Art in Second Life (44) Summer Vibes by onceagain (Manoji Yachvili)

13 Aug 2023 Leave a comment

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

Onceagain (Manoji Yachvili) sent an invitation for her own exhibition at her place, the ONCEAGAIN art gallery.

The exhibition is not in the gallery building where you land. You have to walk over a bridge to a seperate building nearby. The exhibition building looks like a temporary building, erected just for the Summer.

Onceagain (Manoji Yachvili) provided a notecard with some background information about “Summer Vibes”
“I love summer .. for its colors, so bright, the hours of sunshine that seem to never end the cicadas’s sound by day and that of crickets by night, swimming in the sea among the fishes ..”
Photo Cafe has a special recurring Expo, called “In The Spot” which is a quarterly exhibition of a single seasonal photo so I participate with one of my photos to be exhibited until September for the theme “Summer”.
It was difficult to choose because in the last month I took several photos of the summer. Thinking about what would be right to show I decided to reopen the Onceagain art gallery and I set up this small exhibition made up of diptychs of sl and rl photos.“

Impressions of Summer Vibes by onceagain (Manoji Yachvili) (1)

Inside the exhibition building is decorated with elements of a Summer vacation like a sandcastle and you might get wet feet stepping into puddles of sea water. The about a dozend pictures are displayed as pairs. One picture is taken in RL, one in SL. Each pair has a common theme. At some pairs you have to look twice to recognize which picture is from RL. For me that proves that we can immerse into other worlds, into other environments that cause emotions – like Summer vibes. I like the comparison between RL and SL.

Impressions of Summer Vibes by onceagain (Manoji Yachvili) (2)

onceagain (Manoji Yachvili) ist in Second Life since 2007. Manoji is Italian and lives and works in Tuscany, Italy. She “likes photography, art, landscapes, animals, visiting strange places, most of these things she also does in RL“. You find more of her also on her flickr account.
Thank you for this exhibition and the pictures, onceagain, they caused Summer Vibes – even when we had rain for over 4 weeks, where I live.

Landmark to ONCEAGAIN art gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fading%20Shadows/117/147/23
Onceagain (Manoji Yachvili)’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69389809@N03/
Landmark to ~ Photo Cafe’ ~ Photographers ~
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spiced%20Romance/123/224/22

Art in Second Life 2023 (18) Photo Cafè

12 Apr 2023 Leave a comment

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

I got an invitation by Kika Yongho to visit Photo Café, a sim and a brand new location for 2023 for a group of SL photographers to gather every 2 weeks and discuss about related themes.

Poster of Photo Café / landing at Photo Café / the welcome pop-up menu

The sim in not just exclusively for a particular group, it is a meeting spot for all SL Photographers (at any level) to gather and share experiences, hints, tips & tricks, landmarks or contests (inworld or Flickr) and whatever else comes to mind!
At the regular meeting every other Saturday at noon SL time (9 PM Central Europe time) are moderated and accessible to everyone. And there’s also an agenda and a set theme for the meeting.

I visited on Saturday, April 8th. At the landing point a pop-up menu appears. You can grab a notecard, landmarks and links, join the group or get a gift. If you accept “experiences” walking straight forward brings you to the sim.
I had not set my environment to midnight at first. I strongly recommend to set it to midnight. Quite in the center of the sim is the meeting circle where I met Kika Yongho, who gave a quick tour to me.

Impressions of “Photo Café” (1)

The sim is just beautiful and offers countless great backgrounds for taking pictures. If you join the group you get rez rights and can use your own props. The current theme of Photo Café is “Tropical fantasy night” with many waterfalls, exotic plants and lights and light effects. There’s also an underwater world. Amoung the plants you might discover art, Kika pointed me to a sculpture of Mistero Hifeng.
Besides the meeting area you find a beach, a cafeteria and of course an event area. Kika told me that the next event is scheduled for Saturday, April 22nd at 9 AM SL time (6 PM Central Europe Time) before another scheduled meeting of SL photographers.

Impressions of “Photo Café” (2)

Another highlight of the sim is hidden in the skies above. You can reach it when you go to the well in the center of the meeting circle. First I thought I’d be in a spaceship. But is is a photo scene rezzer. Just click on the center rhombus. Changing the photoscene is a great show (turn your sound on!). I just tried out 2 of 50 or more different scenes and took a quick snapshot. But I can imagine that you can create great picture with the according poses.

Impressions of “Photo Café” (3) – the photo rezzer

So if you look for great backgrounds for your pictures, or just want to talk and get hints and exchange about photography in Seond Life Photo Café might be the place to go to.
Thank you Kika Yongho for inviting me over and for the tour. And thank you also to the other participationg group members Duraya, Kapaan and DaneAlbion, as well as to Violette Rembrandt, who built the sim.
I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Photo Café
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Midnight%20Party/158/208/21
Photo Café on flickr (new photos on top)
https://www.flickr.com/groups/14789205@N20/pool/
Photo Café website
https://www.photocafe.news/