Simploring 2017 (56) Moya

20 Jul 2017 7 Comments

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

Ever heard about Moya, about Patrick Moya? No? Nor did I.
Looking for a place to visit and scrolling through the SL destination guide I came across Studio Moya: “Explore this creative, messy and chaotic art space by Patrick Moya“.
Well I did explore it starting at Moya Land.

Patrick Moya (born 1955 in Troyes, France), is a French artist. He is a part of the artistic movement “Ecole de Nice”. Moya has been at the forefront since the 1970s of straddling the latest forms of media and technology to benefit art rather than rendering it extinct. He is an early pioneer of video art.
Moya become a digital artist since his early work on computer in the mid-80s : now, since 2007, he is the owner of a virtual Moya Land in the 3D web of Second Life.
In 2009, he participates to the first major exhibition about “Art in Second Life”, under the title “Rinascimento Virtuale ». It was in the museum of Anthropology of Florence, the City of the Renaissance, where an entire room was devoted to the “Moya civilization”.


In summer 2011, the Moya Universe is arrived to maturity, as demonstrated by the big mural-installation of 90 meters long, a fresco who told the story of Moya civilization, on the walls of the art center La Malmaison, in Cannes. This exhibition, built also in SL, allowed to visitors to meet the artist from a distance, to ask questions and to visit with him his virtual Moya Land.
Today, Moya is living between real and virtual Worlds, and, with the name of “Moya Janus” (the name of his avatar), he answers to journalist (Radio Canada, 2013), to students (school of Fine Arts of Venice, Quebec, Zurich or Milan …), participates or organize many exhibitions, real or virtual, reproduces Art Fairs or Museums (Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Ceramics Museum in Vallauris …), works with a chief (Christian Sinicropi of Restaurant “La Palme d’Or” in Cannes) … Or receive visitors worldwide and makes for them a guiding tour in a virtual car.
(excerpt from Wikipedia)

Moya consists of the 4 islands Moya, Moya Land, Studio Moya and Moya Museum. The 4 sims are fully packed with museums, entertainment, places to discover, shopping, park and garden, with architecture, education, oversized sculptures, hidden art in a pyramid, different forms of transportation (airport, modern city railroad, rezzable cars), paintings and reproductions of real world exhibitions – way to much to fully explore within an hour. For a first overview I recommend to watch the 3 minute video about Moya, which is from 2015.

Moya Patrick (moya janus) has also a website with tons of information about his work and about Moya in Second Life. Unfortunately it is in French and I shy back from translating parts of it although I understand a little bit French (with my long forgotten school knowledge and the help of a dictionaire). Just look it up yourself www.moyapatrick.com

I really don’t know where to begin or where to end a description of Moya, hence I just publish a few of the 40 pictures I took during my one hour visit. For someone loving virtual art in Second Life Moya is something you must experience yourself. Just amazing and overwhelming. Thank you Partick Moya!

Landmark to Moya Land
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moya%20Land/53/95/36
Video about Moya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1zzjBNunY
Patrick Moya’s website
http://moyapatrick.com/

 

Simploring 2017 (55) Ash Falls

17 Jul 2017 2 Comments

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

I came across Ash Falls by following Inara Pey’s Living in a modemworld blog. Just a few days ago she published her post about “Ash Falls in Second Life“. Ash Falls is a homestead sim build by Birdy Moone (silent halostar) and Leaf Moone (peyton darmoset) and owned by a group named Dirty.Pretty. The group and Ash Falls are freely open to the public until July, 31st 2017. Later the region will return to group access only and you’ll have to join the Dirty.Pretty group in order to visit Ash Falls.

The windlight setting of Ash Falls (Bryn Oh’s Mayfly) is quite dark and enhances the intended atmosphere of it. Ash Falls is a volcano island, the ground and in particular the large beach is covered by dark volcano ash sand. The vegetation is dominated by large conifers. The landing point is at the North West end of the U-shaped island. Along your way discovering Ash Falls you will find quite a lot, hidden corners to sit and mediate or to cuddle as well as terraces with nice views. At the other end of the island is a residental, modern home that looks occupied and in use. What else you will find? There’s an old quarry, obviously not in use and semi-flooded lightened by floating laterns. Not far from the quarry is outdoor cinema. The projector is still running but you won’t see a movie, just shadows on the broken wall that was once used as a screen. The sound of the projector together with the dark light creates a strange morbide atmosphere. And not far from the cinema is an old shack and barn. The modern truck in front of the farm indicates that someone is still living there. And there’s the large beach. Quite close to the water is a shed that is used as a coffee house and offers seating in and outside.

Ash Falls is outstanding and a great place to take pictures, to explore and to sit and watch. For me it looks like a long forgotten place that has been discovered by some people who made it their personal retreat. They buildt the new residential home and are just about to bring a bit of life back to the island. The dark windlight setting provides a particular atmosphere that fits perfect to the volcano character of the island. I took some pictures with more light, but then the mystic of the island is gone.

Ash Falls is worth a visit and I enjoyed my simploring tour. Thank you Leaf and Birdy Moone!

Landmark to Ash Falls
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Picture%20Perfect/45/246/35
Inara Pey’s blog post about Ash Falls
https://modemworld.me/2017/07/10/ash-falls-in-second-life/

Diary 2017 (111) July 8th – Green (II)

15 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Saturday afternoon, July 8th, I had just 45 minutes with my property. I was at Angel of Pain’s BDSM island laying in a hammock and writing the post about my visit to 16 Fields by Lichtbringer (see here) when Jenny came inworld. I first summoned her to me and while we cuddled we caught about about RL. I have to make the most of my green light, even when it is short. They shall be intense, well planned and exciting and a surprise. I ordered Jenny to strip and put the vixen cuffs back on her.

Diomita and Jenny cuddling at Angel of Pain’s BDSM Island

Then I took my property to the Bondage & Storage Project and we made a short flight over the sim with the blimp, Jenny got the pose with the best view on the sim, and I had the best view on her backside. Enjoyable!

After a quite hard landing, I leashed my property and we walked underground across the whole sim to a hidden cave, that I had explored some time before. My property was exhausted from the long walk, so I gave her time to recover. In the center of the cave is a block of concrete. Embedded into this block is a tube that contains 3 cells that can be lifted to lock up a prisoner and can be lowered to store them. That is where I stored my property safe and sound, isolated from the world outside, restricted heavily and thrown back to just herself and thinking of me – and depending on me to pick her up again later at night. Well used 45 minutes with my property *winks*

Saturday night, I picked up my property and had my way with her at Bondage & Storage Project, just as it should be. Then we cared about slave Flo and slave Adarra, who came online in the meanwhile. slave Adarra is now in her yellow Summer outfit for the slaves. Together with slave FLo and slave Adarra we went to Psi’s realm where we had stored slave slut cecy to pick her up as well. As the vixen cuffs can’t be coloured in yellow I just changed the colour of slut’s chastity belt. We discussed and tried out how to enhance this yellow outfit while keeping slave cecy’s appearance as our family slut. Then I had to leave unplanned – RL has it’s priority.

Saturday, July 8th: Diomita taking advantage of her property Jenny at BSP and Diomita, Jenny and slaves Flo, Adarra and cecy at Psi’s realm

Simploring 2017 (54) 16 Fields – Lichtbringer

14 Jul 2017 2 Comments

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

Saturday, July 8th, I was up for simploring. I looked up the SL destination guide as well as the blogs that I follow but no pick did come across that tempted me spontaneously for a visit. I decided to have a look at LEA sims, as I know that by end of June some of them at least had to be given up in order to give other artists the opportunity to show their talent. This way I found 16 Fields and Lichtbringer. Lichtbringer is a German group of artists, namely Frau Wu aka Just (justmetrying) who is responsible for Management, PR and events of the group and Elektra (hangrod.hax) and Louis Wu (cyberklon) who both are responsible for ideas and make Meshes, scripting, lights and textures. Lichtbringer is a German composite word, literally it translates to “deliverers of light”. It could be interpreted religious but in this case it is supposed to be taken literally – delivering lights. The group works together on projects since 2015 and is mainly inspired by Mario2 Helstein. I just had and simploring post about Mario’s LEA installation “Light Thoughts 3” – read here). Lichtbringer has an own website – http://lichtbringer-sl.com/ where they anounce events and installations.

Their current LEA installation at LEA 26 is named 16 Flieds. They describe it as follows:

“The sim is divided into 16 fields. In these 16 Fields works from Lichtbringer like Meshes, Particles, Advanced Lights, and animated Meshes will be shown. In the center is a meeting point for all lightfanatics to meet, chat and have a coffee. The field contents will be changed every week. Stay informed about changes by joining the Lichtbringer Group. The sim has a wide field of contents changing randomly. Photographer-friendly spots are involved. And of course events will follow as well.

I zoomed my cam out so that you can see the structure with the 16 fields and the meeting point.

“16 Fields” by Lichtbringer

16 Fields is just a great sim to experience the possibilities of light and mesh in Second Life and for someone who likes taking pictures it is just perfect! Each picture that I took grabbed a moment of virtual reality and can’t be repeated again. I had lots of impressions and the next pictures just show some of them. I ended my visit going to the central meeting point where I saw Louis Wu (cyberklon). Unfortunately he was absent so I could just leave a message appreciating the great work. His avatar is a piece of art in itself!

Impressions of “16 Fields” by Lichtbringer (1)

Impressions of “16 Fields” by Lichtbringer (2)

I ended my visit with a selfie at the meeting point. I can just recommend that you visit 16 Fields and for sure attending one of the events from Lichtbringer is something to be considered. Thank you Frau Wu aka Just, Elektra and Louis Wu for your great and inspiring work!

Landmark to 16 Fields
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA26/136/73/24
Website of Lichtbringer
http://lichtbringer-sl.com/

Diary 2017 (107) July 4th – slave Maddie released

09 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

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Tuesday, July 4th, I met with Mistress Jenny in the afternoon. We caught up with news RL and SL at club DeLust. I had not that much to report about the night before, when Mistress wasn’t present. Just about slave Maddie, who I picked up at Mesmerize Dungeon and who I left at home tied and gagged, leashed to our “Stonehaven” wall. Speaking of her she appeared online and after a while we went home to have a look after her. I agreed with Mistress Jenny to take her to our loft as a neutral environment to talk with her out of character to find out about her experiences and feelings during the two weeks with us and to make plans how to go on.

Even today slave Maddie was in a rebellious mood but she had learned a litte bit at least and gathered herself. I released her from the wall and took her gag off. Her cooperation and obedience was still not quite satisfying and she was close getting gagged again. Then a stranger came to our sim – Karmen Sloan (kelsietaylor). slave Maddie told us that she’s her cavalary, a friend who came to rescue her. And Karmen told us that she were madly in love with slave Maddie and about to marry her. Karmen was dressed like a domme and pretended being a domme and she argued to have better and stricter ways to discipline our bratty slave Maddie. I insisted to keep slave Maddie and to have my way with her. I sensed that Karmen and slave Maddie made up a story just to convince us to release slave Maddie. Mistress Jenny tended to release slave Maddie, not that she didn’t sense that Karmen and Maddie had just made up a love story, but Mistress demands and deserves dedication and loyality – and slave Maddie was far from it.

I had to gag slave Maddie again, as she forgot about all rules while we were talking about her further future. What we had planned doing at our loft, talking out of character, did happen now in parallel personal IMs. Maddie wanted to leave. She liked the kidnap roleplay and enjoyed it to some extent, but being owned and loyal doesn’t fit to her expectations of Second Life.
Hence I unlocked all gear with the exception of the vixen cuffs, which I set on a short timer. Then we left slave Maddie and Karmen and retreated as it was already about time for Mistress Jenny to leave.

We had some fun with slave Maddie and although I hate releasing a slave, even if not yet collared, I will remember the fun we had.

Diary 2017 (105) June 28th / 29th – slave pet & slave Jade and a relaxed night

07 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

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We had a very relaxed night Wednesday, June 28th. We spend most of it together with slave pet and slave Flo in “the Keep”, where slave pet has her place to sleep. This night, she had some trouble with seeting up further gear that will make her even more looking like our slave pet (or puppy), she got a muzzle. So we were busy to get it sort. slave pet will be off for 2 weeks and unfortunately will miss her first collaring anniversary on July 2nd. But we will make up for that and then I will also have some pictures of our slave pet, puppy Christa.
Slave Maddie was present as well and we took her out of the terrace cell and went to Mesmerize Dungeon … where we lost her in lag. Also something that happens in Second Life sometimes.

Thursday, June 29th, Mistress Jenny and I met in the afternoon. As slave Jade was present, we went down to her cell and took her out of it for the first time since we caught her more than a week ago on June 21st. We brought her to Bondage & Storage Project (BSP) and I fixed her on the triple spanking machine. Prepared like that we began to tease her and to talk with her. and within a few minutes we had 2 random subs watching us. Mistress Jenny leashed and cuffed one ot them. This random sub had more luck than slave Jade – Mistress Jenny released her shortly after.

slave Jade seems already quite arrived in her new life. She accepted her fate as unevitable and does quite atentive listen and follow her rules. She must have realized what Mistress Jenny told her – it can always be worse. After our visit to BSP we leashed her at home at the Stonehaven wall.

Thursday night started off with another visit of “No Frontiers” (see yesterday’s post here). I visited it again this time together with Mistress Jenny. I just wanted to show her this art installation and we did the whole flight. Then we went to The Secret House and chatted a bit with BC (baroness capelo) and entertained the slent crowd *winks*.

Next stop was Mesmerize Dungeon, then Psi’s realm, where Mistress Jenny leashed a random stray sub and pulled her locks just a but tighter and the last place for that night was once again Club DeLust. On our way home we stopped by at our studio and I made a new profile picture for Mistress Jenny with the LUMIPro HUD. Kitty came by and was allowed to watch me working. She had a new “accident and was transformed to a Bimbo ….talking like a Bimbo .. so hot, she was so hot. Kitty Maurer: “Kitty was at Lillith’s *giggles* new like *giggles* sim… like Hathor’s Homeworld. Sorry for being so like *giggles* much trouble”

So that was another relaxing night. It looks like we have relaxed and full nights alternating now. That’s it for this diary post.

Mistress Jenny Maurer

Simploring 2017 (52) No Frontiers

06 Jul 2017 4 Comments

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

For simploring Thursday, June 29th, I checked the Second Life Destination guide  and selected another LEA sim, LEA 16
“No Frontiers is an LEA immersive installation where you can pilot spacecrafts among large halls displaying high resolution sci-fi fractal frames by artist Gem Preiz. The trip will lead you to planets and stars after flying among colorful creations, surreal alien worlds and futuristic space bases.

Upon your landing you can grab 2 notecards with information about the art installation and about the artist Gem Preiz. There’s also a guide how to set your environment. Then you choose a vehicle, a space ship and begin your discovery. From the landing a tube leads into the isntallation itself, you fly through the tube to a box and at the wall you look at when you enter the box is a one high resolution futuristic science fiction picture, the box itself is filled with geometrical objects, which move and change and add another dimension to the picture at the wall. From the box another tube leads to the next box. I didn’t count the boxes, according to the notecard there’re 16. And each box is an expereince on it’s own. Flying the space ship is fun and getting these views was simply great. The journey ends in open space where planets and objects float in space.

No Frontiers by Gem Preiz is closed now unfortunately, I made it there on one of the last days. But once again I found a different way to present art and I learend about another artists playing with the possibilities of Second Life. Gem has a long list of exhibitions within Second Life and had several installations within the LEA program already. He’s educated in science and mathematics and and according to himself he enjoys the diversity of shapes and colors as a reflection of Nature’s one. Well, I can’t describe his work any better. No Frontiers was just great to see and I will look out for more art from Gem Preiz, thank you Gem!

No landmark this time as the installation is already closed unfortunately. I hope you got at least an impression of it by the pictures I took.

Simploring 2017 (51) Toxxland Bisexual Fetish Den

05 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

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Thursday afternoon, June 29th, Mistress Jenny took me simploring, well more precisely kinkploring. We went to Toxxland Bisexual Fetish Den. Mistress had acquired the URL from a another Jenny, who gave her this and two other lacations. Toxxland is a bisexual hangout & play den and tagged with “FFM, MMF, BDSM, voice, Dominatrix, fetish, D/s, kink, sensual, gay cruising, voyeurism, public voice play, Domination, submission, Femdom, Daddy Dom, babygirl, DD/bg”


The tags describe the den quite well. It is a huge kinky place with quite many different rooms for differen kinks. There’s a lot of gear and bdsm furniture to use and there’re as well chairs and dancepole to watch during a kinky event. Other rooms contain games to wind down. The club is mainly coloured in red, which fits very well. Mistress Jenny and I had just a short visit and we walked through all rooms before I tried out a rack and Mistress Jenny joined and teased me.
Toxxland Bisexual Fetish Den is group owned, the group and the Fetish Den is owned by Teagyn Toxx. Voice play in local is encouraged. Join the group for announcements of voice play in session for those of you who enjoy voyeurism.


That’s it about this short visit. Thank you Teagyn for providing the den. I’m pretty sure that we will visit again.

Landmark to Toxxland Bisexual Fetish Den
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20In%20Paradise/152/87/1504

Diary 2017 (103) June 26th – LUMIPro

03 Jul 2017 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Life is not predictable. That is in particular true for a platform like Second Life.

Monday, June 26th, I met with Mistress Jenny in the afternoon. We just caught up with news and spent some time together in clubs (I made no pictures). At night Mistress was not online and after the full night the day before, I expected another full night – far wrong! Actually none of our subs and slaves and none of our current kidnapees Maddie and Jade were present. Time for some simploring, right? But I wasn’t in the mood for simploring nor did I want to go shopping.

Instead I took a deeper look into a photographer HUD of which I read on deviant Art – LUMIPro. Some people make amazing picture in Seond Life and I always wondered, how the heck they achieve a close to perfect illumination of objects and in particular of avatars. I found the LUMIPro HUD on the Second Life marketplace and the description there that led me to several longer introduction video tutorials and to the blog about the HUD (see here ) – very interesting. The HUD is quite expensive for Second Life Standards, it seems complicated and it is complex but I thought that it might be worth the money and that I might be able handling it. I decided to give it a try and went to the LUMIPro inworld store . There I got a fully operational demo HUD, that works in the store only. I played around with it and made two pictures of myself….. then I bought the HUD.

I went back home and to my surprise it was already late. But of course now I had to take some more pictures. I made my first attempt at Domme a Domme but I found out that it is not the right enviroment regarding lights for someone new and unexperienced with the LUMIPro HUD. In addition I got interruptions and couldn’t focus, hence I went home and to our photostudio for my next pictures. Time really flew by. I’m going to have fun with the LUMIPro HUD! Here are my first pictures (of myself) using it.

Landmark to LUMIPro inworld store
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Phenomenal/215/167/1502
LUMIPro at Second Life marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LUMIPro-2016/2585413
LUMIPro blog
http://lumipro.blogspot.de/
LUMIPro video tutorials
http://lumipro.blogspot.de/2014/09/lumipro-34-introduction-video.html

Diary 2017 (102) June 25th – full night

02 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

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Sunday night, June 25th, began quiet and turned to be a full night. Mistress Jenny was not present due to work in RL. When I came inworld, I found slave Maddie sleeping in the terrace cell and observed her for a bit, then I pulled her out of the cell and made myself comfy in a chair. Of course she awoke by being pulled out of the cell. I removed her gag and layed out some more rules for her. I hadn’t finished yet when slave Flo came inworld after being away for more than 2 weeks. It’s good having her back and she could have a first view on her potential new sister slave Maddie. I decided to have a first closer look at slave Maddie and brought her to the office. She had to strip and then I had my way with her on the office desk, which is still one of my favourite pieces of furniture – and so far every slave of us had began their slave life at this desk.


While I was busy with slave Maddie on the desk, I heard the barks of slave pet who woke up in her cell at “the keep”. And just as I was close to be done with slave Maddie our slut came inworld as well. A full house – and we even had a ransom visitor but I couldn’t care about her.

slave Flo had to leave again and I took slave pet to us. She needed to be walked and hence we walked over to the Stonehaven wall patio where i took a couple of pictures of slave slut cecy, slave pet, slave Maddie and myself. Time really flew by and soon after I brought slave pet back to her cell and went to our Fetisch Club Chez Maurer to wind down. slut cecy danced for me and slave Maddie brought a glas of wine for me from the bar. Phewww … what a full night. If I didn’t knew better, I would believe that the slaves conspire to come inworld all together at the same time after some nights none of them was present (just kidding of course). And most of all – I had fun.

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