Igor Ballyhoo & Patch Thibaud truimph in December round of UWA 3D Art & Design

Two incredible works took out top honours in the December round of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge announced on the 10th of January at the University of Western Australia's IMAGINE Challenge Art Platform.


On the tie-breaker 'Chaos In Order' by Igor Ballyhoo took the top IMAGINE art prize over Anyunie Daviau's 'Araucaria Artist Book' (which won the Artist Book Prize), and renowned architect Patch Thibaud's submission called 'UWA Cultural Precinct Nexus' beat all comers and set a new standard for the FLAGSHIP Challenge.




People's Choice
Igor also took the People's Choice Award in another close battle that saw over 300 votes cast. This time it was neck and neck with 'The Cub Rescue' by Really Scrabblebat and came down to the final hour of voting. An amazing double by Igor, becoming the first to top both categories!

Stunned by the awards win, Igor (pictured below) said, " I thank all people that voted for my work and I thank the amazing J.S. Bach for inspiration"



Flagship Build
The Flagship Build of Patch Thibaud is true masterpiece and has already received a lot of attention in architecture circles. Frolic Mills, a judge for the Grand Prize and CEO of BOSL & CO said, "Patch has been an inspiration to many here in Second Life: From his first build, 'The Best of SL Boulevard' to 'Ciudad de Mexico' he has received outstanding critics even from people like SL CEO: Mr. M Linden. But what is trully remarkable about his University of Western Australia enty is that Patch was able to build something that can totally be executed in Real Life and that fits right in with the purposes of the University. I would love to see this art gallery come to life in the real world some day! Well done Patch and congratulations!"





Commenting after his win, Patch said, "The University of Western Australia is doing a wonderful thing, in their Flagship Challenge, for architecture in Second Life. The idea of encouraging creations in SL that could be used for a real world building is an innovative and exciting use of Second Life as a design tool, and further strenghthens the relationship of SL with real world applications. And I think the inclusiveness and openness of the process is an inspired and fertile platform for encourageing the arts in SL in general."

The Flagship build can be seen here through the end of January 2010.

Record Numbers
A record total of 69 entries were submitted for the IMAGINE challenge for December and 5 entries to the FLAGSHIP.


Professor Ted Snell, Director of the UWA Cultural Precinct (RL), Chair of the judging panel, had this to say about the entries this month:
"The range of works submitted in December was extremely impressive with a much larger number of entries moving on from technical competence in rendering images and objects to speak with an original voice and engage audiences in a conceptually challenging and intellectually rewarding encounter. The winning works were reflective and thought provoking, using the medium as a means of exploring ideas and concepts rather than merely re-presenting borrowed images or reworking existing concepts. They remain vividly in your memory after the screen has been switched off.

The architectural winner displayed a high level of sophistication and combined extraordinary technical competence with intellectual rigour and practicality. "

At this point, the Challenge has reached 6 continents of the world, with only Antarctica out of the mix. Canada, the USA, the UK, Scotland, England, Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Portugal, Austria, Serbia, Tunisia, Germany, Japan and Australia are all represented!

A number of other awards were also presented including the the 'Best Non-Scripted Art' prize taken by Sistagrlro Wei with 'Black Soils Plains Running Through My Veins'. Other winners included Miso Susanowa, Jedda Zenovka, Nyx Breen, Scottius Polke, LollyPop Congrejo, Asmita Duranjaya and Oldoak Merlin.

The competition is now receiving entries for the month of January.

New prize added
A new prize has also been added to the IMAGINE Challenge, and this is 'The Casey Cultural Award', which encourages artists and builders in all disciplines to research Western Australian historic OR contemporary Culture and present a piece which demonstrates aspects of Western Australian culture, economy or society. (We will blog the full info on this shortly)




New Challenge
A Machinima Challenge with a L$60,000 1st prize, closing on the 31st of January has also been announced.


WINNERS FOR THE DECEMBER ROUND

Imagine Challenge 1st Prize
($L5,000 + Custom T-Shirt)
CHAOS IN ORDER by Igor Ballyhoo


Imagine Challenge 2nd Prize
($L1,250)
AURACARIA ARTIST BOOK by Anyunie Daviau



Best Non-Scripted Entry
($L1,250 + Custom T-Shirt)
BLACK SOIL PLAINS RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS by Sistagrlro Wei



Honourable Mention Prize for TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE
(L$500)
VECTOR BEEHIVE by Scottius Polke

Honourable Mention Prize for SERENITY
(L$500)
RADIANT STALLIONS by Miso Susanowa


Honourable Mention Prize for MESSAGE
(L$500)
SPRAY ADDICT by LollyPop Congrejo


Honourable Mention Prize for BODY OF WORK
(L$500)
WORKING FOR YOU & ME, DEVOTIONAL TRINITY & MECHANICAL BIRDS by Oldoak Merlin


Honourable Mention Prize for IMMERSION
(L$500)
HEART SEED by Jedda Zenovka


FLAGSHIP CHALLENGE - BUILDING DESIGN

Flagship Challenge 1st Prize
($L5,000)
UWA CULTURAL PRECINCT NEXUS by Patch Thibaud



Flagship Challenge 2nd Prize
($L1,250)
FUTURELab by Nyx Breen




ARTIST BOOK PRIZE

Artist Book 1st Prize
($L2,000)
AURACARIA ARTIST BOOK by Anyunie Daviau

Artist Book 2nd Prize
($L500)
ASMITA's PHILOSOPHICAL BOOK DISPLAY by Asmita Duranjaya


PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
(L$500)
CHAOS IN ORDER by Igor Ballyhoo

Top prize up to $L60,000 for UWA Machinima Challenge

Thanks to a contribution by the Casey Family of Western Australia, the top prize for the UWA Machinima Challenge has jumped to $L60,000!

Closing Date is 31st of January.

Full details here:

MachinimUWA : Machinima Challenge of the University of Western Australia

December People's Choice Open

UWA Imagine Challenge People's Choice is now open for December entries.

NEW VOTING BOARD!
(Thanks to CaptainCrunch Hax we have a fully automated voting system now!)

Please read following How To Vote info:
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Please be aware that we are able to tell who votes when and for what - artists who try to stack votes will be disqualified.
HOW TO VOTE
1. You have up to 3 votes to give.
2. Only one vote per item on the board (you cannot give one item more than one vote).
3. Touch the item for which you would like to vote. The board will tell you alone in chat and in a blue confirmation menu which item it is you are voting for.
4. Click YES if it is the correct item, or NO if you wish to change your mind/have touched the wrong item.
5. You have 60 seconds to respond before the confirmation menu times out.
6. The board will confirm in chat which item you have voted for and how many votes you have cast. As you get the chance to confirm or declien a vote no discussion of "misplaced votes" will be entered into.
6. You can vote only for a maximum of 3 items.

If you cannot seem to find the image of the piece you would like to vote for please send a notecard with the artist and title of the work/s to JayJay Zane.
If you have any queries about the voting system please contact quadrapop Lane by IM and notecard.
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But WAIT! There is MORE!.....

Notification for the
DECEMBER WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT & PARTY (Imagine, Flagship, Book Prize)
Time: 5am SLT
Day: Sunday the 10th of Jan
Location: The UWA A&D Platform


Anyone interested in the Machinima Challenge (MachinimUWA), do have a look at all the info on that and please share with anyone you know who does machinima.



A list of all the entries in the Imagine and Flagship Challenges...



DECEMBER IMAGINE WORKS ON DISPLAY (in no particular order)
1 Miso Susanowa Radiant Stallions
2 Eden Toll If I could wrap love in a box
3 Eden Toll Tears of Fire
4 Eden Toll install deconstructed
5 Dusty Canning Sunbeam Mixer
6 Gumby Roffo Fun Shuttle GGG
7 Four Yip Yips projection toy
8 Four Yip Yips toy cupboard
9 Jesse Keyes Richard's Throne
10 Sistagrlro Wei Black Soil Plains Running Through My Veins
11 Really Scrabblebat The Cub Rescue
12 Venom Silverfall Protected Love
13 Betty Tureaud The Last Canon
14 Betty Tureaud Freezz your selv to death
15 scottius Polke Vector Beehive
16 Silva Khandr Aquario 3D with Skull
17 Corcosman Voom Heart of the Sun
18 Sledge Roffo Rebuild V2
19 magus36 Rau Jaguar Aztec Warrior
20 Penelope Parx Writing...1
21 Penelope Parx Knowledges
22 McCarp Mavendorf dodecahedron puzle
23 Fuschia Nightfire Sketch Book I
24 Fuschia Nightfire Sketch Book II
25 Fuschia Nightfire Sketch Book III
26 Fuschia Nightfire Avatar Sculptures
27 Sabine Stonebender Splash Central
28 Igor ballyhoo Chaos in Order
29 Igor ballyhoo GOD
30 soror Nishi The Glassflower Tree
31 Lollypop Congrejo Spray Addict
32 Snubnose Genopeak Tempo
33 Luna Larsen Glowing Angel
34 Luna Larsen Guardian Angel
35 Luna Larsen Ice Flower
36 Ginger Lorakeet Rockpool
37 Juliete 3D Quinzet The Future
38 Juliete 3D Quinzet The Castle
39 Juliete 3D Quinzet Cascading Art of Juliete3D
40 Oberon Onmura Light & heavy
41 Sunflower Aichi Blue Variations
42 Sabrinaa Nightfire View from my Bedroom
43 Sabrinaa Nightfire Wings of Hope
44 Jedda Zenkova Heartseed Orb
45 Luko Enoch Versing Neon
46 Oldoak Merlin Working for You & Me
47 Oldoak Merlin Rack of Mechanical Birds
48 Oldoak Merlin Devotional Trinity
49 Silene Christen Spirit of Music
50 Sheba Blitz Summer Haze
51 ichiko Miles Sculpted Aquarium
52 ichiko Miles De finibus bonorum et malorum 10.32
53 Oriscus Zauberflote 6 Rue du Lac - facade
54 ArthurConan Doyle The Raven
55 ArthurConan Doyle A Christmas Carol
56 Anyunie Daviau Araucaria Artist Book
57 Magggnnus Woodget Cheers - interactive sculpture
58 Eifachfilm Vacirca Jellyfish Swarm
59 Alizarin Goldflake Dhyana
60 Alizarin Goldflake Black Diamond
61 Asmita Duranjaya Asmita's_Philosphical_Book_Display
62 FreeWee Ling Mystic Magazine
63 FreeWee Ling sin on wheels
64 RAG Randt Autumn 09
65 Kasumi Silvera First Prim of Dream
66 Glyph Graves Parsimonious Offering
67 Martartazul Zemlja trapped in ice
68 Genevieve Silvercloud Portfolio
69 Silene Christen Untold Story




FLAGSHIP BUILDS
These are variously on the UWA and University of WA sims due to prim counts.
Please use the TPs from the Flagship Platform if the TP says 'Touch Me' on touch it will bring up the Map to Teleport you to the other sim.
Patch Thibaud
Silene Christen
Oldoak Merlin
Magus36 Rau
Nyx Breen

A Very Aussie Christmas Presentation

On the beach! Where else would you hold a big party to celebrate the winners of the Very Aussie Christmas competition at UWA?

A sizeable crowd gathered to find out who had won the competition and to experience a summer Christmas party on the beach.
The winners were:

1st prize (L$2000):
Dusty Canning - Aussie Christmas



2nd Prize (L$1000):
Jon Haskell - Roo and Ewe





Honourable Mentions (L$500 each):

Lilli Field - pavlova my love :) and lamo and biccy selection





Juanita Deharo - blow up pool with floating Christmas Duck
(quadrapop is seen here sitting in the pool cooling off after all the dancing)




Much fun was had and many visitors expressed their desire to one day experience a RL beach Christmas party in the hot summer sun.

Congratulations to the winners and a big Thank You to all who entered or lent items to give that special Aussie Christmas cheer to the beach in the sky.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your Very Aussie Christmas hosts quadrapop Lane and JayJay Zifanwe.


JayJay attended as a tiny reindeer - love that blinking red nose!


Keep your eyes peeled for a party around January 26th;

Avatar Cram in Glyph Graves "Tendrils"

In impromptu attempt to cram Glyph's build to the gills to see what colours it would go...

MachinimUWA : The UWA Machinima Challenge

To round out the creative SL media competitions at UWA we now introduce a Machinima Competition: MachinimUWA. This one is not as open ended as the Imagine Challenge but still leaves a lot of scope for creative input.

WHEN:
Submissions are open 18th December 2009 - 31st January 2010
Shortlisted entries will be displayed on the University of Western Australia (UWA) Second Life Blog.

Winners will be announced during a ceremony in February

WHERE:
In front of Winthrop Tower on University of WA (Main Sim of the UWA presence) & starting point of all Machinima

THEME:
Architecture, Teaching, Research & Arts on the UWA sims

THE CHALLENGE:
Create a Machinima up to 5 minutes in length that captures the four main elements that make up the heart of the University of Western Australia in SL. These elements are the RL architecture, the teaching, the research and Arts. The purpose would be to show that UWA's presence in SL is comprehensive and covering all these areas, creating true bridges between SL & RL for prospective students, current students, staff, alumni & the community (this is a snapshot of the challenge - more details below). Note that there are 3 Sims making up the UWA presence, namely UWA, University of WA & WASP Land, and this challenge covers all 3. The 5 minutes limit is not a true limit, rather a suggestion.

METHOD OF ENTRY:
*Load the Machinima anywhere, and provide the link to both Jayjay Zifanwe & White Lebed (co-hosts of MachinimUWA)

CLOSING DATE:
Midnight 31st January 2010 (winners annouced in Mid-Feb 2010)

OVERVIEW OF UWA (RL)

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a leading Australian research university and has an international reputation for excellence, innovation and enterprise. A member of the Australian 'Group of Eight' universities, it is also among Australia's leading research universities. Sitting on the banks of the Swan River, the UWA Crawley campus is the oldest in Western Australia and among the most picturesque in the nation with its grand sandstone and terracotta buildings sitting among elegant heritage-listed gardens.

MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
The following are Key areas key areas that should be incorporated in the Machinima.
The Machinima should start with a view of the Winthrop Clock Tower & the Reflecting Pond which is an iconic image of the University of Western Australia. Graduation ceremonies are carried out here, and it is named after UWA's founder, Sir John Winthrop Hackett.

Start Point of Machinima
Winthrop Tower & Reflecting Pond (RL & SL location)
The rest of the following areas can be used (or not) as you see fit, and in any order you choose.

UWA Sunken Gardens
(RL & SL location)
This is a place of great significance to the staff and alumni of the University. Many, many people get married in this location in RL every week, and it is a place of nostalgia, and quite a few people who got married in RL at the Sunken Gardens, have been here looking at the SL version of the place where they exchanged vows.

UWA Sky Theatre
(SL only location)
This is a theatre we have created for use by Professor Wade Halvorson of the School of Business and Professor Mark Pegrum of the Graduate School of Education. Profesor Halvorson ran an entire 2nd year Bachelor of Commerce Unit using this as his primary location. It was run for the first time ever this semeter, in a unit called Electronic Communications Strategy.

UWA Square Kilometer Array - SKA (to be created in RL)
Now, these are replicas of telescopes that will be built in the Australian Outback, at a place called Boolardy station (satellite image). 40 of them will be built for a smaller project caller ASKAP, or the Australian Square Kilometyer Array Pathfinder. Currently the final telescope
design is presented in SL and the unique characteristic of these dishes is illustrated, namely the three rotational axes where most telescope dishes only have two degrees of movement. Australia is in competition with South Africa to secure the rights to the Main SKA, which will comprise 4000 radio telescope dishes. This will be the biggest land based science project in the history of mankind.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/WASP%20Land/136/53/24
Visualisation Research is being run by Tranguloid Trefoil (RL - Paul Bourke). A critical component of this is the automatic representation of data in SL, rather than manually modelling. There are a number of examples of this on the parcel, such as the volume rendering of a human cortex. Among other things, Paul has an interest in fractals and how they may be used to describe and model real world objects. There are a number of fractal objects on the WASP land, one is the famous Menger sponge. For more information.

UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge
UWA runs an extremely successful 3D art & architecture challenge, with some of the greatest artists and architects of SL displaying their works in the challenge. This has been one of the most important components of UWA's SL offering, and has been listed as an SL Destination for Arts(you will need to be logged into the SL website to visit this link).

PEACOCKS, DUCKS, GALAHS, RAINBOW LORIKEETS, PARROTS AND OTHER FAUNA
These are a significant part of the RL campus, and are represented on the SL campus. They are found mainly on the Uni of WA Sim.

THE WONDERS ON THE GROUND OF THE UWA SIM
Wonderful art by quadrapop Lane, Soror Nishi & Glyph Graves (seek out 'Strangers also Dance'). This is here to give the UWA presence a mixture of the RL aspects of Second life, as evidenced by the recreation of the RL buildings as well as the truly out of this world aspects of SL, as evidenced by what is found here.


OTHER AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE
The Physics Building and Hackett Hall and also the building housing Astronomy, HR & Facilities Management.

PRIZES
A 1st and a 2nd Prize will be awarded for this, as well as 3 Honourable Mention Prizes. These prizes come courtesy of the University of Western Australia, The Casey Family of Western Australia, VR Shed Pty Ltd (Dr Chris Thorne) and other benefactors.

1st Prize
$60,000L + an RL UWA T-Shirt & goodies

2nd Prize
$15,000L + an RL UWA T-Shirt & goodies

3 Honourable Mention Prizes ($5,000L each + an RL UWA T-Shirt & goodies)

JUDGING PANEL
1. Professor Alan Robson (RL) - Vice-Chancellor, The University of Western Australia
2. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
3. A/Professor Wade Halvorson (RL) - Lecturing in Marketing, Business and Electronic Commerce, The University of Western Australia
4. Colin Campbell Fraser (RL) - Principal Adviser (External Relations and Advocacy),
Vice-Chancellery, The University of Western Australia
5. Kelly Smith (RL) - Director, International Centre, The University of Western Australia
6. Jon Stubbs (RL) - Director, Student Services, The University of Western Australia
7. Susana Willis-Johnson (RL) - Marketing Manager, The University of Western Australia
8. Dr Carmen Fies (RL) - Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio
9. Torley Linden (SL) - Linden Labs
10. White Lebed (SL) - Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Curator
11. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - CEO SW&MB Fashion Productions, CEO Evane Model Agency, Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine
12. Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art& Design Challenge

UWA 3D Art & Design Comp on SL Destination Guide

The University of Western Australia proudly announces listing on the Second Life Destination Guide for Arts

This is Linden Lab's inworld showcase listing and draws many from new residents to others who are looking to explore new and worthwhile spaces or builds.

We took a huge jump in traffic as a result.

You are invited....

Says it all really: Direct TP to The Party Beach 3pm SLT Wednesday 21 December (party on in Australia Thursday 22 December - 7am-10am AWST (10am-1pm AEDT))

Glyph Graves & Silene Christen take the November Awards by Storm

A sublime submission called 'Tendrils' by the jewel in the crown of Australia, Glyph Graves took out top spot for the IMAGINE Challenge for the November round of the UWA 3D Art & Design Competition. Not to be outdone, some incredible work by Silene Christen of the Balears Islands in Spain saw her winning the top non-scripted IMAGINE entry for 'Jackob's Stairs' as well as the FLAGSHIP Challenge, where the challenge is to build and Art Gallery that could perhaps be built. With this, Silene became the first person to win the major prizes in both the IMAGINE & FLAGSHIP categories.

Glyph Graves' Tendrils




A total of 58 entries were submitted for the IMAGINE challenge for November and 7 entries to the FLAGSHIP challenge of the University of Western Australia's 3D Art & Design Competition. Co-hosts Jayjay Zifanwe and quadrapop Lane were astounded by the rise in entries month to month and the also how the entries coming in were spread across the globe, with artists and builders taking from Canada, the USA, the UK, Scotland, England, Spain, France, Brazil, Denmark, Holland, Portugal, Tunisia, Germany and Australia.

Silene's Art Gallery - November Flagship winner


With the year long competition growing from strength to strength, it was announced during the award ceremony that the judging panel for the Grand Prize, which already included Second Life personalities from the art, architecture & journalism world (including Frolic Mills, Will Dreadlow, Sasun Steinback, Lowell Cremorne and White Lebed) was boosted by the CEO of Linden Labs, M Linden, joining the panel!

An artist book prize was also awarded for the month of November. This was won by Oldoak Merlin for his work Offenes Buch (Open Book). Book prize panel chair, Juanita Deharo commenting on the piece said "The words and print won't stay on the page but float and swirl, sometimes forming words, sometimes not. The work asks us to consider the nature of words, story and text, while staying within the known bounds of 'bookness'. The dedication to Ramon Llull gives us an indication of the creator's intent. It is a very well conceived and aesthetically pleasing work that operates on a number of levels, and is well deserving of the prize.

Glyph inside his work Tendrils


Commenting on his win, Glyph said; "There was a lot of high quality work in this month so I wasn't expecting anything. My piece, Tendrils is a portrait of a person ... both closed and open to the world showing a different facet of themselves depending on who and how many are around them. There's an undocumented feature that I'm not sure many saw .. the sphere will change colour depending on how many people are inside it. Oh and of course it sends out tendrils .. of sound and colour."

Silene Christen's Jakob's Stairs


Stunned by the double award, Silene said; "I'm happy, and surprised. Suprised for several reasons. Jackob's Stairs is..very conceptual very ..in my style..and I didn't think it would be 'in vogue' in SL at the moment. So I was really suprised. The FLAGSHIP prize... well, this is an honour. To see people dancing and walking and looking at the things in it makes me feel ... extremely happy. I made things for people, and is very great for a builder to see people using them."



A number of other awards were also presented including the People's Choice Award taken by Dusty Canning's 'Letting off Steam'. Other winners included Miso Susanowa, Jedda Zenovka, Sledge Roffo, RAG Randt, Sabrina Nightfire, Nyx Breen and Ichiko Miles, who took 2nd prize in both the Imagine Challenge and the Artist Book prize (full list below).

Miso Susanowa - Excalibur Award winner



The competition is now receiving entries for the month of December. Location is

WINNERS FOR THE NOVEMBER ROUND

IMAGINE CHALLENGE - 3D Art
1st Prize:
Tendrils by Glyph Graves ($L5,000 + Custom T-Shirt)
2nd Prize:
Consolation of Philosophy of Ichiko Miles ($L1,250)
Best Non-Scripted Entry:
Jackobs Stairs by Silene Christen ($L1,250 + Custom T-Shirt)

Honourable Mention (Simple Beauty):
Budding by Sledge Roffo ($L500)
Honourable Mention (A Short History of Everything):
Offenes Buch / Open Book by Oldoak Merlin ($L500)
Honourable Mention (Immersion):
Sweet Sid & the Singing Sidlets by Jedda Zenovka ($L500)
Honourable Mention (Behind the Veil):
Primary Emotions by RAG Randt ($L500)
Honourable Mention (Atmosphere):
Turbulence by Sabrinaa Nightfire ($L500)

FLAGSHIP CHALLENGE
1st Prize :
Art Gallery by Silene Christen ($L5,000)
2nd Prize:
FUTURELab by Nyx Breen ($L1,250)

ARTIST BOOK PRIZE
1st Prize :
Offenes Buch / Open Book by Oldoak Merlin ($L2,000)
2nd Prize:
Consolation of Philosophy of Ichiko Miles ($L500)


THE EXCALIBUR AWARD (for new / returning artists)
1000 prims in perpetuity at Excalibur Aquitaine compliments of Phillip Vought
Miso Susanowa

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Letting off Steam by Dusty Canning ($L500)

Tendrils and more

Iono Allen has made a lovely machinima of a selection of the works in the November Imagine Challenge:

The University of Western Australia 3D Art & Design Challenge from iono_allen on Vimeo.

Thank you Iono!