venerdì 31 dicembre 2010

Colori Virtuali - 31 Dicembre 2010 - a Palermo

Questa sera a Palermo presso l'Associazione Culturale I CANDELAI - in via dei Candelai 65 -, nel cuore del centro storico palermitano, saranno esposte alcune delle mie opere.

Tonight in Palermo at "Associazione Culturale I CANDELAI - in via dei Candelai 65, some of my digital works will exhibited.


Grazie alla fiducia di Davide e alla disponibilità di Fabio the Dream comes True!

lunedì 29 novembre 2010

Dreams @ The Cybernetic art exhibition Nicolas Schöffer SL-TLC

The first presentation of The Tower took place in Second Life on Saturday, 9th Octobert 2010 in the framework of the IMAGINE FESTIVAL


domenica 28 novembre 2010

Metaverse Artists: shellina Winkler


I'd like to thank Velazquez Bonetto (aka Laszlo Oerdoegh Diabolus) for publishing my works and for the attention he has always shown towards my work!

Un ringraziamento particolare va a Velazquez Bonetto (aka Laszlo Oerdoegh Diabolus) per aver pubblicato le mie opere e per l'attenzione che ha sempre mostrato verso il mio lavoro!

venerdì 26 novembre 2010

DRINKLINK - Serata 2lifecast a Milano e in World

DRINKLINK - Serata 2lifeCast


Il 1° Dicembre nella sede di 2lifeCast in via Malaga 6 in Milano.

Una serata in cui raccontarci cosa stiamo facendo ma anche con qualche appuntamento:

  • diretta streaming dalla galleria del vicino, Agustin Olavarria Valdivia, con invio delle immagini in Second Life e Open Sim (ore 22.00);
  • visione del video di Shellina Winkler in contatto con Il Museo del Metaverso in Opensim (ore 23.00) e partecipazione al P_Art_Y "Living Architecture" a cura di Velazquez Bonetto, nel Museo del Metaverso in Craft - Opensim;
Infine un brindisi e saluti.

I collegamenti con Second Life e Opensim verranno inviati anche sul web. Quindi questi sono tutti i riferimenti:
- la serata in Milano si svolge in via Malaga 6, sede di 2lifeCast dalle 18.30 alle 23.30 circa (citofono 27),
- la mostra di Daco (che sarà presente a Milano con qualche sua opera) è allo SLUrl:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galleria/126/193/32
- l'atelier di Agustin Olavarria Valdivia è a fianco alla sede di 2lifeCast, sempre in via Malaga 6
- il Museo del Metaverso è allo SLUrl di Open Sim:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MdM/130/129/21
- le dirette dei collegamenti saranno inviati alle ore 19.30, 20.00 e 23.00 all'indirizzo:
http://channel.2lifecast.com/it/2live.html

p.s. per entrare in Opensim, grid Craft, presso il Museo del Metaverso, tutte le istruzioni, in italiano e in inglese, sono alla pagina:
http://www.museodelmetaverso.it/profiles/blogs/call-for-artists

Ricordiamo che chi non potrà essere presente sia a Milano che in World, potrà seguire tutte le iniziative anche nel web, dove saranno mandate in live streaming.


English version


DRINKLINK - Evening 2Lifecast

On 1st December @ 2Lifecast location at 6, via Malaga, Milan.

We will talk about what is ongoing and moreovers a few appointments:

* Visit to an exhibition in Second Life - Daco Monday exhibits @ Gallery Szczepanski (H 19.30);

* Live stream from the gallery of our neighbour, Agustin Valdivia Olavarria, sending images in Second Life and Open Sim (H 22.00);

* Watching of the video by Shellina Winkler in contact with the Museum of Metaverse in Opensim (H 23.00) and participation at P_Art_Y "Living Architecture" by Velazquez Bonetto, at the Museum of Metaverse in Craft - Opensim;

At the end of the event a toast and final greetings .

Links to Second Life and Opensim will also be sent anywhere. These are all references:
- The event takes place at 6 Malaga in Milan, location of 2Lifecast from h 18.30 to h
23.30 (intercom 27),
- Daco's exhibition (which will be in Milan with some of his works) is the SLURL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galleria/126/193/32
- Olavarria Agustin Valdivia's studio is next to the headquarters of 2Lifecast, always in Malaga 6
- The Museum of Metaverse is the Open Sim SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MdM/130/129/21
- The direct live streaming link will be sent at 19.30, 20.00 and 23.00 at:
http://channel.2lifecast.com/it/2live.html

p.s. to enter Opensim, grid Craft at the Museum of Metaverse, all instructions in Italian and English, are at:
http://www.museodelmetaverso.it/profiles/blogs/call-for-artists

If you can't attend the event neither in Milan or in World, you can follow all the steps on the web, where a live streaming will be on.

mercoledì 24 novembre 2010

Thursday 25th 2010 1.00 pm slt 2Lei: Second Life against the violence against Women



The 2Lei book :

http://www.whipart.it/2lei/2lei.pdf


The 2Lei blog:

http://secondlife2lei.blogspot.com/

Thursday 25th 2010
At 1 pm - the 2Lei tour will start from Tanalois where you can admire the works of many artists in SL who have represented the woman from several points of views.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Needful%20Things/29/93/402

At 1.30 pm - we will move to CSW Island where a theatral piéce will be performed.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CSW%20Island/130/134/3402

At 2.00 pm - at Arte Libera we will be immersed in artworks by an artist and touched by the words of some writers and poets .
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nonsense/50/198/41

At 2.30 pm - we will move to 2lifephotos to immerse ourselves in the photographs of many artists accompanied by an Italian vocal duet.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Itland%20Entertainment/188/53/442

At 3 pm - we will be at the gallery PAD for a tribute to female beauty.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solaris%20Island/46/167/485

At 3.30 pm - we'll fly to SaliMar for diving into a musical art installation.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SaliMar/173/73/57

At 4:00 pm - we will be at The Knot to immerse ourselves in an art installation.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dreamworld%20Crystal/64/228/1001

At 4.30 pm - we will meet at WDT Planet for final greetings hoping that all that you have experienced today has touched you and spoken to your heart.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WDT%20Planet/84/97/50




Il book di 2Lei con descrizione e foto di quello che succederà domani .

http://www.whipart.it/2lei/2lei.pdf


Il blog di 2Lei :
http://secondlife2lei.blogspot.com/



Giovedì 25 alle 22 inizierà il percorso 2lei a Tanalois dove potrete ammirare le creazioni di molti artisti di sl che hanno rappresentato la donna sotto mille vesti.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Needful%20Things/29/93/402

Alle 22.30 ci sposteremo a CSW Island per seguire una performance teatrale.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/CSW%20Island/130/134/3402

Alle 23.00 saremo a Arte Libera immersi nelle opere di una artista e nelle parole di scrittori e poeti.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nonsense/50/198/41

Alle 23.30 ci sposteremo a 2lifephotos per immergerci nelle fotografie di molti artisti accompagnati
da un duetto canoro italiano (Eddie&Nak).

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Itland%20Entertainment/188/53/442

Alle 24.00 saremo alla galleria PAD per un dono alla bellezza femminile.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solaris%20Island/46/167/485

Alle 24.30 voleremo a SaliMar per immergerci nell'installazione in musica.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SaliMar/173/73/57

Alle 1.00 saremo a The Knot per immergerci in un'installazione.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dreamworld%20Crystal/64/228/1001

Alle 1.30 ci incontreremo WDT Planet per i saluti finali sperando che tutto vi abbia emozionato e parlato al cuore.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/WDT%20Planet/84/97/50

mercoledì 17 novembre 2010

2Lei “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women” .



2Lei is a collaborative project which involves: 2LifePhotos, Free Art, Arts Merkaba, PAD, SL Art, Tanalois, Salim, WDT Planet, CSW Island, The Knot and some groups of Second Life. The aim of the project is to raise awareness and dissemination of events related “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women” .
On November 25, 2010 various digital artists, virtual galleries and cultural figures of SL have been called to share in their own lands and groups belonging to, the common message of solidarity to the woman.

2Lei - The Passion of the women
This is our tribute in 360 degrees to the woman and a sign of solidarity with the women raped, abused, denigrated, enslaved, hated, feared, exploited ... This is our way to be close to all the women who cannot be with us, especially on this day. This is our way to voice their hymn to life because their passion has not ended with a resurrection .. but with their death, deprivation ... their annihilation of the being.

Our hug goes to all those women who have walked with us on this world like human beings accused of non-existent difference, of an uncomfortable particularity, of an inappropriate feeling, of a dangerous enthusiasm …accused of being woman .. to be destroyed rather than be loved.
Being a woman today is to be human! With our virtual bodies, our global consciousness and the immortality that distinguishes us in this perfect world, we want to dedicate a day to the human being.

On the day when the real world come together without boundaries in this complaint, we open the doors of the Metaverse to spread our message of solidarity with women.
This message wants to reach the hearts of human beings through the virtual art, the pride of a parallel society in which creative expression deletes the distances and meet together under a single manifest.
2Lei is an Italian project and it is the example of the cooperation of the residents of Second Life. 2Lei project has brought together artists and gallery owners from around the world for the same cause to dedicate one day in the virtual environment to the Passion of women.
On November 25, 2010 in Second Life come with us and embrace all women in the world!
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Established by Resolution No. 54/134 by the UN in 1999 in order to sensitize governments, institutions and civil society. The UN has chosen this day to commemorate the tragic story of the three Mirabal sisters raped, stabbed and strangled Nov. 25, 1960, by order of the dictator Trujillo.

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from "A WOMEN": Facts and Figures on Women in the World
Monday, July 19, 2010 24:10
http:// www. unwomen. org /

Violence against women
- Over the last decade, to fight violence against women has become a priority in many countries. A study by the Secretary General in 2006 on violence against women has found that at least 89 states had some laws on domestic violence and 60 had specific laws against domestic violence. Marital rape was a crime punishable in at least 104 countries. Ninety-three countries had some rules regarding human trafficking. Ninety states had laws against sexual harassment.
- Despite these advances, violence against women and girls is a global pandemic. The problem continues to be universal, with women and girls victims of violence in every region and every country. Women who have been victims suffer from various health problems and reduced their ability to participate in public life.
- According to a study on domestic violence conducted in 10 countries by the World Health Organization (WHO), a percentage between 15 and 71 percent of women reported to have suffered physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners.
- Among women aged between 15 and 44, the acts of violence are among the leading causes of death and disability more than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war.
- In 2006, women and girls accounted for 79 percent of the victims of human trafficking.
- More than 60 million girls worldwide are forced into early marriage, before age 18.
- It's estimated that between 100 and 140 million girls and women in the world currently live with the consequences of female genital mutilation, and about 3 million girls are at risk each year.
- Impunity for the perpetrators, inadequate services for victims / survivors, attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate negative stereotypes and violence against women, and a general lack of resources for the implementation of existing measures remain persistent obstacles to prevention and to the eradication of violence against women.


Arte Libera di Simba Schumann http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nonsense/50/198/41
SaliMar di Mila Tatham e Rodroguez Imako http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SaliMar/22/225/62
WDT Planet di Alice Mastroianni e Gigi Roffo http://slurl.com/secondlife/WDT%20Planet/84/97/50

credits:

Foto del Manifesto di kristine Lowey

Special Guest: EddieGuitar Dagger Sherrif che canterà una canzone creata appositamente per l'evento!

Testo manifesto: Marjorie Fargis

Creazione portali: Mila Tatham

Traduzioni: Shellina Winkler

Book : Aliza Karu e MarkWD Helendale

Direzione riunioni: Marjorie Fargis, Tani Thor, Aliza Karu

lunedì 15 novembre 2010

2Lei: Giornata mondiale contro la Violenza sulle DONNE in Second Life




2Lei è un progetto in collaborazione tra 2LifePhotos, Arte Libera, Merkaba Arts, PAD, SL Art, Tanalois, SaliMar, WDT Planet, CSW Island, The Knot , gruppi di Second Life, per la sensibilizzazione e la divulgazione degli eventi legati alla Giornata internazionale contro la violenza sulle donne.

Il 25 novembre 2010 diversi artisti virtuali, galleristi e personaggi della cultura di SL sono stati chiamati a condividere nelle proprie land e gruppi di appartenenza il messaggio comune di solidarietà alla donna.

L'evento itinerante coinvolge (in ordine di percorso)
(verrete guidati da magici portali)

Tanalois Gallery di Tani Thor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Needful%20Things/29/93/402

CSW Gallery di Aliza Karu
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CSW%20Island/130/134/3402

Arte Libera di Simba Schumann
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nonsense/50/198/41

2LifePhotos di ChrisTower Dae
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Itland%20Entertainment/220/59/24

Museo PAD di Matteus Taurog
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solaris%20Island/46/167/485

SaliMar di Mila Tatham e Rodroguez Imako
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SaliMar/173/73/57

The Knot di Shellina Winkler
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dreamworld%20Crystal/64/228/1001

WDT Planet di Alice Mastroianni e Gigi Roffo
http://slurl.com/secondlife/WDT%20Planet/84/97/50

credits:
Foto del Manifesto di Kristine Lowey
Special Guest: EddieGuitarSherrif Dagger che canterà una canzone creata per l'evento!
Testo manifesto: Marjorie Fargis e Simba Shumann
Creazione portali: Mila Tatham
Traduzioni: Shellina Winkler
Book : Aliza Karu e MarkWD Helendale
Direzione riunioni: Marjorie Fargis, Tani Thor, Aliza Karu


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2Lei - La Passione delle donne
Un omaggio alla donna a 360 gradi che vuole essere allo stesso tempo un segno di solidarietà verso le donne violate, maltrattate, denigrate, soggiogate, odiate, temute, sfruttate... un modo per essere vicini a tutte quelle donne che in questo giorno non possono essere con noi a gridare il loro inno alla vita perché la loro passione non si è conclusa con una resurrezione..ma con la morte, la privazione... l'annientamento dell'essere. Un abbraccio a tutte quelle donne che con noi hanno camminato su questo mondo con passi da esseri umani tacciati di una differenza inesistente, di una particolarità scomoda, di una sensibilità inopportuna, di un entusiasmo pericoloso..di un essere donna da distruggere piuttosto che da amare.
Essere donna oggi è essere umana! Con i nostri corpi virtuali, la nostra coscienza globale e l'immortalità che ci contraddistingue in questo mondo perfetto vogliamo dedicare un giorno all'essere umano.
Nel giorno in cui il mondo reale si riunisce in questa denuncia senza confini, apriamo le porte del Metaverso per diffondere il nostro messaggio di solidarietà alle donne.
Questo messaggio vuole arrivare ai cuori degli esseri umani attraverso l'arte virtuale. Orgoglio di una società parallela in cui l'espressione creativa vanifica le distanze e si riunisce sotto un solo manifesto.
2Lei è l'esempio della collaborazione dei residenti di Second Life che a partire da un progetto italiano ha riunito per la stessa causa artisti e galleristi di tutto il mondo per dedicare anche nell'ambiente virtuale un giorno alla Passione delle donne.
Il 25 novembre 2010 vieni in Second Life ed abbraccia con noi tutte le donne del mondo!

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Istituita con la risoluzione n. 54/134 dalle Nazioni Unite nel 1999 al fine di sensibilizzare governi, istituzioni e società civile. L'Onu ha scelto questo giorno per commemorare la tragica vicenda delle tre sorelle Mirabal violentate, pugnalate e strangolate il 25 novembre del 1960, per ordine del dittatore Trujillo.
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da "UN WOMEN": Fatti e Numeri sulle Donne nel Mondo
Lunedì 19 Luglio 2010 12:10
http:// www. unwomen. org/

Violenza contro le donne
- Nel corso dell’ultimo decennio, combattere la violenza contro le donne è divenuta una priorità in molti paesi. Uno studio del Segretario Generale del 2006 sulla violenza contro le donne ha rilevato che almeno 89 Stati avevano alcune disposizioni legislative sulla violenza domestica e che 60 avevano specifiche leggi contro la violenza domestica. Lo stupro coniugale era un reato perseguibile in almeno 104 Stati. Novantatre Paesi avevano alcune norme riguardanti il traffico di esseri umani. Novanta Stati avevano leggi contro le molestie sessuali.
- Nonostante questi progressi, la violenza contro donne e ragazze è una pandemia globale. Il problema continua ad essere universale, con donne e ragazze vittime di violenza in ogni regione ed ogni paese. Le donne che hanno subito violenza soffrono di diversi problemi di salute, e di una ridotta abilità di partecipare alla vita pubblica.
- In uno studio sulla violenza domestica condotto su 10 Paesi dall’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS), una percentuale tra il 15 e il 71 per cento delle donne ha riferito di aver subito violenza fisica o sessuale dal proprio marito o partner.
- Tra le donne di età compresa tra i 15 e i 44, gli atti di violenza sono tra le prime cause di morte e invalidità, più del cancro, della malaria, degli incidenti stradali e della guerra.
- Nel 2006, le donne e le ragazze hanno costituito il 79 per cento delle vittime del traffico di esseri umani.
- Più di 60 milioni di bambine in tutto il mondo sono costrette a matrimoni precoci, prima dei 18 anni.
- E’ stimato che dai 100 ai 140 milioni di ragazze e di donne nel mondo convivono attualmente con le conseguenze delle mutilazioni genitali femminili, e si stima che 3 milioni di ragazze sono a rischio ogni anno.
- L’impunità per i colpevoli, servizi inadeguati per le vittime/sopravvissute, atteggiamenti e comportamenti che perpetuano stereotipi negativi e la violenza contro le donne, e una generale scarsità di risorse per l’attuazione delle misure esistenti restano ostacoli persistenti alla prevenzione e all’eradicazione della violenza contro le donne.

sabato 6 novembre 2010

Dreams **_ art installation by shellina Winkler @ SaliMar



sunday Nov 7, 3pm pdt_23.00

art installation + party *** @ SaliMar

Dreams
by
Shellina Winkler____ !!

DjSet _____ Bibdui Babenco :*

vi aspettiamo!

SLURL

domenica 10 ottobre 2010

SnowCrash Exhibit at UTSA as part of the Imagine Festival

SnowCrash will open today, Sunday, October 10, at 3 pm SLT as part of the Imagine Festival (Midnight - European Time)

An amazing scene based on "SnowCrash" by Neal Stephenson's novel is the setting of the exhibit that will show artworks by:

Ariel Brearly
Artistide Despres
Bliss Violet
Bryn Oh
Eliza Wierwight
Glyph Graves
Igor Ballyhoo
Jedda Zenovka
Lilianna Clarity
Misprint Thursday
Rebeca Bashly
Sabrinaa Nightfire
Shellina Winkler
Sorror Nishi
Starlash Sweetwater
Ub Yifu


The exhibit will also have a 2-hour event during which Starlash will DJ for us.

I'd like to thank constructivIST Solo and the ArtSpace Group for the organization of the event and above all Igor Ballyhoo for inviting me to put my "Fragment of Mirrors" in his astonishing work!

....All this will happen HERE



sabato 9 ottobre 2010

Nicolas Schöffer’s tower

Nicolas Shöffer’s tower
Nicolas Schöffer,
father of Cybernetic Art, an architect, visionary and artist. He is famous for his enlightened way of thinking and for being decades ahead of his own times.
We talk about a cybernetic construction when the system under scrutiny is involved in a closed signal loop, where action by the system in an environment causes some change in the environment itself which change is then transmitted again to the system via feedback. The feedback makes the system to adapt to new conditions. It changes its behaviour in an interactive way. This circular causal relationship is necessary and sufficient for a cybernetic perspective.
Schöffer adapted this cybernetic principle when he realised his spatiodynamic and luminodynamic sculptures consisting of moving and turning modules and mobiles, using light and mirrors to create constantly changing forms and effects. His work opened totally new horizons in art history during the 50s and 60s and inspired many enthusiastic followers. He continued working fervently and elaborating his constructions until his death in 1992 in Paris. His spirit is still living with us, his memory is vivid. His work is displayed in many museums over the world. There are several museums carrying his name and showing exclusively his artworks.
Schöffer’s chief achievement was the Tower of Light that he designed for the city of Paris, where it should have stood in a special surrounding to be seen from far away.
He used mirrors and lights to create the illusion, specially at night, that the tower was floating in the air. Dematerialization of the artwork was one of Schöffer’s main concerns that he wanted to realize by using immaterial media such as light and sound.
Inside the tower all kind of exhibitions, theatres, cinemas, restaurants and shops would entertain the visitor. Rotating floors would give spectacular views and on certain times a lightshow would transform the tower into a performance of its own.
Schöffer prepared a blueprint of his ‘Tour Lumière’, he built several maquettes, he painted and drew the tower many times. He was however too visionary and ways ahead of his times. The tower could not be built at the technical level of his era. It would be though not impossible but still a difficult task even with our much more elaborate and energy saving lighting and controlling technology to build such a huge and complicated tower in real life. Consequently Schöffer’s plan has remained on paper until recently.
Schöffer’s widow, Eléonore de Lavandeyra Schöffer has kept his heritage. She is still working with all her enormous strength to keep Schöffer’s memory alive and vivid by numerous openings and exhibitions showing his work. She has even organised an exhibition on SL with her friends, Àgota and Mária Nagy. She became with her avatar very soon absorbed by the virtual art world. She visited many exhibitions in Second Life. On one of her trips into the virtual world she got to know Velazquez Bonetto and the CARP (Cybernetic ARt Project) team. The work of Velazquez and his team caught Eléonore’s attention at once and she returned several times to follow the development of the ongoing projects. As soon as she realised what Velazquez was capable of, a new dream began to take shape.
Velazquez Bonetto is László Ördögh’s avatar in SL. His artistic activity is an integrated part of a wider carrier. It is nourished by more than thirty years of professional experience gathered in such different fields as industrial design, computer graphics, virtual reality and ergonomics. It has multiple influences on his art. Owing to years in software production he has developed several new techniques that can be roughly classified as mixed media and he is a high-profile creator in virtual artistic scenes.
The acquaintanceship with Eléonore de Lavendeyra Schöffer became more and more friendly and one day Velazquez got a letter from her:
‘Àgota told me that you could be interested in building the TLC on SL. It is a marvellous idea. I thought about it a long time ago. It would be fantastic if it could be done for the 100th anniversary of N.S. birth, and 20th anniversary of his death. 2012.
If you decide to do it, and I agree to the principle, (the modalities would have to be clearly precised together) their previous work could be of some help, and a meeting with you and them should be arranged as a second step. The first one being your trip to Paris, contact me, visit the atelier, and try together to put a wonderful dream into reality.
So, you have to tell me if you can come to Paris one of these days, and when. Propose to me different dates, so that I can find one fitting with my work.
I am very VERY happy with your idea. No one could be able to realize it properly except you. I already thank you.
Eléonore de Lavandeyra Schöffer’
After a short while Velazquez Bonetto, his daughter Caravaggio Bonetto and his wife Mirabella Infinity went to Paris in RL. They spent several days in the atelier and home of Schöffer with Eléonore explaining the tower and Schöffer’s work. After getting the blueprints and taking many pictures they went back home and started to build the Tower.
THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE TOWER takes place on Saturday, 9th October 2010 in the framework of the Imagine Festival as a symbol of a new world announced by the famous song of John Lennon. It is a great chance to see it and to make your own experience walking inside in SL, to look around and to feel what it could have been like if it had been built in Paris according to Schöffer’s plans.
The tower has been built on scale 1:1 in Second Life to be as true to the original as it was possible. To build something on scale 1:1 is not usual in SL. In the virtual world everything should be built on a larger scale because the avatars are bigger and taller as normal humans. ( at about 2 meters tall) There is one other major difference to real humans regarding the realisation of vision as well. The eye of an avatar is interpreted as a camera. We would normally think that this camera should be placed on the head where we see the eyes of a human. It is not the case though. The avatar should see himself or herself from behind on the monitor of the PC to enhance their ability of orientation. The camera is placed 3 meters behind the head and a bit higher than the head. It is why the main dimensions of the tower could be kept the same as they were planned by Schöffer but the number of the levels must have been reduced. If the original height of the levels had been kept, than the eyes of the avatars would have been one story higher than the avatar itself. According to the properties of vision in SL some walls must have been opened to secure good camera viewpoints. Staircases could have been eliminated, because the common means of transport is teleport in SL. A staircase would be absolutely obsolete here. Despite of the inevitable modifications the main aim was to be as true to the spirit of Schöffer as it could be possible amidst the technical conditions of SL. It is the spirit of experimenting and stretching the advantages of new technologies to the limits. It is the spirit of development beyond our most daring dreams . It is the spirit of interactions even by using immaterial media.
Three thousand two hundred active scripts and controllers let all the lights, reflectors and particles react to special events and perform a lightshow automatically or on command.
Seats of the audience are going to fly around with built in cameras that offer spectacular views, because the tower is too big to be taken in as a whole by any camera. Elevator seats bring you to the floor you choose. Exhibitions of historic pictures and cybernetic art make the event unforgettable. Great artists have been invited to create elaborated interactive, and scripted sculptures specially for the tower. Josina Burgess has created immersive particles and lots of cybernetic sculptures. Exhibiting artist are:
Dancoyote Antonelli,
Velazquez Bonetto,
Josina Burgess,
Artistide Despres,
Glyph Graves,
Werner Kurosawa,
Merlino Mayo,
Bryn Oh,
shellina Winkler
Igor Ballyhoo
Special performances and shows will be offered for your entertainment.
Schöffer’s dream was to build the tower in Paris in RL. It has been built on a place he could not have dreamt of. It has been built in the virtual world not to be seen from a couple of kilometres away from the spot where it stands, but to be seen from all over the world. It has been built to be a symbol of development, innovation, true spirit of discovery and delight taken in work and wisdom.

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I MA G I N E F E S T I V A L 2 0 1 0
Provisional Programme
ALL TIMES ARE IN SLT
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*S A T U R D A Y 9TH OCTOBER* John Lennon 70 birthday
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8.30AM Welcome and Opening speeches and concert
Speeches: Medora Chevalier, lynsey Fleury, Sunshine Vayandar.
Poetry: Paulette Felisimo
Music: Naftali Torok, avantgarde Frequency, Grace Mcdunnough
and junivers Stockholm
Contact: lynsey Fleury
LM: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Woodstock/24/150/22
VOICE WILL BE USED
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9.30AM Imagine people, places, communities: A vision of the future
Talk by Dr Andrew Wallace about a society without a monetary system
Contact Isenhand Nightfire
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Extropia%20Core/118/124/78
VOICE WILL BE USED
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11AM- 1PM – Imagine Bountiful Africa
Talk, music, stories
Music: Hexis Moody
Contact: Artemisia Mathy
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Estings/108/112/25
VOICE WILL BE USED
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1-3PM Imagine the Architecture of the Future
CARP exbition and concert
Contact: Velazquez Bonetto & Josina Burgess
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/80/126/970
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/124/128/1000
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INDEPENDENT IMAGINEPEACE.COM EVENT
3-5PM IMAGINE PEACE TOWER relighting ceremony
Legendary artist, musician and peace advocate YOKO ONO attends the much anticipated annual re-lighting ceremony for IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in SECOND LIFE. Yoko asks everyone to join together and let the power of light and prayer become a collective expression of the desire for peace and harmony on our planet as she lights & dedicates IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in remembrance of John Lennon on his 70th birthday.
Website : ImaginePeace.Com
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagine%20Peace%20Tower/113/215/25
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5-6PM Imagine Across the Universe
Peace Train: The Universe is a Green Dragon
Contact: Cotton Thorne
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20North/122/127/999
VOICE WILL BE USED
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6-7pm Imagine Afghanistan
Presented by the Four Bridges Project and RAWA,
the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.
contact Trill Zapatero, Four Bridges RAWA
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Project/126/100/1118
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International Day for Interconnectedness
International World Day to End Homelessness
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9-11AM Imagine Ending Homelessness
Garden for Change
Talk and tour,
Photo Exhibition by Robert Davidson
Music: Cypress Rosewood, Fran6 Parkin
Contact: Jenny Valerian
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Garden%20for%20Change/121/130/22
VOICE WILL BE USED
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11-12noon Imagine Rights for Nature & Water for All
Talk and questions
Contact: Delia Lake
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/159/144/2
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12-1PM Imagine Diversity
Celebrate Columbus Day with Virtual Native Lands as we Imagine Diversity.
Be a part of the Grand diversity parade!! Wear you most imaginative
looks - human, animal, FANTASY, or plant!
Music: Naftali Torok
Particle show: Jannne Janus
Contact: Nany Kayo, VirtualNativeLands Beverly
LM:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Native%20Lands%20East/212/34/22
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1-3PM Imagine Living Life in Peace
Music, poetry with Jana Kyomoon and friends
Contact: Jana Kyomoon
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zinnia/173/226/1223
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3-5PM Imagine: SnowCrasch
Art exhibition & music
Contact ConstructiVist Solo
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/UTSA%20Roadrunner%20II/145/143/39
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5-6PM Imagine an independent and open media
Talk/discussion
Virtually Speaking Sundays = (A counterpoint to the – U.S.)
Sunday Morning Talking Heads Cliff Schecter and Tom Schaller
Contact: Widget Whiteberry
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/166/147/84
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6-7PM Imagine Living in Harmony with our World
Music: Lance Rembrandt
Contact: MS Hawker
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kuwol/104/74/85
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7-8PM Imagine and close of festival
A bike ride all around the island – with short talks
about the various projects by WilliamThewise Goodman
Contact: Namaara MacMoragh, WilliamThewise Goodman
LM:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Etopia%20Island/193/57/22
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LYNSEY FLEURY will help arrangers with booking musicians
PAULETTE FELISIMO will help arrangers with booking artists
ANY1 GYNOID will be festival reporter

For info and help contact:
JUNIVERS STOCKHOLM
SUNSHINE VAYANDRA
MONARCHY REPUBLIC
MEDORA CHEVALIER



martedì 7 settembre 2010

venerdì 3 settembre 2010

THE KNOT - Shellina Winkler's Art Gallery - Opening Invitation


SLURL

You are warmly invited to the opening of my new art gallery

"THE KNOT"

The gallery contains some of my works from 2007 to 2010.
Sculptures
Primpaintings
Immersive works

I will be happy to share my love and passion for creation with you all

Shellina

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Domenica, 5 Settembre 2010 - ore 23.00

Ho il piacere di invitarvi all'inaugurazione della mia nuova galleria d'arte

"THE KNOT"

La galleria contiene alcuni dei miei lavori dal 2007 al 2010.
Sculture
Primpaintings (quadri di prim)
Opere immersive

Sarò lieta di condividere il mio amore e la passione per la creazione con tutti voi

Shellina

venerdì 25 giugno 2010

Metaverse Art by Josina Burgess - Nazz Lane - Velazquez Bonetto

Thanks to Velaz, Josina and Nazz for this incredible collection of art and artists resident in Second Life. Thanks for sharing my art too!



Click on the images to see the preview of the books

SPARKLE

Immersive ArtWork made in Second Life

COLORS FROM THE VOID ON Treet TV

The SL 7th Birthday has just started and already Saffia & Elrik have discovered some great collaboration exhibits along with visiting with some of the builders.


SL7B Begins | Treet TV

martedì 22 giugno 2010

Opening Vernissage @ Omega Art Gallery

http://slurl.com/secondlife/PiRats%20Art%20Network/87/92/63


My ArtWorks at Omega Art Gallery

ICE COLD BLUE


REVOLVING DOORS

STARGATE

RAYS

lunedì 21 giugno 2010

COLORS FROM THE VOID @ SL7B

COLORS FROM THE VOID

by Shellina Winkler and Solkide Auer

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL7B%20Absurdity/72/90/22

While creating this installation we thought about a work whose peculiarities should have been colors and lights.
We started from the external panels with a sort of vanishing sensation, which represent the void all around, suddenly, by sitting on the poseballal beneath it, the avatar is completely dipped into an explosion of colors.
We also worked on the possibility of watching it at different times and with different lights. Changing of environement settings will give you the chance of experiencing what we ment to share with visitors both as far as visual effects and emotions..
The basical idea is simple, exactly as the title says, "Colors form the Void". The void is all around and when you sit inside it you are surrounded by colors as a sort of protection from the void.






martedì 15 giugno 2010

SPACE ART

Form Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 01.30pm SLT
SPACE ART
continues its journey through many lands in Second Life

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slitheen/176/41/73









Ringrazio Redstar Luisa per il video della serata inaugurale

lunedì 7 giugno 2010

Art in Tandem by Thirza Ember


Pubblicato su ARTZINE 2.0

INTERVIEW WITH SOLKIDE AUER AND SHELLINA WINKLER

mercoledì 19 maggio 2010

EsseElle Movie Magazine n.16

Click sull'immagine per leggere l'intervista

L'arte a due di Lion Igaly

mercoledì 28 aprile 2010

Virtual Treeline - The Book

Virtual Treeline

A celebration of trees in virtual space

By Juanita Deharo

The book Documents 'Virtual Treeline' which invited artists to participate in an environmental art project in the virtual reality world, Second Life.
Virtual Treeline was part of 'Treeline' which was shown at Sunshine Coast Galleries, Queensland Australia in 2010.
Participating artists came from UK, USA, Chile, Australia, Italy, Canada and Germany.
The book's essay documents the artists' responses to trees as an inspiration for their art works and as a catalyst for thinking about sustainability and environment.

Click here for the preview of the book

sabato 17 aprile 2010

A beautiful article by Nettrice Gaskins, thank you so much! ;)

Immersive-interactive-virtual-3d-art-revisited

domenica 11 aprile 2010

COLORS FROM THE VOID




Video created for the 1st International mixed reality art exhibition "Through The Virtual Looking Glass" by Solkide Auer & Shellina Winkler

sabato 3 aprile 2010

Pirats - Exposition Internationale / International Exhibition @ MUSEAAV



FR
Pirats Art network en partenariat avec CARP, Caerleon et UWA est heureux de vous convier à la première exposition internationale de réalité mixte « Through The Virtual Looking Glass » à Nice (France), au MUSEAAV, et simultanément au MUSEAAV Virtuel installé dans la région « Bourbon Pirats » de Second Life.
Cet évènement se déroulera le mercredi 7 avril 2010 à 18h00 FR / 9:00am SLT. Il sera retransmis en direct au MUSEAAV de Nice et sur Second Life.
Cette exposition recevra jusqu’au 7 mai 2010, dans les locaux du MUSEAAV et sur Second Life les travaux de :
- Cadel, peintre française, (Cadel Aboubakar sur SL)
- Casper Frederiksen, artiste digital danois, (Binary Quandry sur SL)
- David Ribet, peintre français, (Dari Undercroft sur SL)
- Jeffrey Lipsky, peintre américain (Filthy Fluno sur SL)
- Melina M, graphiste française, (Ling Serenity sur SL)
- Patrick Moya, peintre, français, (Moya Janus sur Second Life)
- Peter Mc lane, artiste numérique français (pipit Ziplon sur SL)
- Shellina Winkler & Solkide Auer ( artistes digitaux italiens )
- Steff Para, graphiste français (Tshirtkikill Straaf sur SL)
- Tehos, peintre français, (Tehos Quar sur SL)

Pour se rendre à l’évènement :
MUSEAAV : 16 Bis Place Garibaldi – Nice – France
MUSEAAV Virtuel : Region Bourbon Pirats – Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bourbon+Pirats/123/173/22/
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EN
Pirats Art network in partnership with CARP, Caerleon and UWA is pleased to invite you to the first international exhibition of mixed reality "Through The Looking Glass Virtual" in Nice (France), at MUSEAAV and simultaneously in MUSEAAV Virtuel installed in the region Bourbon Pirats of Second Life.
This event will take place Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 18:00 FR / 9:00 am SLT. It will be broadcast live at the MUSEAAV in Nice and in Second Life.
This exhibition will receive until May 7, 2010, at the MUSEAAV and in Second Life work of:
- Cadel, peintre française, (Cadel Aboubakar sur SL)
- Casper Frederiksen, artiste digital danois, (Binary Quandry sur SL)
- David Ribet, peintre français, (Dari Undercroft sur SL)
- Jeffrey Lipsky, peintre américain (Filthy Fluno sur SL)
- Melina M, graphiste française, (Ling Serenity sur SL)
- Patrick Moya, peintre français, (Moya Janus sur Second Life)
- Peter Mc lane, artiste numérique français (pipit Ziplon sur SL)
- Shellina Winkler & Solkide Auer (Italian digital artists)
- Steff Para, graphiste français (Tshirtkikill Straaf sur SL)
- Tehos, peintre français, (Tehos Quar sur SL)