Machinima of the BURN2 2011 Man Burn

Debbie Trilling and the Burn2 Team have produced a truly awesome machinima of the BURN2 2011 Man burn. From the Info section of the video:

For the third year running, 'The Man' has been created by the team of  Debbie Trilling, Elfod Nemeth and Gypsy Paz on building and scripting,  with Lorin Tone on sound effects.

2011 also sees Aleeta Zelin join the team with a very significant contribution to this year's new build.

'The Man' build comprise 800+ prims and is 71m high at its tallest point.

Best viewed at 720p - Enjoy!

DJ Healer at BURN2

Last night I had a great time at BURN2 listening and dancing to a great set by DJ Healer Ladybird. Lots of Organicans were there as well as a cast of crazies - all dancing wildly. Here's a few snapshots and a couple of videos I took:

Fun Mermaid Ride at BURN2

Maya Paris built a fun ride at BURN2 called SkellyMer. She provides a free skeleton costume to visitors then you just click and ride. The cool music stream is provided by March Macbain. Lots of fun stuff at BURN2 2011 - thanks Maya!

I made a video of me riding the mermaid:

Photos and Video from BURN2 Press Day

I was invited to BURN2 Press Day, a preview day for press and bloggers to get a peek at the 2011 BURN2 installation. BURN2 is an extension of the Burning Man festival and community into the world of Second Life. It is an officially sanctioned Burning Man regional event, and the only virtual world event out of more than 100 real world Regional groups, and the only Regional to burn the Man.

It's pretty impressive. Emulating the real world Burning Man, the festival is laid out on a playa and includes a temple, themed art camps, and of course The Man. I selected a Windlight setting of my own (Barcelona) as I thought it looked better - use your own judgement. You may also want to wear only necessary attachments, leave your huds at home, and reduce your script count as the playa can be laggy due to the complexity of the installation.

BURN2 is open to Second Life residents October 1-9.

Here's a video and a few photos of what I saw today - enjoy!

Earthdance 2011

Last weekend, Friday through Sunday, I attended Earthdance 2011 at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo, California. Yeah, I know Vallejo is not in Second Life but Earthdance is so cool it's like SL plus I have some photos I want to share :)

Earthdance is a 3 day festival held simultaneously in hundreds of locations in dozens of countries. The vision of Earthdance is a world of communities joining in a common goal of global unity, collaboration and evolution toward a Culture of Peace through music, dance, prayer, and activism.

The lineup in Northern California this year included Ziggy Marley, Balkan Beat Box, Les Nubians, Trevor Hall, Indubious, Beats Antique, Delhi 2 Dublin, Faun, Tipper, Mimosa, Emancipator, and many many more.

Here are a few of the photos I took this year:

The Amazing Art of Marcus Inkpen at The Looking Glass

Sharni Azalee and Marcus Inkpen have created a beautiful art gallery and surrounding sim, The Looking Glass at Horizon Dream. I initially visited to see the artwork of Marcus Inkpen as featured in the SL Designers Challenge. I was quickly drawn to the exquisite artwork of J. Matthew Root, on display in the gallery. Astounded, I looked him up on the web and in SL. Duh! J. Matthew Root is the RL artist also known as Marcus Inkpen in SL. Anyway, the art is awesome. Here is a selection of snapshots I took of some of his art starting with the one I went to see, La Mer, a 64 prim glass violin aquarium with animated tail & fins (L$600):

The next two snapshots are a piece titled OPIUM (L$600)

Next is a piece called ESCAPE (L$600)

This next one is called SLEEPY FAERIE (L$600)

The next snapshot is of THE IMAGINE WIND (L$600)

Next we have DISCOVERY (L$600)

Finally, this one is called WATER LILY (L$600)

Truly amazing. Thank you Marcus Inkpen. Hey, did everybody notice how all the art (even the animated aquarium) is only L$600 ? That is a way great deal. Go to Looking Glass and look around.

Second Life DJ Scruff Oh

I really think the quality of DJ's in Second Life is amazing. Not only are there a lot of great DJ's but they seem to be gigging all the time and playing for pennies (or maybe a 50L tip here or there). Anyway, it's pretty cool that these talented DJ's are providing us with all this cool music and fun parties.

So, I wanted to give a shout out so some of my favorite DJ's in Second Life and provide a few links to their sites and sounds. I previously highlighted DJ Nico Flux. Today I want to focus on one of my favorite DJ's and follow up in future posts with several others. Please add your own links and shout outs in the comments.

DJ Scruff Oh is one of my favorite DJ's. Scruff is an Australian DJ with a great sense of humor and a feel for tunes. He also runs a website where you can see him spinning via his webcam while listening and dancing and chatting with him in SL. Pretty cool.

• DJ Scruff Oh Facebook Page
• Get Scruffed website
• My video of DJ Scruff at The Gap
• Free DJ Scruff Mixes to download
• Scruff's broadcast stream
• Second Life Profile

More to come! Check out my favorites on Soundcloud and my favorites on Mixcloud.

RL/SL DJ Nico Flux

The other night just by chance a friend teleported me to a dance party with cool psychedelic art and fantastic music. I met and befriended the DJ, Nico Flux. There are so many great DJ's in Second Life. I really think that aspect of our virtual lives is underrated and somewhat overlooked. I mean, c'mon, how often in RL do you go to a club, find great music there, meet the DJ and then get to follow him or her for every gig ? It's cool.

Anyway, I took a few snapshots and wanted to share them with you. You can get an idea of the kind of music Nico plays by listening to this Soundcloud mix he uploaded. Ummm, also, maybe he is a vampire. I really don't know or care - the music he plays is awesome.

Cyber Shark Machinima

My first true attempt at creating Second Life Machinima (machine cinema), a 2 minute video of a cyber shark swimming in circles at the University of Western Australia Sim. Recorded with Fraps and edited with Windows Live Movie Maker this machinima will be entered into the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge machinima contest MachinimUWA II: Art of the Artists. 

The video is titled "Yearning For The Sea" and uses "Open Sea Theme" from the movie "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" as the audio track. I just fell in love with this beautiful mangled displaced creature and felt like it was constantly struggling to free itself from whatever magical binds held it and swim headlong to the sea that perpetually taunts it on the not so distant horizon.

Bow, Boots, & Feather Skirt

I visited Organica again on July 11, 2010. Another super  fun time with great Psy music from DJane Qee. Lots of cool shrooms and trees and particles and super friendly folks as always here.

It's fun to wear a bow and sheath of arrows! These are from EZ Weaponry. I'm wearing my favorite boots from SF Design, a really nice feather skirt by Eliander Okame, and a sheer tank top from Alessandra.

Hair from Calico Ingmann
Bow from EZ Weaponry
Necklace from INCA Temple
Tank top from ALESSANDRA
Multi-bracelets from Son!a
Belted feather skirt by Eliander Okame
Boots by SF Design

Photography by Missy Restless