Owl Dragonash invited me to visit the newest exhibition at the NovaOwl Community Center named “Do You Believe?”. The exhibition is by Ninae Trallis und consists of about 20 pictures, but there’s more. Ninae added further 3D objects to decorate the exhibition space fitting to the pictures presented. Owl sent me a folder with a description written by Ninae Trallis and a poster.
The about 20 pictures quite different, yet you can notice that they come from one artist. Some are quite minimalized with no ar only a quiet background to make the spectator focus on details, other pieces extend beyond the picture itself and appropriately relate to the 3D objects in the exhibition space.
Impressions of “Do You Believe” by Ninae Trallis @ NovaOwl Community Center (1)
Ninae Trallis wrote a description which is important to understand her art – and which leads to another, in my eyes extraordinary feature of her exhibition:
“There are a lot of photographers in SL. I think I am one of those who take what feels like an eternity to take a picture! So please never ask me for photos if you don’t have at least half a day to spare. For my shots I use Black Dragon Viewer. For minor corrections I use Photoshop, but I try to avoid major image changes. The straightforwardness of my photos is based solely on environments, light settings, poses and my preference for very rare items in SL.
Yes, somehow almost every image has a (sometimes completely unrelated) song. You will also find the links in the gallery. Without music my creative side doesn’t work. The respective song I listened to on repeat and please believe me… that was not always a good idea!“
You find a symbol for music next to each picture and when you click it, you’ll get a link to youtube and you can listen to the music that Ninae Trellis listened to on repeat while creating her art. I think that is quite intriguing as it provides a quite personal link between the spectator and the artist.
Impressions of “Do You Believe” by Ninae Trallis @ NovaOwl Community Center (2)
For the left picture above the song, Ninae listened to, is from Billie Eilish “All the good girls go to hell” and that fits well will the flames under the picture. Other songs do not at all relate to the picture as Ninae wrote.
The pictures are very tasteful, many are portraits of women, some are quite erotic, some are romantic, some are pure fantasy.
Ninae Trallis is in Second Life since 2009. She wrote about herself: “What else do you want to know about me? Hmm, the short version: German, English-speaking, female, sincere, humorous, mindful… and of course SL “verified” in any shape or form. And no, this is not a contact ad.”
Ninae has flickr account, where you can see more of her art.
Impressions of “Do You Believe” by Ninae Trallis @ NovaOwl Community Center (2)
Ninae added in her note: “I really hope you feel welcomed and enjoy spending some time in the gallery. Thanks to the NovaOwl team for this great location! And also a very special thanks to my Vodka Lemur, who created a little world around each photo.”
Vodka Lemur is Ninae’s partner and he’s also in one of the exhibited pictures.
The NovaOwl Community Center and Gallery and the NovaOwl Sky 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 the exhibition “Do You Believe?” by Ninae Trallis. I enjoyed my visit.
“Do You Believe?” by Ninae Trallis shall stay open through July and August.
Landmark to NovaOwl Commuity Center – Gallery & Club and to the exhibition “Do You Believe?” by Ninae Trallis
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Ninae Trallis’s flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninaetrallis/
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