Filmed and Edited by Yesikita Coppola

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Claudia222 Jewel
ColeMarie Soleil
Suzanne Graves

Music:
Licensed under Creative Commons

- Black Rainbow By Pitx (feat. ERH, acclivity)
- Recommencer BY DoKashiteru

MachinimUWA III: YT Recreant's 'Straight to the Light'

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'Straight to the Light', YT Recreant's journey into the light!

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MachinimUWA III: Ed Vespucciano's 'Peyote, It Was Sweet'

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PEYOTE IT WAS SWEET from Ed Vespucciano on Vimeo.

In Ed Vespucciano's 'Peyote, It Was Sweet', Leonard Crow Dog, Sicangu Lakota medicine man and spiritual leader, takes a virtual journey to bring us his message of the peyote road and the long standing cultural oppression of his people.

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MachinimUWA III: Pia Klaar's 'The Red Shoes'

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Pia Klaar's 'The Red Shoes' is a story about a girl's journey to find her dream; a journey that many take. It is also about the difficulties that one may have in order to achieve that dream.

It is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Red Shoes" , in which a girl could not stop dancing in her enchanted red shoes. But it is also inspired by the song "The Red Shoes" by Kate Bush and the 1948 film of the same name.

Entries to MachinimUWA III close on the 1st of May

MachinimUWA III: Kobuk Farshore's 'Requiem'

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Kobuk Farshore's entry to MachinimUWA III, REQUIEM. A journey of love, jealousy and the death of things thought immortal.

A thrilling journey created by a new Machinimatographer!

MachinimUWA III: Ginger Alsop's 'The Clock Tower'

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The 3rd entry to MachinimUWA III: Journeys takes one on a journey that does not travel very far physically, but does travel far through the sands of time across generations of people who have graduated at Winthrop Hall / Clocktower.
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100 Treasures From UWA

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A book of 100 Treasures of UWA has been released as part of celebrating 100 years since the act of parliament that caused the creation of UWA was signed in 1911. The 100 treasures were selected by the Centenary Planning Committee Chaired by Dr Sue Boyd. Along with the book, the 100 treasures are all up on the web as well. This post will display scans from the book as well as provide direct links to the relevant sections online.

100 Treasures from UWA Book Cover

What is amazing and thrilling to those involved in the UWA Second Life presence is that 'UWA in Second Life' has been selected as one of the 100 treasures! The feeling cannot be described. How the presence that was nothing before the 1st of June 2009 is now one of the 100 treasures spanning a century of history at UWA!

The UWA Second Life Presence

Depicted in the photo is Galea Yates with the image being the main one used for the original UWA Machinima Challenge which spectacularly broke down the barriers between 'Real Life' and 'Second Life' at UWA.

While the overall UWA presence is listed, another exciting development is that 11 of the 100 UWA treasures listed can actually be found at UWA in Second Life.

The Whitfeld Memorial Seat and the Sunken Gardens

The Whitfeld Memorial Seat (#8) and the Sunken Gardens (#9) are seen above. The Second Life (SL) version of the seat was created by quadrapop Lane, original founding curator of Art at UWA (SL). Meanwhile, the Sunken Gardens in SL was amazingly put together by UWA graduate, Minh Tran as the first thing she ever built in the virtual world, under the tutelage of Gryff Richard.

The Rose Window (Winthrop Building)

The Rose Window (#35) modelled on a window from the Basilica of Saint Francis of Asisi in Italy, can be seen here at the UWA SL presence. This was created by co-founder of the UWA presence, Dr Chris Thorne (SL: Dragonmage Bogan) with images taken and enhanced by UWA Computer Science graduate, Wong Tzu Yen.

The Reid Library Walkway

The Reid Library Walkway (#66), while not fully reconstructed in SL, was the inspiration used by quadrapop Lane, UWA Arts Alumni, in creating the main landing point for the UWA presence in Second Life. The sounds you hear at the location, replicate the songs of birds you would hear at the physical site.

Peacocks @ UWA

I believe the Peacocks at UWA (#22) was the most popular response when UWA staff were asked to provide suggestions for consideration by the committee in the selection of the 100 works. UWA's Second Life peacocks were created and donated to the UWA presence by the magical Ninka Darkstone. There is also a white peacock at UWA, which the author has not seen anywhere else in his lifetime.

Mosaic Marble Floor @ Winthrop

The Mosaic Marble Floor (#41) in the foyer of Winthrop Hall was built by Italian stonemasons, the De Marco brothers in the 1930's. Dr Chris Thorne recreated the Second Life space.

The Moreton Bay Fig

The Moreton Bay Fig (#68) at UWA is the authors favourite tree in all the world, and I desperately wanted this to be part of the Second Life presence. And because of this, we have not one, but 2 versions of this grand piece of nature created by two stalwarts of the UWA Challenges. The first by Nyx Breen multi-award winner and many time champion of the UWA Flagship Challenges, the second version by Machinima-maker extraordinnaire, Bradley Curnow (SL: Bradley Dorchester), current reigning champion of the Machinima challenges. Both stepping out of their comfort zones in recreating the Moreton Bay Fig.

Rodney Alsop Memorial Seat & Reflection Pond

The amazing Reflection Pond (#56) in front of the Rodney Alsop Memorial Seat is a favourite haunt of staff and students at UWA, filled with ducklings in the spring, and birds throughout the year, the serenity created by the reflection of Winthrop Hall is unmatched. Recreated in Second Life by quadrapop Lane, this is the start location normally used by Jay Jay Jegathesan, Manager of the School of Physics, when conducting tours of the SL presence.

Winthrop Clock Tower & Balconette

The Winthrop Clock Tower (#38) was the inspiration for the founding of the UWA Second Life presence, the tower, the flora and the fauna. Graduation ceremonies, exams and enrollments are all held inside. We are grateful to Dr Chris Thorne and Dusty Canning for recreating the maginificence that is Winthrop Clock Tower in Second Life.

The Business School

The UWA Business School (#63) building is modern and innovative and creatively uses copper, steel, aluminium, terracotta and sandstone in its design, and evokes themes of the Kimberly, the Pilbaraa, the Goldfields and the Wheatbelt, all preides of Western Australia. Australian architect, Lilli Field, recreated this magnificent architectural structure in Second Life so that it can be used by students of the School of Business under the tutelage of Professor Wade Halvorson.

A listing of some of the 100 works (#58 - UWA Second Life)

The above is an image listing some of the 100 treasures. All 100, can be seen here. I am blown away that UWA in Second Life is part of this!

Jay Jay Jegathesan, Manager, School of Physics