tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38300109724230901992011-11-27T17:45:33.530-06:00Moeuhane (Moe) Sandalwood travels through the gird and captures the creations of Second Life's greatest artists and builders - through the lens of his magicamera. These are his findings after thrilling days of adventure and discoveryMoeuhane Sandalwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385815892707071315noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3830010972423090199.post-57841469077749703532011-09-30T09:33:00.000-05:002011-09-30T09:33:22.025-05:00

It was just a few weeks ago that I packed my trailer and drove up the dusty road to the playa. Not much more than a few clouds of sand and some dried out plants waited there for me. I drove past the lonely ranger station and to the far end of the desert. At a suitable corner I layed down my first prim and claimed our plot for this year's "Burn". Gradually prim by prim was hauled in over the

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"Ant Vegas: Migr-Ants": The Red Fire Ants had to leave their world once again, after having wrecked it for the second time. The ant people migrated to a land called Western AUstralia and rebuilt their famed but sinful "Fabulous Ant Vegas". The Aeonia Artist Group was invited to do the July-Show at UWA Virtlantis, a full sim presentation sponsored by the University of Western Australia in Second

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We are just two days away from the start of the 8th Birthday Celebration of Second Life SL8B. The sims open on June 20, 10 am SLT. All in all 21 regions will show many aspects of Second Life. The past two weeks artists and builders have been busy setting up their plots for the viewers. And yours truly was among them. To follow this year's theme "The Magic of Second Life" I decided on an

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After a few weeks of hybernating, I am definitely back in action. One of the main reasons is my new show, starting tomorrow at noon SLT at the Ice Caverns Art Gallery in the Alpine Executive Center. I will be showing brand new work. A new series called 'feathers' in continuation of my focus on SL-nature series. I am very honored to be invited by such a fine gallery, following in the footsteps of

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Not much time left until the Burn2-Festival opens. October 16 is the big day. For all the artists and builders involved this is a extremely busy, but also fun and rewarding time. Aeonia Artist Group has - as I previously said - 5 plots and 1 theme camp to fill. And our project is well under way. All plots are coming to live - one of them even is close to completion. Unfortunately I cannot show

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Haven't posted anything here in a long while. Well, too many happenings inworld have kept me busy. But the ones following my art have probably seen my latest exhibitions. For instance at my Main Gallery or maybe at the all new location of SLACC or Tiatopia  (which are both on the SL-Destination Guide now) or my small shows at Park Galleries or Gualdo. New RL-Pictures I have decided to also

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If I look at the date of my last entry, I can see how time flies again. I consider this a good thing, though. It shows, that I have been busy creating new art pieces. Bringing a few exiting new ideas to life. My last project turned out nicely, in my opinion at least. So I decided to dress up my gallery to present them to a wider audience. I am now quite close to opening this new exhibit. A few

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/moeuhane_sandalwood/4409310637/ Originally uploaded by Moe Sandalwood I have already talked about CARP in an earlier entry here. And it was pretty clear that it wouldn't be my last visit to this fantastic place. The group has staged many great performances already, as I have heard. There's been alot of talk about the reenactment of the Fritz Lang movie 'Metropolis'

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Pandora Moon Originally uploaded by Moe Sandalwood I admit, I still haven't seen the movie 'Avatar'. And I know that I really have to go see it. Especially after I have visited my good friend Bella Orsini's unbelievably beautiful sim called Pandora Moon. She bulit it together with some talented builders to be a safehaven for the Nav'i - a place where the blue people wouldn't be hunted down and

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Alba Fashion Show 20 Originally uploaded by Moe SandalwoodCapture movement in Second Life photography - not the easiest thing with the basic camera-tools provided in Second Life. If one is in a place packed with people, fighting lag and always afraid that the viewer would crash any second now. Still one has to work quite fast, pitching and twisting the camera angle around, reloading the snaps by

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Peter Pan's London Originally uploaded by Moe SandalwoodI stepped on the windowsil at the nursery, just thinking happy thoughts. And jumped. Miracolously the wind took hold of my body, carried me through the old London's skies and into space. After a rollercoaster ride through the starry night i landed safely in boy's heaven: Peter Pan's Neverneverland Island. I relived the adventure that had

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Evaluna's Emotions Originally uploaded by Moe Sandalwood Unreal. This doesn't describe it. But at least it's a word that says something about what was presented to the viewers a few days ago at CARP/diabolous. In an explosion of sound and colour Evaluna Sperber showed her performance "EMOTICON 5". It's always amazing what the most talented artists in Second Life bring to the group. There's so

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Stage: Condamnation 2 Originally uploaded by Moe Sandalwood In January Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, was hit by a disastrous earthquake. it has left towns in ruins and people suffering and struggling for survival. Milions of Dollars will be needed to rebuild what has been destroyed. Many people have been touched by this disastrous event. A great number of

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Surely, Second Life is a world of its own. And to many, it should be, too. There are a great number of profiles where you can read "sl stays sl and rl stays rl. I don't mix the two". For some, SL is a parttime getaway. They log off from Real Life and turn into their fantasy characters. And they are glad that no one there knows who the person behind the avatar is. Fine with me, I respect that.

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A great thing about photography in Second Life are the priceless moments created by the residents of the grid. There are an infinite number of stories told and untold by people just being in the right spot at the right moment. And often they are even nice enough to stand at the almost perfect angle. I'm not sure if I would have ever thought up the shot shown here. - Or would ever have staged it

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I might never want to live there, because of lag, add-farm, ban-lines and neighbor issues. But there is something about Mainland in SL that makes it worth spending time on. It's the utter chaos that one runs accross every step of the way. The ever unfinished nature of it.Time (and many times greed) has segmented the regions on the main continents into an infinite number of tiny lots. And

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As a fan of Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhiker to the Galaxy' the visit to Extropia was exhilarating fun! The reason most people land here (mostly guys I suspect) is because they are looking for some kind of new aircraft. And for this, I suppose, Extropia must be one of the best places to look. Second Skies offers some of the greatest airplanes and airships I have seen in SL and a whole lot of other

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I had thought it through well. And still: now that I went through with it, a little teardrop formed in my eye. I left my home in Grand Isle today. Packed up house and bar and bonfire and went accross my land with the big broom. It is a weird feeling, leaving behind the place I first called 'home' in Second Life. But in the past weeks I realized that I had spent much more time in my downtown

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There is this thing about dancing in Second Life. My mind first couldn't really make anything out of it. It is one thing, running around in the Metaverse, flying, teleporting, even driving that fantastic bike. But having your Avatar moved around by some script? Sometimes even not your own script? At first that felt, as if someone had strings attached to my rl-limbs. Not an uplifting feeling.

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The name "Hydrogen City" caught my eye right away, when I checked some guy's picks. It had the sound of dark, neko, sleazy and yet metallically futuristic to it. It just sounded like a perfect picture-opportunity. The TP landed me in empty waterland. So much for hydrogen, I thought. Then I saw it glowing city-floor high above me in the air. Too bad I was in the middle of a No Fly Zone! Doesn't

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Do you have this place in SL you heard so much about, really wanted to visited, but were too busy to tp there? Mont St. Michel was one of those to me, until today. I ran across a pick in someone's profile and knew, my visit there was long overdue. I knew from so many pictures that it was recreated down to many details. Yet, I would never have imagined to what extent! To stroll through those

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Why ramble about something, that's already getting alot of buzz? Well maybe because it deserves every word more spoken about it. That's why I'm going to talk about the Art Box. Violet Sweetwater and Frankie Rockett let you experience art in a special way. Ever wanted to be one of the guys lunching on a skyscraper just being built in New York (Charles C. Ebberts), actually be the 50-Feet-Woman

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I am not always amused by group-invites from strangers. But today was different. On login I had an invite waiting for me from one Ally Aeon - a woman I was sure I had never heard of. Turns out later that I had visited one of her galleries in the past. Even before meeting up with her, though, I blindly entered the group. And by now I'm glad I did. Right after that I visited her sim called Aeonia

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One of the greatest things on Second Life are profiles. I like people who have the decency of telling me a bit about themselves - which makes it easier to connect even before you speak to them. It's also a great way to find new and interesting places screening their picks. Through one of those screenings I discovered the works of Hylee Bekkers. I visited her park today, which caught my eye for

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[xx:01] Zombie bites Moeuhane Sandalwood[xx:04] Zombie bites Moeuhane SandalwoodI didn't really know that side of me...but as it turns out I would probably make a decent war photographer. Usually I love to spend my time in quiet places - taking a lot of time in finding the right spot, angle and lighting for that awesome shot. Yet, there something in running from evil zombies and angry guard dogs

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I have thought about entering the blog-world for a long time. There's so much blurp out there and I was't sure, I was going to add my own to it. But as my photography-venture is getting broader and I get to meet so many wonderful creators, artists and builders out there - I decided to tell you a little about them and their creations. It's my little way of getting the news out there, about the

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