Will your Work day – 18 May

Will your Work day – 18 May, originally uploaded by Gore Suntzu.

Written by Bettina TIzzy

Dear fellow photographers of Second Life:

About two weeks ago, virtual artist Vanfarel Kupfer died. Had he not left copies of most of his work (no trans, no mod) with his virtual girl friend, Native Aeon, his only legacy would be what is currently rezzed today.

Avatars in Second Life devote thousands of hours to creating content, and all that work is LOST when they die. Yes, even if they backed up that work by giving it to an alt. Even if they gave their account password to someone. When you die and unless you have taken appropriate measures, no one, not even Linden Lab, can legally access your work. It is simply lost forever.

I have been in communication with Linden Lab regarding the correct procedure for “willing” one’s artwork – or for that matter, any assets – in SL. Legally, the correct and ONLY procedure boils down to this: support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.as p?deptID=441…

In a nutshell, I propose that we establish one day a year, May 18, to encouraging content creators to “Will your Work.”

The goal would be to celebrate Van’s art while at the same time encouraging people to either give copies of their work to one or more avatars (not their alts) whom they trust, or add them to their Real Life will.

Also on May 18 and for one week, and working with his beloved Native Aeon, Vanfarel Kupfer’s work will be exhibited at four locations: his former home sim, EnLuminaria, the Crescent Moon Gallery, the Blackwater Gallery, and Chakryn Forest. Understandably, Native is still very much in mourning over her loss, and when I asked her how I could help, she stated that her greatest wish is that Vanfarel’s work become known throughout the grid. So be it.

I am asking all my fellow bloggers, photographers, community leaders and more to join me in writing about and promoting May 18th – on Monday, May 18th – as Will your Work day, to generate awareness of this important objective. If you speak more than one language, please help us to get this message out to your fellow residents in their native language. Won’t you please help?

Feel free to create your own artwork. Help us to get the word out with your powerful images.

Here’s to enduring great virtual content!
Bettina

Don’t miss next Arthole Radio Show the 29th April!

Arthole Radio returns this month with an exciting line-up of music, chat and very special guests.

Tune in from 1pm Second Life time
(1pm US- PDT / 9pm UK- BST / 4pm US-EDT)

Arahan Claveau has asked a number of Second Life artists to select a favourite piece of music, the artists themselves will introduce each track and talk about what inspired their choices. Guests include AM Radio, Adam Ramona, AngryBeth Shortbread, DanCoyote Antonelli, Dekka Raymaker, Dizzy Banjo, Douglas Story, Eshi Otawara, Gore Suntzu ( yay it’s me!), Klink Epsilon, Misprint Thursday, Nebulosus Severine, Oberon Onmura, Penumbra Carter, Sabine Stonebender, Selavy Oh, Tanith Catteneo, Tuna Oddfellow and Juria Yoshikawa.

Nebulosus Severine will discuss some of her recent art findings both on the web and in Second Life, interspersed with a selection of her current favorite tunes.

Amy Freelunch‘s show will feature a conversation with Jeff Edwards discussing his graduate thesis for the Masters in Art Criticism & Writing program at the School of Visual Arts. There will also be a short lecture given on German artist Gerhard Richter‘s Baader-Meinhof series of paintings, delivered by a robot.

To listen to the live broadcast copy and paste this link into your media player: http://slan13.ipr365.com:10320
(e.g. in Windows Media Player press CTRL+U or in iTunes CMD+U)

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Headbang For Relay For Life 17 April 5 pm slt

Pink Panthurs Team

HEADBANG FOR RELAY FOR LIFE

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oakworm/251/16/2995/

17 APRIL – 5slt

Not only “The Postman always ring twice” but also the headbanger! We did it last year we are doin it this year too!

Why?

Because we all love prom parties and fashion events and auctions and everything possible! is all for a good cause: raise money for RFL!

BUT

what about a uhm 2 hrs of pure simple senseless headbangin?

what about….. put your leather pants your fav band tshirt and play airguitar for a couple of hrs?

what about make your neighbours knock at your door screamin: “shut that damn music!” ?

and what about,after all this, fill of lindens RFL donation kiosks??

Sound a good plan huh? (and the crowd yell ohhh yesssss)

And easy to do too

do it!

do it!

New Exibition by Elliebob Bean : Carolina Walkabout

“Home is the place where it feels right to walk around without shoes” Robert Frost

Welcome to my “walkabout”, or wanderings of some of my hometown areas of North Carolina. In this exhibition I would like for you to see a glimpse of the musical talent, some historical icons, restorations, & a local vineyard. I hope you enjoy the murals, local scenery, hometown traditions & my adventures into Photoshop creativity. Each print has a weblink so you can see more insight into the subject, when available. I have set only 3 originals for sale and one copy, however, if there is one you would really like to have, please let me know and I’m sure we can arrange it. Thank you for coming to see my photography 🙂
Tips &/or RFL donations appreciated!

Elliebob Bean
April 2009
Opening April 17th 4pm SLT. followed by Headbang for RFL at 5pm SLT.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oakworm/227/14/41/

Abuse Facination – by Elliebob Bean

Ellie made this slideshow with pictures of my abuses. All the picture are taken by her and make my abuses really looks better than how they are in reality.
Was lotta work and lotta fight vs the PC i like it a lot 🙂 thank you babytzu 😉

Second Life Stoned – Machinimia by Shaman Nitely

So i was at Moonspell Art Studio, fixing some spaces in the building and i met Shaman Nitely a guy from Uk, he do machinimias in Second Life, take a look at his channel on youtube.
He’s a Dr Who Fan and showed me his “Tardis” and is an amazing building/vehicle btw.
Here’s the last movie he made, there are some of my prim abuses  too! (woot) and used in a very cool way!
Check it out!

Winterville 2008

Winterville 2008, originally uploaded by elliebobbean.

We use to go to Winterville pretty all the years that place make me feel christmas mood and not only in sl lol
This is a lovely video/slideshow made by Ellie

Prim Abused Christmas Tree

Prim Abused Christmas Tree, originally uploaded by Gore Suntzu.

i felt the christmas mood and made some prim abused christmas tree (not true i did it for the moonies..)
so if u want go take a look vendor is in the middle of park at Moonspell Art Studio
slurl.com/secondlife/Oakworm/224/15/41/

u can see the full set here http://flickr.com/photos/goresuntzu/sets/72157610577764393/

Into What Pattern – Machinimia by Osprey Therian

Read by author Kathleen Raine
Gore Suntzu sculptures filmed by Osprey Therian at Bettina Tizzy’s Chakryn Forest created by Andrek Lowell.

Read the poem here

From time to time if i have an exibition running, i google my name to see if someone took pics or blogged or stuffs like that,you know ego need to be feeded from time to time lol , so  i found this lovely machinimia made by Osprey Therian, mixed up with a very nice evocative poem wrote by Kathleen Raine (an unknown poetess for me till now… so i learnt something new today!) and i loved it :).

Thank you Osprey!

Chakryn Forest present: New Prim Abuses by Gore Suntzu (that’s me wohoo)

Wow! i’m thrilled about this exibition! when Bettina TIzzy asked me to make an exibition at Chakryn Forest was a hit! and my reaction was like uhm ever saw Wayne’s World? when Wayne and Garth meet Alice Cooper? (if u dont know badbad  but u can see it here at almost at the end of the clip )

The Chakryn Forest is an amazing place and always display great art!

So i started with the idea of make a couple of new works to exibit with my older pieces but at the end got a bit carried and i made 10 new works in a week

Works are all around the forest not gonna put in here all the slurl best thing to do is tp here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chakryn/128/128/22 and have a nice and relaxing walk in this beautiful place!

Works on display are

Neptune Petals
A pulsating deep flower from another planet, lovely but somehow dangerous…

Fall Away
When you throw a pebble in the water…

Phoenix Rising
Arises, reborn anew to live again every second…

Toxic Aurora
Nothern lights in the metaverse…

Cosmic Spider – FREEBIE!
A gift to thank you all 😉

Tornado of Souls
Many times when I’m making my abuses, the music I’m hearing makes me decide where to go. This was one of those times…

C-beams
My ideas of the C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate…

E Pluribus Unum
We are all e pluribus unum…

Spiralidoso
Supercalifragilisticespiralidoso

Fluxus KInetikos
Dynamic jeweled sun

Metaverse Heartbeat (old Piece)
This is one of my older pieces that has followed me in all the exhibitions I have done.  Someone looking at it said that it seems like a strange deep sea jellyfish.  For me, it represents the power of Second Life… the endless possibilities.

So if u have time go take a look! Kaibai!