UWA SKY SIM SERIES (NOVEMBER): RazorZ's FOREST 'THE WALKTHROUGH"'

The LEA FULL SIM ART SERIES, and 'little brother' UWA SKY SIM ART SERIES, round out in November with RazorZ's Forest 'The Walkthrough', which lines up alongside the works of Tyrehl Byk & quadrapop Lane at LEA 6. THIS EXHIBIT IS OPEN NOW THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER! CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN TO START LOCATION

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IN RAZORZ'S WORDS:

UWA SKY SIM - FOREST  "THE WALK THROUGH"

This forest of fractals in the Sky is an abstract & obscure experiment of a mix of real life & digital & virtual shapes, textures & form.   An continuation of my previous 2-3 fractal jungle's & forest's in a box.   Only this time,  it is Sim Wide!  Put together with real life structure, the organic shapes reaching for the sun & sky, the berries falling from the trees with gravity, maybe the only things to keep your bearings by here!  Even though the growing life here is rooted to the ground, it is like nothing you seen before!.

Using various textures from natural real life plants & organic life & matter, I have mixed them up onto abstract forms of growing plant & tree like sculpture's.   As you may notice, at the start there is a canopy, which is enclosing, blocking the view of the Sky, then below all different sizes of growth & vegetation.  Borrowing real life structure's, I show how abstract shapes & forms can create a similar atmosphere in a virtual world.

The yellow brick path is layed out as a guide to walk you around.  It is designed for walking in 'Mouselook' to truly give the most immersed experience.  At the start is very abstract but following the path around everything is set out to gradually blend to real life.  At the end of the path is a beautiful old style cottage all made to real life scale & textures which is where all becomes less abstract & totally normal inside.

Until,  you click on the rug in the middle of the floor!

What it all questions is how in a virtual world the environments are not under the same building & growing constraints as in the real world, and with abstract forms following real life rules we can still create a similar environment which makes the viewer feel the similar in both worlds.  And maybe how all that we see, create & experience is linked in our own dream worlds & the collective unconscious.

Unique fractal textures & abstract sculpties & everything we got, Olga Soulstar & I built a magical & psychedelic digital jungle.  Making the connection between nature, rl & sl, fractals and how they appear in real life nature!  Its filled with beautiful particles, dances & poses & relaxing areas.  Perhaps some strange & obscure growths too.  Come and see it for yourself...   Only until the 30th November, 2011.

Razorz & Olga

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SPECIAL MACHINIMA by Cisko Vandeverre of the MachinimUWA III Winners

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Cisko Vandeverre, inaugural champion of the UWA Machinima Challenges has made a brilliant show reel or 'winnereel' of the Winners of MachinimUWA III: Journeys. Winners were announced in the first half of 2011.

In his words:
a small tribute to the films which had won the last MachinimUWA categories.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER of MachinimUWA III (JOINT) (@L$85,000):
1- JOURNEY INTO THE METAVERSE by Tutsy Navarathna
2- JURONEY by Eric Boccara of the Netherlands

Peter Greenaway MachinimUWA III Prize (L$60,000)
3- RUSTED GEARS by Bryn Oh

3rd prize for MachinimUWA III (L$50,000)
4- UNPLUGGED by Al Peretz (Alfonso Kohn) of Miami Florida, originally hailing from Colombia

MachinimUWA III Special Award for JOURNEY AND MACHINIMA ADAPTATION (L$37,150):
5- THE EGG by Animatechnica Umbarundu

MachinimUWA III Special Award for INTERPRETATION AND DELIVERY (L$37,150):
6- WARRIORS OF ALIVENESS by Cecil Hirvi

MachinimUWA III Special Award for ‘FEEL’ & MUSIC (L$37,150) :
7- BAKERMAN’S JOURNEY by Arrow Inglewood

MachinimUWA III Special Award for IMAGERY (L$37,150):
8- BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF SORROW by Laslopantomik Yao

MachinimUWA III Special Award for NARRATION AND HISTORICAL CONTENT (L$37,150):
9- KAPHD by Hypatia Pickens

MachinimUWA III Special Award for MESSAGE AND IMAGINATION (L$37,150):
10- ESCAPE by Veruca Vandyke

MachinimUWA III Honourable Mention Prize JOINT (@L$18,575):
11- REQUIEM by Kobuk Farshore
MachinimUWA III Honourable Mention Prize JOINT (@L$18,575):
12- THE JOURNEY by Soda Lemondrop
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MachinimUWA IV: Ormand Lionheart's 'In Darkness Featuring Mommaluv Skytower'

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'In Darkness Featuring Mommaluv Skytower', by Ormand Lionheart, the final entry to MachinimUWA IV features numerous award winning artworks that have been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

IN ORMAND'S WORDS:
Song: In Darkness
Music - teru http://ccmixter.org/files/teru/12169

Vocals & Lyrics - http://www.mommaluvskytower.com/

Spoken word - spinningmerkaba

Actors:
13Angelsmine Bluebird
Diawa Bellic
Ormand Lionheart
Maiko Yheng

Artists:
Faery Solo - Cautionary Tale: Witches Workplace Health and Safety
Eliza Wierwight - One of Three Uneasy Pieces
Alizarin Goldflake - Merry Go Round
Lucignolo - slaves of the light
Fae Varrial - Mirror Worlds
thoth.jantzen - TooMuchCaffeine1
dudi - unplug
Rebeca Bashly - Minotaur & Centaurus from 7th circle of Hell
Rebeca Bashly - The Suicide Forest Infested by Harpias
Nino Vichan - deus Ex Machina
Oona Eiren - Hopscotch
Cherry Manga - The Machine

Video Editor: FuzOnAcid
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MachinimUWA IV: Contessa Idlemind's 'Fragment of It's Art'

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'Fragment of It's Art', by Contessa Idlemind features numerous award winning artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artworks featured:
Revolt of the Mannequins - Silene Christen
Travel in the Shadow of Technology - Anley Piers
In Dreams - Blue Tsuki
Autumn - Nexuno Thespian
The Chasm - Oberon Onmura
TV Morning Exercises - Dusty Canning
Ultra Violet - quadrapop Lane
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MachinimUWA IV: Sophia Yates' 'A Virtual Reality'

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'A Virtual Reality', by Sophia Yates features numerous award winning artworks that have been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

ARTWORKS
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

NON-SCRIPTED ARTWORKS
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
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MachinimUWA IV - NicoleX Moonwall's Record 20 Entries

NicoleX Moonwall, one of the most prolific Machinimatographers in Second Life has shattered all previous ecords for entries to the UWA machinima Challenges (shattering her previous record), with 20 entries to MachinimUWA IV.

Some of the previously announced entries have been rethought, as now only one machinima per artwork will be entered by Nicole.

Here is the full list of 20 entries:

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part I (Multiple Artworks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL158ijCgXM

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part II (Multiple Artworks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LynpOIncS64

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part III (Multiple Artworks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyazOghkOk

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part IV (Multiple Artworks)
TBA

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - "Paradox" (Art - Nino Vichan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llDpq7Gahq0

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Spirits Move Me (Art - Fae Varriale)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ3cRaB2uFM

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  "Baby Elephant Walk" (Art - jjccc Coronet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiJUZozD1ZY

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Flying Window of the Soul (Art - Leigh Quartz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGVzKsvHmAQ

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Reaching (Art - Oberon Onmura)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcm1dvq_JWw

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  On a warm winter day (Art - Ush Underwood)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uddjzGfAFIs

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Cubes of Color (Art - Betty Tureaud)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNg0tM9yOO0

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Home & Garden,Not (Art - Claudia222 Jewell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGj9sx_NvBc

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  The Rhythm of Mood (Art - Lea Supermarine & Jarapanda Snook)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wutTwKguaiM

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Color Tinted Sphere (Art - Wizard Gynoid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtHitAOww0

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Color of Money (Art - Miso Susanowa, Art of War)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E6vDCkbey8

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Running Wild or Catch me if you can (Art - Dusty Canning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdYOGEt-0Kg

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Sheets of Acid (Art - Giovanna Cerise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzImOwOS-nQ

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Many Moon (Art - spirit Radikal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUyXvA3-jM

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  Waiting for (Art - Miso Susanowa, Big Winter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5AaTChWD9E

NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) -  portent 3 views (Art - Spiral Silverstar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyW1jd5jQP0



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MachinimUWA IV: Corphaelia Ninetails' 'Farshore'

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'Farshore, by Corphaelia Ninetails features 'The Fly-By-Night Eggs' an artwork by Kobuk Farshore that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

It looks like Corphaelia has managed to submit the very very last entry to both MachinimUWA III & MachinimUWA IV!
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MachinimUWA IV: Evie Fairchild's 'Intermission'

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'Intermission', by Evie Fairchild features numerous award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artworks Featured:
Here Comes the Sun by Sledge Roffo
Forest's Tears by Silene Christen
Uncanny Valley by Oberon Onmura
Butterfly Ball by Milly Sharple
Three Little Turns by Josiane Sorciere
Wizz-Pow-Blop by Artistide Despres
Minotaur of Carton by Typote Beck
Fly with the Wind by Josina Burgess
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MachinimUWA IV: Alessia Vegro's (Demaya) 'Revolution Life'

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'Revolution Life, by Alessia Vegro (Demaya) features numerous award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Featured Artworks include:
Spring Box (Cherry Mmanga)
In Dreams (Blue Tsuki)
Salvation or... (Toughlove Sabra)
My World (Secret rage)
Omnibus (Solkide Auer)
Mirror Worlds (Fae)
Overlaps (Giovanna Cerise)
Within The Waves (Nish Mip)
Second Libations (Haveit Neox)
Gateway To Hell (Fuschia Nightfire)
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MachinimUWA IV: L1aura Loire's 'Transformation: Virtual Art on the Brink'

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'Transformation: Virtual Art on the Brink', by L1aura Loire/Professor Lori Landay, explains virtual art while featuring various award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artwork Featured
Swallowed Up by the Crowd, Fuschia Nightfire
Digital Glove, Misprint Thursday
The Matter of Ideas, Gleman Jun
Here Comes the Sun, Sledge Roffo
One and Four Timeboards, L1Aura Loire

In L1aura's words:

The best virtual art is a new kind of new media, using the particular properties of the virtual world to make metaphors manifest.

Virtual art can be seen as experimentation with what could become augmented reality, when the equipment for creating and experiencing it are more accessible to everyone.

When we break free from the constraints of the physical, we call attention to new contrasts; we may make distance evaporate, but does that mean we create closeness? If the experience of telepresence is to know that I am experiencing something where I know I am not, and teleaction is to affect change where I am physically not, what kind of aesthetic will have to emerge when our subjectivity is so connected to the perception that there is no distance between myself and what I see?

Live footage filmed by
Richard Cownie, Andrew Paonessa, Lori Landay

Edited by Lori Landay

Music generated with Otomata

For more information about Joseph Kosuth's piece, One and Three Chairs,
see the MoMA website:http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=81435

For my essay "Virtual KinoEye: Kinetic Camera, Machinima, and Virtual Subjectivity in Second Life," in The Journal of eMedia Studies, see http://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/2/xmlpage/4/art...

Original content: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License 2011
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MachinimUWA IV: Fuschia Nightfire's 'Art of the Artists'

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'Art of the Artists', by Fuschia Nightfire, is a unique deconstruction that features a number of award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Works in order of appearance:
Aerie by Cherry Manga
Here Comes The Sun by Sledge Roffo
Primscape Dream V4 by Sledge Roffo
Turning the Tides by Nish Mip
Faun Androgyn Trinity by Claudia222 Jewell
Strange Tree by Claudia222 Jewell
Not Everything is Plain Black & White by Fuschia Nightifre
Real Life paintings by Nina Camplin (a.k.a Fuschia Nightfire)
Music by Obisdia featuring CoMa

In Fuschia's words:
My idea for this machinima was to take some of the installations at UWA that I found most aesthetically appealing and to deconstruct them and reconstruct them into RL paintings, then to use the actual painting process in the machinima.

With thanks to Cherry, Sledge, Nish and Claudia for giving up their time to do their 'walk through' bits for me!
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UWA & University of Kentucky Collaboration

Winthrop Professor Grady Venville

In October 2011, the first joint lectures between the University of Western Australia and the University of Kentucky took place. This came about via collaboration between UWA's Winthrop Professor Grady Venville, the inaugural Professor of Science Education at UWA and Dr Jennifer Wilhelm, Associate Professor of Science and Maths Education of the UK's College of Education.

The collaboration is beautifully described by Grady as follows:

I participated in my first second life lecture a month ago. I have been collaborating with a colleague, Jennifer Wilhelm, from the University of Kentucky for a number of years as we are both science educators and both present curriculum and methods courses for students who are preparing to become science teachers.

We try to incorporate innovative teaching methods into our courses to ‘practice what we preach’. For example, for the past few years we have my students in Western Australia and Jennifer’s students in Kentucky concurrently observe and record the phases of the Moon for a month. We then provide them with opportunities to communicate with each other through email or some other electronic medium to compare their observations. This enables them to recognise the similarities and differences in the way that people in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres see the Moon and to deductively work out the path the Moon takes as it revolves around the Earth and the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun that causes the Moon phases. We hope they can see the value of using similar strategies when they become teachers themselves.

This year Jennifer is delivering most of her lectures for this class at Kentucky University in second life. She invited me to do a combined second life lecture. Intrigued, I coerced my science education colleague here at UWA, Christine Howitt, to join me in Jennifer’s second life class. The plan was to enable ‘live’ discussion about what we were observing ‘down under’ with the Moon and Jennifer’s students could ask us questions.

Christine and I both created Avatars and Jennifer sent us both invitations to enter the University of Kentucky second life island. We practiced entering the University and teleporting to her classroom before the day of the combined lecture.

On the day of the lecture, Christine and I both woke early in the morning and logged onto second life from our homes at 6am while Jennifer conducted the class at 6pm Kentucky time. When we entered the class we could see Jennifer’s 12 students sitting on pods in the teaching space. On the ‘whiteboard’ were photographs of the Moon that I had taken from Perth and previously emailed to Jennifer next to photographs Jennifer had taken in Kentucky on the same day. The students asked us interesting questions and we discussed relevant issues such as whether the Moon is in the same phase at the same time in each hemisphere, which part of the sky the Moon traverses and the direction the Moon waxed and waned. 

The lesson was a great success because it enabled ‘live’ discussion across the hemispheres which is an enriching experience when trying to understand and explain the phases of the Moon. Our goal is for these pre-service teachers to see the ‘added value’ that platforms like second life can bring to teaching, whether they become primary, secondary, or tertiary teachers. 

Our next step is to have our students from Perth join the students in Kentucky for a joint lecture or workshop. We can see that as I have about 30 students in each of my workshops this will be a challenge to manage. We will have to think of creative ways of clustering or grouping the students to find an optimal number of Avatars in the same place.

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MachinimUWA IV: Giannis Piaggio's 'Theatre of War'

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'Theatre of War', by Giannis Piaggio, is a soulful rendition is Miso Susanowa's artwork of the same name, an award winning creation, part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

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MachinimUWA IV: Veruca Vandyke's 'Dual'

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'Dual', by Veruca Vandyke, is a chilling creation that features a number of award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artists featured in the machinima include:
Bryn Oh
Lea Supermarine & Jarapanda Snook
Typote Beck
Anley Piers
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MachinimUWA IV: Paloma Bigbear's 'Titilina's Playful Visit to UWA'

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'Titilina's Playful Visit to UWA', by Paloma Bigbear, the first Argentinean artist to participate in any UWA event features numerous award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artists featured in the machinima include:
Claudia222 Jewell
Hypatia Pickens
Lilia Artis
Kobuk Farshore
Secret Rage
Rebeca Bashly
Fae Varriale
Ginger Lorakeet
Soda lemondrop
Cherry Manga
Faery Sola
and Igor Ballyhoo (of legend)

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MachinimUWA IV: Lala Larix's '3112'

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'3112', by Lala Larix features numerous award winning artworks that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artists featured include:
Nexuno Thespian
Haveit Neox

Vixen Quandry
paleillusion
Gleman Jun
Ginger Alsop
Arrow Inglewood
Oberon Onmura
Artistide Despres
Josina Burgess
Daco Monday
Thoth Jantzen
oona Eiren
Gfresh Botha
Pixels Sideways
Blue Tsuki
Luis Bunuel
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Green Dots Brings Universities in Perth & Geneva Together

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Joint Presentation by Students of UWA (Perth) &  UAS (Geneva, Switzerland)

The 13th and 14th of October saw a landmark event taking place in the evolution of UWA's presence in the virtual world. A joint marketing class was held by the University of Western Australia & the University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland (Geneva Business School) which took place in Virtual Dublin in Second Life.

Groups of marketing students from each university, some teamed with Second Life mentors from the UWA 3D Art Challenges ran a case study called 'Selling Green Dots in Second Life', an award winning case study created by UWA's Professor Wade Halvorson and enhanced in cooperation with Professor Sabine Emad of the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) to simulate the real world process of data collection and team work.

Following the information collection activity in Virtual Dublin, students came together in groups to analyse the case and present their proposed solutions. A winning team from each university was selected and prezes awarded.

"This is the first time we have included the information collection stage in an online case study class," said Professor Emad, "and the feedback from students was very encouraging." Students were divided into groups of four, each with a different role to play including a Marketing Manager, Finance Director, CEO and Second Life 'expert'. This enabled group members to come together, each bringing with them a different category of information, which needed to be shared with the group in pursuit of a solution.

The winners were Sean Wrigley , Mark Pui & Ayman Sherbini (assisted by Stylianos Ling) from UWA and Alizée Decooninck, Marjorie North, Alice de Preux & Aurora Barbieri of UAS.

Of the experience, Stylianos said, "I enjoyed the international collaboration atmosphere. I found the idea of mixing students with experienced SL avatars brilliant! UWA's sustainable innovation in Virtual Worlds is an example for all universities that  seek excellence in teaching & research"

Commenting on the winners, Prof Halvorson said, "What I found most interesting in these presentations is that they were less descriptive than the presentations of the other groups.They didn't just summarize the case content, but really used analytical tools to view the information under a different angle.This paid off."

UWA Winner - Sean, Mark & Ayman

UAS Winner - Alizee, Marjorie, Alice & Aurora

UWA would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Second Life mentors linked to the UWA 3D Art Challenges who so generously gave of their time and experience to assist with this activity, including quadrapop Lane, Miso Susanowa, Reslez Steeplechase, Eliza Quinzet, Josiane Sorciere, Neeks Karu, Fiona Blaylock, Winter Ravenheart, Forceme Silverspar, Stylianos Ling,  secret Rage & Eliza Wierwight.

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MachinimUWA IV: Apmel Goosson's 'Hello Many Worlds'

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'Hello Many Worlds', by Apmel Goosson features the artwork "Timelike loop (or why we have free will)"  by the creator that had been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

In Apmel's words:

A submission for the MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists featuring my own artwork "Timelike loop (or why we have free will)" for the 2011 May round of UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Soundtrack by Lennart Nilsson also using voice excerpts from a speach Damian Conway held 2008 @ O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR, July 22, 2008 that can be seen on Blip.Tv

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UWA @ The Nonprofit Commons

Photo Credit: Buffy Beale

On the 4th of November, UWA was invited to speak at the weekly meeting of the Nonprofit Commons, led by Rik Panganiban / Rik Riel (Community Manager, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life).

The event took place at the Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheatre, with a great group of people attending!

Photo Credit: Buffy Beale

As follows is a portion of the transcript of the meeting:

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN SECOND LIFE
[08:53] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok Jay Jay can you come on down please?
[08:53] Buffy Beale: clapping for Jayjay!
[08:53] Jayjay Zifanwe: thanks Rik
[08:53] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Jay Jay is the School Manager of the Physics University of Western Australia
[08:54] Gentle Heron: YAY JayJay!
[08:54] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and owner of the UWA presence in SL
[08:54] Secret Rage: woot JayJay
[08:54] Jayjay Zifanwe: thanks
[08:54] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I've long been a fan of their machinima and art competitions
[08:54] FreeWee Ling: For every action there is a reactin ;)
[08:54] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): so I thought it was long past due that we have Jay Jay come here and tell us what they have been up to!
[08:55] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Jay Jay, can you tell us about how UWA got started in SL?
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: sure
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: well in 2007
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: i was thinking of how to build the uni in 3d
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: uwa i mean
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: and i had at the time zero technical capability
[08:55] Jayjay Zifanwe: nothing has changed insofar as my technical abilities
[08:56] Gentle Heron: HAHAHA
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: anyway a phd student asked me to provide server resources
[08:56] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lol
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: for a virtual world he wanted to build
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: Chris Thorne
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: and contact with him
[08:56] FreeWee Ling: You're up to at least 2.3..
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: pointed me to the person with the technical capability to make things happen
[08:56] Jayjay Zifanwe: we started with the uwa virtual universe project
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: which was on a single server at UWA completely built i house
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: then in 2008, we won the Google earth Build you campus in 3d competition
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: this gave us coverage in national newspapers
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: and our vice chancellor took notice
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: and we received funding to be able to start a presence in a virtual world for 3 years
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: we chose SL
[08:57] Jayjay Zifanwe: and thats how it started :)
[08:58] Panny Bakerly: Are classes taught on line here?
[08:58] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes
[08:58] Jayjay Zifanwe: we have 2nd year units in the school of business
[08:58] Jayjay Zifanwe: using sl
[08:58] Panny Bakerly: Fantastic! Wish my school would do this.
[08:58] Jayjay Zifanwe: as well as masters by coursework units
[08:59] OnlyMeMe: what courses are tought in SL?
[08:59] OnlyMeMe: they are in SL and not just online?
[08:59] Jayjay Zifanwe: Buyer behavious and decision making in the masters
[08:59] Jayjay Zifanwe: and
[08:59] Jayjay Zifanwe: electronic communication strategy in 2nd year
[08:59] Jayjay Zifanwe: well those courses are subsets of the rl degree
[08:59] Panny Bakerly: How do the students find this type of teaching tool?
[08:59] Jayjay Zifanwe: they are not offered just as units on their own
[09:00] Jayjay Zifanwe: the enrolled students while taking the normal courses
[09:00] Jayjay Zifanwe: have these sl units as well
[09:00] Jayjay Zifanwe: as part of thir degree programme
[09:00] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice
[09:00] Panny Bakerly: Do the students like sl?
[09:00] Jayjay Zifanwe: they find it interesting
[09:00] Red (talkwithmarie): wonderfu;
[09:01] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lets let Jay Jay give some background before hitting him up with questions
[09:01] Jayjay Zifanwe: but as with courses.... id say 85% focus on it during the running of the unit
[09:01] Panny Bakerly: sorry
[09:01] Jayjay Zifanwe: and after that they have other units in following semesters
[09:01] Jayjay Zifanwe: so the load overall on students is high
[09:02] Jayjay Zifanwe: what next rik?
[09:02] OnlyMeMe: what aspects of SL do they find interesting?
[09:02] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So what let from that to the art competitions you alls sponsor?
[09:02] Jayjay Zifanwe: well
[09:02] Jayjay Zifanwe: 2 days before we launched the uwa presence to an rl audience at the Uni
[09:02] Jayjay Zifanwe: the director of the cultural precinct at UWA
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: who is also the chairman of visual arts in australia,
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: professor ted snell
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: asked me what i could do for art
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: if he gave me $1,000
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: and i told him without hesitating and knowing 0% about art
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: that i could run a year long art challenge
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: now anyone with experience
[09:03] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice
[09:03] Jayjay Zifanwe: in sl
[09:03] Gentle Heron: Gentle Heron smiles.
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: knows that is an absolutely crazy'response
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: lol
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: but through serendipity
[09:04] Buffy Beale: wow, great going to jump in there!
[09:04] Secret Rage: :)
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: i met good people who knew about art who helped me
[09:04] LaPiscean Liberty: crazy like a fox :)
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: like quadrapop Lane
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: and like FreeeWee Ling
[09:04] Jayjay Zifanwe: who is sitting here today and is the current curator of art at UWA
[09:04] Secret Rage: cudos to both :)
[09:05] FreeWee Ling: (We just published some statistics about the last year in the art challenges. I have to run, but you can see the numbers here : http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/11/fax-n-figgers.html
[09:05] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh yeah saw those, super interesting!
[09:05] FreeWee Ling: I think you'll be impressed :)
[09:05] Jayjay Zifanwe: ys. 850 + artworks across the year
[09:05] Jayjay Zifanwe: and now we have reached the grand finale
[09:05] Jayjay Zifanwe: all of you can participate and vote
[09:06] Zazoom Zimminy: Zazoom Zimminy whispers Kyle Reis, Grants Managers Network, NYC
[09:06] Jayjay Zifanwe: and anyone who votes for the grand finale could win L$5,000
[09:06] Jayjay Zifanwe: the overall winner for the art
[09:06] Jayjay Zifanwe: will win L$100,000
[09:06] Buffy Beale: that's amazingly wonderful!
[09:06] OnlyMeMe: how have the competitions benefited the University?
[09:07] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So let's talk about that for a bit
[09:07] Jayjay Zifanwe: its not about benefiting the uni
[09:07] OnlyMeMe: in terms of financially and the Unviersity Mission statement?
[09:07] Jayjay Zifanwe: uwa is committed in a general sense
[09:07] Jayjay Zifanwe: to promoting arts
[09:07] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): What have you learned about SL from running these competitions?
[09:07] Jayjay Zifanwe: and what we have been able to do
[09:07] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): FreeWing, feel free to chime in
[09:07] Jayjay Zifanwe: is exactly in line with the philosophy of the uni
[09:07] OnlyMeMe: so, the Unviersity Mission statement probably says something about commitment to general intellectual endeavors, and this is how the program fits in?
[09:08] Jayjay Zifanwe: to Rik' question. we have learned that SL is an amazing place for collaboration
[09:08] Nany (nany.kayo): Jayjay, will new artworks be accepted into the competion or is this to judge artworks that have already been submitted?
[09:08] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes onlymeme, UWA has a commitent to promote and foster the arts in all forms
[09:08] Jayjay Zifanwe: curretly the grand finale round is running
[09:08] Jayjay Zifanwe: http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/10/grand-finale-uwa-3d-open-art-challenge.html
[09:08] Jayjay Zifanwe: info is there
[09:09] Jayjay Zifanwe: it is a shortlist of the winners from every month
[09:09] Jayjay Zifanwe: so the current round is set in terms of artworks
[09:09] FreeWee Ling: I'm not involved with the university other than being a hired curator. JJ will have to address the benefits to UWA. But I can say that it has had a tremendous impact on getting people to take creative work in virtual worlds more seriously.
[09:09] OnlyMeMe: how does the competition benefit the individual entrants?
[09:09] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice freewing
[09:09] Jayjay Zifanwe: well in many ways
[09:09] OnlyMeMe: like, the artists who submit?
[09:10] Jayjay Zifanwe: many new artists who had never shown art before
[09:10] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): OnlyMeMe, hold off the questions for a bit till the end please
[09:10] Jayjay Zifanwe: started their 'art career' so to speak through the uwa challenges
[09:10] Jayjay Zifanwe: many have won lots of prizes
[09:10] OnlyMeMe: ok I will do that thank you for letting me know
[09:10] Jayjay Zifanwe: many are covered in the blogs and other places
[09:10] Jayjay Zifanwe: ok i'll wait for rik
[09:10] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): JayJay, we're here as nonprofit organizers and professionals and volunteers
[09:11] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes
[09:11] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): What can you tell us about how we might do similar type competitions for ourselves that we might not know?
[09:11] FreeWee Ling: The exposure is tremendous. The quality of work there is inspiring and artists feel it a privilege to be seen among the top artists in SL. It's an open competition so anyone could enter.
[09:11] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): how long does it take? who do you bring aboard? how do yo umanage it?
[09:11] Jayjay Zifanwe: oh are you planning to?
[09:11] Jayjay Zifanwe: it takes a lot of time, love and dedication
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: it can be run by 3 people
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: if the 3 are committed
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: and willing to give of themsel;ves
[09:12] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): 3 people minimum
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: thats what people like freewee have done
[09:12] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that's good to know!
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: well in general, i have run it with 2
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: but its not easy
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: who you bring aboard
[09:12] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): how much lead time do you need to organize it well?
[09:12] Jayjay Zifanwe: is something that
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: you know through gut feeling only'
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: lead time well
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: i started the first 'year long' challenge
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: with 2 days notice
[09:13] FreeWee Ling: lol. lead time..
[09:13] Secret Rage: :)
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: lead time is
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: hard to pin down
[09:13] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I mean "ideally"
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: the LEA
[09:13] FreeWee Ling: We mount a new show with roughly 70 entries every month.
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: took a lead time of 1 year
[09:13] Jayjay Zifanwe: to get things going
[09:14] Jayjay Zifanwe: and i am part of the lea
[09:14] Nany (nany.kayo): I didn't know anything about the competition until now. Where was it announced?
[09:14] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): well we all know that isn't going to happen for most of our groups!
[09:14] Jayjay Zifanwe: id say its hard to run things proper
[09:14] Jayjay Zifanwe: if things are run by committee
[09:14] Jayjay Zifanwe: the leader needs to have vision, and be able to do things with almost a free hand
[09:14] Jayjay Zifanwe: and the hand that the leader uses must be tempered with patience
[09:15] LaPiscean Liberty: Amen
[09:15] Secret Rage: how well put
[09:15] eif (eifachfilm.vacirca): lol
[09:15] Jayjay Zifanwe: Nany it was and has been announced in every art group
[09:15] Gentle Heron: 100% correct
[09:15] Nany (nany.kayo): Thanks, Jayjay. Must have missed it.
[09:15] Brena Benoir: We need to emblazon that in to our grounds here.
[09:15] Jayjay Zifanwe: i've sent the NC to nany
[09:15] Jayjay Zifanwe: nany pls give to anyone else who wants
[09:16] Nany (nany.kayo): The competition itself is what I missed. I am a gallery owner who is mentoring an artist in SL
[09:16] Nany (nany.kayo): Looking for competitions exactly like this one
[09:16] Nany (nany.kayo): next time I hope : )
[09:16] FreeWee Ling: I have to run. Anyone with questions about the art program at UWA can IM me or JAyJay.
[09:16] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Outreach is always hard in SL, since there are so many disparate communities
[09:17] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes
[09:17] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks for ocming FreeWing
[09:17] Jayjay Zifanwe: so the other focus
[09:17] Jayjay Zifanwe: has been media
[09:17] FreeWee Ling: FreeWee :)
[09:17] FreeWee Ling: By
[09:17] Secret Rage: bye Free
[09:17] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lol, right sorry!
[09:17] Jayjay Zifanwe: if one looks at the webste for the grand finale
[09:17] Jayjay Zifanwe: and the list of judges
[09:18] Jayjay Zifanwe: you will see many from sl tv and news sites
[09:18] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I think competitions are one of the best ways to create energy about your institution and cause
[09:18] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We've done a few here, but probably need to learn how to do them better
[09:18] Jayjay Zifanwe: cool
[09:19] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Perhaps we could do a cause-based art competition in conjunction with UWA?
[09:19] OnlyMeMe: what percentage of regular SL players are artists?
[09:19] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we might help put some money on the table
[09:19] OnlyMeMe: why focus on art competitions?
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: sounds like a good idea
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: no
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: not only art
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: we have a machinima challenge running now as well
[09:19] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): could be machinima
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: we have research and teaching
[09:19] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): or photography
[09:19] Jayjay Zifanwe: as well as architecture
[09:20] OnlyMeMe: what percentage of SL players are content creators?
[09:20] Jayjay Zifanwe: with photography
[09:20] Jayjay Zifanwe: we managed to get 2 sl photos into an RL only calendar
[09:20] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): OnlyMeMe that's a hard question!
[09:20] Jayjay Zifanwe: first time it happened
[09:20] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I think almost everyone creates at least some in SL
[09:20] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): not even sure how to get that stat. but SL makes it easy for anyone to create.
[09:20] Secret Rage: not all though by any means...some never do
[09:20] LaPiscean Liberty: Every Avatar is a realtime camera person and all Avatars are builders, if not by object , then by relationship and social creatiobn. :)
[09:21] Jayjay Zifanwe: well said Lap
[09:21] Secret Rage: true LaP
[09:21] OnlyMeMe: do you think the economy in Australia has influenced your organization?
[09:21] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): well lets open it up for questions for the next few minutes.
[09:21] Jayjay Zifanwe: no the economy has had no impact
[09:22] OnlyMeMe: do you think that the projects in SL would continue even if somethign happened like a massive hard hitting recession?
[09:22] OnlyMeMe: or the Australian job market collapsed?
[09:22] Jayjay Zifanwe: well i have enough to guarantee the uwa position in sl till the end of 2012
[09:22] Jayjay Zifanwe: right now
[09:22] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): OnlyMeMe, maybe we could let some others get in some questions too? Thanks.
[09:22] Jayjay Zifanwe: the only thing that will change the uwa activities
[09:23] Buffy Beale: Question: are you looking at any other virtual worlds to use?
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: is if the main driving forces leave
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: or dont wake up tomorrow
[09:23] Secret Rage: smiles
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: pathfinder linden
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: contacted me yesterday
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: to investigate another virtual world
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: but in general
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: we are in sl
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: if we go to another it will be lock stock and barrel
[09:23] Jayjay Zifanwe: but right now
[09:24] Jayjay Zifanwe: we have a good edu group in sl
[09:24] Jayjay Zifanwe: and we are part of the australian virtual worlds working group
[09:24] Jayjay Zifanwe: AVWWG
[09:24] Jayjay Zifanwe: quite a number of journal papers etc published
[09:24] Buffy Beale: thanks Jayjay
[09:25] Jayjay Zifanwe: :)
[09:25] Buffy Beale: the nice thing about your contest is seeing all the creativity in one place, from so many different artists and builders
[09:25] Buffy Beale: such talent in SL for sure
[09:25] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes its amazng to get all the locations of all the artists
[09:26] Jayjay Zifanwe: i normally say when making the monthly winners announcements
[09:26] Jayjay Zifanwe: that we have artists from 6 of the 7 continents in the world
[09:26] Jayjay Zifanwe: we only missed out on antarctica
[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): haha
[09:26] Panny Bakerly: truly global
[09:26] Buffy Beale: truly amazing that is, to connect them too
[09:26] Buffy Beale: yes
[09:26] LaPiscean Liberty: Truely a world renown gallery then :))
[09:26] Secret Rage: :D
[09:26] Buffy Beale: yes LaPiscean!
[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): JayJay, FreeWee was talking about how the art competition made people outside of SL take notice. Can you say a bit more about how that happened?
[09:27] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Did you have real world events to show the artwork? Or just on the web?
[09:27] Jayjay Zifanwe: we did have RL exhibits
[09:27] Jayjay Zifanwe: 'in fact
[09:27] Jayjay Zifanwe: the former ceo of linden labs
[09:27] Jayjay Zifanwe: M Linden
[09:27] Jayjay Zifanwe: sent to me his RL artworks
[09:28] Jayjay Zifanwe: and we had an RL exhibit of his works at UWA
[09:28] Jayjay Zifanwe: along with an sl exhbit of his works in the sl presence simultaneously
[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): wow that's cool
[09:28] Jayjay Zifanwe: outside of SL
[09:28] Panny Bakerly: neat
[09:28] Buffy Beale: nice one!
[09:28] Jayjay Zifanwe: people took notice because of the machinima competitions
[09:28] LaPiscean Liberty: Shanghai World expo with machinima
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: we had a competition where the goal was to film the artwork and create stories etc with the artwork they saw
[09:29] Buffy Beale: ooo Draxtor will be happy to hear that
[09:29] Secret Rage: :)
[09:29] OnlyMeMe: an idea might be to integrate the two, even compare an artists RL work side by side to the digital
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: this greatly helped in getting the message out to people who did not have experience with sl
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: and could see it on youtube first
[09:29] OnlyMeMe: so that people can look and notice the differences and similarities
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: yes we had that too
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: students from york university
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: in canada
[09:29] Jayjay Zifanwe: have visited the uwa art gallery
[09:30] Jayjay Zifanwe: and their teacher gave them the task of selecting one artwork in sl
[09:30] Jayjay Zifanwe: and writing about it in comparison to an artwork they selected from rl from the 1970's
[09:30] Jayjay Zifanwe: we have news about that here http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/10/york-university-course-uwa-challenge.html
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): fascinating
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Okay we are at about our time with Jay Jay
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): feel free to ping him directly for more info
[09:31] Jayjay Zifanwe: thanks all
[09:31] Jayjay Zifanwe: been a pleasure
[09:31] Jayjay Zifanwe: do remember to go to uwa in the month of november
[09:31] Panny Bakerly: thankyou!
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): How do people get a hold of you and stay in touch?
[09:31] Buffy Beale: great to have you come to speak with us Jayjay thanks!
[09:31] Jayjay Zifanwe: and vote for the artworks in the grand finale
[09:31] Red (talkwithmarie): awesome work!
[09:31] Jayjay Zifanwe: one voter will win L$5k just for voting
[09:32] Jayjay Zifanwe: just friend me ot join the uwa 3d art & design challenge group
[09:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Its great seeing how one individual can run with an idea and make it so global!
[09:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that's very inspiring
[09:32] Buffy Beale: a good idea to encourage people to vote, well done
[09:32] Secret Rage:  clap, clap, clap!!
[09:32] Jayjay Zifanwe: this group secondlife:///app/group/cad9c421-8b96-f9c1-fb40-dade48c43fe4/about
[09:32] Jayjay Zifanwe: thanks again everyone
[09:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): as always, we publish these chatlogs to our listserv
[09:32] Buffy Beale: cheering!
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MachinimUWA IV: Haveit Neox's 'Exhibition'

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'Exhibition', by Haveit Neox features a number of award winning artworks by the creator that have been part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This machinima is now part of MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which unites the powerhouses of virtual worlds, Artists and Machinimatographers!

Entries to the L$300,000 MachinimUWA IV close on the 10th of November and looks for the creation of machinima featuring artworks that are part of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.

Artworks Featured include:
Binary Stable
History in Cream
Second Libations Preview

In Haveit's words:
"INVITATION to participate: What if all life disappeared from the Earth's surface? Could the virtual world of the bots persist? Have your idea (as a text) included in the 'Second Libations' art exhibit. I am most grateful to the LEA (Linden Endowment for the Arts) and the UWA (University of Western Australia) for having granted me the opportunity to show my exhibit in the Art Series. I have been given the month of December 2011 to install the full sim exhibit "Second Libations". I am planning to display texts contributed by residents of Second Life as part of the show. If you are interested, please submit a paragraph (or more) describing your solution to the survival of the bots and their world. You may also send me a texture if you have something illustrated to accompany your text. The story line of the exhibition is in the following paragraph. Have fun with your ideas, or be serious in your creative efforts. Please send your text as a notecard AND an IM to Haveit Neox. This way I should receive it regardless of SL's habit of discarding or capping communications.

EXHIBIT SCENE: The great cosmic storm swept up the last of Earth's water molecules. On the lifeless planet, the only remaining intelligence flickers on computer screens. In the absence of human maintenance, bot scipters, bot artists, and bot teachers scramble to rescue their resources before the impending threat of blackout. Like the sorcerer's apprentice, they begin flooding their world by rezzing buckets of virtual water, in the hope of rehydrating their users. Their strategy appears to be failing. Not having been programmed for an unforeseen event of this magnitude, the bots plea for your solution in securing their virtual world.
The Second Libations await your offering. Your participation in the ritual is eagerly anticipated.

For any questions, please contact me. Thanks for your attention,
Haveit Neox

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DATE OF EXHIBIT: Dec 3 - Dec 31, 2011
LOCATION: LEA6 - LEA FULL SIM ART SERIES
DATE DUE: It would be helpful to get texts delivered to me by November 25, however, I will be posting texts from visitors all during the exhibition as well.
BOOK: A book covering the event is planned to be published in SL. By sending in your idea, it is possible that your text may be included.

Please send text (and illustration if you have one) to Haveit Neox"
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