UWA FULL SIM Art Series @ the UWA Virtlantis SIM presents Blue Tsuki's "Vessel"

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Blue Tsuki's "Vessel" begins with a concentric circular landform of unknown time and process bearing ancient witness to a monumental floating vessel of circular and spiral motifs. A giant artifact, the cavernous vessel moves through 4 levels revealing views, mysteries and memories, culminating in a solitary balancing act. Vessel incorporates forms and motifs from Blue Tsuki's 2D prints: circular forms and visions annotate a central figure, precarious at the nexus. Blue's work often incorporates a dream inspired surreality that courts the collective subconscious.



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Blue Tsuki is both a Second Life artist/ builder and a RL fine artist. He has worked for many years in a variety of mediums. Trained as a painter and print-maker he has a history of experimentation and unique process art-making. He has shown paper pulp paintings, mixed media sculpture installations, unique process photography, interactive electronic music sculpture and traditional graphite drawings. Blue has worked with computers in one form or another for 20 years with a concentration on computer graphics. For the past several years he has focused on high resolution archival digital prints as well as the emerging art forms of virtual worlds.



A true epic by a master craftsman. The site is ppen now till Midnight on the last day of February!

While the SIM is officially open, Blue will organize a little event at the site in a week or so.

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Sayumi's lone comment for January entries

My comments on the January entries have been inhibited by the demands of life in the first world, which have become pressing and unavoidable - not all bad, though I am a perfectionist so it means that, as I don't like to present a mediocre post I've chosen to present none. I would like to acknowledge and thank Jayjay Zifanwe, Yesikita Coppola and Ginger Alsop for their words of encouragement and perspective on what we do here in Second Life. Thank you also, again, to those artists who have contacted me personally - some day I hope to meet some of you and see your wonderful personal galleries and collections, of which I hear snippets from time to time. I'm not doing anything very deep when I do manage to mooch into our second life at present, spending time with friends and, sadly, sometimes seeking hedonism for its own sake. I am usually drained of energy and even clear thought is not often part of my experience when I do manage to slip in-world, and depth of thinking and even the ability to appreciate emotionally is largely absent. Maybe this will improve with time.

However, one night last week Jayjay did draw my attention to one of the January works which he thought I would find interesting, and I caught my limo, as it turned out, right into the centre of this huge piece. Instantly I was surrounded by colour and movement, and I realize on reflection that I was actually privileged to be one of the few who will approach this work in this unique manner - from the inside out, as it were. As I stood there taking in the deluge of visual sensations, I had no concept of where I was, what the whole work looked like from outside. My initial impression from some of the apparently living textures was that I was inside a living organism, and standing on the 'floor' it seemed almost animal-like in appearance. Was I, like the biblical character Jonah, inside the belly of some creature? The lack of stomach secretions suggested that the beast hadn't eaten for a while, so was I about to face a torrent of acid to turn me into a nutritious morsel? Then I noticed an emanation of beautiful bubbles floating above me, and my perception started to change... and I shifted my gaze upward, and following my eyes I started to levitate, quickly drawing level with vast, delicious flowers sprouting from the surface of the mass of tissue I had first taken for stomach lining. My thinking whirled and reorientated, accepting that the organism, for such I am still convinced it is, was at least partly vegetable... though the sense of fleshy tissue remained behind the flowers. I thought momentarily of the 'triffids', malevolent plants from the imagination of another era, but this work portrays no aggression or destruction, but rather a sense of benign peace and being enclosed in a cocoon of voluptuous living wonder. As I allowed my focus to move upward and outward, I discovered that indeed I was inside a beautiful bubble which seemed to throb with the energy of the life within it, and I was left to contemplate what manner of creature it was with which I had experienced such a close encounter. Claudia222 Jewell, thankyou for the engulfing experience of your Strange Plant, for such I discovered it to be after I had enjoyed it.

Claudia222 Jewell - Strange Plant

I had hoped also to write on Ginger Alsop's two works, and indeed I took photographs to support that intent, but my time is already gone and I must turn my attention again to my first world demands. The other works I have not even seen this month, and I know, from past experience, that I am the poorer for it; but such are the threads of our lives sometimes which bind us in our bodies and, most especially, in our minds, that there is so much that must inevitably pass us by.

MachinimUWA III: Journeys - It Begins!! (L$530,000 Prize Pool)

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MachinUWA III: Journeys (3rd UWA Machinima Challenge - 2011)

We are happy to announce the 3rd Machinima Challenge put forth by the University of Western Australia (UWA). The theme is simply 'Journeys'. We hope you are inspired by this to create many wondrous works as you have been through the years!

PRIZE POOL: $L530,000 (at least)
1st Prize $L100,000
2nd Prize $L70,000
3rd Prize $L50,000
+ L$310,000 in other prizes

DEADLINE: Submissions are open between NOW (Feb 2011) till 1st May 2011

THEME : The theme is 'Journeys'. What the journey is, will be left to the Machinimatographer. A journey through Second Life. A journey of self discovery. A journey within. A journey from SL too RL, or vice-versa. A journey through space, through time, a journey of hope, a journey of despair. Your own journey, or a journey by someone else seen through your eyes... or... through Second Life in 80 Days, whatever you can imagine.

MAJOR RULE: The most important rule is that the journey must either start or end at this location. Winthrop Clocktower at the UWA Main SIM. Winthrop Clocktower is the heart of UWA both in RL & SL. Apart from this, feel free to film anything, anywhere. You may use props at the location, or maybe want to change the footage later during the post process, this is up to you, as long as the clocktower is still recognized.

CLICK HERE TO TELEPORT TO WINTHROP CLOCK TOWER @ UWA

LENGTH: 4 - 6 minutes is recommended, but this is not a hard rule. The joint winners of MachinimUWA II were under 2 minutes and over 15 minutes respectively.

All prize winners will receive an exclusive MachinimUWA Trophy. All machinimatographers in the challenge will receive a specially designed medal of honour. Both designed by Laurina Hawks, reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion.

Shortlisted entries will be displayed here on the University of Western Australia (UWA) Second Life Blog.

Winners will be announced by the 30th of May 2011 at a special gala function.

Method of Entry & Other Info:* Load the Machinima anywhere, preferablly youtube or vimeo, and provide the link to Jayjay Zifanwe, White lebed and Laurina Hawks
* The length of machinima referred to above is only a suggested maximum, and will not be enforced nor cause entries to be disqualified
* Please acknowledge the lands or significant artworks and individuals you feature
* If you need to rezz (blue screen etc) on the UWA SIMS, contact Jayjay Zifanwe, White Lebed, FreeWee Ling or Laurina Hawks

Closing Date:* Midnight 1st May 2011. Allowances on the closing date will only be provided IF the machinimatographer has contacted and explained the reason for the need for additional time prior to the closing date.

JUDGES
1. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
2. White Lebed (SL) - Former Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Director of Special Projects @ UWA
3. Jay Jay Jegathesan (RL) / Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Manager School of Physics, The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator, Host and Curator for MachinimUWA III; Creator, Host and Co-Curator of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
4. Yesikita Coppola (SL) - Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
5. Laurina Hawks (SL) - Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
6. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)
7. FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
8. LaPiscean Liberty (SL) - CEO AviewTV and UWA Media Advisor
9. Nazz Lane (SL) - Journalist and Author
10. Rowan Derryth (SL) - Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
11. Apollo Manga (SL) - examiner.com Writer & Novelist
12. Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) - Media Professor, Southern Illinois Uinversity, Author - Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
13. Lowell Cremorne, Owner & Editor-In-Chief, The Metaverse Journal

Some Interesting Locations Across the UWA SIMS(you're welcome to use any part of UWA in the Machinima - this is IF you would like. No advantage will be given for having a lot of content featuring UWA locations)

The UWA Sunken Gardens (replica of RL)

The UWA 3D Open Art Challenge Gallery

Area displaying the works that were shortlisted for the Grand Finale of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge

The Square Kilometer Array
(Biggest land based science project in the history of mankind)

UWA Visualisation Research Area

* Special thanks to Eliza Wierwight for creating the wonderful poster for this challenge

* Special thanks to our sponsors, UWA, AView TV and BOSL

Machinima of Ginger Alsop's Favourites from the January Round

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A Ginger Alsop Machinima of some of her favourite works from the January round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Features works by soror Nishi, Oberon Onmura, Gleman Jun, Suzanne Graves, kyra Roxan, Claudia222 Jewell, mcarp Mavendorf, Nino Vichan, Giovanna Cerise, Silene Christen, Loup Erin, Ginger Aslop and Alizarin Goldflake.

Click here to see them up close or any of the 74 works that make up the January round!
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People's Choice Voting Begins : UWA 3D Open Art Challenge (January)

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The People's choice voting round for the January round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge is now underway

We have 74 amazing entries this month (click here to teleport to gallery). The awards ceremony is Sunday, Feb 6, at 6:00AM SLT, at the same location.

UWA 3D Open Art Challenge Artworks for January
1 Alizarin Goldflake Ophion's Egg
2 Alesia Barbosa Big Brother is Watching You
3 Alexxannder Firehawk Inside Jean
4 Anley Piers Where is the world
5 Anley Piers Planet Censored
6 Arrow Inglewood Symphony in the Barrel of a Gun
7 Artfox Daviau Easel
8 Asmita Duranjaya The New Paradise
9 Asmita Duranjaya Aquarium
10 Betty Tureaud X-Ray
11 Betty Tureaud Dream Box
12 Bloodfang Clawtooth artpeice 1 glass
13 ChapTer Kronfeld Cogito ergo sum
14 ChapTer Kronfeld Interaction
15 Cherry Manga Trap
16 Cherry Manga Harpy of Gluttony
17 claudia222 jewell strange plant ... uglyness and beauty
18 claudia222 jewell serpent chair vehicle
19 Corcosman Voom Urbanity
20 Dusty Canning Life
21 Eifachfilm Vacirca I have a dream
22 Fae Varriale Daughter of the Wind
23 Fae Varriale Beginning
24 Faery Sola Music Box
25 fiona Blaylock Camille Claudel and Rodin
26 fiona Blaylock Angelove
27 Gingered Alsop Liquidity
28 Gingered Alsop An Act of Madness?
29 Giovanna Cerise La fleur du mal
30 Giovanna Cerise Ice castle
31 Gleman Jun Ethereal Wave
32 Harter Fall Fluchtpunkte
33 Harter Fall Mitternachts-Glocke
34 Jesse Keyes Wheels and Earth
35 Jimmy Debruyere Butter in White
36 kyra Roxan Tryst
37 LavitaLoca Vita Invincible Summer
38 Louly Loon Faith
39 Louly Loon The Origin of the World
40 Loup Erin The Brainwasher
41 Loup Erin Television Rules The Nation
42 Luciella Lutrova magic marble
43 Martini Discovolante Polar Kiss
44 mcarp Mavendorf Clock
45 Miah Seetan Silver Phoenix
46 Miso Susanowa Commodity
47 Mochi Nyoki Mochi's Rainbow Step
48 Moeuhane Sandalwood Shivering Rock
49 Neon Hammerer Putrescible
50 Nickola Martynov Random Coxcomb
51 Nik Gandt Antini
52 Nik Gandt Triode Tube
53 Nino Vichan Surveillance
54 Nino Vichan La Nascita de Venere
55 Oberon Onmura Chroma (Loom)
56 octagons Yazimoto Best of the West
57 Oldoak Merlin Elephant scene
58 patrich Merlin Rainbow Bridge
59 Penelope Parx The sad one and the bondage one
60 RAG Randt Ascension Ship
61 Reezy Frequency Loaves and Fishes II
62 Saveme Oh Uwart
63 Scarp Godenot Sigh Of The Breast Forgotton
64 Selene Putzo Telstar
65 Silene Christen The Matrix
66 Silene Christen Garden of Chaos
67 soror Nishi Xmas Daisy Tree
68 spirit Radikal Captive Heart
69 spirit Radikal Respite
70 Suzanne Graves Choose Your Blossom
71 Takni Miklos Invisible Sphere
72 Takni Miklos & Yasmine Paneer fragmented venus
73 Ub Yifu Evolution 429 explained
74 Yasmine Paneer Black Venus

Now also receiving entries for the February round

Australia Day @ The Gallery

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Australia day celebrated on the 26th of January!

Much thanks to Dusty Canning for the beautiful banner

74 Artworks in all for the January Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. Click here to Teleport

Announcements for the January Round will be from 6am slt, Sunday 6th Feb

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Machinima by Asmodea Damiano of Ginger Alsop's January Entry

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Ginger Alsop's "Liquidity" has inspired a Machinima by Asmodea Damiano!

To see the actual piece or visit the other 60+ entries to the January Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge, CLICK HERE\
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Art's 3D Warriors !

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The Science Network is carrying a story on the UWA Second Life presence. Talks a little bit about all the arts and machinima activities, and does feature the winning machinima created by Laurina Hawks and Bradley Dorchester!

http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/technology/189-News/3253-arts-3d-warriors

Also refers Patch Thibau'd winning architectural build from the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge.

And since I'm too self conscious to sing about the next thing in lights as I am more deeply involved than usual (and doesnt really have too much to do with UWA), I am thankful to Apmel Goosson for running a little piece on it. Hope to see you there this weekend

A Yesikita Coppola machinima of the December Winners - 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 December Round of the challenge.

Yesikita's words as follows:

Winners of the December round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.
Enjoy these fourteen 3D artworks exhibited in one of the Sims of the University of Western Australia in Second Life (3D Virtual World)- Click Here to Teleport

Il pleut sur mon coeur comme il pleut sur la ville. "It rains in my heart, as it rains in the town" by Cherry Manga
Travel in the Shadow of Technology by Anley Piers
Paranormal Frottage by Misprint Thursday
The Illusionist by Gleman Jun
Light Tower by Betty Tureaud
Miss N by Suzanne Graves
Painterarium by Trill Zapatero
Turning the Tide by Nish Mip
Stage 4 by Sabrina Nightfire
Mirror, Mirror by Blue Tsuki
Snakes by Takni Miklos
Creating the Wake of Your Dreams by Ginger Alsop
Fallen Angel by Cherry Manga
Ganesha by Pumpkin Tripsa

MACHINIMA:
Filmed and Edited by Yesikita Coppola
Special guest appearance: Iono Allen
Pictures by FreeWee Ling
Music: Inward by Hands Upon Black Earth
Album - The True Harvest

Report on UWA in the Artist's Chronicle (RL Publication)

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Very happy to report that the prestigious WA Artist's Chronicle is carrying a story on the UWA Second Life activities (art in particular) as its lead story for the Jan/Feb 2011 issue, and features on the cover page (as above).



As previously announced, Lyn DiCiero, the Editor has kindly agreed to sit on the main panel for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. It is pleasing that digital / virtual art features prominently in the Editorial!



I would like to thank Ginger Alsop, Eliza Wierwight Trill Zapatero, Abraxas McAndrews and Lentelies Anatine who dropped in at short notice for an impromptu discussion with myself and the Editor (who was with me in RL).

Course the 3rd paragraph of the story should read, "Behind the UWA Second Life presence..."



Betty Tureau's 'Light Tower' features on the cover. Kudos Betty, and on page 6, one can clearly make out the works of Penelope Parx, Tensai Hilra, Takni MIklos and Davina Glitter

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