Fuschia Nightfire at Inworldz

Last night I decided to visit Fuschia Nightfire’s latest exhibit at Inworldz. ‘Not Everything Is Plain Black & White” is a series of installations  linked by colour. Or I should say lack of colour, as everything is black and white.

The strict pallet produces dreamlike quality. By the end of diving down this digital rabbit hole I was asking  what the viewers role is, in defining art. This question is  re-enforced by wearing any of the free skins and clothing that you can collect at the landing point. Wearing these make your avatar become part of the installation. It’s a very interesting visual experience.

The ‘Not Everything Is Plain Black & White’ by Fuschia Nightfire is hosted on Falathrim region by Fleure Homewood

Other work (unrelated to this exhibition) by Fuschia Nightfire’s is at S&S Gallery of Fine Arts at InWorldz. Also at the same location is a shop of Art to Wear items including a free dress.

There is a great video of the installation by Spiral Silverstar

Also Designing Worlds interviewed and made a TV program about the installation

There is also a flickr group associated with this exhibition

The Surreal art of Claudia222 Jewell

I decided to pay a visit to second life as I had heard chatter about an art installation I was told I should go and see. After this being re-enforced by my lunch time reading in the Metaverse Tribune. Iris Creighton’s piece Truly Immersive made me decided to get off my builders platform and go and take in some culture. Spirit has been created by Swiss artist Claudia222 Jewell and really should not be missed.

These images are all screen shots taken directly and are all un-photoshoped.

To view this installation you need to have mesh enabled viewer and in your graphics preferences crank up everything to the best quality your machine will allow, and if things take a while to appear be forgiving as it is worth it!

Installations like this delight and fascinate. This surreal piece contains motifs of flight, freedom and constraint, familiar and unfamiliar which all sit side by side to evoke mixed feelings of fascination tinged with horror.   There is a fine balance between recognizable and unrecognizable evoking both the human and the alien. Some would rad the experience has having a slight optimistic tinge of metamorphosis in the air others would sense death and decay.

Everybody will take away something different from this installation making it very much worthwhile visiting.

SLURL: Spirit at Artscreamer

Spirit has been created by Swiss artist Claudia222 Jewell and there is a wonderful machinima on YouTube by  Spiral Siversta titled the Surreal and Sublime. I found it very jerky to stream but once again worthwhile and patience will be rewarded.

A Tale of Two Hoffmanns at MAAD

Have you visited MAAD (Museum of American Architecture and Design) in Inworldz lately? MAAD constantly surprises me as it always has something new to explore and the group gifts tie in with the latest exhibit. The museum showcases the designers and architects from the United States.

I paid a visit to The Tale of Two Hoffmanns, a furniture design exhibit that highlights the work of Josef and Wolfgang Hoffmann. Many of the pieces will interest builders of virtual worlds. I live in Australia but I had no trouble in recognising design trends that  Josef and Wolfgang Hoffmann influenced.

This month’s member’s gift is aimed squarely at builders as it includes textures inspired by Josef Hoffmann. Builders. You can use them in your own builds. This is my humble effort as I made this chair and cushions from the free textures.

If you are at all interested in design and its history come down out of that building platform and pay MAAD a visit. You will find the exhibit in the education building and the group gift in the main building.

The S&S Gallery of Fine Arts new Sky Gallery

The S&S Gallery of Fine Arts has recently opened a new Sky Gallery. The garden setting is situated in in the sky above the main gallery on Artistan. As is S&S Gallery of Fine Arts policy Contemporary digital artists are represented in the main areas.

An added feature is an educational wing which houses many masters of art history such as Picasso, Miro, Van Gogh, Renoir, Seurat, Grandma Moses, and Kandinsky. These works are featured with biographical information. They are not for sale as the S&S Gallery of Fine Arts does not sell internet downloads. These masterworks are exhibited for both enjoyment and education.

The gallery is located at http://places.inworldz.com/Artistan/108/229/301 Copy and paste this into InWorldz to chat, open the chat window and you will have a clickable link that will teleport you to the entrance. Or in search under the people tab find Stefanik Dagostino and see his profile picks.

Machinima overview of photo contest exhibit

Bradd Laval has created a fly through of the InWorldz Photo contest for 2011

If it has peaked your curiosity for full information see this thread in the InWorldz forum or visit the curators blog The Virtual World of Us