tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72845174421614797752024-03-14T01:11:34.308-04:00Alizarin GoldflakeAbout Alizarin Goldflake's art in InWorldz and associated topics of interest. Alizarin Goldflake, digital art, virtual art, immersive art, InWorldzalizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-15344603519130011982012-11-08T17:45:00.001-05:002012-11-08T18:01:17.026-05:00The Niagara River<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I will hold a
reception for "The Niagara River," my most recent immersive art
installation, on Sunday, November 25, 2012, 2-3 pm PDT, at Atelier Alizarin on Alizarine
Lakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reception is open to the
public, and everyone is invited to view the art, ask questions if they want,
mix with old friends and make some new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There will be a gorgeous freebie from the build for male and female avis
alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wine-and-cheese reception
will be patterned on RL art openings, ie., art, finger food, wine, and fun
chat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on a photograph that I took eons ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
had a mysterious staying power but I could never quite figure out how to turn
it into a drawing until I evolved my new style, The Big Pixel drawings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(http://www.marthavista.com/big-pixel.html).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as I was finishing the RL drawing,
someone gave me a book of Kay Ryan poems, and the poem "The Niagara
River" seemed to say in words what "Dark Pool" says in
imagery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Virtual reality is the ideal environment
for bringing words and images together environmentally, and so the installation
was launched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many thanks to Auburne
LittleBoots for helping me to sync the scripts that move the image along the
walls so smoothly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Because the
poem uses a dining room melded with a river as a metaphor for the passage of
time, life, or maybe the constant stream of consciouness, my installation has a
sound environment that mixes the sound of rushing water with steady stream of
people talking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people have long departed
from the room, from life, but their voices linger like ghosts and their names
float in hover text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are hints of
a back story, too - an overturned chair and goblet, a chair that emits a sullen
black fog ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately the poem had
to be covered with a napkin because of copyright violation worries but there is
a url loader out in front of the installation that takes the visitor to a web
site where the full text can be read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Making the
rubrum bouquets, the table legs, and the chairs was a great adventure in
Blender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crystal sculpties were done
with Rokuro and the candelabrum with a SL tool called the Prim Generator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the pieces that make up the installation
wear textures created with Corel Painter and my digitzing tablet and stylus. A
digital artist in Real Life, I also used additional software in the creation of
the work:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photoshop (textures), Blender
(sculpties), and Audacity (sound).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
relied heavily as well on my six years experience with virtual tools, including
prim editing, texturing, and script modification. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The build is
6 x 13<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>x 30<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>meters and 1240 lovingly shaped and textured
prims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of the prim count, I
don't expect anyone to actually buy the art work, but I would like to make it
known that I do custom installations in case the build inspires someone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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used the following RL software in the creation of the work:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corel Painter (digital drawing/textures),
Photoshop (textures), Blender (sculpties), and Audacity (sound).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also relied heavily on my experience with
virtual tools, including prim editing, texturing, and script modification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">http://www.linkedin.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Atelier
Alizarin: <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Alizarine%20Lakes/195/216/1002/">http://places.inworldz.com/Alizarine%20Lakes/195/216/1002/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Requiem for <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fukushima</st1:place></st1:city> Daiichi: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Maze: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE/">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE/</a></span><br />
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Mysterious <st1:place w:st="on">Forest</st1:place>: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a></span><br />
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Bear: </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a></span><br />
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Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 2012, 2 - 4 pm PDT, part of the Intergrid Metaverse Art Biennial<br />
DJ: Cataplexia Numbers<br />
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Izurls:<br />
Acquarella Rising: http://places.inworldz.com/Alizarine%20Lakes/27/20/701<br />
Acquarella Rising Store: http://places.inworldz.com/Alizarine%20Lakes/148/109/699<br />
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OPENING RECEPTION for "Acquarella Rising" <br />
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Alizarin Goldflake's largest virtual art installation has moved to her own sim and has been given a complete overhaul, including a new ending for the story and a new name, "Acquarella Rising," because it concludes in an upbeat celebration of light and color and life. There are many additions, including the path of hot coals in the "Disaster" chapter, new plants for "Perfection," a much spookier "Dead," and the gorgeous starfish path in "Color."<br />
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The installation is based on "Acquarella: The Fable," a machinima written and staged by Alizarin and filmed by Chantal Harvey. The machinima was shown at the World's Fair in Shanghai in September and October 2010 under the auspices of Aino Barr/Christina Garcia Lasuen. <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/-O9Zh7J40Zo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/-O9Zh7J40Zo</a> (English narration)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/10/h605uFRIGsY">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/10/h605uFRIGsY</a>(Chinese narration)<br />
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The story has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter depicts a time when The Age of Man has ended in a blaze of fire, famine, and warfare. In the second, the Age of Acquarella dawns. The mighty goddess begins to repopulate the seas with outposts of aquariums filled with creatures that survived in the cool depths of the oceans. Hoping to avoid the violent excesses of her forebears, she plans for these mini-oceans to be peaceful and pure, hence colored only with the purest of colors, black and white. <br />
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Alas, as they say, if you want to make the Devil laugh, make plans. The third chapter shows one of the aquariums as a dead zone, all the life squeezed out of it by the goddess's rigid reliance on purity.<br />
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At last the goddess softens her ideas, and the fourth chapter blooms in a burst of color and fecundity. There are fanciful plants, brilliant fish, pink seahorses, showers of multicolored diatoms, masses of ikura eggs, and a bejewelled starfish path. <br />
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Alizarin, who is a digital artist in Real Life, used the following RL software in the creation of the work: Corel Painter (digital drawing/textures), Photoshop (textures), Blender (sculpties), and Audacity (sound). She also relied heavily on her experience with virtual tools, including prim editing, texturing, and script modification. The re-installation was begun in May 2012 and finished four months later. <br />
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Acquarella has received some most welcome publicity. <br />
**<a href="http://iwnn.weebly.com/art--music.html">http://iwnn.weebly.com/art--music.html </a> 20120828 article by Jillian2000 Quintessa<br />
**The first installation was featured on on Treet.tv, Episode 120. <br />
** An interview by Nazz Lane appeared on August 1, 2011: <a href="http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2011/08/preview-of-alizarin-goldflakes.html">http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2011/08/preview-of-alizarin-goldflakes.html</a><br />
**And another by Thirza Ember on October 19, 2011 : <a href="http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/">http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Links:<br />
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />
Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />
MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />
Atelier Alizarin (InWorldz sim)<br />
Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />
Anza Borrego Oak:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />
Acquarella:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/-O9Zh7J40Zo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/-O9Zh7J40Zo</a> (English narration)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/10/h605uFRIGsY">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/10/h605uFRIGsY</a> (Chinese narration)<br />
Metemspyche's Garden: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />
Studio Tour: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />
The Maze: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />
The Mysterious Forest:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />
The Winter Bear:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a></div>
alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-88903087074229913802012-05-10T12:28:00.001-04:002012-05-10T12:29:41.848-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div>see the May updates on my RL blog here: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<i>Acquarella: After the Apocalypse </i>shown at Split Screen installation space in Second life during April 2012, screen shot 01,virtual immersive art<br />
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This image, along with 14 others, will be part of a Billboard Art Project show. The BAP is looking for more artists, so be sure to check out the details on my RL blog.alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-13404711088157987172012-03-30T10:56:00.000-04:002012-03-30T11:06:59.423-04:00Acquarella: After the Apocalypse Opens at Split Screen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pKycskIXMwY/T3XHqFFUF1I/AAAAAAAAASE/jygPTIL_Zl4/s1600/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Acquarella%2B%2540%2BSplit%2BScreen%2B01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pKycskIXMwY/T3XHqFFUF1I/AAAAAAAAASE/jygPTIL_Zl4/s400/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Acquarella%2B%2540%2BSplit%2BScreen%2B01.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Dividni Shostakovich, curator of Split Screen Installation Space, will open Alizarin Goldflake's "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse (Chapters 1 & 2)" and Blue Tsuki's "Adagio" to the public on Sunday, April 1, 12 am PDT, at Split Screen. All are cordially invited to drop in anytime. The Reception Party will be Sunday, April 8, 1 - 2 pm PDT . <br />
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Alizarin & Blue: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beleza/37/219/1501 ">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beleza/37/219/1501 </a><br />
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"Acquarella: After the Apocalypse (Chapters 1 & 2)" is a metamorphosis of the first half of an InWorldz installation hosted by virtual art patron Jeri Rahja. The story is the same: the goddess Acquarella sets out to repopulate the dead ocean after the human race wipes out life on earth, but she makes a big mistake along the way. The story may be the same but the "set" has a fresh look. Although the Disaster chapter still sparkles with particle flames, the following new things have been added: the balcony entrance, the path of hot coals, the flaming lilypad stems, the thick black cloud, a totally different more allegorical soundscape, and the shape of the chapter container itself. The Perfection chapter has some new plants, a different layout, and now includes a spying monster named Homeland Security, which enhances the original idea that attempts at perfection carry the seeds of their own destruction within them.<br />
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"Adagio" is both meditation and vision. Growing out of a rippling red sea, trefoil Sab flowers emit dark elegant urns that float in a blood red sky, singing as they emit trails of golden particles the whole of their long and varied trajectories. Surrounding this ascension, ranks of solemnly turning windmills bear witness from darker waters, churning an unknown essence into the fiery sky. Magenta stalks rising from the center further suggest transcendence. A rich and sophisticated soundscape is integral to the build.<br />
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Both installations will be open throughout the month of April.<br />
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Links:<br />
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />
Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />
MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />
Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />
Anza Borrego Oak:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />
Acquarella:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />
Metemspyche's Garden: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />
Studio Tour: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />
The Maze: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />
The Mysterious Forest:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />
The Winter Bear:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a><br />alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-51381353126338811162012-01-31T12:31:00.000-05:002012-01-31T13:36:54.878-05:00Norden Art Vanishes Into Thin AirA facebook post from Aino Barr showed up in my inbox just now: <a href="http://on.fb.me/zIPgRw ">http://on.fb.me/zIPgRw </a>Yesterday the bad news was about PiRats likely closing ... today Norden Art is gone. Poof. And Flora along with it. I went from Aino's post to Flora's blog, where I read the following epitaph:<br />
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"I have left Second Life. I have deleted my avatars and removed everything from Nordan om Jorden, including Nordan Art. The Nordan om Jorden group will be inactive as will this blog. Second Life was an incredible experience for me, it is just time to go. Goodbye, everybody.<br />
Flora" <a href=" http://nordanomjorden.wordpress.com/
"> http://nordanomjorden.wordpress.com/<br />
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I couldn't believe it, so I logged in to Second Life and looked for Flora on Search: none found. I took the landmark teleport to the Nordan Art gallery location: bare earth. Just last week I de-installed my December-January exhibit there, and the gallery was a whirlwind of activity with the next show going up. Just yesterday at PiRats (possibly) last opening, I noticed Flora's name online on my friend's list as usual. All gone now, and it is very hard to accept.<br />
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In fact, the whole trend is deeply troubling. So many galleries have closed, along with the art sims of wonderful universities like UTSA; so many artists have moved to other grids or left entirely ... it seems like the beautiful virtual art community is draining from Second Life at an alarming pace. <br />
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Flora Nordenskiold, Merlina Rokocoko, Newbab Zsigmond, constructivIST Solo are all consummate professionals. It was my very great pleasure to work with them. Pioneers, they have advanced virtual art in profound ways, and the loss of their talents is a loss for all of virtual art.<br />
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And where is Second Life itself headed? I don't believe the people at Linden Lab care a bit about the astonishing art world that grew up around them, and their lack of concern about the diminution of their product bodes ill. InWorldz anyone?<br />
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Links:<br />
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />
Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />
MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />
Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />
Anza Borrego Oak:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />
Acquarella:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />
Metemspyche's Garden: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />
Studio Tour: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />
The Maze: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />
The Mysterious Forest:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />
The Winter Bear:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a><br />alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-86447174153763940222011-10-30T12:44:00.000-04:002011-10-30T12:44:19.678-04:00Pictures from the Grand Opening of Acquarella: After the Apocalypse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-UPH74YdkM/Tq19hFlfUMI/AAAAAAAAARs/qxuowY8oz14/s1600/%2521111029_AquarellaOpening_JeriRahjaThothJantzenSororNishi%2526CaiporaaAshdene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-UPH74YdkM/Tq19hFlfUMI/AAAAAAAAARs/qxuowY8oz14/s400/%2521111029_AquarellaOpening_JeriRahjaThothJantzenSororNishi%2526CaiporaaAshdene.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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It was a wonderful party!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/sets/72157628011874342/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/sets/72157628011874342/</a><br />
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Many thanks to host Jeri Rahja, to the musicians Chandra Deed and DeclanG, and to all the lovely people who showed up to celebrate with me. Exhausted but happy .... :-)alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-89018316304043712542011-10-22T17:36:00.003-04:002011-10-22T17:40:54.073-04:00GRAND OPENING for "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zOtgIKZmhs/TqM2yr-5ncI/AAAAAAAAARg/RONH2rJoeDY/s1600/001%2BAcquarella_The%2BDisaster%2BQuadrant_Panorama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zOtgIKZmhs/TqM2yr-5ncI/AAAAAAAAARg/RONH2rJoeDY/s400/001%2BAcquarella_The%2BDisaster%2BQuadrant_Panorama.jpg" /></a></div><br />
My first full-sim immersive art creation, "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse," opens on Saturday, October 29, 12 -3 PDT, on Jeri Rahja's Nexus Central sim in InWorldz. Enjoy music by Chandra Deed noon to 1:30 pm PDT and Declan G 1:30 - 3 pm PDT. Feast on sushi, ride a pink seahorse, come see a story as told by a sim! <br />
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<a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Nexus%20Central/211/49/25">http://places.inworldz.com/Nexus%20Central/211/49/25</a><br />
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The installation is based on "Acquarella: The Fable," a machinima written and staged by Alizarin and filmed by Chantal Harvey. The machinima was shown at the World's Fair in Shanghai in September and October 2010 under the auspices of Aino Barr/Christina Garcia Lasuen. <br />
links:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U (English narration)">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U (English narration)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM</a> (Chinese narration)<br />
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The sim has been terraformed into four containers, and this InWorldz version of the story is told in four parts, one for each of the quadrants. <br />
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The first quadrant depicts a time when The Age of Man has ended in a blaze of fire, famine, and warfare. <br />
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In the second, the Age of Acquarella dawns. The mighty goddess begins to repopulate the seas with outposts of aquariums filled with creatures that survived in the cool depths of the oceans. Hoping to avoid the violent excesses of her forebears, she plans for these mini-oceans to be peaceful and pure, hence colored only with the purest of colors, black and white. <br />
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Alas, as they say, if you want to make the Devil laugh, make plans. The third quadrant shows one of our aquariums as a dead zone, all the life squeezed out of it by the goddess's rigid reliance on purity.<br />
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At last the goddess softens her ideas, and the fourth quadrant blooms in a burst of color and fecundity. There are fanciful plants, brilliant fish, pink seahorses, showers of multicolored diatoms, masses of ikura eggs, and dance balls everywhere. It seems like paradise, but there is a hint of the sinister in the sushi pavilion, where it appears that the aquarium has succumbed to cannibalism. Even more sinister is the black spy monster lurking out of sight overhead and manipulating destiny to travel full circle like the merry go round that marks the passage back to the disaster quadrant. In the end the story of the sim asks whether moral progress is possible.<br />
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I am a digital artist in Real Life and I used the following RL software in the creation of the work: Corel Painter (digital drawing/textures), Photoshop (textures), Blender (sculpties), and Audacity (sound). I also relied heavily on my experience with virtual tools, including prim editing, texturing, and script modification. The sim was begun in February 2011 and finished eight months later. Although bits and pieces may make it to other grids, "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse" in its entirety is unique and always will be to Nexus Central in InWorldz.<br />
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Many thanks to Jeri Rahja for granting me the use of the sim, to Elenia LLewellyn for technical support, and to Zauber Paracelsus for help with scripting and lag.<br />
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Prior to opening, Acquarella has received some most welcome publicity. <br />
**The first quadrant was featured on on Treet.tv, Episode 120. <br />
** An interview by treasured friend Nazz Lane appeared on August 1, 2011: <a href="http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2011/08/preview-of-alizarin-goldflakes.html">http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2011/08/preview-of-alizarin-goldflakes.html</a>. <br />
**And another by the incomparable Thirza Ember on October 19, 2011 : <a href="http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/">http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Links:<br />
DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />
Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />
MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />
Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />
YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />
Anza Borrego Oak:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />
Acquarella:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />
Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />
Metemspyche's Garden: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />
Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />
Studio Tour: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />
The Maze: <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />
The Mysterious Forest:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />
The Winter Bear:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-32918271350648008582011-10-20T09:58:00.002-04:002011-10-20T10:11:18.338-04:00Wonderful review by Thirza Ember of Acquarella: After the Apocalypse - opening soon!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many thanks to Thirza for this sensitive, insightful, and appreciative coverage of my first full-sim installation:
<a href="http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/">http://pingsfromtheafterlife.blogspot.com/</a>
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More to come soon!</div>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-36761738304642800442011-09-22T13:36:00.000-04:002011-09-22T13:36:21.504-04:00Museum of Science Boston blog post linkSince for some reason the bitly url doesn't work, here is the long form of the link to my post:<br />
<a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/2011/09/digital-virtual-art-exhibit-at-museum.html">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/2011/09/digital-virtual-art-exhibit-at-museum.html</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-14125379530801409542011-09-19T15:04:00.001-04:002011-09-19T15:05:24.645-04:00Digital-Virtual Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston Thrown Under the BusMy typist's Digital-Virtual Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston has been thrown under the bus. Details here: <a href="//http://bit.ly/rkKb7k">http://bit.ly/rkKb7k</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-67590247010759751152011-08-14T18:30:00.000-04:002011-08-14T18:30:35.965-04:00Out of Office Reply<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LknUfv4sC30/TkhMfZ6RUwI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/8LTNySHiZ5o/s1600/110814_MoxieSunsetFogBank03_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LknUfv4sC30/TkhMfZ6RUwI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/8LTNySHiZ5o/s400/110814_MoxieSunsetFogBank03_1024.jpg" /></a></div><br />
alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-16829765457667527082011-07-04T13:38:00.000-04:002011-07-04T13:38:48.794-04:00Act II: Destruction of The Angry Gods, UWA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_J5NmMKBzs/ThH5CxUcD6I/AAAAAAAAAP0/Mslz0d0Fn2w/s1600/01%2521%2521%2521freewee2_054_GoddessOfDestruction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="238" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C_J5NmMKBzs/ThH5CxUcD6I/AAAAAAAAAP0/Mslz0d0Fn2w/s400/01%2521%2521%2521freewee2_054_GoddessOfDestruction.jpg" /></a></div>FreeWee Ling, Goddess of Destruction<br />
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Things Fall Apart<br />
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FreeWee Ling set about taking down her UWA full sim build yesterday with a massive demolition and invited people to watch. Awesome end to an awesome build. More explosions scheduled for today (June 30, 2011).<br />
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The Center Cannot Hold<br />
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FreeWee plays the harp ...<br />
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...while Fuschia looks onalizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-18551357106731610502011-06-18T15:32:00.005-04:002011-06-18T15:38:47.305-04:00"Ophion's Egg" won First Prize in the 'Inspired by Mythology' Art Contest at Haveli Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_spu2hLYgSY/Tfz6ssj9JvI/AAAAAAAAAPE/bEjw_jwqJRA/s1600/%2521110617_HaveliArtShowWinner_027_Asmita%252C%2BOphion%252C%2BAlizarin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_spu2hLYgSY/Tfz6ssj9JvI/AAAAAAAAAPE/bEjw_jwqJRA/s400/%2521110617_HaveliArtShowWinner_027_Asmita%252C%2BOphion%252C%2BAlizarin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619642080834692850" /></a><br />The above is a photo of me with Asmita Duranjaya, one of the organizers and judges for the contest, in front of Ophion's Egg.<br /><br />I am honored to announce that my "Ophion's Egg" was awarded First Prize in the 'Inspired by Mythology' Art Contest on view at Haveli Gallery from May - June 2011. Haveli is located in Shekhawati, a beautiful sim - well worth a visit! - dedicated to the art, culture and architecture of India and the South Asian sub-continent. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shekhawati/190/158/23 The contest was judged by Asmita, Audrey Cresci, and Hiawatha Runningbear using an ingenious art-rating device devised by GeeJann Blackadder.<br /><br />A video of the show and the opening, complete with a classical Indian music performance, can be seen here: <a href="http://http://giridevi.blogspot.com ">http://giridevi.blogspot.com </a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o0Kx6iqza6Q/Tfz76paJhpI/AAAAAAAAAPM/GZTjSkzP1Oo/s1600/%2521110617_HaveliArtShowWinner_004_Asmita%2527s%2BSari.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o0Kx6iqza6Q/Tfz76paJhpI/AAAAAAAAAPM/GZTjSkzP1Oo/s400/%2521110617_HaveliArtShowWinner_004_Asmita%2527s%2BSari.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619643420018050706" /></a><br /><br />Asmita's beautiful sari perfectly compliments the art!<br /><br />My artist statement about "Ophion's Egg:"<br />"In the beginning Eurynome, the Goddess of All Things, rose naked from Chaos, but found nothing substantial for her feet to rest upon, and therefore divided the sea from the sky, dancing lovely upon its waves. She danced toward the south, and the wind set in motion behind her seemed something new and apart with which to begin the work of creation. Wheeling about, she caught hold of this north wind, rubbed it between her hands, and behold! the great serpent Ophion. Eurynome danced to warm herself, wildly and more wildly, until Ophion, grown lustful, coiled about those divine limbs ..." -- Robert Graves<br /><br />Ophion mated with Eurynome. In the form of a dove upon the waves, she laid the Cosmic Egg and bade him to incubate it by coiling seven times around until it split in two and hatched "all things that exist... sun, moon, planets, stars, the earth with its mountains and rivers, its trees, herbs, and living creatures." Then Ophion and Eurynome dwelt on Mt. Olympus until Ophion's boasting led Eurynome to banish him to the darkness below the earth.<br /><br />Robert Graves in his book The Greek Myths (ISBN 0-14-017199-1) imaginatively reconstructs this Bronze-Age Pelasgian creation myth. <br /><br />From the Medley Arts Call to Artists: <br />"Ancient myth has always provided fertile ground for artists and theorists of the visual. However, current writing on contemporary art is, with few exceptions, curiously devoid of mythological content, despite demonstrable interest in myth on the part of several contemporary artists, ranging from earlier figures such as Louise Bourgeois and Cy Twombly to more recent arrivals such as Gregory Crewdson, Fred Wilson, Bill Viola, Ann Hamilton, and John Currin. While some artists’ work invokes the power of classical European mythology explicitly, as in an expressly narcissistic video by Patty Chang (Fountain, 1999) or an Orpheus-inspired installation by Felix Gonzales-Torres (Untitled (Orpheus, Twice), 1991), others gesture toward myth in more subtle ways, as do for example, Gerhard Richter’s mirrored installations and paintings. "<br /><br />=============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a><br />==================================alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-72996201262004799242011-05-28T10:06:00.004-04:002011-05-28T10:19:20.974-04:00Amazing Art Show at the LEA Sandbox this week<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GA2JStfjZrs/TeEDOcuhyMI/AAAAAAAAAO4/sLkR0wN7rrs/s1600/%2521%2521%2521%2521110513_Fukushima1024x608_030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GA2JStfjZrs/TeEDOcuhyMI/AAAAAAAAAO4/sLkR0wN7rrs/s400/%2521%2521%2521%2521110513_Fukushima1024x608_030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611770157444745410" /></a><br />^^ my "Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi" at the LEA Sandy<br /><br />I usually reserve this blog for blowing my own horn, but I am so impressed with the number and quality of the art pieces rezzed at the Linden Endowment for the Arts Sandbox this week, and I know there is just no way that what I want to say will fit into a tweet - so read it here it :)<br /><br />Exhibiting artists (with apologies to anyone I overlooked - please feel free to add your name in the comment box):<br />Alizarin Goldflake<br />Artistide Despres<br />Betty Tureaud<br />Daco Monday<br />DanCoyote Antonelli<br />Dekka Raymaker<br />Giovanna Cerise<br />Laurel Leavitt<br />Madcow Cosmos<br />Mimo Vacano<br />Oberon Onmura<br />PatriciaAnne Daviau<br />Pol Jarvinen<br />Robin Moore<br /><br />Go have a look here: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA5/122/129/24">http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA5/122/129/24</a><br /><br />I would also like to mention the two pieces that most interested me. Artee (Artistide) has a geometric called AD_GrandeMain (Big Hand) clawing it's way out of the ocean. Disembarking from it like an endless stream of immigrants are particles of Artee's avatar ( I think they are particles) - very clever! Mimo Vacano, someone I am not familiar with, has 5 Kaleidoscope builds that do beautiful morphing textures reminiscent of early Glyph Graves, a real pleasure to look at. Thank you, Mimo!<br /><br />And thank you to Linden Lab for providing this outlet for Second Life artists.<br /><br />============================================<br />Alizarin's Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-75085394426297086072011-05-16T14:12:00.006-04:002011-05-16T14:25:53.532-04:00Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi Machinima<iframe width="400" height="257" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2H_ne2XbcNs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>A machinima about my immersive art installation "Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi" has just gone up on YouTube. Made in collaboration with my husband, Alfred Ajami, it documents the art, a dramatic build of sinister beauty inspired by the nuclear catastrophe in Japan. <br /><br />The installation opened Saturday, April 30, in Second Life in the Sky Sculpture Garden at Atelier Alizarin, where it will remain on semi-permanent exhibition. Slurl: <br /><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/174/209/801 ">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/174/209/801 </a><br />Please feel free to visit anytime.<br /><br />You can read a thoughtful post titled "Hope in Art" by the incomparable Persia Bravin here <a href="http://www.chromeneversleeps.com/ ">http://www.chromeneversleeps.com/ </a> Something else auspicious just occurred to me - my "Requiem" is installed in Tenshin-En, my virtual Japanese garden modeled on a RL Japanese garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The name, engraved in Japanese characters on the wall behind the stage, means "Heart of Heaven." So the nuclear disaster is cradled in the peace and beauty of the Heart of Heaven.<br /><br />And these posts from Malburns Writer, who I swear - along with Chrome - never sleeps! <br /><a href="http://malburns.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/requiem-for-fukushima-daiichi/">http://malburns.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/requiem-for-fukushima-daiichi/</a><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/8936662-requiem-for-fukushima-daiichi">http://vodpod.com/watch/8936662-requiem-for-fukushima-daiichi</a><br /><br />=============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Requiem for Fukushima Daiichi:<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs">http://youtu.be/2H_ne2XbcNs</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-88549616234861594752011-04-21T16:24:00.004-04:002011-04-21T16:41:15.094-04:00Requiem for Fukushima<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mlBpv9zV-pk/TbCTAWvpQvI/AAAAAAAAAOo/dtaE8XpNfoI/s1600/%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Requiem%2Bfor%2BFukushima.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mlBpv9zV-pk/TbCTAWvpQvI/AAAAAAAAAOo/dtaE8XpNfoI/s400/%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Requiem%2Bfor%2BFukushima.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598135971136226034" /></a><br /><br />Virtual art world patron Jeri Rajha asked me to turn part of the sim I am developing for her into a piece of Immersive Art and set it for sale to help support the fees for my sim. So - "Requiem for Fukushima" was born. It is available both in InWorldz and Second Life. I will release it in SL on Saturday, April 30, in the Sky Sculpture Garden at Atelier Alizarin. All are cordially invited to drop in anytime. I will be posting studio hours via group notices throughout the month of May when I will be available to welcome visitors. The first studio hour will be Saturday, April 30, from 2 - 3 pm. <br />Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/174/209/801 <br />and Inworldz: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nexus%20Central/130/126/201<br /><br /> "Requiem for Fukushima" is a dramatic build of sinister beauty inspired by the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan. Housed inside a pyramid shell, it contains lurid plants, flames, billowing black smoke, and burning cinders. Even the rocks are glowing. Max your particle count! <br /><br />The quadrant of the InWorldz sim that is the source of the imagery portrays a post-apocalyptic ecological disaster scene, which the Fukushima catastrophe so completely embodies in RL.<br /><br />The build is 30 x 30 x 30 meters and 145 prims.<br /><br />Once visitors have toured "Fukushima," they are invited to enjoy the surrounding Sky Sculpture Garden, modeled on a RL Japanese Garden, or to use the TP boxes to visit other Atelier Alizarin features: Immersive Art, Musical Kinetics, Orfeo's Oratorio, The Particularium, RL digital drawings; digital collages; Chez Ali, Alizarin's store, and on the ground, a beautiful valley nestled against steep coastal mountains.<br /><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-907707052249037272011-03-24T18:17:00.008-04:002011-03-24T18:35:34.472-04:00Acquarella: After the Apocalypse on Treet.tv!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wLBzRzaUdLQ/TYvEcXNlMMI/AAAAAAAAAOY/SVzvEj8EX3I/s1600/%2521%2521%2521%2521110323__PostApocalypseQuadrant512x1024_018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wLBzRzaUdLQ/TYvEcXNlMMI/AAAAAAAAAOY/SVzvEj8EX3I/s400/%2521%2521%2521%2521110323__PostApocalypseQuadrant512x1024_018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587775754229592258" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dwsl__iUNXc/TYvFO6XPGII/AAAAAAAAAOg/L05XGjmrxf8/s1600/%2521%2521%2521%2521110323__PostApocalypseQuadrant512x1024_010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dwsl__iUNXc/TYvFO6XPGII/AAAAAAAAAOg/L05XGjmrxf8/s400/%2521%2521%2521%2521110323__PostApocalypseQuadrant512x1024_010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587776622658787458" /></a><br />The Acquarella saga continues. It's latest incarnation is on a sim in InWorldz loaned to me by virtual art patron Jeri Rajha, where I am retelling the story in 4 sections. Yesterday Jeri and several of her artists, including me, were interviewed by Saffia Widdershins and Elrik Merlin for Treet.tv's "Designing Worlds." The interview, episode 120 from March 21, 2011 can be watched here: <a href="http://treet.tv/shows/designingworlds">http://treet.tv/shows/designingworlds</a> My segment starts at the 31 minute mark.<br /><br />I have divided the sim into four sunken rooms or aquariums that will depict the story in four stages. This interview covered the opening scene:it is set after the ecological-apocalypse; the earth is in ruins. War, pollution, over-exploitation of resources, and the creation of toxic waste have left even the ocean floor in flames. Black smoke billows and flaming sparks rain down. The charred plants are lit with a lurid light. Dive klaxons and explosions break through the roar of crackling flames. <br /><br />You can visit the build in InWorldz here: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nexus%20Central/188/63/25">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nexus%20Central/188/63/25</a><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-90824868134927728192011-02-06T11:21:00.009-05:002011-02-06T12:01:10.344-05:00The Mysterious Forest_Open Studio<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7M_To9MJI/AAAAAAAAANo/b1n7JHxnAD8/s1600/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7M_To9MJI/AAAAAAAAANo/b1n7JHxnAD8/s320/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570615177079763090" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NS3ldc1I/AAAAAAAAAOA/lg2L09TdcC4/s1600/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NS3ldc1I/AAAAAAAAAOA/lg2L09TdcC4/s320/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570615513146291026" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NN1-vbUI/AAAAAAAAAN4/99UjAiKxGWs/s1600/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NN1-vbUI/AAAAAAAAAN4/99UjAiKxGWs/s320/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570615426816109890" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NIoFzL_I/AAAAAAAAANw/Y6deDokQ8a4/s1600/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TU7NIoFzL_I/AAAAAAAAANw/Y6deDokQ8a4/s320/%2521%2521%2521Alizarin%2BGoldflake_The%2BMysterious%2BForest_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570615337188274162" /></a><br />I will hold an Open Studio for my newest immersive art build, "The Mysterious Forest," on Sunday, February 20, 2 pm PST at Atelier Alizarin. All are cordially invited. <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/203/203/321">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/203/203/321</a><br /><br />On approach, your avatar magically disappears into the trees. The world grows ominously dark. The body-snatching moonbeam whispers TOUCH ME. Ghostly voices wail; an invisible man paces, leaving fading foot prints; an owl hoots amid a chorus of other forest calls. Eyes glow from the bushes. Spiders dangle, and swarms of bats swirl out of the trees. Totemic forest animals loom from the shadows and vanish like dreams. **Please touch!** In addition your eyes and ears, THE MYSTERIOUS FOREST interacts with your avatar physically. There are lots of animations: Sits, Marshmellow-toast; Sleep; Trapped (dare you to click on the spiders!); not to mention the mischievous moon. Look out for those creepy feelers under a rock! A beheaded snake - still poisonous? - twitches and rattles when you walk by. Evocative of the artist's childhood experiences camping, part of this build appeared in the Interactivity Collaboration at Caerleon Art Collective, but much has been added that's new. <br /><br />"The Mysterious Forest" is 20 meters high and 40 meters in diameter, and, at 174 prims, one of my larger immersive art environments. The imagery is based on my digital drawing "Anza Borrego Oak." <br /><br />This link <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/ABO_imagery.htm">http://www.marthavista.com/ABO_imagery.htm</a> will take you to a web page where you can see the original digital drawing, as well as two machinimas, one about creating the drawing and one about the build at Caerleon, featuring Miss soror Nishi and me dancing with some other avatars.<br /><br />Other Atelier Alizarin Attractions include: Musical Kinetics and more immersive art in Sky Studio one level down (TP or jump through the skylight :-), the Sky Sculpture Garden, Orfeo's Oratorio, The Particularium on the third floor, RL digital drawings on the second floor, 2-D digital collages on the first floor, and a beautiful sculpture park on the ground. And don't forget Chez Ali, my store where you can pick up fun bits from earlier builds.<br /><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-3364651042970765092011-01-27T16:15:00.009-05:002011-01-28T17:54:58.372-05:00Ophion's Egg<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHlFO1d8NI/AAAAAAAAANc/rizy3wKWGpo/s1600/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHlFO1d8NI/AAAAAAAAANc/rizy3wKWGpo/s400/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566982492451107026" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHkZGf2ViI/AAAAAAAAANM/qhY9Ek9MYy8/s1600/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHkZGf2ViI/AAAAAAAAANM/qhY9Ek9MYy8/s400/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566981734298703394" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHkNH3S3QI/AAAAAAAAANE/mErP08CEJas/s1600/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TUHkNH3S3QI/AAAAAAAAANE/mErP08CEJas/s400/Alizarin%2BGoldflake_Ophion%2527sEgg02_001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566981528507047170" /></a><br /><br />Ginger Alsop just released a new machinima of favs from the January submissions to the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. It features the works of soror Nishi, Oberon Onmura, Gleman Jun, Suzanne Graves, kyra Roxan, Claudia222 Jewell, mcarp Mavendorf, Nino Vichan, Giovanna Cerise, Silene Christen, Loup Erin, Ginger Aslop and yours truly, Alizarin Goldflake.<br /><br />Watch the video here:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/edMx7KqOrts" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe><br /><br />About Ophion's Egg:<br />"In the beginning Eurynome, the Goddess of All Things, rose naked from Chaos, but found nothing substantial for her feet to rest upon, and therefore divided the sea from the sky, dancing lovely upon its waves. She danced toward the south, and the wind set in motion behind her seemed something new and apart with which to begin the work of creation. Wheeling about, she caught hold of this north wind, rubbed it between her hands, and behold! the great serpent Ophion. Eurynome danced to warm herself, wildly and more wildly, until Ophion, grown lustful, coiled about those divine limbs ..." -- Robert Graves<br /><br />Ophion mated with Eurynome. In the form of a dove upon the waves, she laid the Cosmic Egg and bade him to incubate it by coiling seven times around until it split in two and hatched "all things that exist... sun, moon, planets, stars, the earth with its mountains and rivers, its trees, herbs, and living creatures." Then Ophion and Eurynome dwelt on Mt. Olympus until Ophion's boasting led Eurynome to banish him to the darkness below the earth.<br /><br />Robert Graves in his book The Greek Myths (ISBN 0-14-017199-1) imaginatively reconstructs this Bronze-Age Pelasgian creation myth.<br /><br />See the build in Second Life here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/233/154/35<br />Be sure to walk close and turn your sound on to hear the delicate music that is embedded in the piece.<br />================================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-2877885414917626162010-12-19T16:57:00.008-05:002010-12-19T17:10:52.396-05:00The Winter Bear @ Pirats!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AXH5XKZI/AAAAAAAAAMg/qKLosckreoY/s1600/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear%2540Pirats_032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AXH5XKZI/AAAAAAAAAMg/qKLosckreoY/s320/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear%2540Pirats_032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552516525339388306" /></a><br />My immersive art build "The Winter Bear" has just been installed in a snowy landscape that I built at Pirats Art Network Omega this weekend, along with the digital drawings of the totem animals that appear inside as particles. The opening reception will be Tuesday, December 21 (the winter solstice!), at 1:30 pm PST.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AhqkUVAI/AAAAAAAAAMo/45vQPPRuvPo/s1600/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AhqkUVAI/AAAAAAAAAMo/45vQPPRuvPo/s320/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552516706445054978" /></a><br />I decided to recycle a favorite set from the RL play, "The Winter Bear" by Anne Hanley, as one of my Immersive Art bell jars. The scene happens in the middle of a blizzard with temperatures so cold that hoar frost crystals form spontaneously in midair. The spirit of the Winter Bear reigns over all, while totem animal images populate the wind. Spruces and snowcapped boulders surround the cave from which the bear broke its hibernation to meet its fate. If you take the pose ball inside, you can recapture the last few peaceful moments of the doomed animal's life.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AobS4rYI/AAAAAAAAAMw/RnZL8KWf7PY/s1600/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6AobS4rYI/AAAAAAAAAMw/RnZL8KWf7PY/s320/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552516822604492162" /></a><br />Here's the SLurl to the installation: <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/PiRats%20Art%20Network/137/87/22">http://slurl.com/secondlife/PiRats%20Art%20Network/137/87/22</a>Many thanks to Merlina Rokocoko and Newbab Zsigmond for so generously and professionally hosting so much of the amazing art that is being created in Second Life!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6BPkVD4qI/AAAAAAAAAM4/i66PrFuBLn4/s1600/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TQ6BPkVD4qI/AAAAAAAAAM4/i66PrFuBLn4/s320/AlizarinGoldflake_WinterBear_028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552517495044432546" /></a><br />Link to the teaser for the RL play: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a><br /><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-6345065521228668282010-12-01T15:21:00.002-05:002010-12-01T15:25:17.567-05:00Update on my digital-virtual art exhibit in the Cahners ComputerPlace at the Museum of Science, BostonThe Museum is currently accepting applications for two Digital Art Exhibit Spring Internships for my exhibit. <br /><br />Please find the info for the Flash Programmer Intern here: <a href="http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/internships&d=4750">http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/internships&d=4750</a><br /><br />and for the Open Sim/Second Life Developer here: <br /><a href="http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/internships&d=4752">http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/internships&d=4752</a> <br /><br />As Alizarin Goldflake, Second Life(R) avatar of Martha Jane Bradford, I am designing a digital-virtual art exhibit for the Cahners ComputerPlace at the Museum, in real life. The exhibit will further visitors' understanding of digital image creation and manipulation (<a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a>). It will also introduce people to the idea of making virtual art. The physical design of the exhibit will be an immersive installation employing sound and video projection to simulate the experience of being inside one of the immersive art environments that I create in Second Life. Thoth Jansen ( Bob Johnson in RL) is currently working on the technical design.<br /><br /><object style="height: 250px; width: 400px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/93YYMJANpZs?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/93YYMJANpZs?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="250"></object><br /><br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br /><br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-50406186771230566822010-11-24T16:51:00.022-05:002010-11-24T19:49:33.576-05:00CHEZ ALI Grand Opening<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2J9dyK78I/AAAAAAAAAL4/7G6Olqi9E2Y/s1600/ChezAli_ViewFromTheSouth.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2J9dyK78I/AAAAAAAAAL4/7G6Olqi9E2Y/s320/ChezAli_ViewFromTheSouth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543238405423034306" /></a><br />View of Chez Ali from the south. Particle emitters! Paper Lanterns!And much more!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am pleased to announce the grand opening on Saturday, November 27, at 3 pm SL time, of CHEZ ALI! http://<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/204/174/701 ">slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/204/174/701 </a>The shop features an eclectic mix of beautiful garden items, furniture, particle emitters, personal accessories, and more, all of which are derived from my art and studio builds. They retain what some have called "the unique and deliciously ethereal quality" of my artwork but are also practical items for your SL home, garden, or avatar. Start your holiday shopping here! Gift wrapping at no charge (look under the Christmas tree on the first floor).<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2LF9vf38I/AAAAAAAAAMI/FIkf0TA664g/s1600/Chez%2BAli_North%2BPatio.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2LF9vf38I/AAAAAAAAAMI/FIkf0TA664g/s320/Chez%2BAli_North%2BPatio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543239650952339394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pick up your free Skate skates by soror Nishi on the North Patio.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2KQg-acTI/AAAAAAAAAMA/QQN9hpZYARE/s1600/Chez%2BAli_North%2BGarden.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2KQg-acTI/AAAAAAAAAMA/QQN9hpZYARE/s320/Chez%2BAli_North%2BGarden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543238732697202994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The North Garden has Hoar Frost and Snowflake particle emitters and a cool snow cave you can hibernate in.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2L_rQI1GI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/5yzQJGIQ-KE/s1600/Chez%2BAli_South%2BPatio.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2L_rQI1GI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/5yzQJGIQ-KE/s320/Chez%2BAli_South%2BPatio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543240642421380194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tapestries and the Arizona Chairs and Table set on the South Patio.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2MX_q2i1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/RcqN0vNnagY/s1600/Chez%2BAli_TheGreenwoodsCollection.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCqoH_JrEsc/TO2MX_q2i1I/AAAAAAAAAMY/RcqN0vNnagY/s320/Chez%2BAli_TheGreenwoodsCollection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543241060218997586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Greenwoods Collection of furniture can be found on the first floor. Elegant shapes and upholstery and high-quality Bits and Bobs furniture animations.alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-86106621102466530572010-10-21T11:29:00.000-04:002010-10-21T11:30:53.167-04:00The Winter Bear<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r6h3POGENkQ/TMBX4jFbADI/AAAAAAAAADQ/y-1nfhp9uFs/s1600/The+Winter+Bear_The+Woods+Set.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r6h3POGENkQ/TMBX4jFbADI/AAAAAAAAADQ/y-1nfhp9uFs/s320/The+Winter+Bear_The+Woods+Set.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530516971413241906" /></a><br />Another fun crossover project! I recently constructed Second Life sets for a Real Life play, The Winter Bear, that will premiere in Anchorage October 29, 2010. My machinima of the SL sets will be projected on a cyc (cycloramic backdrop) as a major component of the RL stage.<br /><br />There is a teaser for the play made up of short clips from the machinima that just went up on YouTube. A/V production by Alfred M. Ajami.<br /><br />View it here:<br /><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMYSYJNkm1E?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IMYSYJNkm1E?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Or take the link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a><br /><br />The sets feature my digital drawings, done with Corel Painter and a Wacom tablet, and my Second Life building skills, including sculpties (unique 3-D shapes created in Blender) , scripts (code), and particles (temporary phantom images) which I also use to make virtual Immersive Art.<br /><br />about THE WINTER BEAR<br />Written by Alaska State Writer Laureate Anne Hanley and directed by Jayne Wenger. Troubled Athabascan teenager Duane “Shadow” David is considering committing suicide when he’s sentenced to cut wood for elder Sidney Huntington. It’s only by combining the elder’s knowledge of old hunting ways with the boy’s expertise in video games that they stand a chance against a marauding Winter Bear. The Winter Bear delivers a message of hope that a young man can become a leader by using the wisdom of his traditional culture to transcend the traumas of his past.<br /><br />Previews of the play in Galena and Fairbanks were enthusiastically received, and I am very excited to be flying to Anchorage for the official premiere.<br /><br />Gala opening Oct 29th, 2010 at Cyrano's Off-Center Playhouse: <a href="http://www.cyranos.org/">http://www.cyranos.org/</a><br />Performances Thursday through Saturday at 7 pm and Sunday at 3 pm through Nov. 13th. Special added WEDNESDAY performance Nov. 10th.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r6h3POGENkQ/TMBYHqcrROI/AAAAAAAAADY/AkSQKGmss6Y/s1600/The+Winter+Bear_Bear+Den+Set.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r6h3POGENkQ/TMBYHqcrROI/AAAAAAAAADY/AkSQKGmss6Y/s320/The+Winter+Bear_Bear+Den+Set.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530517231087863010" /></a><br /><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ <br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM </a>(Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br />The Winter Bear:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYSYJNkm1E&list=QL&playnext=1</a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284517442161479775.post-3615396156724741192010-10-13T09:40:00.003-04:002010-10-13T09:52:11.568-04:00"Acquarella: The Fable" showing at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai now!It gives me great pleasure to announce that my digital and virtual art is now on view at the World Expo in Shanghai!<br /><br />Chantal Harvey brought her awesome machinima skills to filming "Acquarella: The Fable," and I did the story, storyboard, art, set, costumes, props management, direction, production, and acted the part of Acquarella. The parts of the three Nymphs were acted by soror Nishi, BridgetMarlane McDonnell, and Yman Juran. The sophisticated and lovely Chinese narration (in Mandarin) was translated from the English and performed by Wei Yin. Our collaborative effort is now showing in the Air Tree Exhibit in the Madrid Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai, curated by Spanish curator Cristina García-Lasuén (Aino Barr in Second Life), founder of the virtual arts group Open This End.<br /><br />You can watch the English version of the machinima, narrated by Alfred M. Ajami, here:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KX1eFMtjV6U?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KX1eFMtjV6U?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />and the Chinese version here:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8hhO2Rf88uM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8hhO2Rf88uM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />To see the list of accepted machinima on the Madrid Pavilion web site, please go to<br /><a href="http://www.madrid2010shanghai.com/calendario.asp?evid=79&id=1">http://www.madrid2010shanghai.com/calendario.asp?evid=79&id=1</a> (click on the English flag in the upper right corner). Scroll down to 3rd Exhibition, September - October 2010 . Our video is under the name of the machinimist, Chantal Harvey.<br /><br />"Acquarella: The Fable" was inspired by one of my immersive art creations by the same name: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />============================================<br />Links:<br />DIGITAL ART: Martha Jane Bradford<br />Web Site: <a href="http://www.marthavista.com/">http://www.marthavista.com/</a><br />LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/ ">http://www.linkedin.com/ </a><br />MJB Blog: <a href="http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/">http://marthajanebradford.blogspot.com/</a> <br />VIRTUAL ART: Alizarin Goldflake (Metaverse avatar of Martha Jane Bradford)<br />Atelier Alizarin (Second Life studio): <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lie/222/189/35</a><br />Blog: <a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/">http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/</a><br />Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/alizaringoldflake/</a> <br />YOUTUBE VIDEOS: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake</a><br />Anza Borrego Oak:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/1/5s_KRMi55v8</a><br />Acquarella:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/a/u/0/u-lo6JosN0M</a><br />Acquarella:the Fable ( a Chantal Harvey machinima)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX1eFMtjV6U</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hhO2Rf88uM</a> (Chinese narration)<br />Metemspyche's Garden: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/2/GfQGuNXWvLo</a><br />Studio Tour: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/3/XDjrLmPpopA</a><br />The Maze: <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/4/OEa9rtEiINE</a><br />The Mysterious Forest:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc">http://www.youtube.com/user/AlizarinGoldflake#p/u/5/c6Xv_pAf0Qc</a><br /><a href="http://alizaringoldflake.blogspot.com/"></a>alizarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13754844684255235077noreply@blogger.com1