JUST VIRTUAL » Arts http://www.justvirtual.com Stories and voices from virtual worlds Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:09:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 From Island to Campus – Deakin Arts University Build http://www.justvirtual.com/2008/12/12/from-island-to-campus-deakin-arts-university-build/ http://www.justvirtual.com/2008/12/12/from-island-to-campus-deakin-arts-university-build/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:25:49 +0000 Gary Hazlitt http://www.justvirtual.com/?p=379

My build and design of the Deakin University Arts Island almost a year ago in January of 2008. Special thanks to Deakin staff Jenny Grenfell, Fiona Phillips, Jo Raphael and Stephen Seagrave for their guidance. The general brief for this was based around a couple of escher and dali paintings alongside some basic teaching space and gallery areas. The video captures the organic growth of the design ideas – it is still growing as all good builds should do! The island has been in regular use by staff and students but closed to the general public.

Medium rez 105MB MP4 available here. Music composed and performed by Gary Hayes. These images with comments can be seen here.

Video, music & 447 Images © Gary Hayes and Deakin University

Below is the flickr slideshow embedded as an alternative

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I was asked by Debbie Trilling, the creative director of this show, to be the machinimatographer on the last two performances of Pink Floyd’s The Wall in Second Life recently. It was great listening to music I remember growing up with being performed by a passionate group of people from all over the world who recreated elements of the film, animated sequences and live show in one of Second Life’s most spectacular displays of creative coordination. It was created by The Cybernetic Art Research Project CARP.

There were audiences of 60+ crammed into the NMC sim which slowed things down a touch, but not noticeably (I was still getting 15 fps or so ). I have a lot of footage to edit into a short 10 minute and the longer full 90 minute film but for now I selectively scanned the footage for interesting frames and created 107 medium resolution photographs which capture a little of the atmosphere and thought put into this.

The performances have  received rave reviews over the past few weeks and over 2000 avatars have now seen the show…

  • “Amazing. Not so much viewed as it is experienced” ~ Metaverse Messenger
  • “All I can say is WOW. GREAT show” ~ Second Arts
  • “Nothing short of spectacular. A complete immersion” ~ Looking Glass
  • “Impressive, touching and thoughtful. Second Life at its best” ~ MixedRealities
  • “Never seen anything like it.20A perfect amalgamation of creativity” ~ sl-newspaper
  • “Cutting edge art and performance” ~ NMC Observer

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Stills (on this page and on flickr link here) – Taken from Gary Hazlitt’s Machinima of CARP’s “The Wall in Second Life” – video available soon. Stills medium ‘video’ resolution.

Production Credits

The CARP Wall Team:

  • Creative Director: Debbie Trilling (UK)
  • Producer: Velazquez Bonetto (Germany)
  • Wall Design: Elfod Nemeth (UK)
  • Animated Puppets: Duggy Bing (US)
  • Animations: Caravaggio Bonetto (Austria)
  • Original Music: Junivers Stockholm (Sweden) & Josina Burgess (Holland)
  • Stills Photography: Adec Alexandria (UK)
  • Dancing & Joyfulness: Klute Copploa (France), Southern Riptide (US)

with valuable contributions from:

  • Scio Kamanchi (US)
  • Gypsy Paz (US)
  • Lyddyn Tzara (US)
  • Celeste Moonlight (US)
  • DJ Jenns (UK)
  • George W B ush (US)

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The Cybernetics Arts Research Project – SECOND LIFE – THE WALL V-2

Performed live in front of a audience at the New Media Consortium West sim in Second Life.

  • Creative Director: DEBBIE TRILLING
  • Producer: VELAZQUEZ BONETTO
  • A JustVirtual Film – Machinimatography & Editing: GARY HAZLITT

THE FULL 44 MINUTE EXPERIENCE EMBEDDED AS A YOUTUBE PLAYLIST BELOW – ENJOY.

Features songs: In the Flesh, The Thin Ice, Mother, Young Lust, One of My Turns, The Trial, Goodbye Cruel World, Is there Anybody Out There and an original piece by JUNIVERS STOCKHOLM & JOSINA BURGESS “Break Those Walls”

Filmed & Edited: GARY HAZLITT
© JustVirtual.com 2008

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