Bluestocking

Le Cactus @ Virtual Montmartre and SBCC

2012-01-27T22:10:00.001Z

It's January! Throw a banana on your head, pick up a trumpet and dance on a cactus in an interactive celebration of the extraordinary talents of cultural trailblazer Josephine Baker, queen of the trumpet Valaida Snow, the lampshade-hatted dancers of the Casino de Paris and the offbeat irony of Jacques Dutronc.

So put on your dancing shoes and head on down to Le Cactus at Virtual Montmartre, then continue to the extended version at SBCC

***How does it work?

1- First collect your free costumes. You can choose to be "human", OR...go on... wear the invisible avatar then mix and match parts of all the costumes to create your own combinations.

*Flickr- you can add pictures to the " Le Cactus " flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/lecactus/

2- Create your own impromptu Revue- click everywhere for dance animations- try the revolving bananas, a cactus or hop on a turntable.

**There's 1920's-30's music on the stream from Radio Dismuke http://radiodismuke.com/

3- USE the HUD to listen to music by and watch video about Josephine and Valaida Snow, rated next best trumpet-player in the world to himself by Louis Armstrong. (Never heard of her? Neither had i until recently, bloody shame. )

4- There's always someone having a row in the corner, tickle a tentacle if you want to blow off some steam.

5- Relax by the bar (free drinks). Dive into a giant cocktail. Recline on a tentacle. Sit and smoulder.

Enjoy

**CLICK HERE to teleport to the introductory version of "Le Cactus" at the Casino de Paris in Montmartre

**CLICK HERE to visit the larger "Le Cactus" at SBCC

A huge thank you to Mick Huet, who asked me to participate in the Virtual Montmartre project, to project leaders Dr Bryan Carter, Indea Vaher, Insenara Siamendes and to Liz Rusotti/Zil Jewell, who is so generously hosting the larger version of Le Cactus at the Santa Barbara City College sim ( SBCC).

Credits: Sculpt maps: cactus - Lemondrop Serenity, tentacle - Ona Ra, banana - Juliea Diesel, snake -Neema Chester
Animations: Easy Babcock, Nomasha Syka, dais Papp, Jackie Jetcity, Actingill Igaly.
Thank you all!

Le Cactus -Music and video links:

Valaida Snow- I Can't Dance, I've got Ants in my Pants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MONC3QtheXg
Josephine Baker- I Love Dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWj_2brB_1k&feature=related
Jacques Dutronc- Cactus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sakr_xgWXLQ

Valaida Snow-movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6e7ye-fiJA
Josephine Baker- movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps7m7bUHq2E

More information on Virtual Harlem and Montmartre:

Virtual Montmartre and Harlem blog http://virtualmontmartre.wordpress.com/category/home-page/

The University of Paris IV-Sorbonne funded the development of Virtual Montmartre in 2004. The Montmartre relationship to Virtual Harlem is clear to scholars of the Jazz Age/Harlem Renaissance, for it was in that Jazz was introduced and popularized in Europe by African American troops who fought under the French flag in World War I.
These prestigious Sims (Montmartre and Harlem) have been cosponsored by the National Black Programming Consortium and the Government of Norway for the development of Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmartre in Second Life. Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmartre are owned by Dr. Bryan Mnemonic/Dr. Bryan Carter.

http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/harlem/
http://www.montmartre-virt.paris4.sorbonne.fr/

Harlem in Montmartre; The New School Lecture  http://youtu.be/qQ-xXA7D6YA  Louis Mitchell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harlem-in-montmartre/the-story-of-louis-mitchell/917/  Harlem in Montmartre http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harlem-in-montmartre/historian-tyler-stovall-on-montmartre/829/ 
Ada Bricktop Smith  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harlem-in-montmartre/historian-tyler-stovall-on-bricktops/830/
Arthur Brigs http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harlem-in-montmartre/historian-tyler-stovall-on-wwii-post-war-and-bebop/831/ 

Quick Quick Soon @ InterACT!

2011-10-15T18:57:00.002+01:00

Soon, soon, quick quick soon.....

Click a Rocket

Click a Cube

Beware the Rocks
and don't forget your Kite

http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA4/14/13/21

"InterACT!" is curated by L1Aura Loire/ Professor Lori Landay as part of the LEA series of shows.

"Virtual art can invite, or even insist, that you interact with it. The artists in this exhibition cleverly and creatively make art out of interactions between data, objects, actions, and people within and beyond the virtual world in a stunning array of installations and experiences that stretch the possibilities of virtual art. Expect the unexpected, and click whenever you can. "

Installations by:
Eupalinos Eugajin

Maya Paris

Plus Interactive mixed reality performances by Senses Places, mesh by Sage Duncan, Machinima Mutoscope Viewers by FreeWee Ling, Twitter Garden by Frans Charming, Inner Tube Ride of Your Life by UzzU Artful

Many thanks to L1Aura for asking me to participate in this group show.

The Path

2011-10-14T14:05:00.008+01:00

The Path - an inventor, a lazy eye...... a trip.

A collaborative project at the new Linden Endowment for the Arts sims, curated by Bryn Oh and developed along the lines of the Surrealists' Exquisite Corpse

Hang onto your hat.

Click here to teleport http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA2/179/186/23

The participating artists:
1- Bryn Oh
2- Colin Fizgig
3- Marcus Inkpen
4- Douglas Story and Desdemona Enfield
5- Maya Paris
6- claudia222 Jewell
7- Scottius Polke
8- Rose Borchovski

More details from Bryn here http://brynoh.blogspot.com/2011/10/path-opens-today-friday-october-14th-at.html

and from Rowan Derryth and PJ Trenton
http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/neo-surrealism-takes-a-virtual-turn-down-the-path/

Many thanks to Bryn for inviting me to be part of this extraordinary group and to the other artists for their amazing creativity, support and good humour.

+ a big thank you to Mik Frequency, Mme Mackenzie, Marian Nyman and Kit, Rod Lupton and April Hand for voice-recordings.

NippleTrees - BoobieThon 2011

2011-10-05T19:59:00.000+01:00

BoobieThon art auction @ RoHaus Gallery closes 6th Oct with a party at 6-8pm SLT.

Works from 37 artists, including claudia222 Jewell, Misprint Thursday and some interactive NippleTrees from me (careful, you'll get nip-mobbed). All for a great cause if you've got some lindens to flash about. www.boobiethon.com/

Silent auction with bids taken by receivers in front of each work at any time before the auction closes.

Click here to visit http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magna%20Carta/160/177/30

More details here

http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/for-boobiethon-artists-lay-it-bare/

Skelly Mer - Maya and March at BURN2

2011-10-01T11:58:00.000+01:00

Skelly-Mer, an interactive mechanical-mermaid celebration with original music by March Macbain , opens at BURN2 2011, Saturday 1st October.

Collect your skelly- suit and top-hat from the sign, make sure your media stream is turned ON to hear March's great music, turn out the lights and click the Skelly-Mermaids ( there are animations in this build, so do turn off your AO first). If you fancy a dance, click a tentacle.

Click here to teleport direct

Loads to see and experience in the 4 sims that make up BURN2 this year.

BURN ON !

BURN2 is an extension of the Burning Man festival held every year in the Nevada desert and is an officially sanctioned Burning Man regional event.

Many thanks to my talented nieces Alice and Abbie who created the Skelly-face and took the original photo, Oberon Onmura for rescuing my particle-effects when they decided not to get out of bed , everyone from BURN2 2011 for inviting us here and SBCC for virtual studio space.

Crash Bang Trollop Pt 2

2011-09-11T17:42:00.000+01:00

Crash Bang Trollop

2011-09-10T15:09:00.009+01:00

Tired of the beauty industry's crazy tornado of consumption, manufactured insecurity and drastic solutions ?

Time to Crash Bang Trollop!

Open all hours from Sept 10th- Oct 7th 2011 @ MetaLes Performance sim

Click here to teleport direct

Get your ninja ZAP suit at the landing point and find the 7 Trollop-gadgets scattered around the sim. Run wild, turn up your sound and CLICK everything

Dodge the needlefish, tiptoe through the aggravated follicles, help those boobs escape the underwires, wax on.....wax off, spray yourself orange , watch out for the trollop-rocket and don't forget to Vajazzzzz.

Many thanks to lanjran Choche, Ux Hax and Romy Nayar for inviting me be part of a series of sim-wide shows at MetaLes ( see more details here) and to Liz Russotti of SBCC for virtual studio space.

Also to Oberon Onmura for scripting advice, L1Aura Loire for testing and feedback and Mikati Slade for japanese translation.

Additional animations by Ulrika Zugzwang, Calla Cela, Gwinivere Grayson, Meli Imako, Deruub Pastorelli, Chip Midnight, Remo Yossarian & manmoth Nishi

L'Orchestre Improbable & Chutes D'Image

2011-07-31T14:09:00.003+01:00

Eupalinos Eugajin presents the Improbable Orchestra and Chutes D'Images

"One day my Cow will Come"

31st July 2011 - 1.30pm SLT

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cariacou/100/113/21

Part 1 - L"ORCHESTRE IMPROBABLE

"Where after wearing a musical hat you are invited to sit on the giant sieve-balloon and be patient while the conductor -tries- on you a new composition (too bad for you he is also a composer)" ...with a catapult.

Part 2 - "CHUTES D'IMAGES" [Falling Images]

A collaboration with Oberon Onmura

"Open the door and let it taste you.

The balloon is back. Full of images captured in the skies of Second Life it is now secured to its mooring mast. The pilot - who already had left the scene for the Cafe - comes back in the bathtub to pour out the images into the Arena where they will fight for your attention, hoping to delay the inevitable evaporation in Time.

Watch your step or your might be in serious trouble. "

Improbable Orchestra Collision-hats - Maya Paris, Penumbra Carter, Marmaduke Arado, Kikas Babenco and Dekka Raymaker