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.

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

No Sound machinima set

A friend dropped me a landmark so I put on my hat, grabbed my coat and off I went exploring.

I landed in a hauntingly lonely empty  weather beaten house and was immediately curious.

Like all houses there is a sense of a story but in this case I sense we will not know, or we are meant to make our own.

I had not got out of the house before I was googling this artists name. I was baffled by the iconic symbols and their placement.

I did not find out too much but decided to let my imagination take me where it wished and proceeded to explore.

This build by Markus Inkpen was made as an installation/set for a machinima “No Sound” screened during the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Since the Expo runs from 1 May until 31 October, I can only assume that this build will too but I do not know.

As I ventured further into this place I sensed that so many more stories could be told here. I guess that what a film set is supposed to evoke!

I felt the Machinima was one story but wandering down the claustrophobic lane ways I was sure there were more narratives to imagine.

You can trace a little of the background of this build via Bryn Oh (I used the search feature on the blog)

In real life Markus Inkpen is J. Matthew Root an artist, illustrator and  designer you can find out more about his work from his website The World of J. Mathew Root

Visit this build by Markus Inkpen for Worlds fair – Shanghai 2010

Wanderstill at Ode

I had to dive into my landmarks folder as I was introducing a friend new to Second Life to some of my favourite places when I remembered that when I was  new, I relied on blogs to tell me where nice spots were.

So tonight I want to share some screenshots of place that anyone who is familiar with Second life will know but new folks may not.

Wanderstill at Ode is described as Immersive Art Experience but the thing I always remember about it is that the place is carpeted solidly in acres and acres of wildflowers that stand shoulder high. Colour irrupts all around you creating a very photogenic sim. Numerous machinima have been made that feature this build by Random Calliope

Dance balls are dotted about and there are loads of quiet corners to chat and admire the environment. The mood is romantic, but if you are not here on a date, who could not take pleasure in the environment?

SLURL: Visit Wanderstill