Friday, December 4, 2015

UWA 3D ART & MACHINIMA GRAND FINALE - 6AM SLT SUNDAY 13 DEC (FINAL EDITION)

UWA-BOSL Grand Amphitheatre (photo credit: Prim Perfect, PJ Trenton)

The Grand Finale announcements for the L$500,000++  Pursue Impossible 3D Art & Film Challenges  will be from 6am SLT, Sunday 13th December 2015 at the UWA-BOSL Grand Amphitheatre. This will be the last time the international 3D art & film challenges will be run at UWA in the way they have been since the 2009 inception... so hope to see you at this finale.

Grand Finale Time & Date: 6am SLT Sunday 13th DEC
Location: The UWA-BOSL Grand Amphitheatre

 (Entrance 1Entrance 2Entrance 3)

59  artworks and 45 machinima are in the running for the overall prizes which run to more than L$500,000 all in!


DO COME EARLY. ALL THE MACHINIMA WILL BE PLAYING CONTINUOUSLY AT THE VENUE FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EVENT.

Much thanks to LAPISCEAN LIBERTY & SL Artist who are hosting all the machinima on their site HERE

The Audience Participation events are ongoing and with more than L$50,000 available to audience members for attaching the machinima and appreciating the artwork..... closing for the audience events are very soon... so, do get in quick!

CLICK HERE TO SEE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION DETAILS FOR MACHINIMA INCLUDING LINKS TO ALL MACHINIMA

CLICK HERE TO GET LM'S  TO ALL 3D ARTWORKS AND INFO ON AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT FOR ART

WHY IS THIS THE FINAL ONE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR UWA?
  • The UWA sims will continue
  • FreeWee Ling will take full control of art at UWA, and will continue to run art events as she has been over the years
  • NOT the end of UWA in Second Life
  • IS THE END for the major international art and film challenges that have run annually since 2009
  • There may be special art or film events if funding is secured to run those specific events (or is a large amount of funding is suddenly available to UWA for work in virtual worlds)
  • It has been an amazing honour to run these challenges over the years, and its with a heavy heart that the sun is now setting

THE SUN SETS ON THE UWA GRAND CHALLENGES

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Thoughts on Pursue Impossible Submissions by Victoria Lenoirre

Hey everyone!

I wanted to reflect and share my thoughts on the UWA 3D & Machinima Pursue Impossible VIII round. It is another amazing round as you can see by all the submissions here at blog and inworld. Wow! Thanks to everyone who submitted!

I think that this is one of my favorite themes. The diverse interpretations are touching, humbling, heartwarming and so many other heartfelt emotions.

Some works at the UWA showing area


Impossible is a word that we hear on a regular basis. From all the 3D art and machinima though, there is such positivity and uplifting messages that we can turn impossibility into possibility if we just try to make it happen. Whether we need to get the courage to approach a girl or pursue a career after coming home from war or we wish to end homelessness, we need to believe that we can do it and then try to succeed.

The impossible comes to life in this round. I encourage you to have a look at all the 3D art and all the machinima at youtube and vimeo. Everyone has done their very best! I am in awe of all the creativity and interpretations. This is why I love art. You can build anything. Your imagination is limitless and your thoughts know no boundaries.

Some new faces have submitted their work too. I got a chance to chat with one artist new to the UWA art challenges, Kazuhiro Aridian. His debut entry is Rise above the mundane, which features his creation, the Seadryke.

I wanted to welcome you to the UWA challenge. Is this your first time entering?
-Yep!

So the Seadryke is a creation of your mind, what inspired its creation?
-The Seadryke is part of my inner world, I think most people have one of these. For me, it's a personal narrative with characters that sometimes help me to cope with problems in my life. The Seadryke represents longevity and loyalty.

Rise above the mundane by Kazuhiro Aridian


What sort of environment was it born into?
-The Realm of Fantasy is a world where there is no war, no predation, free of hatred. Its counterpart is Nightmare, which is an opposite type of place, as you might imagine. Both are subject to the tumultuous emotions of their Keepers. Seadrykes are subjects in Fantasy.

-I have a specific narrative associated with the Seadryke, and that is the tale of Summer: There was a time when Fantasy had frozen over, colder and colder the lands became, encroaching deep into the sea. All manner of life slowed down, and the warmth of the Sun became a distant memory. It was determined that in order to save their home, the fastest and cleverest Seadryke would seek out the Sun. It swam and swam, far beyond all known places, farther and farther, deep into the fraying edges of Fantasy, the Mist, and beyond. Finally, a glimmer of light broke through the wintry clouds and from high above the sea emerged the feathered Skydryke, myterious and bright, dragging behind it the light of the Sun.

To all those who keep saying, "It's impossible, you'll never make it", what would you say?
-Break down large tasks into small ones. Make sure you are always building on your successes, and learning from your failures. There is no such thing as wasted time so long as you are always taking steps towards your goals, however risky, and taking the time to evaluate each move. Plan ahead. You'll get there.

What do you do in SL?
-I am a content creator. I make avatars, pets, and environments. I love 3D modeling and making textures, but above all, creating worlds and their inhabitants.

How long has [europa] been around?
-Oh gosh... I think I started it in 2007.

Kazuhiro, or Kaz, is working on a project for Unreal Engine 4. When I asked him if he would possibly create a story or film series about the Seadryke, he affirmed that he was considering it. He said, "I would love to flesh out the world."

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For the machinima, I want to say thank you to all. Your videos are moving, thoughtful and so wonderfully filmed!

It's great to see veteran UWA challenge filmmakers like Natascha Randt, Tutsy Navarathna, Haveit Neox, Vilvi Rae and many others produce more fascinating films for us to see and marvel at. I also want to welcome new UWA filmmakers like Jackson Redstar. Welcome and thank you for sharing! You are welcome to participate in future UWA challenges!

I found time to interview Jackson Redstar. Here is his submission.

So your submission to the Machinima challenge, is it your first submission to the UWA?

JR: Yes it is.

Wow! A nice UWA debut. How did you hear about the UWA?

JR: Jayjay sent me a message. It was kinda out of the blue lol.

Your film, was beautifully moving. what inspired you to create it?

JR: Well, you see now in america at least, lots of war veterans that are down and out suicidal, or homeless, so i kinda worked off that theme, life interrupted then rebuilt.

What made you incorporate the singing career into the plot?

JR: Well I knew I wanted to use that song in the movie, so it just seemed to fit.

It is one of the best songs ever. :-)

JR: Yeah and it was great to cause I spoke with the singer via email too.

Was this your first creative film? must be really different from filming a wedding.
What do you film when you're not taking photos, btw?

JR: I film weddings a lot, then I like to make fun music videos.

What does pursue impossible mean to you?

JR: Well the way I looked at it, even when the shit hits the fan, never give up.

I kinda tried to use an example of a guys life was going perfectly fine, then there was a need to serve his country, but things fell apart losing his girl, the war injuries, PTSD etc. And not to make it too religious, but he got to his lowest point, found a 'higher power' and found the strength to put his life back on track.

Those are good examples that translate well to the screen. I think everyone will see the symbolism in your film.

JR: It is a lot of fit into a 7-minute film with no narration.

Thanks to everyone who submitted to the Pursue Impossible round! Voting ends in a few days.

A big thank you to all who make the UWA Challenges possible!

You can view all the machinima entries here.
 http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2015/11/audience-participation-event.html

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from or in the United States!

Regards,

Victoria Lenoirre














Thursday, November 5, 2015

Audience Participation Event: MACHINIMUWA VIII - Pursue Impossible (Win A Share of L$41,000 for Watching Machinima)



The Grand Finale Winners announcements for MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible will be held on Sunday the 13th of December at 6AM SLT (note its AM!!)  along with the winners announcements for the 3D Art Challenge. We have 45 Machinima from around the world for the 8th edition of the UWA short animated film challenges.

One of the Machinima  below will be awarded the L$60,000 Grand Prize in DECEMBER 2015! L$500,000 in all will be distributed at the winners announcements

 
UWA would like to acknowledge fellow sponsors,
Tom Papas & SciFi Film Festival, Reign Congrejo & BOSL, LaPiscean Liberty & SL Artist, AviewTV, Pixel Bits,   TheDove Rhode with S&S Gallery of SL Fine Art & Peace Is A Choice Gallery, Virtlantis, Phillip Vought, Dr Valerie Casey, Carolyn Steele & York University (Canada), Taralyn Gravois,  johannes1977 & Windlight Magazine, Eleanor Medier & The Sim Street Journal, UWA Marketing & Communications, as well as The UWA Virtual Worlds Project.


WE INVITE ALL OF SL TO PARTICIPATE IN A L$41,000 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT
 

Deadline For Audience Participation Prizes: Midnight SLT 6th December 2015.

L$41,000 has been set aside for all machinima lovers who take part in a special participation event. We are asking everyone to view the machinima and give us which machinima you think will finish in the TOP 10 in order 1st - 10th as decided by the official judging panel. 


(email jayjayaustralia@hotmail.com OR list them on a notecard to Jayjay Zifanwe - please put your name on the title of the notecard with the words MachinimUWA VIII Audience Event).

The 5 participants whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel, will win for themselves between L$12,000 - L$5,000.

* More than happy for the artists taking part as well to submit their lists, as this will not impact the actual results


This is not a popularity vote. Your top 10 is your prediction of who the actual top 10 will be according to the official judging.


AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PRIZES
(Awarded to viewers/ visitors whose top 10 lists most closesly aligns to the actual juried top 10)

  • 1st Prize L$ 12,000
  • 2nd Prize L$ 10,000
  • 3rd Prize L$ 8,000
  • 4th Prize L$ 6,000
  • 5th Prize L$ 5,000
ALL 45 MACHINIMA VIII ENTRIES
(In reverse Klingon Alphabetical Order)

Sarah Whitney (Stonington, Connecticut, USA) - Pursue Impossible
Jackson Redstar (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) - Reach
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Finding Heart
Tutsy Navarathna (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - Death of Death?
Braclo Eber (South AFrica) - Path to Redemption
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Right for Me
Haveit Neox (Los Angeles, USA) & Lilia Artis (Bern, Switzerland)  - Tis an Egg
Soda Air (Monterey, California) - Pursue the Impossible
Glasz de Cuir (Spain) - Your Love Letter
Mexi Lane aka Marina Bellini (Rome, Italy) - Pursue Impossible - Fly High
Sevio (Barcelona, Spain) - Virtual Flow
Billy Carter (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) / (Elite Littlebird - SL) - Pursue Impossible
Suzie Anderton (Bournemouth, England) - Pursue Impossible
Vilvi Rae (Jyvaskylla, Finland) - Don't Look Back
Chich Aeon  (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) - Bookends
Natascha Randt (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) & Karina Hoisan (San Isidro del General, Costa Rica) - Chasing a Butterfly
Sunset Quinnel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Pursue Impossible for Who
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Pursue Impossible
Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA) - The Gift
Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)  - Folding Time
Chantal Harvey (Maastricht, Netherlands) - Robi - oh my head
Fuzzy Deezul (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - The Escape
Panda (La Corneuve, France) - Ghost Race
JaeSang (Seattle, Washington, USA) - Parallel Universes

Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Surfing on Ceres
Sophia Yates (Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA) - IF
Joseph Nussbaum (Durham, North Carolina) & Boris Twist  (Portland, Oregon) - Quest
Maximillian Merlin (Hann. Muenden, Germany) - Enchanted Dimensions
Misio2 (Melbourne, Australia) - ;Decorations
Sophia Hines (Paris, France) - Pursue Impossible
Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA) - Pursue Impossible
Sheba Rayna (Sacramento, California) - Pursue Impossible
Ultraviolet Alter (Toulouse, France) - Thin Places
Alfonso Garavito Olivar (Colombian in Boston, USA), Inés Rodríguez (Valencia, Spain) and Juani Ruiz (Cordoba, Spain) - A World Without Borders
Diana Al Martini (Jakarta, Indonesia) - Pursue Impossible on UWA Today
Yesikita Coppola (The Netherlands) - Infinite
Secret Rage (Dallas, Texas, USA) - Pursue I'm Impossible
Haveit Neox (Los Angeles, USA) & Lilia Artis (Bern, Switzerland) - Touching White
Eric Takkar (USA) & SurReal Muse (Perth, Australia) - Impossible
Livio Korobase (Caravaggio, Italy) - Pursue Impossible? (VIMEO VERSION HERE)
Artistik Oluja (A Briton in Kuwait City, Kuwait) - Magic Mirrors
Dae Hayes - Daegirieul (SL) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - Pursue Impossible
Mary Wickentower (Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA) - Mother's Warnings

Audience Participation Event: 3D Art - PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE (Win A Share of L$41,000)


The Grand Finale Winners announcements for PURSURE IMPOSSIBLE:  The 6th UWA Grand Art Challenge will be held in December along with the winners announcements for the Machinima Challenge. We have on display at UWA 59 artworks from all corners of the globe.

One of the artworks below will be awarded the L$60,000 Grand Prize in DECEMBER 2015! More than L$410,000 will be distributed at the winners announcements for 3D art and machinima on 13 December 2014.

WE INVITE ALL OF SL TO PARTICIPATE IN A L$41,000 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT


Deadline For Audience Participation Prizes: Midnight SLT 10 December 2014
L$41,000 has been set aside for art lovers who take part in a special participation event. We are asking everyone to view the artworks and list who you think will finish in the TOP 10 in order: 1st - 10th, as decided by the official judging panel. Email your list to jayjayaustralia@hotmail.com OR list them on a notecard to Jayjay Zifanwe in SL. Please put your name on the title of the notecard with the words Pursue Impossible 3D Art Audience Event.

The 5 participants whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel (Listed here), will win for themselves between L$12,000 - L$5,000. The first prize winner will also be invited to be on the panel for the next grand art challenge
* Participating artists are welcome to take part as well, as this competition will not affect the actual judging results.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PRIZES
(Awarded to viewers/ visitors whose top 10 lists most closesly aligns to the actual juried top 10)
  • 1st Prize L$ 12,000
  • 2nd Prize L$ 10,000
  • 3rd Prize L$ 8,000
  • 4th Prize L$ 6,000
  • 5th Prize L$ 5,000

PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE 3D ART CHALLENGE ARTWORKS (59 IN TOTAL)
Click Here for Start Location (OR, you can teleport directly to each artwork by clicking the name):

Following is a complete list of all 59 entries with links to SLURLs.
Special thanks to Eliza Wierwight for the event poster design and for all her support. Special thanks also to the creator of some of the spaces at UWA. These include FreeWee Ling, Chuckmatrix Clip, quadrapop Lane, Nyx Breen, Bradley Dorchester (Bradley Curnow, RL). Dragonmage Bogan (Dr Chris Thorne, RL), Sharni Azalee and Minny Werefox (Minh Tran, RL). 

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: Final Machinima Details

JayJay has been extremely occupied in rl with helping to host the World English-Language Scrabble Tournament in Perth. The tourney continues this week, so attempts to get questions answered may take a few more days. You are welcome to contact FreeWee Ling if you have any concerns and I will do what I can to help.

We will soon be giving the judges final instructions for both 3D art and machinima. You are, of course, encouraged to begin looking at the work now. Final winners will be announced sometime around 1 December. Details to follow.

Meanwhile JayJay asked me to post these last entries in the PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE machinima challenge. If you submitted your machinima on time and it does not appear on the list, please let JayJay or FreeWee know.

Sophia Hines (Paris, France)  Pursue Impossible


Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)  Pursue Impossible


Sheba Rayna (Sacramento, California)  Pursue Impossible


Ultraviolet Alter Thin Places


Alfonso Garavito Olivar (Colombian in Salem , USA), Inés Rodríguez (Valencia, Spain) and Juani Ruiz (Cordoba, Spain) - A World Without Borders


Diana Al Martini (Jakarta, Indonesia) ;Pursue Impossible on UWA Today


Yesikita Coppola (The Netherlands) Infinite


Secret Rage (USA) - Pursue I'm Impossible


Eric Takkar & SurReal Muse Impossible


LIvio Korobase Pursue Impossible?


Artistik Oluja (A Briton in Kuwait City, Kuwait) - Magic Mirrors


Mary Wickentower (USA) - Mother's Warnings


Haveit Neox and Lilia Artis: Touching White


Full list of Submitted Machinima for MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible (42 total)
(In Reverse Klingon Alphabetical Order)

Sarah Whitney (Stonington, Connecticut, USA) ;Pursue Impossible
Jackson Redstar (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) ;Reach
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) ;Finding Heart
Tutsy Navarathna (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) ;Death of Death?
Braclo Eber (South AFrica) - Path to Redemption
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Right for Me
Haveit Neox (Los Angeles, USA) & Lilia Artis (Bern, Switzerland)  - Tis an Egg
Soda Air (Monterey, California) - Pursue the Impossible
Glasz de Cuir (Spain) - Your Love Letter
Mexi Lane aka Marina Bellini (Rome, Italy) - Pursue Impossible - Fly High
Sevio (Barcelona, Spain) ;Virtual Flow
Billy Carter (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) / (Elite Littlebird - SL) ;Pursue Impossible
Suzie Anderton (Bournemouth, England) ;Pursue Impossible
Vilvi Rae (Jyvaskylla, Finland) ;Don't Look Back
Chich Aeon  (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) ;Bookends
Natascha Randt (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) & Karina Hoisan (San Isidro del General, Costa Rica) ;Chasing a Butterfly
Sunset Quinnel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ;Pursue Impossible for Who
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) ;Pursue Impossible
Secret Rage (Sallas, Texas, USA) ;The Gift
Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)  ;Folding Time
Chantal Harvey (Maastricht, Netherlands) ;Robi - oh my head
Fuzzy Deezul (Chicago, Illinois, USA) ;The Escape
Panda (La Corneuve, France) ;Ghost Race
JaeSang (Seattle, Washington, USA) ;Parallel Universes
Livio Korobase  (Caravaggio, BG, Italy) ;Pursue Impossible?
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) ;Surfing on Ceres
Sophia Yates (Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA) ;IF
Joseph Nussbaum (Durham, North Carolina) & Boris Twist  (Portland, Oregon) ;Quest
Maximillian Merlin (Hann. Muenden, Germany) ;Enchanted Dimensions
Misio2 (Melbourne, Australia) ;Decorations
Sophia Hines (Paris, France)  Pursue Impossible
Kobuk Farshore (Alaska, USA)  Pursue Impossible
Sheba Rayna (Sacramento, California)  Pursue Impossible
Ultraviolet Alter (Toulouse, France) Thin Places
Alfonso Garavito Olivar (Colombian in Boston, USA), Inés Rodríguez (Valencia, Spain) and Juani Ruiz (Cordoba, Spain) ; A World Without Borders
Diana Al Martini (Jakarta, Indonesia) ;Pursue Impossible on UWA Today
Yesikita Coppola (The Netherlands) Infinite
Secret Rage (USA) - Pursue I'm Impossible
Haveit Neox and Lilia Artis: Touching White
Eric Takkar (USA) & SurReal Muse (Perth, Australia) Impossible
Livio Korobase (Caravaggio, Italy) Pursue Impossible? (VIMEO VERSION HERE)
Artistik Oluja (A Briton in Kuwait City, Kuwait) - Magic Mirrors
Mary Wickentower (USA) - Mother's Warnings

Friday, October 30, 2015

24 Hours++ to Deadline - Pursue Impossible: Glasz, Haveit, Lilia, Soda, Braclo, Fuchsia, Gweeb, Mexi




GLASZ DE CUIR


SODA AIR


BRACLO EBER


FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE & GWEEB


'Tis an Egg from Collabartwood on Vimeo.
HAVEIT NEOX & LILIA ARTIS



Pursue Impossible - FLY HIGH from Marina Bellini on Vimeo.
MEXI LANE

Many wonderful works in by Braclo Eber, Fuchsia Nightfire, Soda Air,  Mexi Lane, Haveit Neox & Lilia Artis and Glasz de Cuir as we move close to the final 24 hours for entries for the Pursue Impossible challenges with the deadline being MIDNIGHT SLT 31st October!

These films are now part of MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible, the 8th UWA Short Animated Film Challenge. UWA's L$560,000++ Pursue Impossible Art & Film challenges are so themed in honour of UWA adopting Pursue Impossible as their clarion call in real life. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IN 31ST OCTOBER 2015.

You may interpret the theme 'Pursue Impossible' as you see fit, however the average viewer would need to be able to appreciate how you fit this theme (alternatively, please indicate in the notes that accompany your film how it fits). Your machinima must be made specifically for this challenge, and this should be indicated in the opening credits 'For The University of Western Australia's MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible' (or end credits if it works better creatively). You do not have to film on the UWA sims, however this of course will be appreciated, and there is a Special UWA Prize which will be made available to a film which starts at the same point as the UWA Pursue Impossible Video, at Winthrop Clock Tower.

ALSO, public viewing for PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: The 6th UWA Grand 3D Art Challenge is now open (closing date for entries is the same as the Machinima - 31st October)

Do visit the UWA Challenge Gallery HERE to view the submissions so far.

List of Submitted Machinima for MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible
(In Reverse Klingon Alphabetical Order)

Sarah Whitney (Stonington, Connecticut, USA) - Pursue Impossible
Jackson Redstar (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) - Reach
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Finding Heart
Tutsy Navarathna (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - Death of Death?
Braclo Eber (South AFrica) - Path to Redemption
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Right for Me
Haveit Neox (Los Angeles, USA) & Lilia Artis (Bern, Switzerland)  - Tis an Egg
Soda Air (Monterey, California) - Pursue the Impossible
Glasz de Cuir (Spain) - Your Love Letter
Mexi Lane aka Marina Bellini (Rome, Italy) - Pursue Impossible - Fly High
Sevio (Barcelona, Spain) - Virtual Flow
Billy Carter (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) / (Elite Littlebird - SL) - Pursue Impossible
Suzie Anderton (Bournemouth, England) - Pursue Impossible
Vilvi Rae (Jyvaskylla, Finland) - Don't Look Back
Chich Aeon  (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) - Bookends
Natascha Randt (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) & Karina Hoisan (San Isidro del General, Costa Rica) - Chasing a Butterfly
Sunset Quinnel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Pursue Impossible for Who
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Pursue Impossible
Secret Rage (Sallas, Texas, USA) - The Gift
Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)  - Folding Time
Chantal Harvey (Maastricht, Netherlands) - Robi - oh my head
Fuzzy Deezul (Chicago, Illinois, USA)- The Escape
Panda (La Corneuve, France) - Ghost Race
JaeSang (Seattle, Washington, USA) - Parallel Universes
Livio Korobase  (Caravaggio, BG, Italy) - Pursue Impossible?
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Surfing on Ceres
Sophia Yates (Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA) - IF
Joseph Nussbaum (Durham, North Carolina) & Boris Twist  (Portland, Oregon) - Quest
Maximillian Merlin (Hann. Muenden, Germany) - Enchanted Dimensions
Misio2 (Melbourne, Australia) - Decorations

York University Students to Interview 'Pursue Impossible' 3D Artists for Assignment

YORK UNI STUDENTS ALL READY FOR THE CHALLENGE
A GROUP PHOTO OF THE YORK UNI STUDENTS @ THE UWA CHALLENGE GALLERY

Students fromYork University in Canada will be examining the artworks at the UWA Gallery entered for the Pursue Impossible challenges and selecting artists to interview for the creation of Artists profiles, under the tutelage of Dr Carolyn Steele for the 2nd year Culture and Expression/Humanities Course in a uni titled:  Art and Artists in 3D Multiuser Environments

So if you have an artwork in... you could be approached by a pair of students. Each pair of students needs to profile 1 artist, and all pairs have to select different artists. You only need take part if you are willing.Its perfectly ok to decline if you don't feel up to it.

This assignment accounts of 10% of their unit they are undertaking this semester. The 'rubric' for the unit, or what the students have been asked to do, is as follows (provided by York University):


Rubric: 3D Media Artist Profile 

The University of Western Australia’s annual 3D Open Art Challenge provides a unique opportunity to experience some of the most accomplished art of this kind in the world all in one place. It also provides an excellent opportunity to talk with artists about their motivations, processes and visions for their own work and for this media.

This assignment requires you to select an artist whose work has been included in this year’s art challenge and write a 750-word profile about them, including screen captures of their work. You can find some information about these artists online – many have their own websites, but in most cases, you will be writing about artists about whom not much has been written. Their submission to the art challenge will usually include an artist statement, along with a little information about the artist. You are strongly encouraged to contact the artist directly through IM in Second Life and arrange an interview. Keep in mind, these artists will be located all over the world, in different time zones, and may not be fluent English speakers. You may need to try to contact two or three artists before you find one who will be comfortable being interviewed, so schedule in time for that. We will discuss how to do this in class.

I will be looking for the following elements in my grading of your profiles:

·      Coverage of important details including – name (SL/RL - IF they are willing to share), biographical information – where they live, occupation, training/education etc, name, précis and photo of their submission.

·      Insight into the artist including - intent, process, challenges, their background as a 3D artist.

·      Your analysis of how this piece/artist relates to key course concepts.


·      Your personal reaction to and/or experience of this piece, including your motivation for selecting it.


Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Vilvi Rae & Iono Allen Films Feature in Veterans Film Festival + More Machinima by Maximilian, Livio & Misio


2 remarkable, award-winning films by Vilvi Rae (No Man's Land) & Iono Allen (Butchery) which featured in MachinimUWA VII: Transcending borders have been selected for screening for the Veteran's Film Festival at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on the 11th of November, being the only 2 animated films selected for screening amongst 21 short films featuring the dedicated individuals who served their countries over the years.

Trailers and a synopsis are available on the Veteran's website for some of the films, one of them being Butchery, and as it has a trailer, thats what has been embedded here, with links to the full version.

BUTCHERY by Iono Allen
“The latest attack cost (figures given by officers) eighty thousands men and one billion 5 hundred millions of francs for munitions. And at this price, we gained 4 kilometers to find before us new trenches.” Soldier Michel LANSON – July 1915

1914-1918 World War I: 9 millions dead, 8 millions disabled. A short symbolic vision of this war, the first massive and technologic one, through real letters from soldiers: a french one, a german one and a english nurse.

FULL ENGLISH VERSION
FULL FRENCH VERSION




NO MAN'S LAND by Vilvi Rae
Christmas story from World War One. Famous story from the trenches of World War One, when British and German soldiers made a brief truce for Christmas Day. A machinima film created using anthropomorphic animal characters and filmed entirely in Second Life.


No Man's Land from Vilvi on Vimeo.

Best wishes to both films for the festival!

With MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible, we have come to 3 days from the deadline, and 3 unique films from Maximillian Merlin, Livio Korobase and Misio2 have come in!




Enchanted Dimensions by Maximillian Merlin


Decorations by Misio2





Pursue Impossible? by Livio Korobase

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE (Latest Entries 8)

Our latest 3D art entries (and one machinima) for PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE (click or details).

Deadline is Saturday 31 October! A lot of you are working hard on your entries. Be sure to get it in on time! The prize pool stands at more than half a million Lindens for the 3D Art & Machinima Challenge. All entries will be documented in an exhibition catalog as part of the UWA Studies in Virtual Arts (UWA SiVA) series.

Our latest entries include:

Jesse Keyes - Mars


Takni Mistwalker & Misio2 - Pursuing order is pursuing impossible

Yepar Saenz - Labyrinth

Alpha Auer - The Bridge

Othella - MAGE Magazine #7

Kiesta Aljon - I'm Possible

Pixels Sideways - Perspectives

"Enchanted Dimensions" by Maximillian Merlinof Hann. Muenden, Germany

Entries received thus far (in order of receipt):
  • Carmsie Melodie (Australia): Achieve Impossible
  • Chic Aeon (Corvallis Oregon, USA): In Search of Perfection
  • Isaa Gelber (Sao Paolo, Brazil): RE LIQUIA (relic)
  • Delain Canucci  (Tiel, Netherlands): Connecting with the world and unite
  • Louly Loon (Toulouse, France): Pursue Impossible
  • Ionsilver Whitman (Málaga, Spain): Parallel Universes
  • Dusty Canning (Perth, Australia): Impossible today?  ... Possible tomorrow!
  • understandingcomplexity (Havelock, NC, USA): My rl avatar
  • HOLALA Alter (Marid, Spain): Only Prince: Purple Rain
  • K3W (Pacific Northwest, USA): Will I Dream?
  • Corcosman Voom (Sierra Foothills, CA, USA): An Ibis In Pursuit
  • Ginger Lorakeet (Phoenix, AZ, USA): It's always greener.
  • Sevio (Barcelona, Spain): Pursue the Impossible - World Peace
  • Sheba Blitz (Nimbin, NSW, Australia): Shrine to the Impossible
  • Mistero Hifeng (Italy): Dream
  • Nino Vicha: Pursus the End of Homelessness
  • Solkide Auer & Sniper Siemens (Italy): Runners on Fibonacci's Spiral
  • Bibi Rives (Petropolis - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): The Mask
  • Dragon's Lord (Chicago, USA): Reaching the Impossible
  • Charles Hera: Flight
  • Kazuhiro Aridian (Ray, MI, USA): Rise Above the Mundane
  • Frankx Lefavre (Sydney , Australia): Child of Light
  • Secret Rage (Dallas, TX, USA): The Gift
  • Jipe Loon (Haute-Savoie, France): Impossible Quest
  • Ronin1 Shippe (New Mexico, USA): Elephant Whimsy
  • Isadoradean Rossini (Moreno Valley, California, USA): My Impossible: Rising Above the Pain
  • JesseJames Rossini (Moreno Valley, California, USA): The Future is in Our Hands
  • DarcyChocolat (Moreno Valley, California, USA):  Winning isn't Always Winning and Losing Isn't Always Losing
  • Tim Timaru (Ploiesti, Romania): Rain
  • Pearl Grey (Rocky Mountains, USA): Impossible Leaps
  • Ama Avro (Strasbourg, France): Wisdom for Future
  • Jesse Keyes (Dawsonville, Georgia , USA):  Mars
  • Takni Mistwalker & Misio2 (Barcelona/Melbourne , Spain/Australia):  Pursuing order is pursuing impossible
  • Yepar Saenz (Paris , France):  Labyrinthe
  • Alpha Auer ( ,  ):  The Bridge
  • Othella (Istanbul Turkey):  MAGE Magazine #7
  • Kiesta Aljon (Toronto, Ontario , Canada :  I'm Possible
  • Pixels Sideways (Southern California, USA):  Perspectives

Sunday, October 25, 2015

MachinimUWA VIII: Vilvi Rae, JaeSang & Isabelle Cheren - Magical Three


Don't Look Back from Vilvi on Vimeo.


Isabelle Cheren's "Finding Heart"



JaeSang's "Parallel Universes"

A we move to the final week till the deadline for Pursue Impossible, the UWA 3D Art & Machinima Grand Challenges for 2015, Vilvi Rae, a past winner of the machinima challenges brings to us 'Don't Look Back'. Isabelle Cheren shares a remarkable insight into her own life with a wonderful tribute to her grandson who from his very birth has succeeded in pursuing the impossible. While JaeSang bring to us an imaginative science question looking at the way waves and particles operate and interact that could possibly signal parallel universes!

These films are now part of MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible, the 8th UWA Short Animated Film Challenge. UWA's L$560,000++ Pursue Impossible Art & Film challenges are so themed in honour of UWA adopting Pursue Impossible as their clarion call in real life. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS IN 31ST OCTOBER 2015.

You may interpret the theme 'Pursue Impossible' as you see fit, however the average viewer would need to be able to appreciate how you fit this theme (alternatively, please indicate in the notes that accompany your film how it fits). Your machinima must be made specifically for this challenge, and this should be indicated in the opening credits 'For The University of Western Australia's MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible' (or end credits if it works better creatively). You do not have to film on the UWA sims, however this of course will be appreciated, and there is a Special UWA Prize which will be made available to a film which starts at the same point as the UWA Pursue Impossible Video, at Winthrop Clock Tower.

ALSO, public viewing for PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: The 6th UWA Grand 3D Art Challenge is now open (closing date for entries is the same as the Machinima - 31st October)

Do visit the UWA Challenge Gallery HERE to view the submissions so far.

List of Submitted Machinima for MachinimUWA VIII: Pursue Impossible
(In Reverse Klingon Alphabetical Order)

Sarah Whitney (Stonington, Connecticut, USA) - Pursue Impossible
Jackson Redstar (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) - Reach
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Finding Heart
Tutsy Navarathna (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - Death of Death?
Sevio (Barcelona, Spain) - Virtual Flow
Billy Carter (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) / (Elite Littlebird - SL) - Pursue Impossible
Suzie Anderton (Bournemouth, England) - Pursue Impossible
Vilvi Rae (Jyvaskylla, Finland) - Don't Look Back
Chich Aeon  (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) - Bookends
Natascha Randt (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) & Karina Hoisan (San Isidro del General, Costa Rica) - Chasing a Butterfly
Sunset Quinnel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Pursue Impossible for Who
Isabelle Cheren (London, England) - Pursue Impossible
Secret Rage (Sallas, Texas, USA) - The Gift
Chic Aeon (Corvallis, Oregon, USA)  - Folding Time
Chantal Harvey (Maastricht, Netherlands) - Robi - oh my head
Fuzzy Deezul (Chicago, Illinois, USA)- The Escape
Panda (La Corneuve, France) - Ghost Race
JaeSang (Seattle, Washington, USA) - Parallel Universes
Livio Korobase  (Caravaggio, BG, Italy) - Pursue Impossible?
Fuchsia Nightfire (Dorset, England) & Gweeb (Canada) - Surfing on Ceres
Sophia Yates (Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA) - IF
Joseph Nussbaum (Durham, North Carolina) & Boris Twist  (Portland, Oregon) - Quest
Maximillian Merlin (Hann. Muenden, Germany) - Enchanted Dimensions
Misio2 (Melbourne, Australia) - Decorations