Art in Second Life 2022 (99) Zia Branner’s art at United Artists of SL (UASL)

09 Dec 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , ,

I got an invitation from Zia Sophia (Zia Branner) for a new exhibition of her art in the Gallerie Principale at United Artists of SL (UASL).

The exhibition is on the groud level of the gallery and consists of 10 pictures.

Zia’s exposed pictures in this exhibition are abstract. They impress by their colours and forms. The human brain tends to sort the impressions and to compare with known patterns. Sometimes you think to see landscapes, like a beach or like a waterfall and at other times you see persons or faces, or stones, hands or theeth. Zia’s art is for sure an eye catcher in every liging room. 

Impressions of Zia Branners exhibition at UASL

“Zia Branner had many drawing and painting art lessons at official institutes RL. She is also autodidact on things that did not come along in class. To her making art is a way of life. Often experimenting with techniques as a learning process …. The most important thing to her is that it makes her happy to see others enjoy her art as much as she loves creating it.“
Zia is in Second Life since 2008. She uploaded her RL paintings into SL. Zia owns an art gallery/shop “Elven Falls Art Collective“. Zia also has other permanent exhibitions at The Galleries, Emergent and at Carmel Art Community.

Zia Sophia (Zia Branner)’s motto is : “The Earth without ‘art’ is just ‘eh'”

UASL is a unique artist group in SL that hosts opportunities for visual 3D, 2D and performance arts in it’s full region area at no cost to the artist. UASL is funded primarily by donations and by Riannah Avora. Thank you for enabling this exhibition.

Landmark to UASL Gallerie Principale and Zia Branner’s exhibtion
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Karpov/128/51/62
Zia Branner’s art gallery/shop “Elven Falls Art Collective”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elven%20Falls/252/41/22
Zia Branner at “The Galleries”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Georgiana/241/100/57
Zia Branner at “Emergent”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mystique%20Isle/191/20/21
Zia Branner at “Carmel Art Community”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/McFarren/236/161/36

Art in Second Life 2022 (98) Ode to snowmen by CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo)

07 Dec 2022 3 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

I got an invitation from CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) to visit her newest exhibition at NovaOwl – Sky Gallery named “Ode to snowmen”. The exhibition opened December 1st and will stay open until December 31st.

CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) is in Second Life since 2008. CK is a SL photographer and watercolour artist. She has done several exhibitons and installations, alone as well as in collaboration with others. I came across her in March the last time, when she participated at an exhibition at La Maison d’Aneli (read here)

As the title implies, the exhibition is about snowmen – how fitting to this time of the year. CK wrote about the exhibition:
“I like themes. I like to dress up for them and I like to take pictures around a theme as well.
Winters in SL bring out those beautiful snow men. So many different ones and so beautifully placed around the SL grid. Winter, and in particular Snowmen, have been the inspiration for this exhibition.
Watercolours have been used to provide an immersive environment, one of my trademarks, as well as adding to the art.
There are 3D and 2D snowmen, pictures of snowmen around SL and watercolour landscapes.“

Impressions of “Ode to snowmen” by CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) @ NovaOwl – Sky Gallery (1)

The NovaOwl – Sky Gallery is a squared building with two floors. CK has quite some different snowmen on display on the ground level. The pictures of snowmen in their beautiful Winter environment are displayed on the walls. And as it should be there’s quite some trees.

Impressions of “Ode to snowmen” by CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) @ NovaOwl – Sky Gallery (2)

Stairs lead to the second floor, that is used also for events. It has a transparent floor, hence from the ground level if looks like a gallery. CK has larger, watercolour pictures with the theme “Winter” up here.
Some of her pictures are just beautiful. But at “Ode to snowmen” all pictures just give the right environment for celebrating the snowmen. You find a lot of stylised snowmen, 3D snowmen, and snowmen painted by children spread almost everywhere. CK did this exhibition certainly with a big smile in her face. I enjoyed it. And I do have a snowmen at our home in SL as well. As opposed to RL, the snowmen in SL don’t melt and look perfect all season long by the way *winks*

CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) has an own place, CK’s Corner, where she has surrounded herself with all the memories of her roleplayer and artist’s life. It is open to the public to explore. A gallery, odes to art installations and roleplay sims, a butterfly conservatory, and a few other interesting and sometimes changing areas, are all accessed from there (walking distance or teleporters).
She also has a store on the marketplace named CKB Art, a flickr page and an own blog.

Impressions of “Ode to snowmen” by CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo) @ NovaOwl – Sky Gallery (3)

The NovaOwl – Sky Gallery is in the skies above the NovaOwl Gallery, which is owned by Uli Jansma. Owl (Owl Dragonash) is the general manager. NovaOwl is an international community on the mainland continent of Corsica. NovaOwl is located on Novatron. It is a meeting place where events take place regularly. Thank you Uli and Owl for providing the space for the art and for enabling this exhibition. I enjoyed my visit.
The exhibition shall be opened until December 31st, 2022.

Landmark to NovaOwl – Sky Gallery and to Ode to snowmen by CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Novatron/122/39/2001
CK’s Corner@ Mainland
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunstream/214/26/45
CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo)’s store CKB Art on the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/112782
CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo)’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceakayballyhoo/
CK (Ceakay Ballyhoo)’s blog
https://ceakayballyhoo.wordpress.com/

Art in Second Life 2022 (97) Junction Points by Selen

05 Dec 2022 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

 

Today, Monday, December 5th, the exhibition “Junction Points” by Selen (Selen Minotaur) will be opened. It is the December exhibition at the Nitroglobus Roof gallery, owned and curated by Dido Haas.
The opening party will start at 1 PM SLT (9 PM CET) with music by “A Limb & Yadleen”, particles will be contributed by Venus Adored.

The exhibition “Junction Points” by Selen consists of 3 forms of art – pictures, 3D objects and a video, that is shown at one front end.

Impressions of “Junction Points” by Selen @ Nitroglpbus Roof Gallery (1)

Selen wrote about “Junction Points”:
“The law of polarity states: “There is an equal and exact opposite to everything. Nothing exists alone. Forces exist as pairs of opposites.”
This quote from Hiram Pagan helps to better understand the universal law of polarity: “Everything can be separated into two completely opposite parts, and each of them contains the power of the other.”

As with the yin/yang symbol: one cannot exist without the other. Each is contained within the other.
We live, in fact, in duality: high-low, left-right, chiaroscuro, good-bad, day-night, healthy-sick, cold-hot, north-south, positron-electron, etc.
Duality teaches us what we prefer to experience and helps us recognize how to change our way of thinking to create that preferred experience in our lives. We know we prefer happiness because we have known sorrow. We love health because we have known sickness.

The challenge, for everyone, is therefore to find the points of junction, those which make it possible to feel “ONE”, in symbiosis and in balance with oneself, with the others and with the universe.
This exhibition is an allegorical and metaphorical visual exploration of the question of junction points.“

Selen’s pictures as well as the 3D-objects reflect that duality, ying and yang, be it the swing or the two figures with the jumping spark. Together with a picture, that consists of several layers and is changing permanently, the video on the front provides a different experience every moment. And the mirroring floor at the Nitroglobus Roof gallery adds to that perfectly.

Impressions of “Junction Points” by Selen @ Nitroglpbus Roof Gallery (2)

Close to the landing you find the description by Selen also a board along with a quote by Olga Tokarczuk about the feet being the most important part of the human body:
“I have always thought that the most intimate and personal part of our body was the feet, not the genitals, the heart or even the brain, organs, after all, of little importance and which are overestimated. Wrongly. It is in the feet that all the knowledge of man is concentrated; it is towards the feet that the essence of who we are converges and that our relationship to the earth is established. The contact with the earth, its point of junction with our body, contains all the mystery: although we are made up of particles of matter, we are not part of it, we are separate from it. Feet are our connecting plug.”

It takes a moment to understand the logic. I admit I have never thought of it this way, have you?

Selen’s pictures are colourful, full of fantasy art mixed with abstract elements as well as forming “one” out of two different parts. Very intriguing. All elements combine to a particular experience and a new way of looking at our world and at ourselves.

Selen (Selen Minotaur) is in Second Life since 2008. It is the first time that I came across her. In her biography she writes about her connection to art:
“In the physical world I grew up in France with an architect, painter and sculptor father, maybe that’s why I’ve always loved art in all its forms. I myself tried drawing, painting (watercolor) and sculpture (clay) when I was younger. Later I discovered different platforms of the Metaverse (Second Life being the very first and main one) with endless possibilities to create digitally….. I always like to experiment new things, and creativity and art are definitely my main fuels in SL.”
Nowadays, Selen has an own gallery, an own website, a facebook and an instagram account, a flickr page and an own youtube channel. 

Impressions of “Junction Points” by Selen @ Nitroglpbus Roof Gallery (3)

Nitroglobus Roof Gallery is owned and curated by Dido Haas. Thank you, Dido for providing the space for the art and for enabling the exhibition “Junction Points” by Selen (Selen Minotaur). The exhibition poster of “Junction Points” was created by David Silence based on an picture by Selen.

Thank you Selen (Selen Minotaur) for this great exhibition. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Nitroglobus Roof Gallery and “Junction Points” by Selen
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/38/22/1001
Dido Haas’ blog
https://exploringslwithdido.blogspot.com
Selen’s gallery in-world
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Royale/211/208/1602
Selen’s website
https://seleninworld.com
Selen on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000855067835699
Selen on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/selen.inworld/
Selen’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSdEgggYEheFsxHI7drfpw
Selen on flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/185987389@N08/

Art in Second Life 2022 (96) Cyborg Exhibition by Sophie de Saint Phalle

03 Dec 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

I got an invitation to the visit “Cyborg Exhibition” by Sophie de Saint Phalle (perpetua1010), her newest exhibtion built on a seperate sky platform above her own SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Center. The exhibition opened December 1st, I visited just before the offical opening.
The invitation itself was special. The poster, that attached to my HUD, provided not only the basic information and a folder with more information, it also played futuristic, sci-fi tunes.

Impressions of “Cyborg Exhibition” by Sophie de Saint Phalle (1)

You can access the “Cyborg Exhibition” also with a teleporter from the main platform of the SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Center. The exhibition  is a world on it’s own, on a far away planet. The sky is dark and red. There’s a dark stone desert around the center with the exhibition. Sophie’s pictures are shown at rectangular blocks spread over the place. At one side is a stage for the opening event and maybe other events. There’re colour light effects that make the rocks reflect the light in different colours. The whole scenery is not of this world.

Impressions of “Cyborg Exhibition” by Sophie de Saint Phalle (2)

Sophie de Saint Phalle (perpetua1010) provided a background story for “Cyborg Exhibition“:

It is the year 4029. Humanity spans large parts of the galaxy, divided into several star nations. 
Invasions from many alien alliances left devastating damage and destruction of parts of that galaxy. The genetic structure of the human race became more and more unstable. The human body was weakened and highly sophisticated cyborgs had to be developed to help humanity survive.
Children were conceived in artificial uteruses and divided into classes at a young age according to intelligence and physical ability. The physically strong children were transformed into cyborgs and often used as soldiers for intergalactic wars and others worked in the mines.
In the year 3988 a group of 96th generation cyborgs was sent to the planet Nactron-C to mine the super-heavy element, Thoranium, which allows humans to construct planetary terraforming. The mining proved to be very difficult, as the planet was dominated by dangerous and primitive creatures. Over the initial years, these creatures had to be tamed and trained as work animals.
In 4001, a nanotechnological virus destroyed all lifeform on the home planet of these cyborgs and it looked as if they would have to endure life forever on Nactron-C. Consequently, they developed and grew an incredibly strong race, both mentally and physically, whose genetic material will play an important role in the future.

The story fits well with the exhibition and with the world you entered there.

Impressions of “Cyborg Exhibition” by Sophie de Saint Phalle (3)

Sophie’s pictures are copper plate etchings and lithographies, which were importet into Second Life. Those who are familiar with Sophie’s art, recognize the artist immediately. All pictures show the contures of people, female and male. Some of the pictures are also clearly erotic, although the atmosphere is not erotic at all. Part of “Cyborg Exhibition” are cyborgs, fearsome creatures, for me a mixture between humans and dinosaurs. Sophie bought these creatures from Urfin (valtum) and from Holy (Qutsal Alex), who both have shops on the marketplace.
At one side of the exhibition you also find the spaceship with which these beings travel around. I only wonder how do they fit into this spaceship *winks*.

Sophie de Saint Phalle (perpetua1010) is a Austrian RL painter and book author. She mainly paints nude from models and abstract art. She loves to experiment with different kinds of paint and lithography. Her favourite materials are sand, plaster, glue, terracotta, stones, bones, ash, charcoal, natural pigments and more.
Sophie has made several book illustrations and was for many years political cartoonist for a well known satire magazine. She lived and worked in the United States, Australia, Rome and Monaco. Sophie de Saint Phalle (perpetua1010) has an own gallery, The “SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre”.

Thank you for another great exhibition, Sophie. I enjoyed my visit and the great set-up of the Cyborg Exhibition.

direct Landmark to SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Center – Cyborg Exhibition
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ocean%20Island/49/77/2979
Landmark to SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Center
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ocean%20Island/185/92/1002
Urfin (valtum)’s store on the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/169192
Holy (Qutsal Alex)’s store on the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/126033

Art in Second Life 2022 (95) Cloud Galleries

30 Nov 2022 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I got an invitation from Owl Dragonash for the opening of a new multi gallery space – the Cloud Galleries  – in the skies above the NovaOwl Gallery.

Cloud Gallery – over view / Grand opening poster

The platform in the skies provides space for 10 seperate, identical gallery buildings. Each artist has one of these gallery buildings. There is a board in front of every gallery building. Most of them contain a landmark and a notecard about the artist. Owl Dragonash also provides a website with a list of the participating artists as well with information about upcoming events. Cloud Galleries are located in Novatron and are part of Corsica South Coasters.

Impressions of Cloud Galleries (1)

The participating artist are:
elan (Ineffable Mote)
Michiel Bechir
Anna Maria (Annamaria Lysette)
Prins (skylog)
Suzen Juel (Juel Resistance)
Pau (Paula Sieberi)
KayLy (kayly iali)
Jaminda Moon (jaminda)
Raisa Reimse (raisareimse)
Owl Dragonash

Impressions of Cloud Galleries (2)

There’s a lot to discover at Cloud Galleries as these 10 artists cover a broad range of art from portraits to pictures of animals, from abstract colourful pictures to pictures of landscapes in Second Life. I personally discovered several artists who are new for me.

Impressions of Cloud Galleries (3)

Corsica South Coasters is an international community on the mainland continent of Corsica. The Cloud Galleries are on Novatron, in the skies above the NovaOwl Gallery. For events at Novatrom have a look at the website Novatron. Owl (Owl Dragonash) is the general manager of the NovaOwl Gallery. and I assume also manages the the Cloud Galleries. Uli Jansma will be the dj for the opening event today at 12 PM SLT (9 PM Central Europe Time).
Thank you Owl and Uli. And many thanks to the participating artists. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Cloud Galleries
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Novatron/34/98/3848
Cloud Galleries website
https://throughowlseye.com/cloud-galleries/
Landmark to NovaOwl Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Novatron/131/102/23

Art in Second Life 2022 (94) Forgotten Things by Melusina Parkin

27 Nov 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

I got an invitation of Melusina Parkin to see her newest exhibtion “Forgotten Things” at Kondor Art Square.

I am a fan of Melusina Parkin’s art and have seen quite some of her exhibitions. Melu’s style is minimalistic. She takes her pictures in Second Life. The minimalism forces the spectator to focus on details, that might stay unseen when too much distracts the view.

The exhibition “Forgotten Things” is shown at Kondor Art Square.
The Kondor Art Square is an open court surronded by neoclassical buildings. Melu’s pictures are shown at large boards at three sides of this court. I have seen a few exhibitions of Melusina in which she tried out new forms or techniques. “Forgotten Things” is an exhibition coined by Melu’s passion for minimalism. And this time she focused on single objects, that were “forgotten” by their owners. In some of the pictures Melusina blurred the background and just focused the forgotten object.

Impressions of “Forgotten Things” by Melusina Parkin at Kondor Art Square (1)

What are these things? I saw several glasses, wallets, books, newpapers, still glowing cigarettes, a package, luggage, or empty mugs and bowls. While the glasses were forgotten (most probably), the empty mug was just not forgotten, but intentionally left to clean up later or to be cleaned up by someone else. Quite surprising is missing earphone of a phone booth, you just see the cable. Someone has forgotten the earphone in the picture?

Close to the landing point in the center of Kondor Art Square you you find a table where you can purchase a photobook about “Forgotten Things”. Those who are regular visitors to Melusina Parkin’s exhibitions know these books already. Melusina makes one of every exhibition. The book about “Forgotten Things” is sold at the exhibition, all others are sold under her brand “Melubooks” in a seperate book store: Melubooks shop.

Impressions of “Forgotten Things” by Melusina Parkin at Kondor Art Square (2)

Melusina Parkin is in Second Life since September 2008. She has been a fashion manager, a journalist, a furniture creator, a builder, a decorator and a photographer. Her work as a photographer has been showcased in more than 50 exhibitions – from which I saw just a few. Melusina has a flickr account which counts more than 13,000 (!) photographs. Extensive collections of her photos can be seen also on her blog Virtual Exhibits and on some slideshows on Youtube (links also under this post).
There’s also an online book with her Second Life exhibits 2011-2019 here.
Melusina Parkin has an own gallery at Time Portal, “Melu’s Photo Gallery” and an own store for Art Deco furniture called “Melu Deco“. Melusina also owns a second place (Melu Space) with another gallery (Minimum Gallery), a bookstore and another “Melu Deco” inworld store.

Impressions of “Forgotten Things” by Melusina Parkin at Kondor Art Square (3)

The Kondor Art Square is owned and curated by Hermes Kondor.
Hermes Kondor (aka Luis Vasconcelos) is from Lisbon, Portugal. He’s a former teacher of photography and photojournalism and looks back on 40 years of photography experience. Hermes likes to see and shoot and he loves street photography. Hermes is in Second Life since 2007.
Thank you Hermes for enabling the exhibition “Forgotten Things” by Melusina Parkin. And thank you Melusina for another great exhibition focusing on the little forgottent things, be them left intentionally or accidentially. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Kondor Art Square and to Forgotten Things by Melusina Parkin
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Waka/235/129/1905
Melusina Photo Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/248/101/1940
Landmark to Minimum Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/130/107/621
Landmark to Melu Space (Minimum Gallery, Melubooks, Melu Deco)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/173/25/22
Landmark to Melusina Parkin’s store for Art Deco furniture “Melu Deco”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/243/99/1930
Melusina Parker’s flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melusina_parkin/
Melusina Parkin’s Virtual Exhibit blog
http://meluphoto.blogspot.it/p/home.html
Melusina Parkin’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzglBiqhrOLXnAp3Qt3Zjw
On line book Second Life exhibits 2011-2019
https://www.calameo.com/books/005997622f28dd58ca75d

Art in Second Life 2022 (93) Art walk Paris Eiffel – Thus Yootz

23 Nov 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Michiel Bechir sent me an inviation to an exhibition at Art Walk~~ Paris Eiffel ~~ Paris 1900. It features pictures from Thus Yootz. Thus’ pictures are arranged outdoor around a court.

Impressions of Thus Yootz pictures at Art Walk~~ Paris Eiffel ~~ Paris 1900 (1)

It’s the second time I came across Thus Yootz. I first saw her at in 2020 (read: Art in Second Life 2020 (63) Third Eye Gallery October 2020 – Poppy & Thus Yootz).
Thus is in Second Life since 2008 and has many different passions here. She plans and organizes weddings (see her website here), she designs sims and gardens (have a look here). She creates trees and plants and sells them on the marketplace in her store Thus Magic. And of course she has a passion for photography. Her pictures can also be found on her flickr account and on a new flickr account.

Impressions of Thus Yootz pictures at Art Walk~~ Paris Eiffel ~~ Paris 1900 (2)

Thus is from Greece and studied the arts. She has taken part in many group art exhibitions in Greece. Her pictures might be pictures taken in Second Life originally, or at least parts of it. Thus uses them to create something new from it, she adds texts of colour effects, the uses several layers in her pictures. This way you can discover new details every time you look at them.

Impressions of Thus Yootz pictures at Art Walk~~ Paris Eiffel ~~ Paris 1900 (3)

The exhibition at Art Walk Paris is curated by Michile Bechir. I visit his “Michiel Bechir Gallery” regularly.
Thank you Michiel for enabling this exhibition, thank you Thus for your art … and thank you to all who were involved in realising this exhibition. I enjoyed my art walk.

Landmark to Art Walk~~ Paris Eiffel ~~ Paris 1900
and to Thus Yootz exhibition
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Paris%20Eiffel/89/231/22
Thus Yootz’ SL wedding website
http://thusspake111.wix.com/lucid-dream-weddings
Thus Yootz’s demo sim
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bristol%20dAlliez/118/90/22
Thus Yootz’s store “Thus Magic” on the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/89831
Thus Yootz’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154858142@N07/
Thus Yootz new flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/65476505@N07
Landmark to Michile Bechir Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Embrace/30/228/2502

Art in Second Life 2022 (92) Melancholia by Alex Riverstone @ NovaOwl Gallery

17 Nov 2022 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

I got an invitation by Owl (Owl Dragonash) to visit the NovaOwl Gallery and to see “Melancholia” by Alex Riverstone. I had never heard about Alex Riverstone ((alex44.riverstone) and was curious. Together with the invitation I got 2 exhibitions posters and a notecard with the biography of the the artist.

Exhibition posters for “Melancholia” by Alex Riverstone @ NovaOwl Gallery

The exhibition consists of about a dozen pictures. All pictures are quite different and if I didn’t knew better I hadn’t suspected the same artist behind them. All pictures are based on SL photography and processed in different ways. Some are reduced to monochrome or almost monochrome pictures, others are in intense colours. And one picture is just minimalistic and reminded me of Melusina Parkin’s artwork.

Impressions of “Melancholia” by Alex Riverstone @ NovaOwl Gallery (1)

Alex Riverstone (alex44.riverstone) wrote in the notecard with his biography:
“Photography has been a life long interest, starting when I acquired an instamatic camera at age 9. SecondLife has allowed me to enjoy it in a different way: allowing the exploration of scenes, poses and angles which wouldn’t be practical in the real world. My photos have been exhibited at the Hoot Suite Gallery, Elven Falls Gallery, Art House at Kii’wik Sanctuary, Raglan Shire Art Walk and Katmee Gallery. I enjoy finding new places to photograph and am continually amazed by the variety and creativity that i find.“

Impressions of “Melancholia” by Alex Riverstone @ NovaOwl Gallery (2)

Alex is in Second Life since 2010. He has an own gallery at Elven Falls, and he has an flickr account.

The NovaOwl Gallery is owned by Uli Jansma, Owl (Owl Dragonash) is the general manager. NovaOwl is an international community on the mainland continent of Corsica. NovaOwl is located on Novatron. It is a meeting place where events take place regularly. Thank you Uli and Owl for providing the space for the art and for enabling this exhibition. I enjoyed my visit.
The exhibition shall be opened until December 31st, 2022.
Thank you Alex (alex44.riverstone) for your great pictures. I am amazed by the broad variety of styles and techniques that you use for your artwork.

Landmark to NovaOwl – Gallery & Club and to “Melancholia” by Alex Riverstone
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Novatron/131/102/23
Alex Riverstone (alex44.riverstone)’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexsecondlife/
Alex Riverstone (alex44.riverstone)’s gallery at Elven Falls
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elven%20Falls/126/53/22

Art in Second Life 2022 (91) Greyscale Magic by Melusina Parkin

11 Nov 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

I got an invitation of Melusina Parkin to see her newest exhibtion “Greyscale Magic” at Artsville.

I am a fan of Melusina Parkin’s art and have seen quite some of her exhibitions. Melu’s style is minimalistic. She takes her pictures in Second Life. The minimalism forces the spectator to focus on details, that might stay unseen when too much distracts the view.
For Greyscale Magic Melu tried out something different again. As the title implies the pictures of this exhibition are monochrome. There’s an accompanying text at a board right where you land when you visit. In the text Melu gives an historic abstract about photography and films in black and white and later in colour. And while films are all produced in colour nowadays, black and white photography is still widely spread in art photography. Thinking of it, one reason is that the spectators have to add the colours in their mind and thus translate the greyscales into colours.

Impressions of “Greyscale Magic” by Melusina Parkin @ Artsville (1)

Processing pictures taken in Second Life into monochrome pictures make them look very real, in particular if the pictures are a bit blurred. As the spectator compares the picture with known patterns, a picture of a “real” situation or view appears. It’s quite facinating. For example cars do look always a bit unnatural in Second Life photography. Maybe we miss the dirt, the traces of usage. In black and white picture we add that in our mind – and they look real!

Impressions of “Greyscale Magic” by Melusina Parkin @ Artsville (2)

The exhibition is shown in one large exhibition room with two smaller rooms. I didn’t count the pictures, it might be roughly 20. And every picture is a piece of art. I was quite intrigued.

Next to the board with the accompanying text you find a table where you can purchase a a photobook about “Greyscale Magic”. Those who are regular visitors to Melusina Parkin’s exhibitions know these books already. Melusina makes one of every exhibition. The book about “Greyscale Magic” is sold at the exhibition, all others are sold under her brand “Melubooks” in a seperate book store: Melubooks shop.

Melusina Parkin is in Second Life since September 2008. She has been a fashion manager, a journalist, a furniture creator, a builder, a decorator and a photographer. Her work as a photographer has been showcased in more than 50 exhibitions – from which I saw just a few. Melusina has a flickr account which counts more than 13,000 (!) photographs. Extensive collections of her photos can be seen also on her blog Virtual Exhibits and on some slideshows on Youtube (links also under this post).
There’s also an online book with her Second Life exhibits 2011-2019 here.
Melusina Parkin has an own gallery at Time Portal, “Melu’s Photo Gallery” and an own store for Art Deco furniture called “Melu Deco“. Melusina also owns a second place (Melu Space) with another gallery (Minimum Gallery), a bookstore and another “Melu Deco” inworld store.

Impressions of “Greyscale Magic” by Melusina Parkin @ Artsville (3)

Artsville was created in collaboration the Art Korner blog, owned and founded by Frank Atisso. Frank is also the curator of exhibitions at Artsville.
Thank you for another great exhibition, Melusina. I enjoyed my visit and seeing again something different from you.

Landmark to Greyscale Magic by Melusina Parkin @ Artsville
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caribbean%20Ocean/49/59/2251
Art Korner blog
https://www.artkornersl.com/
Melusina Photo Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/248/101/1940
Landmark to Minimum Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/130/107/621
Landmark to Melu Space (Minimum Gallery, Melubooks, Melu Deco)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/173/25/22
Landmark to Melusina Parkin’s store for Art Deco furniture “Melu Deco”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/243/99/1930
Melusina Parker’s flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melusina_parkin/
Melusina Parkin’s Virtual Exhibit blog
http://meluphoto.blogspot.it/p/home.html
Melusina Parkin’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzglBiqhrOLXnAp3Qt3Zjw
On line book Second Life exhibits 2011-2019
https://www.calameo.com/books/005997622f28dd58ca75d

Art in Second Life 2022 (90) “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost

08 Nov 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , ,

Sunday, November 6th, Cica Ghost opened a new next installation: “Camels and chameleons“. The thought Cica provides with the landmark description is a quote from Dr. Suess: “Think and wonder, wonder and think..”

As usual with Cica’s installation you shall use shared environment. You will get reminded upon landing. You should also set advanced lighting and activate shadows from sun/moon and projectors. The environment settings are part of Cica’s art. For “Camels and chameleons” she selected an green sky with yellow clouds. It looks hot. The ground is meager, sometimes it shows a chess pattern.

Impressions of “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost (1)

The vegetation is unique – mainly cactuses. Some of them have single blossoms. You also find palm trees and some pot plants. No surprise that the inhabitants are camels and chameleons. I searched the cat, but I didn’t find it. It was late when I visited. Maybe I missed it?
Of course there are places to dance and to sit, as usual in Cica’s installations.

Impressions of “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost (2)

“Camels and chameleons” has a store where you can purchase not only camels and chameleons but also the cactuses. As they are really particular and detailed with blossoms and thorns I consider getting one for my homeplace. Cica has arranged a thicket of cactuses at some areas. They look great eve as a forest.

Impressions of “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost (3)

There’s a lot to discover at “Camels and chameleons“. The camels and chameleons radiate calm and serenity, but at the same time they look curios at visitors. I smiled when I saw the pots of the cactuses that Cica had arranged in a seperate court – funny.
A visit to “Camels and chameleons” is a welcomed time-out from everyday life, a short trip to a fantasy world, seen with the curiousity of a child.

Impressions of “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost (4)

Thank you for another great installation, Cica!
As always, don’t wait to long with your visit to “Camels and chameleons” , you never know how long it may stay – it is a temporary world.

Landmark to “Camels and chameleons” by Cica Ghost
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Epsilon/34/160/33
Cica Ghost’s shop on the marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/98471
Cica Ghost’s flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64860898@N05/

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