Preparing my Exhibition

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 notecards are to be written, a few little things adjusted and tweaked. I hope my new stages called "Weathered Gods" will make the same strong impression on my visitors as they did on me.

Pink Floyd's The Wall @ CARP

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'. And lately the buzz was on their version of Pink Floyd's infamous flick 'The Wall'. This friday i finally made it to their sim (after a few tries where it always said, the sim was already full!). And boy was I in for a show! It's a perfect mix of avatar-acting, prim-loading, particle-spreading and music. Everything just perfectly timed to the millisecond. There was even a whole airplane crashing into the sim. If anyone is stretching the possibilities of Second Life to its utmost limits, it's the people at CARP. Even if you are not a fan of Pink Floyd (which I can hardly believe) - 'The Wall V3' is a definite must-see.
If you haven't seen this mindblowing show at CARP, definitely save a friday for it. Usually runs at 2pm slt. But check in early, cause the sim is always full!
slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/152/110/2512

Pandora Moon

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 their magnificent flora and fauna wouldn't be exploited. It's just an amazing example of what builders in Second Life can do. It's not only colorful and diverse, it has it's little fun aspects, too. Like those seeds following you around - or the plants that hide in the ground onve touched. It's peaceful, it's meditative, not only for blue avatars. Check it out and show the hostess some linden love to help her keep up this wonderful place: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pandora%20Moon/195/94/35

Fashion in Movement

Alba Fashion Show 20
Originally uploaded by Moe Sandalwood

Capture 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 the second - always in the haste of capturing that one flying prim that will make the difference between a flat out dull pose-shot and the natural wave within the finest cloth. Good thing avatar-sweat doesn't get that camera all slippery. ;)
Luckily at the Alba Fashion Show @ Trendy it went quite well. See the results at my Flickr page.