Simploring 2018 (31) – Baileys Norge

09 Apr 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

Thursday, March 29th, I had some time int the afternoon for simploring. I picked Baileys Norge from scoop.it SL Destinations. Right next to the landing point is a board of orientation with all points of interest. That’s very convenient.

Baileys Norge orientation map at the landing point

Baileys Norge is a homestead sim owned by “(-_*) The Bailey Family & Friends” group, which is founded by Marley (marleyy). In the group description I found this text about Baileys Norge:
“A small piece of rural Norway on Second Life. Everyone is welcome to TP in and explore this beautifully landscaped sim. It offers a calm and relaxing atmosphere. There’s a place for everyone here, whether you’re alone, on a date or with a group of friends. This photogenic, cosy sim offers you places to take photos, relax. Or just simply take a walk and take in the view of the fjords.“

Baileys Norge (1): Landing point (upper left) / The old shop (upper right) / Fishermans pier (lower left) / Viking boathouse (lower right)

Baileys Norge (2): west pier and church

And Baileys Norge is really all of the above. I took a walk from the landing point along the shores of the island and visited the above mentionend points of interest. I rarely saw a sim with that many opportunities to sit and enjoy. The sim surround is selected perfectly to fit into the theme.
There are several lodges and homes and all of them are differently furnished very detailled. At least it looks like the family and friends are living here. All doors are open and you can walk in and either get ideas for your own home or simply sit at a window and enjoy the view outside.

Baileys Norge (3): Cottage outside (upper left) and inside (upper right) / Farmhouse outside (lower left) and inside (lower right)

Baileys Norge (4): The hideout outside (upper left) and inside (upper right) / Diomita relaxing at the hideout (lower left) / hot well (lower right)

You can take very atmospheric pictures at Baileys Norge and of course I did. I used “Annan Adored Realistic ambient” for my pictures. I also tried out some of the many places to sit and enjoyed the peace and the nature. My visit was another short vacation within Second Life, a little time-out and exploring it was fun. At the end of my visit Jenny came inworld and joined me sitting at “The lookout”.

Baileys Norge (5): Seaview cottage (upper left) / The docks (upper right and lower left) / Diomita and Jenny at The lookout (lower right)

My thanks go to the “(-_*) The Bailey Family & Friends” and to Marley (marleyy) for providing Baileys Norge to the public and for my enjoyable hour exploring it.

Landmark to Baileys Norge
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forest%20Haven/143/123/22

Diary 2018 (52) March 25th/26th – Enjoying control / kinkploring

06 Apr 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I had a relaxed Sunday, March 25th. I first went simploring in the afternoon and visited the Isle of May (see yesterday’s post here), then I met with Jenny shortly but long enough to catch up with eachother’s news, and my night was relaxed as well.
Angelique and the two slave drones Flo I and Flo II were present and we had a game of Skipee together (Angelique won it this time). slave drone Flo II (aka. AnneWanne) went off to bed after the game and Angelique, slave drone Flo I and I went visiting The Secret House. It was full and Argi (Prinzesschen Arigchen Boachen *winks*) stood in the middle of the club and entertained averybody in main chat talking with a friend of hers. As it was full we had a lot of lag though and Argichen couldn’t even hug us properly.
When it was time for slave Flo to leave for bed Angelique and I went back home and we chatted and cuddled for half an our on the raft there (really nothing more, besides I need to search her chastity belt’s key anyway before there could be more *winks). And that’s it about Sunday.

March 25th: Diomita and Angelique – with slave Flo at The Secret house (left) / cuddling at home (right)

My Monday, March 26th, started with meeting Jenny in the late afternoon. I put her into her new straight jacket and exposed her at Domme a Domme. I do get very used again to being in control. That was a nice start into the week.

March 26th: Diomita with her property Jenny at Domme a Domme and taking advantage of her at home

I started the night with taking advantage of my property, for sure a good way to start an evening, very enjoyable. When we had changed, we went kinkploring with the two slave drones and Angelique. We visited SAG (Slave Auction Group), “SL’s oldest and highest quality slave auction“. Our visit was also meant to keep up the permanent threat, that slaves can be sold if their owners decide it or if they’d really need the money. We didn’t stay long and I just took 2 pictures.

March 26th: Diomita, Jenny, slave drones Flo I and Flo II and Angelique visiting SAG (Slave Auction Group)

Landmark to SAG (Slave Auction Group)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Slave%20Island/53/152/27

The second place we visited was Interwoven Dominance, a place owned by Lady Gi-Gi McCormick (goodkisses) and Jim McCormick. From what we saw it is a nce BDSM community offering regular events, a nice dance place, meeting places and of course a (partly outdoor) dungeon. We all wore too many scripts for Interwoven Dominance and got messages to decrease the amount of textures and scripts. Hence we didn’t stay long. There were others active at the sim and we didn’t like to add too much lag for them. I might return for a more detailed exploration of Interwoven Dominance.

March 26th: Diomita, Jenny, slave drones Flo I and Flo II and Angelique visiting Interwoven Dominance

Landmark to Interwoven Dominance
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Celestial%20Moon/71/62/21

After kinkploring we had to relax and played one round of Skipee. The game was long (slave drone Flo I won it) and when we finished it, it was time for everybody to log off for bed.

March 25th: slave Kelly at Psi’s realm

P.S.: slave kelly is still at Psi’s realm as well as slave slut cecy. slave kelly sent a picture of herself with a visitor. The visitor just looked at her like looking at a exhibition objects for several long minutes and didn’t speak a word as slave kelly told us.

Simploring 2018 (30) – Isle of May

05 Apr 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

scoop.it SL Destinations has become my favourite source for picking destinations for my simploring tour. Sunday, March 25th, I came across “Isle of May“, a new sim created by Serene Footman.
I was excited seeing a new sim of Serene. Serene’s sims are facinating and bring you to destinations you might never see in the physical world but you can visit them in this virtual environment and you also begin to make some research about these places. Hence it is like a real short vacation. The last place of Serene Footman was Khodovarika and I also saw Dunkirk – La Digue du Braek and Furillen.
This said, you know why I was excited to see “Isle of May“.

The Isle of May (source: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_May)

The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) off the coast of mainland Scotland. It is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 miles) long and less than half a kilometre wide. Itwas designated a National Nature Reserve on 12 June 1956 and is managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Although only around 57 hectares in size, over 285 bird species have been recorded on the island. At the height of the breeding season, the Isle of May can host around 200,000 seabirds, including puffins, kittiwake, guillemots, razorbills, shags and fulmars. These numbers can fluctuate considerably from year to year, depending on weather and fish stocks.
As well as its natural heritage, the Isle of May also has a rich cultural heritage, including St Adrian’s Chapel, the Isle of May Lighthouse and others.
Most visitors to the island are daytrippers taking the ferry from Anstruther in Fife, although up to six visitors can stay at the bird observatory, usually for a week at a time. The only way to get there is by ferry; the journey takes 45 minutes from the small ports of Anstruther and Crail, and also from North Berwick.
The island is closed to visitors from 1 October until Easter to prevent disturbance to the large number of seal pups. The Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick has two live cameras on the island, which can be remotely controlled by visitors, to allow close viewing of the seabird cities, including puffins, guillemots, razorbills, shags, cormorants and terns and the fluffy grey seal pups in winter, without disturbance. The Scottish Seabird Centre also runs boat trips to the Isle of May (from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_May).

Isle of May in Second Life – overview

Isle of May in Second Life – around the landing point

While the real Isle of May has no permanent residents, Serene’s island is home to a small group of artists, a lighthouse keeper and a ranger who takes care of the island’s birds and wildlife. The sim is on two levels, with a beautiful, peaceful U-shaped cliff top area covered in vegetation and lower beaches on either side. The buildings on the sim are few: the main house stands at the centre of the sim, with a lighthouse and foghorn station to one side and the wildlife keeper’s office together with the ruins of St Adrian’s Chapel on the other.

Impressions of Isle of May in Second Life (1)

Down below, on small beaches, there are various buildings such as an old stone house, beach huts and a fisherman’s lodge. All around the island there is a wild sea crashing against rocks and cliffs (excerpt from Serene’s homepage).

Impressions of Isle of May in Second Life (2)

In Second Life the Isle of May offers a lot of places to sit and watch, to listen to she sounds of birds and nature and to look at the wild sea crashing against the rocks. The main house in the center of the island, right next to the landing, is worth to visit also from the inside. There’re several ateliers for artists and the views through the windows are great.

Impressions of Isle of May in Second Life (3)

I also liked the fisherman’s lodge, that snuggles against the rock in a quite wind protected niche – I got 99 problems and fishing solves all of them. Isle of May is for enjoying the nature and finding some peace, a short vacation just like I expected it.

At Serene Footman’s Homepage I found this video about “Isle of May in Second Life” taken by Serendipity Dyrssen.

The Isle of May in Second Life was created by Serene Footman and Jade Koltai. A big thank you to both of you!

Landmark to Isle of May
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Weed/100/102/41
Serene Footman’s homepage
https://furillen.org/
Serendipity Dyrssen’s viedo about Isle of May in Second Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=6sLEM8rru9k

Diary 2018 (49) March 22nd – The Nothing

02 Apr 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, March 22nd, turned out to be a simploring and kinkploring day. In the afternoon, I visited “Bees and Bears” by Cica Ghost (read yesterday’s post here) and at night I took Jenny and slave drone Flo on a kinkploring tour to “The Nothing :: [Femdom – D/s – RLV]“.

I found the landmark and the description in someone’s profile while standing around in one of our clubs. The Nothing is “a dreamscape located beyond the mists, it’s home of the House of Naxxras and their kindred“. It is tagged with “petplay ponyplay forest bdsm findom objectification transformation lesbian futa femboy shemale matriarchy demon mistress“. Sounded tempting for me :-).

The Nothing – overview (upper left) and at the landing point

The landing point is in a dome-shaped building obviously used as a place to dance and meet. There’s some bdsm furniture as well as bondage gear and a few cages. It’s quite stylish and nice. The Nothing is an adlut rated homestead and group owned. The founder of the group and most probably the owner of the sim is Nohemi Adonis Naxxras (hairtuss).
The Nothing is a rocky, densely wooded island – and it is foggy (unless you change the windlight settings – I did change it for the purpose of exploring). There are several trails and levels and you can easily get lost.

The Nothing – in a hidden dungeon

We found quite some cosy places. All of them not too large, but big enough for more than two persons and often equipped with a few bdsm toys, like cells or bondage frames. I assume that there are more than just one hidden dungeon in the underground – we just did only find one during our short visit to The Nothing.

Impressions of The Nothing

I can confirm that the description “a dreamscape located beyond the mists” fits very well. Besides being a place to live out our kinks, it is a lovely mysterious island and offers a lot of possibilities for taking pictures or just to wind down.
During our visit we were more or less all alone on the island. I don’t know if there’s a regular event at The Nothing or a regular group of people using it but I suspect that. It might be a homestead like ours, used to meet during the prime time of our timezone, and to play every once in a while. It’s open to the public and I consider to take advantage of it one or the other day. For sure a place to see to enjoy the atmosphere or to play.

Thank you Nohemi Adonis Naxxras (hairtuss) for providing the The Nothing to the public.

Landmark to The Nothing
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mirage%20Isle/219/216/55

After our visit to The Nothing we winded down for a bit at Mesmerize dungeon, so that slave drone Flo could recover from being dragged around before she went to bed. I took my property to Domme a Domme to expose her as I still can’t get enough of seeing her at my feet. And I crowned the night using her at home.

March 22nd: Diomita with Jenny and slave drone Flo at Mesmerize Dungeon (upper left) / Diomita with her very owned Mistress at Domme a Domme (right) / Diomita in full control of Jenny at home (lower left)

Simploring 2018 (29) – Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost

31 Mar 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

Cica Ghosts work became a regular part of my SL experience. Just recently in 2018 I visited her Bird People, the 50 cats  and her exhibition “from Under the Sea“. And now I got an invitation from Cica Ghost to see her “Bees and Bears“.

Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost

I visited “Bees and Bears” on Thursday, March 22nd. Cica selected a funny description for it “What do you call a bears without ears? – B’s“. Bees and Bears is installed on island with the typical Cica touch. The ground is first of all meagre but there are fields of white, large flowers, some trees, a few paths made of stones, some meadows and you can even find a spot with mushrooms. And of course there are bees, many of them and they’re quite large and most of them wear a smile in their face while they busy collect farina or transport baskets with honey.

First impressions of “Bees and Bears” around the landing spot (lower right shows Cica and me)

Besides the fields of flowers you’ll find 4 outstanding spots and scenes:
– the bee fairy who stands on one hill and is surrounded by bees
– the village where the bee live in their hives. Have a look into the hives, some are empty, some only inhabited by one bee, others are used by several bees to sleep in and some ore used a honey storage.
– the two bears, also surrounded by bees and flowers, one bear pulls a little cart with a pot of honey
– Cica’s hut with a small garden

Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost – the 4 highlights

It all looks very peaceful. It is a world of it’s own, like a fairy tale. Happy bees, happy bears, the bee fairy, growing flowers, green meadows, the little garden and some trees transformed the meagre island into a happy spot for an escape of everyday life.

Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost – the village of beehives

For the fun, Cica also provides a bee car which you can use to cruise over the island. And every visitor can grab a free flower and either hold it during the visit or take it home and plant it (I did both!).
At the landing spot you can also get a notecard with the list of Cica’s former installations in Second Life as well as a landmark to her inworld shop. I met Cica during my visit and we had a small chat. She told me that she always has just one installation open for a limited time, then she closes it and works on the next.

Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost – Cica’s hut and Cica’s bee car

Bees and Bears has not such a serious background as the Bird People. The only message I can think of is the current debate about mass death of bees due to environmental factors and pesticides – here at Bees and Bears, they have a their own little world and can demonstrate their important contribution to life. Nonetheles, Bees and Bears is more providing a smile and transfers some of the bees and bears happiness to the visitor, at least I left with a smile in my face.

Go and visit yourself as long as it is open to the public.
Thank you Cica!

Bees and Bears by Cica Ghost
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/van/40/97/25

Cica Ghost’s flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64860898@N05/

Cica’s Shop in SL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Appalachian/140/139/3502

Diary 2018 (48) March 21st – Month Burger – Dripping in natural juices

30 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Wednesday, March 21st, was quite varied. I know, the subtitle for this diary entry sounds a bit strange, but you’ll read whats behind of it at the end of this post.
I met with my property Jenny, my wife and very owned mistress, in the afternoon and took her to Domme a Domme to catch up with our news first. I intend to make the most of this green light and to enjoy it to the fullest. As we never know what the evening has on stock for us, I decided to take advantage of Jenny already in the afternoon and I took her to the annex of your skybox…..

March 21st – in control: Diomita and Jenny at Domme a Domme and at home in the annex of our skybox

At night we went on a kinkploring tour. Angelique had went to bed early again and just slave Flo was inworld. The first place we visited turned out to be private. I found the landmark in someone’s profile and it was accessible. There was a residence home with locked doors and a pony play area and a dungeon, which were open. Nonetheless it turned out being private – hence no picture or landmark here.
The second place on my list was Pirandello Bay BDSM , a sim wide dungeon, open for all adults. Pirandello Bay is part of the Freedom Continent, a group of over 10 adult sims that work together. Starry (Starbright Wingtips) had told me about the Freedom Continent as the sim she plays in and has her Tentacles park in (read about it here) is also part of the Freedom Continent.

Impressions of Pirandello Bay BDSM (1)

Pirandello Bay BDSM is really a huge dungeon. The landing point is in a shopping mall with many ads and boards. At the end of the shopping malls are TP boards to other sims and stores … and there’s the entry to the dungeon. We walked through the hallways and the seperate rooms, that are each dedicated to other fetishes and kinks. Of course, there’s also a prison and many cages and more. You can easily get lost in this large place.
I myself lost orientation, but there’re TP pads back to the entrance at many spots. Poor drone slave Flo did get trapped several times and we had to rescue her. Instead of a description I’ll add some pictures.

Impressions of Pirandello Bay BDSM (2)

Pirandello Bay BDSM was empty when we visited it. I often wonder that places like The Secret House or Heavy Bondage Club are crowded although there’s no opportunity to play, they are just popular meeting points (SM – Stand & Model clubs). It’s all about people who make a place interesting, I can only assume that Pirandello Bay has other busy times. For sure it is large enough so that you can find some privacy there.

Landmark to Pirandello Bay BDSM
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pirandello%20Bay/112/129/2699

We went home after this kinkploring tour as slave drone Flo II aka. AnneWanne had come inworld and we had a round of Skipee (Team Jenny with Anne won it). After the game I took Jenny to The Secret House to expose her in her lovely submissive dress. We met Argi there, chatted a bit and read some interesting profiles.

March 21st: Diomita and Jenny at The Secret house (with Argi in the left picture)

Overall, it was a very varied afternoon and night in Second Life. I saved the funniest thing of that day for the end of this entry. When we came inworld at night and met Angelique and slave Flo, there was a new board placed on the porch of our house: “Month Burger”. Flo found it on the net and did .. ehm .. modify it a bit. And Jenny’s comment was “Dripping in natural juices”.

“Month Burger – Dripping in natural juices”

Apologies, slave slut cecy 🙂

Simploring 2018 (28) – Sun City

27 Mar 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

Sunday afternoon, March 18th, I went simploring again. I picked “Sun City” from the scoop.it SL Destinations. The featured picture looked nice, sunny and warm. Just the right place to be, as we experience winter days again in the physical world (mid of March!).

Sun City – overview

The landmark’s description is short but fits quite well “A sleepy city on Sunshine Island – not RP – bergson bowling alley / wedding chapel / explore / photography 60 min rez”. Sun City is group owned, the group was founded by Lily Dough (lilydough). In the group description I found a reference to Maybe Jones (May Tremont) for anything Sunshine Island related. As all buildings and objects I checked are owned by Maybe, I suspect that he or she is the creator of Sun City. Maybe Jones also owns a store for bdsm gear and furniture named [Linked] and there’s an inworld store at Sun City. Sun Island is an adult homestead.

Sun City – First impressions from the landing point

I got not disppointed upon my landing. It’s sunny at Sun City and it has the atmosphere of Summer. Sun City consists of one large promenade with quite a lot of shops and stores. There’s everything you would expect at a destination for a Summer vacation: Tourist info, cafe, laundromat, bowling, tea shop, cold drinks, ice etc. I visted the bowling. It has just one lane, but that’s all you need in Second Life. And it reminded me that we should do that again. It’s fun! Of course I also had a look into the [Linked] store.

Sun City – Bowling and [Linked] store

There’re some more activities to do at Sun City. I made a short trip with a small two seat plane. You can rezz it by clicking on the air sock by the runway. I also made a short trip with a pedal boot. The pier for the pedal boat is close to the landing point. Also close to the landing point at the beach is a place to meet with friends, to sit together around a campfire or just to enjoy the sun in a lounger.
On a seperate island is a wedding chapel. It really has all you need for a wedding including poseballs for a dance. I like the place.

Impressions of Sun City

Sun City is a nice mixture between a Mediterranean village and an American coastal village, maybe even Caribean. It has a bit of everything. The serenity and the cars and motor scooters of the Mediterranean, the buildings and their facades do fit with more with America.
Overall, a really nice place with some potential activities and the feeling of Summer.

Sun City – the wedding chapel and at the beach

Thank you Lily Dough (lilydough) and Maybe Jones (May Tremont) for creating and providing Sun City to the public. I enjoyed my visit!

Landmark to Sun City
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Island/180/53/22

Simploring 2018 (27) – Gem Preiz’ Demiurge

24 Mar 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

When I visited Gem Preiz’ installation “Sapiens” in January (read here) I met Inara Pey there, who told me that Gem plans an extention of this installtion by End of February. And really, as it turns out I got an invitation for Thursday, March 15th, from Gem himself to attend the opening of this extention for Thursday, March 15th. Unfortunately I could not attend the opening but visited a few hours before the opening. The extension is called “Demiurge“.
The word “demiurge” is an English word from demiurgus, a Latinized form of the Greek dēmiourgos. It was originally a common noun meaning “craftsman” or “artisan”, but gradually it came to mean “producer”, and then eventually “creator” (from wikipedia)

Gem Preiz’ Demiurge – opened until End of June 2018

At the landing point you can grab a notecard in several language, which explains Gem’s thoughts about both installations: “Sapiens ended on the vision of the Man understanding his universe and learning to dominate it. In Demiurge, the Man becomes creative and shapes his environment, for the good or for the evil.” From the landing point you can teleport also to Sapiens.

Impressions of Gem Preiz’ Demiurge: The past

Demiurge consists of 3 parts: the past, the present and the future. Each part is built on a sim-wide space.
The past reminds of of an ancient city, maybe Rome. It has classical buildings, historic buildings you can find all over the world, buildings with history, buildings that were built to last “forever”, to witness the ideas of a times. Inside of some buildings you find fractals exhibited. From the largest exhibition hall you can teleport to the next part: the present.

Gem Preiz’ Demiurge: The exhibition hall at “The past” – TP Point to travel to “The present” (arriving in “The present” lower right picture)

The present is very disillusioning: uniform skyscrapers, dirt, elevated roads and thousand of tin-sheet huts. In the present of Demiurge is just one exhibition hall with fractals. It is easy to find as the buildings stands out from the rest. From there you can teleport to the next part: the future.
I talked with Gem later and her told me that the skyscrapers are inspired by the chinese town Chongqing, an ocean of 25 floors buildings to house 30 millions people, while the slum is inspired by Kibera, the slum around Nairobi, Kenya. I don’t know both places, but I kind of have an idea how it might look there.

Impressions of Gem Preiz’ Demiurge: The present

The future is bright, particular with the windlight setting I used: Bristol. This world has futuristic skyscarpers of all forms. It’s clean and neat and organized. It does not only look futuristic but also artificial as if there’s no individuality anymore – although the buildings are creative as such, but the single human being is lost in the world. Look a bit around, you might find a starship, which you can use to explore the future from another perspective. I found it and I used it. It also adds to the fun!

Flying a spaceship at Gem’ Preiz’ Demiurge: The future

At the end of the installation Sapiens I saw a huge golden statue (the homo sapiens sapiens?) holding the grid cube in it’s hand, looking at it lost in thoughts. At Demiurge you’ll find this huge golden statue in a spherical building and it holds a brain in it’s hand, looking at it lost in thoughts. At the base of the statue you find teleport pads to Sapiens and to the past and the present.

Impressions of Gem Preiz’ Demiurge: The future

Demiurge is an impressive installation about architecture, not about single periods of architecture but from a higher level. It shows the clear forms and outlines of classic historic buildings that follow either function (like theatres) or simple demostrate power. There builders had he intention to create something for the eternity. It shows the uniformity of modern housing towers, the dirt and the poverty of the slums that are reality for many people around the world. And it shows our dreams that have become reality at least partly at some metropol areas like Shanghai, New York, London ..
Of course Demiurge is also a place where Gem’s fractals are exhibited and they fit in very well as most of them look a bit like science fiction. Overall, the installation contains 32 high resolution fractals. Some of them have already been displayed on Secondlife, in various other exhibitions.

At the landing point of Demiurge as well as in the notecard you find recommendations about the settings of your viewer. I also recommend to turn your music on (I did). The music Gem selected fits really well.

Gem Preiz’ Demiurge – outside of the the landing Point – upper left Picture Shows Gem and myself

One last thing. If you have time enough, walk outside of the building where you enter Demiurge. The landing area is inside another “future” world that is dominated a one tall skycraper. Gem told me that it is inspired by a project of tower to be raised in Bassorah, Iraq, that shall raise 1.000 meter, in SL it’s “only” 340 m tall. Talking with Gem you can sense his passion for architecture, forms and skyscrapers.

Thank you Gem for this extension to Sapiens. Demiurge is – at least for me – an installation you have to visit. Great work, Gem, very impressive!
Sapiens and Demiurge shall be open for a visit until End of June.

Landmark to Demiurge
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA29/149/145/22
Landmark to Sapiens
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA29/96/128/27

Simploring 2018 (26) – Oscar 13 at DaphneArts

22 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

I got an invitation for the opening of another exhibition at DaphneArts (or Daphne.Arts) – Oscar 13. I couldn’t make it to the opening but I visited a day later on Monday, March 12th.
Oscar? Is it about the Academy Awards? Yes, it is. In this case it is about the award for the Best Foreign Language Film. This special Award was given to Italian films 14 times, where of one was primarily spoken in French – hence Oscar 13, for 13 award winning Italian films.

Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, which inspired the artist Stefano Mingione, who shares a passion for 7th art (making cinema), to create a tribute to the Italian cinematography with the painting “Oscar 13”. The oil on canvas painting has the dimensions 2 x 4 meter and shows all 13 Italian Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (spoken in Italian).

Impressions of “Oscar 13” at DaphneArts (1)

The exhibition Oscar 13 at DaphneArts shows a compilation of sketches used as study reference, and the final painting. At the end you walk into a cinema and watch a short youtube video that shows details of the painting “Oscar 13”.

I’m not a passionate cineast, nor did I know the above facts, yet the sketches and drafts that led to the huge painting are impressive and show how much work in detail such a painting is. If you’re a cineast, and in particular an Italian cineast, you will see much more in this painting than I do. I just like the way this painting is exhibited with showing also the sketches and the films behind it. Again I found something that I’d never expected to see in Second Life. I strongly recommend to read the website with information about “Oscar 13” (http://www.daphnearts.com/oscar13/), best before you visit inworld.
Unfortunately I didn’t find more information about Stefano Mingione, yet I didn’t try Italian websites, as I don’t understand any Italian, sorry.

Impressions of “Oscar 13” at DaphneArts (2)

DaphneArts, opened in March 2016, is an art complex that features monthly exhibitions, with a strong focus on the grotesque, surreal and existential themes. It is owned by Sheldon BeRgman (sheldonbr) and Angelika Corral. Thank you for the gallery and for this exhibition!

Landmark to “Oscar 13” at DaphneArts
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Seduction/39/132/3511
youtube video about Oscar 13 (about 4 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ONl6D2yYOGQ
Website with information about “Oscar 13”
http://www.daphnearts.com/oscar13/

Simploring 2018 (25) Never Totally Dead

18 Mar 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

I picked “Never Totally Dead” from scoop.it SL Destinations, again a place built as an exhibition for a store with the same name owned by Sean (Bluesean Yiyuan). The store offers old manors, historic buildings, haunted items, furniture and curiosities. The landing is on a street in front of the main store. The whole scenery is set to the 1930’s or 40’s, at least looking at the car, that is parked on the street and looking at the front of the store. The store looks really small, but it opens up in the back and is quite large actually.

Never Totally Dead – overview

I started my visit with the store. And this visit was quite enjoyable. There’s not just furniture! Walking through the rooms I passed by antique vases on podests …. and ups, they fall down and broke into pieces. Did I touch? Antique porcelain dishes falled from the wall, ghosts began to throw with paper, books and other stuffs …. a dining table was set up by magic and a turkey and a bottle of champane began to hoover above the table. Funny! Halloween is coming but not now! You can of course also buy antique furniture, clocks and other stuff, even a old manor. This visit was fun – and now I know where to get some joke articles.

Never Totally Dead – impressions from the store

Leaving the store “Never Totally Dead” and following the road you come to a manor, that is surrounded by a large garden, or is it more a palace? I went inside and it looked quite familiar. It was not the furniture that looked familiar. The manor is furnished like you would expect it from a palace and is really fitting to the outside. And of course it is mainly furnished with the furniture you can buy at the store.
Familiar for me was the layout because I saw this manor already in several other places. Now I know where I could buy this manor (I won’t). Knowing the general floor plan I found the staircase to the cellar, but in this manor you just find wine there. In the cellars of the manors I visited before in Second Life there was the more kinky stuff. Did I mention that I destroyed some vases and porcelain again during my visit to the manor?
Anway, the manor, the garden house and the surrounding park is very nice and invites to take same pictures. I had fun.

Never Totally Dead – impressions from the manor

When I had just finish my simploring tour, Mistress Jenny came inworld and I invited her over. I can tell that she had really fun with the haunted items in the store and she also recognized the floorplan of the manor.

Never Totally Dead – more impressions / Mistress Jenny and Diomita at the manor and in the store

“Never Totally Dead” is a really nice setting for a store like this. It might be more expensive than just a store or selling at the marketplace. But I’m much happier to see the items in a fitting enviroment and having fun exploring. Even when you don’t buy anything, “Never Totally Dead” is worth a visit! Thank you Sean for being creative and providing some more fun and a nice environment for your store. I liked it.

Landmark to Never Totally Dead
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Enchanted%20Escapes/125/165/25

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