I was in Burn2 2011
Yeah, i was part of Burn2 this year again! Had a tiny space with an installation as you can see in the image above. The name was “Jewel”, the crystals in the ground were sending the “earth powers” to a big diamond hanging in the neck of a huge mannequin. In the installation it was possible to sit on the diamond and be the jewel of the necklace. It was nothing too big, but it was fun to build and set. I would like to thank Menno Ophelia for his help in this installation with the crystals! He is a sweetie!
I had a lot of fun in Burn2 this year. Although it was smaller than ever (only 4 sims) it was nicely organized and had really good art installations and events. Thanks from here to all the Burn2 team, specially the Rangers! Maybe i missed some really cool stages like the ones a couple of years ago, but they were cool too. The important is the “burners” (as they call the participants and the visitors) were in the mood to have a cool event, so we had it.
As you know Burn2, as Second Life edition of Burning Man festival is not Linden Lab supported anymore. That means the organization have to pay for the sims as any other event. That means also that the event has to get money to pay those sim rentals so donations are important. I’m not sure if this new relationship with Linden Lab is better or worse for the event, but i think this situation gives some more freedom to the organization regarding the contents, and that’s good.
Remember you can visit the Burn2 web page for more information about this year’s event or for a donation.
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Burn2 2011 is burning!!!
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Burn2 is here again. It is one of my favorite events inside Second Life for many reasons, one, is an art show where anybody can participate, amateurs and professionals, second, is all about freedom, creativity and sharing and third, there is an amazing crown of people in there!
I took some pictures you can see in the slideshow above or in a set in Flickr. The Burn2 team recorded this video so you can have an idea of what’s going on in there:
They define Burn2 this way:
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!
The BURN2 organization spreads Burning Culture and the Burning Man Ten Principles (http://burn2.org/ten-principles) year round in Second Life, culminating in an annual festival of community, art and fire in the fall – a virtual echo of Burning Man itself…so BURN2.
The thing to do is go and explore, enjoy and connect. You can find information in the Burn2 website like timeline, the events, shows…etc.
Also in Soup Radio we recorded a show during the Press day of Burn2 that has a lot of references and places you might enjoy visiting. Find more information in the Soup Radio blogpost or listen the show in stream or download it as an iTunes podcast.
I have a tiny build in Burn2, but will write another post about it. 
Soup Radio, July 2011 (SL8B Special Edition)
QR code by Harter Fall
I’m part of the team of Regular Guests & Contributors of Soup Radio, a 24/7 online radio station dedicated to the arts, with a particular focus on Second Life.
Our new schedule started on Saturday, July 2nd 2011 (12pm PDT, 3pm EDT, 8pm BST).
About the topics for this month let me paste the Show Notes for this month:
This month our usual shows are replaced by a special extended edition dedicated to SL8B (Second Life 8th Birthday). The regular crew is joined by Dekka Raymaker andKhamudy Mannonen, and together they explore the event and visit a number of locations, including work by Sanura Sakai & Andel Rhiadra, windyy Lane, Caro Fayray, Eupalinos Ujagin & Simotron Aquila, Madpea Productions, LEA, Shellina Winkler, Claudia222 Jewell, Harter Fall & Elliena Bulmer, and Ub Yifu. During the tour they discuss the history of the event, how the builds relate to this year’s theme ‘The Magic of SL‘, the ratio of creative versus commercial ventures, and many other topics.
Arahan also reveals details about the upcoming ArthOle performance at Odyssey. (Duration 147 mins)
References:
Kawaii
Miso Susanowa logo dispute
Ansel Adams
Blender
Maya
3D Max
I Can Has Cheezburger?
Cat Organ
Monty Python mouse organ sketch
Numbakulla: The Pot Healer Adventure
Steam
REC
Halo
Ke$ha – Blow
Pirats Art Network
Tom Otterness
Hudson River School
Baron Grayson
Matthew Barney
Bridget Riley
Robert Irwin
Holbein – The Ambassadors
Playlist:
Magnetic Fields – Doll’s Tea Party
Oberhofer - o0o0o0ooo
Patrick Wolf – The Stars
Devo – Social Fools
Spider and the Flies – Jungle Planet
The Teenagers – End of the Line
Thanks for listening!
Hope you really enjoy this month shows, you can listen Soup Radio in two ways:
- In an Audio Stream
- In iTunes as a Podcast
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Yay for SL8B!!! It opens today!
The Second Life birthday is back, as every year around June 23rd! This time is SL8B. the 8th birthday. As i wrote in a post some days ago the team of Soup Radio were working on a space in there. It was great to work on it and filmed the short movie above. Hope you can visit it! Here is the SLurl.
Finally Linden Lab published the official announcement in the Linden Blogs a couple of days ago. Check it and the official SL8B blog for calendars of events and much more updated information. Only remember today, June 20th at 10AM SLT the 21 sims will be opened to the public!
Chantal Harvey, renowned machinima artist and SL8B volunteer, made this video to show us about more about SL8B:
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Soup Radio will be in SL8B
Soup Radio at SL8B
Next June 20th it will start the SL8B (Second Life 8th Birthday) event. As every year we have the big party to celebrate how old is our world, and also as every year a group of residents will build amazing installations and will perform as DJs, musicians, comedians…
Soup Radio at SL8B by Arahan
20 regions of art, experiences, music, community, fun and experiences! SL8B will be up from June 20th to June 26th, at least the activities. The buildings will be opened to visit until July 2nd. Anyway, the most important day is 23rd, the BIRTHDAY itself with a lot of ceremonies and events.
And… as the title of the post indicates and as you can see in the image in the top and here at left we, the team of Soup Radio, are working on our space for SL8B.
As you can imagine right now we can only show some images of details of what we are working on exactly, but you will see more in the event or in the pictures and videos we will publish after the opening.
We are REALLY excited about it and we are having fun building our space, we are almost done! Arahan blogged in the Soup Radio blog this:
The Second Life 8th Birthday (SL8B) takes place from June 20-26th 2011, and Soup Radio is taking part in the celebrations.
We’re using it as an opportunity to introduce the station to new listeners and explain what we’re all about, and with that in mind we’re working on creating a space where visitors can relax, listen to the current schedule, and browse information. We’re located in the Spellbound sim, do drop in if you’re in the area. Teleport here.Also, our July schedule is going to be a SL8B special, we’ll be touring the sims, talking about our discoveries, including the good, the bad, the ugly, and our conclusions on the event. If you have a plot there do send us a landmark and we’ll definitely check it out for possible inclusion.Separate from Soup Radio I’m DJing at the official stage on Thursday June 23rd from 10-11am SLT/PDT (6-7pm BST), would be great to see you there if you can make it.Teleport here.With thanks to Raul Crimson, Penumbra Carter, Dekka Raymaker and Nebulosus Severine for their contributions and help with the build.
So if you go to SL8B, please, visit our space in there. I think you will enjoy it. I will blog more about SL8B and also we will speak a lot about SL8B this month in Soup Radio.
See you in the Birthday!
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