MachinimUWA V: Hypatia Pickens 'Still Watching'

 

Still Watching, by Hypatia Pickens is a tribute to the work of Rose Borchovski. Featuring UWA's Moreton Bay Fig, Hypatia describes this work as follows, "Rose Borchovski's multi-faceted and heart-rending exhibit in Second Life: a mother, Beth, and her young daughter, Lot, have become separated during the war. Beth's bereavement has no closure. "The Inevitability of Fate" is a title with a double meaning, as "lot" in Dutch means "fate." What Lot's inevitability is remains unknown, and I hope to have kept it so, even if I have given her a voice in this film"

This machinima is now part of the L$725,000, MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom. MachinimUWA V's theme is a tribute to the Centenary of the University of Western Australia and UWA's New Courses 2012.

Entries to MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom close on the 30th of June 2012 and seeks for the creation of machinima with any storyline that fits to the theme of 'Seek Wisdom' so long as at least ONE of the 100 Treasures from UWA form part of the story. Click HERE for full details and landmarks to the locations of the treasures in Second Life.

ALSO, calling for entries to the UWA 3D Centenary Art Challenge (110 prim limit, open theme) through 30th June as well.

OTHER ENTRIES TO MACHINIMUWA V
First Emperor by Larkworthy Antfarm

enough about me by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

>run RAM by Tikaf Viper (Rome, Italy)

WISDOM FLYING IN CIRCLES by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
MAKING WISHES by Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA)
SOMETHIN'S BUGGIN ME by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)

High Volume by Benicia Beck

THE 3RD by Lala Larix (Gdańsk, Poland)
UWA Summer Exhibition by jjccc Coronet (London, UK)

SEEK WISDOM by London Junkers & Lizzie Gudkov (London, UK & Lisbon, Portugal)

ECHO QUIETUS SERENATA by Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
THE FOUR GODS OF FOLLY by Hypatia Pickens (Rochester, New York, USA)

SEEKING WISDOM IN THE STARS by Spiral Silverstar (New Orleans, LA, USA)

PENGUINS DIALOGUE ON WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME by Tutsy Navarathna (Pondicherry, India)

IN DREAMS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Dave Searby Mason (Brighton, England)

SEEKER OF WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

COLOURS by pallina60 Loon (Rome, Italy)

SOPHIA'S GAZE by Carl Velde (Naples, Italy)

THE SEARCH by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)
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MachinimUWA V: Larkworthy Antfarm's 'First Emperor'

 

Taking us back to days of yore in the search for wisdom is Larkworthy Antfarm, with 'First Emperor'. This brilliant period piece stars Pinetree Sungsoo, Iemitsu Nakamura, Josiane Llewellyn and filmed at Qinhuai - The Jade Lute Mansion, The Great Wall of China, Sichuan, Tomb of the Warriors, Tenth Rua in Second Life.

 

This machinima is now part of the L$725,000, MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom. MachinimUWA V's theme is a tribute to the Centenary of the University of Western Australia and UWA's New Courses 2012.

Entries to MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom close on the 30th of June 2012 and seeks for the creation of machinima with any storyline that fits to the theme of 'Seek Wisdom' so long as at least ONE of the 100 Treasures from UWA form part of the story. Click HERE for full details and landmarks to the locations of the treasures in Second Life.

ALSO, calling for entries to the UWA 3D Centenary Art Challenge (110 prim limit, open theme) through 30th June as well.

OTHER ENTRIES TO MACHINIMUWA V

enough about me by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

>run RAM by Tikaf Viper (Rome, Italy)

WISDOM FLYING IN CIRCLES by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
MAKING WISHES by Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA)
SOMETHIN'S BUGGIN ME by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)

High Volume by Benicia Beck

THE 3RD by Lala Larix (Gdańsk, Poland)
UWA Summer Exhibition by jjccc Coronet (London, UK)

SEEK WISDOM by London Junkers & Lizzie Gudkov (London, UK & Lisbon, Portugal)

ECHO QUIETUS SERENATA by Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
THE FOUR GODS OF FOLLY by Hypatia Pickens (Rochester, New York, USA)

SEEKING WISDOM IN THE STARS by Spiral Silverstar (New Orleans, LA, USA)

PENGUINS DIALOGUE ON WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME by Tutsy Navarathna (Pondicherry, India)

IN DREAMS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Dave Searby Mason (Brighton, England)

SEEKER OF WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

COLOURS by pallina60 Loon (Rome, Italy)

SOPHIA'S GAZE by Carl Velde (Naples, Italy)

THE SEARCH by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

Victoria Lenoirre's Review of DB Bailey's In A Tizzy

June, my favorite month of the year! I had a birthday and yes, it was fine! Thank you to everyone at UWA in SL and artists in the art world who have been kind to me and put up with my questions (some of them might have been silly or difficult to answer, but thanks for understanding my curiosity :) ). I've even made some good friends in the art world, friends that I know I can always chat with about anything art or whatever. Thank you, grazie, gracias, merci, danke, xie xie....from the bottom of my heart for doing what you do best.....creating amazing work in SL! You are the best!

This month at LEA6 is DB Bailey's In A Tizzy. The entire gallery was dedicated to Bettina Tizzy, creator of NPIRL, Not Possible in Real Life.

It is truly a magnificent architectural work. DB Bailey, David Denton in RL, is an architect. You can see how he incorporates different building styles throughout his Full Sim body of work. His website is here.

Above is my favorite part of his work. I wanted to zoom out and capture a large portion of it. If I had zoomed in, you would be able to see a fountain in the center of the room. The design is marvellous and original, in my opinion. The colors are great too. Further back, those spires remind me of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

What is NPIRL?

DB: NPIRL stands for “Not Possible in Real Life.” It was organized by Bettina to encourage designers to not simply replicate the real world in SL, but to explore the potential of SL to create whole new realities.

When did you meett Bettina Tizzy?

DB: I first met Bettina about five years ago, when I first started working with SL. After numerous conversations in SL, it came to light that in fact we lived a couple of blocks from each other in RL. 

We had dinner several times in California before she moved to Austin. 

Did you use mesh?

No mesh was used in this installation

In A Tizzy is based on this recurring dream you have. From your description at blog it seems that you don't believe dreams have any meaning. So you would disagree with those who think that dreams are trying to tell us something about life? One way to look at your dream is that life is a series of events that don't seem to be connected in any way and we don't know where they will lead us, but we find ourself compelled to explore and follow the path before us.

Or perhaps the dream is a message to not try to figure out life, but just enjoy the ride and just let ourselves feel and just "be here now", as Ram Dass said.Just to clarify, I was not stating my own belief about dreams, but noting that some scientists now believe that they have no particular meaning. I guess I would agree with Ram Dass, it’s better just to enjoy the ride.

DB: Just to clarify, I was not stating my own belief about dreams, but noting that some scientists now believe that they have no particular meaning. I guess I would agree with Ram Dass, it’s better just to enjoy the ride.

At your website, it says you collaborated with someone for a SL building project? When did that begin? Do you have an LM for that?

DB: Yes, I did collaborate with an architect in SL to design a project in RL. The project was located in Cairo, Egypt and the collaboration was with an Egyptian architect. If you Google “David Denton Architect” you will find numerous articles on this collaboration. 

I noticed some of the textures in your LEA build came right from your website.

Some of the textures might look familiar, because I frequently photograph installations using textures and then use those photographs as new textures in other builds. Thus the history of the projects is sometimes embedded into the textures themselves and look familiar.




Did I see lightning bolts throughout the sim? That's interesting. Were those part of your dream?

DB: The lightning bolts that you saw are now gone. I am constantly changing things and those lightning bolts were giving me a headache. 

Going here each time feels like a familiar yet new experience. I noticed that he changes the textures of the walls at the landing area. One can't help but marvel at the structures. The colors are so vibrant, shiny, and vivid. It is definitely an experience not to be missed!

So please come see In A Tizzy here at LEA6!

As always, have fun and enjoy the art!

Victoria Lenoirre

MachinimUWA V: Bleu Oleander's 'enough about me'

The quest for wisdom is as much a quest about the internal as it is the external, and Bleu Oleander's 'enough about me' demonstrates this beautifully!

This machinima is now part of the L$725,000, MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom. MachinimUWA V's theme is a tribute to the Centenary of the University of Western Australia and UWA's New Courses 2012.

Entries to MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom close on the 30th of June 2012 and seeks for the creation of machinima with any storyline that fits to the theme of 'Seek Wisdom' so long as at least ONE of the 100 Treasures from UWA form part of the story. Click HERE for full details and landmarks to the locations of the treasures in Second Life.

ALSO, calling for entries to the UWA 3D Centenary Art Challenge (110 prim limit, open theme) through 30th June as well.

OTHER ENTRIES TO MACHINIMUWA V

>run RAM by Tikaf Viper (Rome, Italy)

WISDOM FLYING IN CIRCLES by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
MAKING WISHES by Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA)
SOMETHIN'S BUGGIN ME by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)

High Volume by Benicia Beck

THE 3RD by Lala Larix (Gdańsk, Poland)
UWA Summer Exhibition by jjccc Coronet (London, UK)

SEEK WISDOM by London Junkers & Lizzie Gudkov (London, UK & Lisbon, Portugal)

ECHO QUIETUS SERENATA by Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
THE FOUR GODS OF FOLLY by Hypatia Pickens (Rochester, New York, USA)

SEEKING WISDOM IN THE STARS by Spiral Silverstar (New Orleans, LA, USA)

PENGUINS DIALOGUE ON WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME by Tutsy Navarathna (Pondicherry, India)

IN DREAMS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Dave Searby Mason (Brighton, England)

SEEKER OF WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

COLOURS by pallina60 Loon (Rome, Italy)

SOPHIA'S GAZE by Carl Velde (Naples, Italy)

THE SEARCH by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

Artists Dominate SL9B

By FreeWee (N.B.: This is a cross post of this article from my blog.)

I was planning to ignore SL9B (the Second Life birthday celebration) this year, but we were asked if UWA wanted a site, so I figured it wouldn’t be too hard to put one together. Not like I have anything else to do, right?

As with Burning Life, Linden Lab has decided to let the users make the festivals without their sponsorship. You can argue about whether this is a good or bad thing, but in my experience the post-LL fests have been every bit as good as the former ones, though with noticeable differences. The main one being that the exhibitors feel a lot freer without the Lab overseeing things. They make allowances for the volunteers who run and assist the events that they didn’t before, even though the official LL events were also largely volunteer run and the current events pretty much follow the same policies and procedures as ever. The difference is ownership. I think whatever the results, good or bad, the community feels like it’s our event and if it’s bad it’s our own fault.

I was in the middle of putting the UWA site together, and for grins I thought I’d take a tour of the installations so far. In case anyone needs reminding about the significance of art in SL, I just did a quick survey of sites at SL9B by people who I personally know to be artists (or at least are significantly art related). I did not include music venues or rl artists who are not presenting primarily virtual art (i.e., a painting-on-a-prim). There are likely several more who I’m not familiar with.The total number of art sites I counted is 35 and I've added a few already from others. I’m pretty sure there is no other segment at SL9B that is even close to that number and I think this has been typical in both the SLBs and Burning Life/Burn2 festivals.

I made a list and map of the artists I’ve found on the SL9B sims. If you know of any I missed, IM FreeWee Ling. (The list will be updated, but the map will not.)

Aequitas
Aloisio  Congrejo
Artistide Despres
Asmita  Duranjaya
AView-TV/Thoth Jantzen

barry Richez
Betty  Tureaud
Celestine Ghiardie
ChapTer Kronfeld
Chic Aeon
Chuckmatrix Clip
Crap Mariner
Daco Monday
theDove Rhode
Eliza Weirwight
Eupalinos Ugajin
Ginette Pinazzo
Ginger  Lorakeet
Giovanna Cerise
Huntress Cataneo
L1aura Loire /LEA
London Junkers
Mal Burns
Maya Paris
MellowDee
Mikati Slade
Monroe Snook
Neeks Karu
pallina60 Loon
Pamala Clifft
Pol Jarvinen
Silene Christen
Smile Monument (collaboration of 4 Japanese artists)
Solkide Auer
Takni Miklos 
Theda Tammas
Treacle Darlandes
Trill Zapatero
Ub Yifu
UWA/FreeWee
Wizzy Gynoid
Yooma Mayo

MachinimUWA V: Tikaf Viper's '>run RAM'

 

Tikaf Viper's heart-rending '>run RAM', featuring Han's Arkeveld's 'Celestian', puts on display the powers that exist within the human soul in overcoming the greatest of sorrows.

This machinima is now part of the L$725,000, MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom. MachinimUWA V's theme is a tribute to the Centenary of the University of Western Australia and UWA's New Courses 2012.

Entries to MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom close on the 30th of June 2012 and seeks for the creation of machinima with any storyline that fits to the theme of 'Seek Wisdom' so long as at least ONE of the 100 Treasures from UWA form part of the story. Click HERE for full details and landmarks to the locations of the treasures in Second Life.

ALSO, calling for entries to the UWA 3D Centenary Art Challenge (110 prim limit, open theme) through 30th June as well.

OTHER ENTRIES TO MACHINIMUWA V

WISDOM FLYING IN CIRCLES by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
MAKING WISHES by Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA)
SOMETHIN'S BUGGIN ME by Bleu Oleander (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)

High Volume by Benicia Beck

THE 3RD by Lala Larix (Gdańsk, Poland)
UWA Summer Exhibition by jjccc Coronet (London, UK)

SEEK WISDOM by London Junkers & Lizzie Gudkov (London, UK & Lisbon, Portugal)

ECHO QUIETUS SERENATA by Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
THE FOUR GODS OF FOLLY by Hypatia Pickens (Rochester, New York, USA)

SEEKING WISDOM IN THE STARS by Spiral Silverstar (New Orleans, LA, USA)

PENGUINS DIALOGUE ON WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME by Tutsy Navarathna (Pondicherry, India)

IN DREAMS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Dave Searby Mason (Brighton, England)

SEEKER OF WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

COLOURS by pallina60 Loon (Rome, Italy)

SOPHIA'S GAZE by Carl Velde (Naples, Italy)

THE SEARCH by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

V. Lenoirre's Review of the UWA Centenary Submissions

Hi all you art afficionados and follows of UWA! I hope you are all well. There have been some great submissions to the UWA Centenary Challenge lately, we hope to see many more! Thank you!

I got a chance to interview some of the artists who submitted their work so far. My first interview was with Ub Yifu, owner and creator of The Sky Sculptures Gallery. He builds detailed sculpt statues for various grids including Inworldz and Avination. In Inworldz, he has a whole Gulliver sim installation. He does have Gulliver at his SL Gallery though, you should see it. He's an awesome artist. So here's my interview with him:

--- Hi dear and thx for your interest here are my answers :

Ub Yifu's "A Star is Born"

You call it "A star is born", why?

--- I always have been a fan of space and that statue is a tribute to egyptian/greek/roman gods. That godess (you name it)  is responsible for creating planets and stars.

Is it in honor of the London Olympics, in part?

--- Not really but anybody will see a different thing depending on his culture and mind ;)

What does the UWA Centenary mean to you?

--- That means a lot since UWA is the biggest art event in SL and maybe the last one....

Why did you choose purples and blues?

--- After my last creations which were quite dark I wanted to do something more optimistic and sensual using these colors helped me to reach that goal i hope

Why is a flame under her feet?

--- In fact she s rising from a pyramid which in egyptian belief is the main power to reach the stars

Is the figure mesh or sculpted?

--- sculpties made 1 by 1 by myself ;) I have a doubt about creating meshes since anybody can import a pre made model in 2 minutes without having any skill.

I love how the water seems so reflective and it's moving.

--- Thx to the guy who created that great script yes ! Brice Bonetto

I think it's a brilliant, splendid creation by Ub Yifu. I encourage you to visit his gallery now and then. He's always adding and changing things there. He's great at creating the ambience in every creation he builds. Well done, Ub and thank you!

Up next is PRAVDA dark couture by pravda Core. Pravda was the first to submit to the UWA 3d Centenary Challenge! Bravo! The structure is partially underground. You just walk down the stone steps to see the Chinese terracotta warriors along with their horses. It looks like they are armed and ready for battle!

 Inside pravda Core's PRAVDA dark couture

Why did you choose to submit your  Chinese Terracotta warriors? I love the detail and the texturing on them. They look so realistic and very genuine.
pravda: When i made the original tomb (large scale version ) of the terracotta warriors in my sim, which can be seen here :http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tenth%20Rua/77/172/1272

 Jayjay asked me if i wanted to join UWA again, and since It has been almost a year I have not submitted any entry, I have decided to make one, considering the prim limit, the one displayed in UWA is the smaller version.

Did you travel to Beijing and actually see them up close?
pravda: No.  I just had a research about it and made a replica in SL.

What do the warriors symbolize to you?
pravda: Achievement.

Are they sculpts or mesh?
pravda:The are all completely made out of sculpts & primitive.

Did you make the textures?
pravda: Yes.  They are all original hand made textures.

Why is  this build partially underground?
pravda: In the spring of 1974, farmers digging a well in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi province China, were startled to discover an intact terracotta head. From there acheologists began to unearth an astonishing scene — a cavernous vault containing an entire army of warriors meant to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang as he made his journey into the afterlife. That is why i made the Original build entirely underground, and the modified version that is displayed in UWA is a partial peice of the original work hence explaining why the build is partially underground.


Up next is Tribute to Salvador Dali 2 by Silene Christen.

Silene Christen's Tribute to Salvador Dali 2

It's a work dedicated to the great Surrealist, Barcelonian painter, Salvador Dali. In the center of this exhibit you can see his face, the man with the thick beard and dark eyes. For a small work of art, it looks very intricate and interesting. Below is my interview. I wrote it in Spanish and Silene was nice enough to reply in English.

Hola Silene, soy Victoria Lenoirre, I blog for Jayjay y UWA blog. Yo quise preguntarte sobre tu obra para  La UWA Centenary Challenge ( I wanted to ask you about your masterpiece for the UWA Centenary Challenge)..

Quien es Salvador Dali?

 Salvador Dalí is one of the most ikmportant surrealist artist in all world. He was born in Barcelona and was about PIcasso time.

Por que hiciste una obra para esta competicion sobre Salvador Dali? (Why did you make a masterpiece for this competition about Salvador Dali?)

When i made my work, in spain there was processions time. We make a tribute to last days from Jesus Christ in world, with processions in which people accompany images that reflected moments of last days (christ in crux, for example) Those images are from Barroco time in spain. Dalí made an image from Christ very curius, as is seeing from above, not directly the face as usually appears in other painters works.

A ti, que significa Centenary? (What does Centenary mean to you?)

IN processions is very common on saint friday to see Christ in the crux, so i made what here we called one TRONO (the images are above a construction that people carry over the shoulders, whith weight over 3 tons).[4:08]  Silene Christen: This one of mine is inspirated in Dalí work, and also in a National Geographic report that showed the reconstruction by forensic people of Christ's face.

Que simboliza los fuegos en tu obra? (What do the fires symbolize in your masterpiece?)

Ah, fire is a tribute to the TRONOS, as in Spain cover them with candles and flowers. The most impressive Christ in crux is only woth candles, giving an intimate atmosphere to the procession

Thanks for answering my questions, Silene! I'm sure Dali would love the tribute.

Grand is a great adjective to describe the UWA Centenary Challenge. This next masterpiece is just that, It is Giant Inrush by Yabusaka Loon.

Giant Inrush by Yabusaka Loon

VL: Hi Yabusaka, I blog for UWA blog. I like your giant statue. Is it mesh? What kind of mesh?

YL: Yes its a statue made of 100% mesh.
The package I'm selling at my main store contains the same statue displaying at UWA and wearable mesh avatar of 3 different heights.
Mainstore: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/YABU/96/176/27

VL: Why did you submit this giant for the UWA Centenary Challenge?

YL: I was making making that giant just for wearable mesh avatar but Jayjay invited me for the challenge and I thought it will work for that too.

This imposing statue made me stop in my tracks and really look. His facial expression caught my attention first and then I noticed his stance. Please, come see it!




Fantasy...reality....SL can be either one or both to us. This next body of  work is Imagination by Barry Richez.

Imagination by Barry Richez

I got a chance to meet Barry Richez and he was helpful and friendly. He is an artist from Toulouse, France. In real life, he creates digital art. His work is just incredible.

On evening I got to meet him at the UWA gallery area. He said:

The image of the sea that you see at the bottom is a digital painting done in real life. When I came on SL, I wanted to find a way to mix my RL work with that of second life. The images of women and children are photos taken on SL. The idea is that there is a small barrier between reality and the metaverse, and that a creature has managed to get through this barrier and it is expanded over a range of the metaverse.

Her (the woman in the image) is water because water is the source of all life.

Below I have posted the poem that you see on the right side of the box.

 Beautiful star traveler, host that we arrive
  Depths of the sky and was not expected,
  Where are you going? What we plan to shoot your footsteps?
  You who vogues in off the sea without shores,
  On your way, as far as your eyes met,
  Have you seen that here as pain and misery?
  In these worlds scattered, say! do we have any brothers?
  Did they charge us for their salvation far?

  Ah! when you come back, maybe the earth
  The man is gone. The bottom of this stay
  If his eye does not contemplate your return,
  If this globe exhausted died lonely,
  In infinite space pursuing your path,
  At least throw in passing, wandering star and fast,
  A look of pity on the empty theater
  Suffered so many evils and human labor.

  [To the Comet of 1861]
  Poems by Louise Ackermann

  Quotes Louise Ackermann
  Books by Louise Ackermann

And that's a quick glance at the UWA Centenary 3d Challenge. Keep the submissions coming! You have until June 30th to send in your masterpieces!

Have fun and enjoy the art!

V. Lenoirre

MachinimUWA V: Bleu Oleander's 'Wisdom Flying in Circles'

 

 Bleu Oleander's 2nd offering to MachinimUWA V, 'Wisdom Flying in Circles' shows how, in Bleu's words, "Experience, memories and dreams live in the house of Wisdom, where Wisdom dances in circles."

This machinima is now part of the L$725,000, MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom. MachinimUWA V's theme is a tribute to the Centenary of the University of Western Australia and UWA's New Courses 2012.

Entries to MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom close on the 30th of June 2012 and seeks for the creation of machinima with any storyline that fits to the theme of 'Seek Wisdom' so long as at least ONE of the 100 Treasures from UWA form part of the story. Click HERE for full details and landmarks to the locations of the treasures in Second Life.

ALSO, calling for entries to the UWA 3D Centenary Art Challenge (110 prim limit, open theme) through 30th June as well.

OTHER ENTRIES TO MACHINIMUWA V

MAKING WISHES by Secret Rage
SOMETHIN'S BUGGIN ME by Bleu Oleander

SEEK WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)

High Volume by Benicia Beck

THE 3RD by Lala Larix (Gdańsk, Poland)
UWA Summer Exhibition by jjccc Coronet (London, UK)

SEEK WISDOM by London Junkers & Lizzie Gudkov (London, UK & Lisbon, Portugal)

ECHO QUIETUS SERENATA by Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)
THE FOUR GODS OF FOLLY by Hypatia Pickens (Rochester, New York, USA)

SEEKING WISDOM IN THE STARS by Spiral Silverstar (New Orleans, LA, USA)

PENGUINS DIALOGUE ON WISDOM by Soda Lemondrop (Monterey, California, USA)
THE LAST SYLLABLE OF RECORDED TIME by Tutsy Navarathna (Pondicherry, India)

IN DREAMS by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

SEEK WISDOM by Dave Searby Mason (Brighton, England)

SEEKER OF WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

COLOURS by pallina60 Loon (Rome, Italy)

SOPHIA'S GAZE by Carl Velde (Naples, Italy)

THE SEARCH by Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)

PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM by Sophia Yates (Lancaster, MA, USA)

Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces

Project48, the powerhouse that helped Chantal Harvey & Scissores in further envigorating the 48 Hour Film Project  has joined forces with UWA for MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom and future projects including the 48 EcoFilm Challenge 2012. Another amazing fact is that both Project48 & UWA are based in Australia, albeit at opposite ends of the continent!

This coming together raises the prize pool for MachinimUWA V to L$775,000, with the EcoFilm Challenge carrying an overall prize pool of L$3,000,000, with a minumum of L$250,000 going to the best machinima.

"We are delighted to be partnering with UWA for their 5th Short Animated Film Festival (MachinimaUWA V)", says Tom Papas, Festival Director and co-producer of Project48, "Both of our organisations are committed to working together to develop and create opportunities for Machinima Filmmakers around the world."

MachinimUWA V creator and curator, UWA's Jay Jay Jegathesan (Jayjay Zifanwe) added, "I had long admired the 48 hour film projects, and when I heard that the team that had helped with the development of this concept in a machinima context was based in Australia, I knew that we had to connect. The strangest thing was that Tom at the same time was trying to connect with us, so this turned out to be the perfect match."

  

MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom is accepting entries through 30th June 2012

48 EcoFilm Challenge 2012 is accepting machinima entries now, and will run on the 6th - 8th of July 2012

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