17th Bienal de Cerveira

The 17th Bienal de Cerveira takes place from 27th July to 14th September 2013, under the theme "Art: crisis and transformation" in Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal) and in the cities of Braga and Santiago de Compostela. It includes the "Bienal Virtual" at the Portuguese Art Foundation V/5 in Second Life, curated by Celeste Cerqueira and Silvestre Pestana

Installations  by Alpha Auer / Elif Ayiter, Bryn Oh, CEELeste Serra, eupalinos Ugajin, Holala Alter, Kikas Babenko & Marmaduke Arado,  Maya Paris (with music by Emily Wilkins), meilo Minotaur & CapCat Ragu , Patrick Moya and Osederatus Haven

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Isles/27/108/386

Photo: Manaíra Aires Athayde

Bienal Virtual Catalogue at the landing point
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Isles/139/84/31

Senses Places performance. Photo:Manaíra Aires Athayde

Bienal website http://www.bienaldecerveira.pt/portal/page/portal/fbac/fundacaobienaldecerveira

AIRE Mille Flux Quantic festival

The Quantic digital art festival opens today at 6pm (Paris time).

This event will take place simultaneously on the AIRE Mille Flux digital platform and in Vichy, France with a live concert by Léandre Vaucher and performance by Kikas Babenco and Marmaduke Arado. You are invited to become a co-creator in the performance.

The Quantic festival is a collaborative creation led by Marc Blieux, with work from participants in creative digital workshops held in Vichy and contributing artists from around the world.

For more information http://aire-mille-flux.org/quanticfestival/
To join the AIRE Mille Flux platform : http://aire-mille-flux.org/join/
(use Firestorm or Singularity viewer)

Artists:

Marc Blieux aka Marc Moana

Clément Murin
Laetitia Carton

Saskia Boddeke aka Rose Borchovski

Léandre Vaucher aka Lilju Leandre
Maya Paris

Kikas Babenco & Marmaduke Arado

Cristina Guadalupe Galván

Simotron Aquila
Petits Mensonges

Les participants aux ateliers:  Corine, Angélique, Audrey, Claude-Louis

PROGRAMME
Free entrance to festival events
7 June : L’Atrium au 37 avenue de Gramont, Vichy, France
10.30 am : Discussion with Laetitia Carton et Marc Blieux about “A memory under construction”
From 2.40 pm : Interactive facilities and computers will be at the public’s disposal to visit the 3D digital platform.
Short films (1 hour) :
6 pm : Opening ceremony
Live electroacoustic concert by Léandre Vaucher + performance from Kikas Babenco  and Marmaduke Arado on the 3D platform.

1 Billion Rising

The Fembots are RISING.

Join us on February 14th as part of the "1 Billion Rising" worldwide day of action.

SLURL to Rise in Second Life  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/OBR%20Walk/55/202/21

For more information, click here http://onebillionrising.org/ 

"On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to violence against women."

Women and men in Second Life will join activists, writers, thinkers and people across the world in a show of unity, individual strength and the need for change.

The Second Life event will feature a four-region stage where 200 people can dance together, surrounded by an area of art installations and informational exhibits. A variety of performers will play over the 24-hour period, enabling people all over the world to attend this virtual event no matter their timezone.

For more information about the event in SL

http://onebillionrisingsl.wordpress.com/about/

+ information about the artists and their exhibits

http://onebillionrisingsl.wordpress.com/sl-artists-rising-2/

Bank Job

Your Mission?
Break into the Bank
Get to the Vault and find the Safe
Don't forget to SNEAK

Balaclavas and grappling hooks supplied.

Big Fat Bonus up for grabs.

"Bank Job" is part of "Topophonia: 4 realizations in sound" at Oberon Onmura's Yoshikaze "Up in the Air" residency, funded by HUMlab at Umeå University in Sweden

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/HUMlab/9 7/191/351

Use the teleporter at the landing point to visit all 4 installations and crank up your sound.

Oberon Onmura "Nine Doors"
Alpha Auer "listen"
Eupalinos Ugajin "Jazz on Bones"
Maya Paris "Bank Job"

Topophonia: 4 realizations in sound

4 Sound projects from Oberon Onmura, Alpha Auer, Eupalinos Ugajin and Maya Paris as part of Oberon's Yoshikaze "Up in the Air" artist's residency, curated by Sachiko Hayashi , funded and hosted by HUMlab at Umeå University, Sweden

Opens January 22nd 2013 in Second Life

Click the link to get to the landing point, then use the teleporters to visit all 4 builds

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/HUMlab/97/191/351 

and presented at Umeå University, 18th-22nd February on four computer stations, accompanied by 4 machinimas filmed by Marx Catteneo

Oberon Onmura "Nine Rooms"

Maya Paris "Bank Job"

Eupalinos Ugajin "Jazz on Bones"

Alpha Auer "listen..."

 Presentation at Umeå University, photographs from Yoshokaze blog

http://yoshikaze.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The Cube Project

Cubes cubes cubes cubes...

LEA collaborative project. 25+ artists let rip over 20 regions.
http://lindenarts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-cube-project-at-lea.html

Use Firestorm viewer to see the windlight settings and enable your sound and media for some surprises. Start here http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA20/110/167/21

Mine here. Pick up a travel cube. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA19/129/157/21

Opens August 22, and closes September 1st, and includes work by Bryn Oh, Cajska Carlsson, Charlotte Bartlett, Dancoyote Antonelli, Haveit Neox, Kicca Igaly, L1Aura Loire, Lapiscean Liberty, London Junkers,  Misprint Thursday, Maya Paris, Nessuno Myoo, Oberon Onmura, PatriciaAnne Daviau, Pol Jarvinen, Rag Randt, Rowan Derryth, Sea Mizin, Secret Rage, Remington Aries, Solo Mornington, Tony Resident, Tyrehl Byk, Werner Kurosawa and Xineohp Guisse.

Video by MarxCatteneo

"Virtual Unreality"

Virtual Unreality, another crazy production by Eupalinos Ugajin - in cahoots with Simotron Aquila, Kikas Babenko & Marmaduke Arado, Trill Zapatero and Maya Paris

party at the [Kou!] sim - LEA 23
Sunday August 5th, 3PM SLT

Does everything appear to be normal? Beware the Estomac, pick a Kou-pilot and hats-on at the bar.

Click the link to bend your brain

 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA23/64/144/110

More pictures 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simotron/sets/72157630933709696/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28090997@N03/sets/72157630933384376/

"Celebrity Blow Your Tits Off" @ LEA10

Calling all  Bobby-Dazzlers, Exquisite Punks, Outrageous Grandparents, Platinum Studmuffins and  Space Cadets...

DO YOU HAVE POPWRECKTASTIC POTENTIAL?

Then shiny up your teeth and COME ON DOWN!

PRIZES! FAME! FORTUNE! CELEBUTANTE GIANTS AND MORE! SO MUCH MORE!

Doors Open 2pm  SLT Wednesday 27th June 2012

http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA10/78/125/3405

Brought to you by our sponsors, Braino, Ransom & Wow™

Interactive Art Installation- Maya Paris @ LEA10

A huge thank you to the Linden Endowment for the Arts for this sim-grant  and for all their hard work. And to Oberon Onmura, Solo Mornington and L1Aura Loire for their invaluable help.

Le Cactus- Le movie

Fantastic Le Cactus movie by L1Aura Loire/ Professor Lori Landay.

Thank you!

Open all hours, click the SLURL to visit.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SBCC/158/192/2958

mini version at Virtual Montmartre

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Montmartre/217/201/30

Le Cactus - Flickr Group Pool

Great photos taken by visitors to " Le Cactus ". Add yours here http://www.flickr.com/groups/lecactus/

Thank you all!

**CLICK HERE to visit the full-scale "Le Cactus" at SBCC

Throw a banana on your head, dance on a cactus and tickle a tentacle.

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.

Open all hours

Free costumes, free drinks, free arguments in the corner.