Machinima from virtual ArtNation in Second life. Music eksperimental / electronica, "In my mind" by Green and Blue - Tunisia

Music "In my mind": Zalah Le Bizertin / Salah Khammouga, Green and Blue - Tunisia.

Sculptures: "Blocks" by Werner Kurosawa, and "Storm Cells" by Oberon Onmura. Virtual ArtNation.

Machinima, drawings and mixed-media: Arm Strom.

Would you hire this guy to weed your garden?

"Laser Firing Robot" by Kali Meads.

Snapshots by Arm Strom

Avatar, names and identity in Second life

Display Names Essentials - Second Life Video Tutorial.

Source: "Display Names: Bringing Greater Self-Expression to Second Life" by Jack Linden, Aug 17th. 2010.

Love, Robert Indiana, .. and King Kong. Machinima from Odyssey in Second Life

"Chimera" by Man Michinaga, at Odyssey in Second Life. 

"Love" Iconic popart by Robert Indiana. 
".. In this painting, four red letters affectionately touch, spelling out the word "love." This symmetrical, hard-edged composition belongs to a series that Indiana developed between 1964 and 1966 and that comprised Christmas cards, paintings, posters, sculptures, felt banners, eighteen-karat gold rings, silk tapestries, and album covers". The Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Music/sound: Mhyst. 

Machinima: Arm Strom. 

"Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films"

Images of Masculinity in Disney Films. Inequality Project by Sanjay Newton. Presented on You-tube April 12, 2007.

Machinima from Second life,"Eye of Newt". And, a recipe for spells and enchantments.

Among my first experiences in Second life, as a newbie two years ago, was the celebration of halloween. And this snapshot was one of my first in Second life.

Yesterday, on Halloween, i published a machinima:
"Eye of Newt".  

The environment in this machinima/video is made by Beatrix Newt, a magical virtual artist and Rezzable contentcreator. 

Arm Strom
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...and the recipe "for a charm of powerful trouble" :-) 

"Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog"

"Meaning
The archetypal recipe for spells and enchantments.

Origin
This is the well-known incantation of the Three Witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, 1605:

All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch:
Fillet of a fenny snake, 
In the cauldron boil and bake; 
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, 
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, 
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing, 
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.


We now see the three witches' brew as a hocus-pocus spell, much imitated by spoof witches in comedies and hardly to be taken seriously. In Shakespeare's day the effect would have been rather different and he could have expected a significant proportion of the audience to have taken the magic potion storyline literally".

Quote from: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/131000.html

Eye of Newt.

Halloween in Second Life, or a new version of Wilhelm Tell

Lainy Voom, machinima artist and joint creator of The Virtual Build Archive

"Avatar (Mini project 1)".

Avatar (Mini Project 1) from Lainy Voom on Vimeo.

Trace Sanderson (known in virtual space as Lainy Voom). 

Trace Sanderson/Lainy Voom is a digital artist based in the UK with a focus on animation captured in real time within virtual worlds and game engines. 

Website: voom-machine.com

Lainy Voom is also joint creator of The Virtual Build Archive, which documents some of the most beautiful builds within the virtual world, Second Life.

The Virtual Build Archive (VBA): voom-machine.com/vba 

Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal, the video

 

"I am the ink in the squid": Grace Jones.  

Corporate Cannibal, from the album "Hurricane" 2008.

 "State of Grace", by Miranda Sawyer.  The guardian.co.uk. Saturday 11th October 2008. 

Avatar, identity, "the church of Whoami", Arthole in Second life

Installation art: Dekka Raymaker

Cartonish and iconic avatars. Hightech equipment. Sharp lines and tools, ... but i could not find the jigsaw.

Do you miss the church? Go there and have a look!

Snapshots: Arm Strom

Church of Whoami
Video by

 

Elizabeth Holmes

Avatars and art in Second life, Filthy Fluno

Snapshot: Arm Strom

Filthy Fluno and his art in Second life. An interesting link:  "Portrait of an Artist as an Avatar", by Sara Corbett. Published: March 5. 2009 in The New York Times.

I found a snapshot in my inventory too, from March 28. 2008 (last year). I wonder why some men approach me with horns and helmets?

Roleplay and storytelling in Second life

Slideshow and snapshots: Arm Strom

Location: AM-Radio

Bitch Song Club, puppetshow for adults, ...lesbian avatars

A puppetshow for adults

First night friday 12.september 2008, at Oslo Nye-Teaterkjelleren.

At "Bitch Song club", we find really all kinds of women.

Five puppets humansized conveys their stories through song and dance. Here we meet the activist Hilde Hansen, the fotballplayer/supporter Becky Beer, the intellectual Caroline Krüller, the cabaretsinger Elke Sommer and the young newcomer Liss Haugen.

When there are used puppets, the women can bee caricatured,... without beeing "too" rude.

Read what the newspaper Aftenposten wrote abouth the play 08.09.08, ... and in the magazine Blikk.

Translate from norwegian

Les nouvelles dictatures sans dictateurs

Je sors tout juste d'une période de cinq à six jours qui se répète systématiquement chaque mois et que j'appelle la dictature du reporting: Le Grand Manitou là-bas à Bâle exige ses sacro-saints chiffres afin de les digérer et les régurgiter à la communauté financière qui est, elle, entièrement sous le joug de la dictature du profit maximum à court-terme.

Ouf!

Et ce n'est pas fini, en matière de dictatures...

Tout le monde connait évidemment la dictature militaire, déclinée sous toutes ses formes -- communiste, de droite, birmane, castriste, etc.

Mais il y en a bien d'autres!

La dictature du prolétariat a des contractions, elle n'est pas encore tout à fait morte et végète par ci par là.

La dictature de l'enfant est la plus pénible, dans le sens qu'on y cède volontiers alors qu'on voudrait s'en libérer (schizophrénie quand tu nous tiens...) surtout lorsque les fins de mois sont difficiles: allez dire à un enfant qu'il n'aura pas de portable si tous ses copains en ont un, vous voulez le faire passer pour quelqu'un qui sort de sa campagne? Quoique à la campagne ils sont aussi sur-équipés, je le sais, j'y vis.

La dictature de la Pensée Unique, et sa petite sœur la dictature du prêt à penser, sont plus rigolotes que réellement dangereuses, on s'en accommode fort bien, il suffit de n'en faire qu'à sa tête et de laisser les ânes braire.

La dictature des syndicats est plus sérieuse que celle du prolétariat, celle-là on la subit quand on veut rentrer à la maison et que les contrôleurs aériens sont en grève.

J'essaye de ne pas tomber sous la férule de la dictature des régimes alimentaires et de sa cousine, la dictature de la minceur, mais ce n'est pas trop difficile, à chaque tablette de chocolat j'assigne une correspondance d'un jogging en forêt, en hiver ça calme.

En parlant de forêt il y a bien entendu la dictature écologiste, ou écologique, à opposer à la dictature des camions, avec l'arbitrage exclusif de la dictature du bonheur assistée de la dictature des bonnes intentions.

Et comme nous sommes en campagne (encore!) électorale, nous pouvons parler de la dictature des Régions parrainée par la dictature des sondages et secondée par la dictature participative.

J'ai même vu la dictature de la raison et, un comble, la dictature web 2.0...

Mais pour celles et ceux qui ont eu le courage de me suivre jusqu'ici, je réserve la meilleure de toutes, celle qui frappe tous les avatars dans Second Life et autres mondes elliptiques, je veux parler de la dictature de l'apparence.

Et pour vous en montrer un exemple étonnant, je vous livre une vidéo montrant un avatar en train de modifier son visage (le reste ce sera pour plus tard) et passer ainsi du statut de vulgaire n00b (vulgum pecus dans une autre langue, avec double zéro au milieu) à celui envié de Master of Metaversum.

Dove Evolution
envoyé par Masterfill

La dictature est une forme autoritaire de la démocratie dans laquelle tout ce qui n'est pas obligatoire est interdit.
Léo Campion

Strong, stubborn and/or persistent girls in Second life

I went to Callistei, and did enjoy the perspectives.
Text and snapshots: Arm Strom

In need of challenges? Simontaniously carrying sticks and pullying locos.

I knov that Alornia is into scripting too.

I wonder if this woman has considered eqological farming.

Lez Zeppelin, the flying flower

I am impressed by the zeppelin construction.

Text and snapshots: Arm Strom

Lez Zeppelin is a girl only club in Second life. The captain on board is Aileen Voom. I was meet by a dog too. At first they were not convinced abouth my sex. Because of the intricate details and textures, it takes some time to rezz.

"Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid dirigibles".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin

"A Flying flower"!

S(econd) L(ife) ash tray

There are many ways to attract customers in a mall and boost your turnover, for example you launch a contest and oblige people to buy your products if they want to participate.

SLASH is currently running such contest for the sexiest avatar.

In their mall you can see a large wall where contestants post their photos with Slash Outfits, there is even some photostudios in the place for free usage.

overview from outside
one of the photostudios

I first tried to enter the contest with an old pic that I took at Bear Infohub and that I love much, but it was removed one day after, which proves that they are checking the outfits.

my preferred
Therefore I had no choice but buy something in the mall to be able to participate.

I pitched on a bath suit not too expensive (some L250 if I remember correctly) and took a photo with my own photostudio.

used for the contest
obviously the best one
in the top 50

You are totally free not to vote for me.

Contest rules (excerpts)

SLASH! Contest instructions:

Voting:
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1. You can vote once a day
2. Vote for the nicest picture you see, do not vote for your friend, it is not a popularity contest but a beauty contest !
3. Voting for the nicest picture INCREASES your chance of winning the voter's prize. Voting for your friend decreases your chance !
4. Click on the picture you want to vote for.
5. Wait for a blue menu to appear, verify the text on the blue menu and click Yes if it is correct, No if it is not correct
6. Vote again if you clicked No in the previous step

Remarks:
* You are only allowed to add 1 photo to this contest
You will get this message if you try to enter a second photo to the contest. That is not allowed.
* This photo has already been added to this contest
Every picture has to be unique.

CONTEST RULES

These are non-negotiable rules of the contest, if you enter, it is on the strict understanding that you agree to them. We tried hard to make it as fair as possible for every HONEST contestant. We are sorry that we`ve been forced to tighten the contest rules in comparison with the 1st contest but it seems there is no other way to keep it fair for the majority of honest contestants and to avoid a popularity contest.

1. Contest Theme: Sexiest Avatar

1a. Voting system - Ben will give more detailed voting and technical information in a seperate message/notecard.

You can join the contest in the lobby of the SLASH! sim when it's opened. Many things will stay the same as the first contest, like voting via clicking on the pictures and the contest HUD etc.

In short, the voting system will be as follows:
- Every voter has one vote per day.
- Contestants can't vote for their own pictures.
- A panel of 8 judges will pick the 3 winners from the 50 contestants with highest number of votes.

1b. Prizes: 1st Place: L$50,000, 2nd Place: L$10,000, 3rd Place: L$10,000, Prize for the 2 VOTERS who match closest to the final winning girls win L$10,000 each! The panel of judges will choose a winner from last 100 joining the contest, to win L$10,000. Prizes in total: L$100.000.

2. Photos must show an Avatar wearing a Slash Outfit - NO face only shots please. The picture needs to show at least your face and torso. You can use the photostudios in the Lobby for free. Photoshopped backgrounds are ok, photoshopped avi's are not.

3. Any contestant found to be spamming, begging for votes from the SLASH! group/the people on the SLASH! sims, paying people to vote will be elimiated immediately with absolutely no discussion. The same for any other cheating to grab votes in a unfair way. This is a contest for the sexiest avatar - NOT a popularity contest!!

3a. Please respect the privacy and freedom of other users - using the group channel for any blabla, shouting around on the sim will exclude you from the contest. Nobody wants the chaos we had on some occasions in the 1st contest. Zero tolerance in this point and with any cheating behaviour! NO previous warnings, NO discussions! We will add a script soon that kicks EVERY writer in groupchannel automatically out.

4. Spending multiple hours at the contest wall will be eliminated by an automated script which will evict your avi after 2 hours.

5. The contest will end on midnight SL time on Friday 14th March. This will be followed by a prize-giving event on Sunday 16th March at 2pm SL time (11pm CET). If you are a winner and are unable to attend the prize-giving event for any reason whatsoever, your prize will move to the next person on the list and you LOSE your prize - absolutely no discussions about that too.

6. If successful in winning a prize, you will be required to be at the prize-giving event venue for rehearsals at least one hour before the event start.

7. You will be required to wear a SLASH! costume that we supply at the event and to be available for publicity photos.

8. Rules may change without further notice when unexpected things happens.

Contest Manager: Sudidi Surya
Technical Manager: Ben Turas
In charge for this contest: Dig Dollinger

When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th president of US 1953-1961 (1890 - 1969)

More spam!

Dont knov if the magazine "Kamille" still exist, but the videos do!

Kamille-Mc, Kamille golf, bodymassindex and more.......
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The Turing test in Second Life?

(English version)

(En Castellano)


Connaissez-vous le test de Turing ?
Si la réponse est négative, allez voir Mademoiselle Wikipédia qui vous expliquera mieux que moi de quoi il s’agit.
Un jour il sera certainement possible d’appliquer ce test dans un monde virtuel tel que Second Life, quand des avatars « indépendants » seront créés et pourront agir (et interagir) sans le secours d’humains tirant les ficelles avec leur clavier d’ordinateur.
Dans quels contextes sera-t-il le plus difficile de « démasquer » un avibot ?
Je suppose en tout premier lieu lors d’une partie de jambes en l’air si j’en juge par les articles de Tiessa Montgolfier et Lillie Yifu.
Ah ! Si Turing avait seulement connu Second Life…

Testis unus, testis nullus : on ne va pas bien loin avec une seule couille.
Pierre Desproges
Extrait de Dictionnaire superflu

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English version
Do you know the Turing test?
If the answer is no, go see Miss Wikipedia who will explain better than me what it is.
One day it will certainly be possible to apply this test in a virtual world as Second Life, where "independent" avatars will be created and will act (and interact) without the help of human beings pulling the strings with their computer keyboard .
In what context will it be more difficult to "unmask" an avibot?
I suppose in the first place at a bout of bedroom sports if I judge by the articles from Tiessa Montgolfier and Lillie Yifu.
Ah! If Turing had only known Second Life…

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
Laurence J. Peter
US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)

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En Castellano
¿Conoce la prueba de Turing?
Si la respuesta es no, ir a ver la señorita Wikipedia, que se explicará mejor que yo lo que es.
Un día va a ser posible aplicar esta prueba en un mundo virtual como Second Life, donde "independientes" avatares se crearán y actuarán (e interactuarán) sin la ayuda de los seres humanos tirando de las cuerdas con su teclado de computadora.
¿En qué contexto va a ser más difícil de "desenmascarar" una avibot?
Supongo que, en primer lugar, en juego de piernas en el aire(partie de jambes en l’air en francés, si alguién puede traducir…), si juzgo por los artículos de Tiessa Montgolfier y Lillie Yifu.
¡Ah si sólo Turing había conocido Second Life…!

A veces pienso que la prueba más fehaciente de que existe vida inteligente en el universo es que nadie ha intentado contactar con nosotros.

Bill Watterson (1958-?) Autor de comics.

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Soon GMAs in Second Life

(English version)

(En Castellano)


Une nouvelle terrifiante vient juste de m’être transmise : la société américaine Montanso aurait réussi à créer un AGM, un Avatar Génétiquement Modifié !
Les sociétés suisse Syntenga et française Ligramain seraient intéressées pour acquérir le brevet afin d’effectuer la production industrielle de ces avatars et de les commercialiser dans les mondes virtuels, dont notamment Second Life.
José Bové, à l’annonce de cette information, en a avalé sa pipe. Il est actuellement en soins intensifs à la polyclinique du Professeur Tournesol à Roquefort-les-Nérac, nous vous donnerons bientôt de ses nouvelles si son état venait à se détériorer (dans le cas contraire quel intérêt?)
Il est indispensable de se mobiliser contre cette prétendue avancée technologique, car il y a un risque certain de dissémination de ces AGM parmi les avatars traditionnels, avec les conséquences que chacun peut sans peine imaginer.
Non seulement ces AGM n’apportent rien à notre monde et à notre imagination, mais ils sont également totalement inutiles et sans intérêt.
Tous avec moi : Non aux AGM !

Comme une batterie électrique, l'organisme se charge par les contrariétés et se décharge par le rire.
Malcolm de Chazal
Extrait de Penser par étapes

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English version
A terrifying news has just arrived: the American company Montanso would have managed to create a GMA, a Genetically Modified Avatar!
The Swiss company Syntenga and the French Ligramain would be interested in acquiring the patent to conduct industrial production of these avatars and market them in virtual worlds, including Second Life.
José Bové, at the announcement of this information, swallowed his pipe. He is currently in intensive care at the Professor Sunflower Polyclinic in Roquefort-les-Nérac, we will soon inform you about his condition if it were to deteriorate (in the opposite case what interest?)
It is essential to mobilize against this so-called technological advance, because there is a risk of spread of these GMAs among traditional avatars, with the consequences that everyone can easily imagine.
Not only do these GMAs contribute nothing to our world and our imagination, but they are also completely unnecessary and irrelevant.
All with me: No to GMAs!

I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute their seed.
Marlon Brando
US movie actor (1924 - 2004)

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En Castellano
Una terrorífica noticia acaba de llegar: la empresa americana Montanso ha logrado crear un AGM, un Avatar Genéticamente Modificado!
La empresa suiza Syntenga y el francés Ligramain estarían interesados en la adquisición de la patente para llevar a cabo la producción industrial de estos avatares y comercializarlos en los mundos virtuales, incluyendo Second Life.
José Bové, en el anuncio de esta información, se tragó su pipa. Actualmente, está en cuidados intensivos en la Policlínica del Profesor Girasol, en Roquefort-les-Nérac, pronto les informaremos acerca de su condición si se deterioraría (en el caso contrario cuál sería el interés?)
Es esencial para movilizar en contra de este así llamado avance tecnológico, ya que existe el riesgo de propagación de estos AGM entre los tradicionales, con las consecuencias que todos podemos imaginar fácilmente.
No sólo estos AGM no aportan nada a nuestro mundo y nuestra imaginación, pero también son totalmente innecesarios e irrelevantes.
Todos conmigo:¡No a los AGM!

Hemos modificado tan radicalmente nuestro entorno que ahora debemos modificarnos a nosotros mismos para poder existir dentro de él.
Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) Matemático estadounidense

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