Month: June 2018

This Weekend in Second Life Dance

Posted on by R.

Winds of the Sahara - June 6 2018

(This week’s showcase performer is Lynxa Wilde)

Hi there. R. Crap Mariner, your long-lost dance correspondent.

I’ll be posting dance performance schedules, similar to Inara’s posts about Seanchai Library readings.

Let’s get started, here’s the events that I saw on the calendar as of press time.

(All times SLT)

Burlesque Dolls - June 2 2018

Friday June 8 2018

6pm Elysium Cabaret

Elysium Cabaret – Welcome to the Weekend! If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone. Grab your friends and get their early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday! Welcome to the weekend!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

10pm Guerilla Burlesque

This week we bring you our late Pit revue show filled with jaw dropping original dance performances! We welcome back some of our best original Guerilla dancers to the stage mixed with our newest members all brought together to make one hell of a kick ass show! If you like to stay up late this is the show for you too! At 10 pm we will continue to bring you all brand new acts that will take you up, up and away! Amazing set designs, mood stirring music as well as our beautiful Guerilla dancers! We are happy to have Chrissy Rhiano​ back directing the show this week! Something wonderful happens in the Pits come see for yourself! Doors open at 9 pm for the 10 pm show! Mark the dates, make your plans and get there early we have your seats ready!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Idle%20Rogue/107/189/33

Guerilla Burlesque - June 1 2018

Saturday June 9 2018

1pm Debauche @ Tryst Ballroom

Debauche returns once more to the absolutely gorgeous surrounding of the Tryst Ballroom. Such a grand, wonderful place to perform and we are REALLY looking forward to this one. Debauche – a little naughty, a lot sexy and ALWAYS CLASSY! Come join us and see for yourself – You know you want to 🙂

3pm Men In Motion

I know most of you have been waiting oh so patiently for this post… and well, today is your lucky day. This Saturday, mid afternoon, we are about to have our delights filled with some of Second Life’s most talented choreographers and dancers. They will take you into the depth’s of their mind to show you their vision of their dance. Some might take you into the jungle, some might have you relive high school days, some might even put you in a dark padded room.. when it’s all said and done, the fire department will be called and their hoses will be available to cool off any small fires that might be started.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forbidden%20Fruit/28/74/3034

5pm Burlesque Dolls

Come and enjoy an afternoon of some of the most exquisite and talented burlesque dancers on second life. The Burlesque Dolls will be gracing the stage at the Jefferson Opera house this Saturday at 5 SLT and invite you to join them as they pay tribute to the women of music. Enjoy the sensual tease by Lina, Queenie, Kyshra, Lynxa, Corri, Nara, Vanity and Alexis joined by the sensual tones of our irresistible Dj Diamonique. (Semi formal to formal dress please)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Playa%20dela%20Familia/12/39/2001

7pm Moulin Rouge

Description:LIVE – Disco Fever DATE: June 9, 2018, 7pm SLT The Moulin Rouge Revue will be presenting live a special disco show. We hope you come down and join us for a spectacular performance by our dancers to some fun, upbeat tunes! Hustle on down ready to boogie and strut your stuff with us for a retro good time.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moulin%20Rouge/172/131/31

7pm Paramount Grand Theatre

Description:Summer Nights! Paramount Grand Theatre’s brand new show of the year. Come join us for an evening of classy but sassy entertainment as we the Paramount Players dance for you, June 2nd & 9th at 7pm SLT. The Players are bringing on new and old routines for your enjoyment. Dancer’s Choice type of show!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Lust/77/83/22

8pm A&M Mocap Maniacs

Description:Our monthly Home Show, showcasing what you can do with A&M MOCAP Animation Workshop dance animations! Join us for the performances, stay for the totally FUN after party where our DJ will dance you on stage!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mocap%20Dancer/51/219/504

https://www.flickr.com/photos/isfullofcrap/41456410115/in/dateposted/

Sunday June 10 2018

7am Club Image

  1. Line up for this Sunday
  2. Misse Tigerpaw “Doll Play”
  3. Coyume Melod “Pure White”
  4. Setsuna Hirano “The cobweb”
  5. Diawa Bellic”Good Vibe” -NEW – with Nara

Team dance Yougao Destiny”Can’t stop the feeling!”

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Laem%20Singh/193/28/2021

12pm Kiki’s Burlesque

No description, but if this is the same show I saw recently, it’s good.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LORII%20CAPRONI%20ISLAND/106/174/24

12pm Oasis Dancers

Description:OOC Event, Goreans and Non-Goreans are welcome, no dress code.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gorean%20Campus/194/72/32

12pm Spirit Light Company

Journey into the worlds of great painters over the last 150 years including Monet, Degas, and Chagall, Boudin, Matisse and Lautrec, to name only a few. SLDC uses dance as palette and brush to honour and celebrate
the artistic accomplishments of the masters.

You will be dazzled as the canvas of famous paintings is brought to life on stage where the two dimension become three in movement and dance.

You won’t want to miss this unique and amazing performance. Second Life is an artist’s canvas, a dancer’s world, and a musician’s hall, each without the limitations of the physical world and with the immense possibilities of a virtual world.

The programme is presented free of charge, however we expect large crowds so come early to assure access to the sim.

Dance is an Art
Paint your Dream and Follow it!
Steven Thompson

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20I/120/82/3602

5pm Winds of the Sahara

Description:Each Sunday we have a shiny, new show at Winds of the Sahara. Our dances range from burlesque to performance art and you are sure to be amazed at all of the wonder that sets, costumes and music can create. We’ll put sparkles in your eyes and leave sequins on your shirt collars.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aladona/124/193/2001

Check with the Dance Queens event calendar for updates and additions to the weekend’s schedule, as well as the many events that happen during the week.

Full disclosure: I perform with Guerilla Burlesque and Debauche.

Winds of the Sahara - May 13 2018

2018 SL UG updates #23/2: server and viewer mini-update

Posted on by Inara Pey

Butterfly Beach; Inara Pey, May 2018, on FlickrButterfly Beach – blog post

Server Deployments

the RC deployment made on Wednesday, June 6th (version 18#18.05.30.515812) was rolled by on Thursday, June 7th, leave the main grid running server release 18#18.05.25.515749.

As I was unavailable for the Server Beta meeting, I am unaware of whether or not an explanation for the roll-back was given.

SL Viewer

The following viewers have been updated in week #23:

  • The Pálinka Maintenance RC viewer – to version 5.1.6.515927 on Thursday, June 7th.
  • The 360-degree snapshot project viewer – to version 5.1.6.515934 on Wednesday, June 6th.

Both of these updates are to maintain parity with the de facto release viewer (at the time of writing version 5.1.5.515811, formerly the love Me Render RC viewer, promoted on June 1st, 2018).

As noted in my report here, the Unloop RC viewer, version 5.1.6.515965 was released for 32-bit Windows users only, and to specifically help those caught by the “64-bit Windows install loop” created during the initial promotion of the Love Me Render viewer to release status, which left both 64-bit and 32-bit Windows users only able to download the 64-bit version – see here for more.

The remaining viewers in the current LL pipeline remain as:

  • Current Release version 5.1.5.515811, dated May 31, promoted June 1 – formerly the Love Me Render Release Candidate – NEW
  • Project viewers:
  • Linux Spur viewer, version 5.0.9.329906, dated November 17, 2017 and promoted to release status 29 November – offered pending a Linux version of the Alex Ivy viewer code.
  • Obsolete platform viewer, version 3.7.28.300847, May 8, 2015 – provided for users on Windows XP and OS X versions below 10.7.

 

Second Life: private estate holders can now restart their regions via the web

Posted on by Inara Pey

On Friday, June 8th, 2018, Linden Lab announced that estate / region holders can now restart their region directly from their Second Life dashboard at secondlife.com, via the My Estates page.

The option to be able to restart their regions remotely is a capability private estate and region owners have been requesting for some time, as the Lab acknowledge in their announcement:

We’ve been listening to the feedback from our Private Region owner community and we know that sometimes it’s impractical or even impossible to access your region in-world to perform the more traditional in-viewer region restart using the Region/Estate menu. With this new feature, Estate Owners can pro-actively select and restart their regions directly from the website without needing to log in-world and travel to each region individually.

Private estate holders can now restart their regions view their Second Life dashboard

When using the capability, estate / region owners should make note of the following, as stated in the Lab’s blog post:

Since we know that sometimes the reason a region cannot be accessed easily in-world is due to active griefing scenarios, we have also included the ability to restart the region in safe mode, in which the region will be brought back up with all the scripts, physics, and collisions disabled, making it possible to enter and remove any lingering item that may be causing issues. To see the new features available to you as a private Estate Owner, just log in to SecondLife.com and visit your Land Manager page.

Please refer to the Lab’s blog post for further information on this update.

Heights of Haven boutique gallery

Posted on by Inara Pey
Heights of Haven Gallery

Heights of Haven is a newly opened boutique gallery operated by Maggie Blessing (Margaret Moleno) and Seiko Blessing (softandred) and (currently), featuring a small display of art by  Seiko and family member Micki Blessing (michellecallum) – although this might be “for the most part”, as some images are unsigned, so I’m not entirely sure on their provenance.

The images are a mix of landscapes and avatar studies on a variety of subjects, but with a degree of similarity between them; a similarity which extends to the stories they tell. This is not a criticism; taken together, the images have a familial feel to them that reflects the environment in which they are displayed.

Heights of Haven Gallery

As an exhibition space of personal art, none of the pieces on display are directly offered for sale. In an interesting touch, visitors are asked to vote on their favourite pieces. This is done by donating a minimum of L$10 via the candle burning under each picture. As the signs at the gallery explain, the five images receiving the most votes will remain on display for the following month.

This is an interesting way of raising funds to help keep the gallery active – and to help cover some of the costs involved in Seiko and Maggie’s other venture: the performing arts theatre next door to the gallery. They intend to use this to produce various shows, the début piece being Shall We Dance (opening date TBA). However, those wishing to buy any of the images displayed in the gallery can do so for a fee of L$200 per picture and by contacting either Maggie or Seiko.

Heights of Haven Gallery

Small it might be, but Heights of Haven is a nicely done “familial” style of gallery, and it’ll be interesting to see how the performing art theatre proceeds – and I’ll be pointing dance connoisseur Crap Mariner towards it :).

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A scene to remember in Second Life

Posted on by Inara Pey

Oboeru; Inara Pey, June 2018, on FlickrOboeru – click any image for full size

Update: Oboeru has closed. SLurl in this article have therefore been removed.

A fog horn plaintively calls in the early morning light, the Sun slowly burning through the dawn haze as it rises over the eastern horizon. Cicada song mixes with that of birds greeting the dawn and the stridulation of crickets, while in the background the dull rumble of waves breaking on a shoreline resonates through the air.

These are the sounds that greet visitors to Oboeru (“Remember” or “learn” in Japanese), a Homestead region designed by  Manis Lane and Axiom (Axiomatic Clarity). This is a place that is hauntingly romantic in its near-desolated nature; a low-slung archipelago, the main island of which has been clawed by long fingers of water, its outliers of varying sizes separated from it by channels which can be surprisingly deep.

Oboeru; Inara Pey, June 2018, on FlickrOboeru

This is a place which seems to brood under the early morning half-light; the deep mewling of the foghorn seeming to cloak the islands in an air of sadness. And yet this feeling of loneliness combines with the rugged setting with its patches of scrub grass, scatterings of copses of tall Scots pine and gatherings of shrubs and bushes, to present a place of mystery tinged with that hint of romance.

A single table of rock rises from the centre of the region, giving shape to the north-south “spine” of the main island. The single-storey building crowning this plateau calls to visitors as they arrive at the landing point, sitting on a knuckle of land to the north. Reaching the building takes a little effort – the plateau is pretty much sheer-sided, but a way up onto it can be found on the southern side

Oboeru; Inara Pey, June 2018, on FlickrOboeru

The building has the look and feel of a clubhouse; outside the front of the place is room to enjoy music and perhaps dance, while the rooms inside offer plenty of space to set on large sofas. Each room has its own bric-a-brac to set a cosily untidy setting for people to relax within; music also a theme indoors as well as outside.

There are a couple of other structures to be found in the region. To the west, and sited to offer a clear view of sunsets over the ocean, stands a tall tower of slowly rusting metal, creepers hanging from its frame as if a giant wave has at some point draped seaweed over it. Metal stairs climb two sides of the tower, offering a way up to its rusted platform, where an old sofa awaits, facing the sea under a canopy of circling gulls.

Oboeru; Inara Pey, June 2018, on FlickrOboeru

The second structure lies to the north-east, on one of the larger outlining islands. This is the ruins of a church or chapel,  windows now without glass, bushes reclaiming the space inside its walls as much as the space around it. Yet it is far from forlorn, and the stairs climbing to the flat roof offer another route up to a place where one can sit and remember or reflect…

There are numerous places to sit scattered over the landscape – from rooftop to tower to chairs amidst flowers. Board walks strike out over water, but sometimes with no direct connection to the land; but be warned, some of the channels the sit within are quite deep, as I’ve noted, so wading out to a board walk might hold a surprise.

Oboeru; Inara Pey, June 2018, on FlickrOboeru

Oboeru is an atypical region in its styling and approach. There is – as I’ve noted – something hauntingly beautiful about the entire region – the design, the windlight, the aural sound scape. Not a region to be missed.

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  • Oboeru (Landscape Dialog, rated: Moderate)

With thanks to Miro Colas for the pointer to Oboeru

Milly Sharple’s new fractal insanity

Posted on by Inara Pey
Fractal Insanity – The Art of Milly Sharple

Update, June 15th, 2018: I received the following from Milly – “I know I said I was staying put for a while but I ran out of space!” So, this being the case, she has relocated her gallery to Serena Montecito, where her art now resides in two buildings, rather than the single build described below. All SLurls in this article have been updated to reflect the new location. My thanks to Milly for letting me know.

I last wrote about Milly Sharple’s extraordinary art in October 2017. At that time, she had – as a result of a huge amount of support  / demand from friends – established a new gallery, after previously announcing she was retiring from Second Life art. A lot has happened since then; for one thing, her gallery of that time has since closed. Gone it may be, but the opportunity to experience Milly’s art as she would like it to be witnessed, has not.

“The old gallery never felt quite right to me,” Milly told me recently, “and I have re-opened a new version of Fractal Insanity – The Art of Milly Sharple at a new venue.”

Fractal Insanity – The Art of Milly Sharple

The new gallery, located in a sky sphere, showcases the rich diversity of Milly’s art. There is – obviously – her marvellously captivating fractal art, both static and animated.  The new gallery, with it predominant use of black and grey, brings these pieces sharply to life, the subdued wall panels and dark block walls bring out the rich depth of colour and contrast of these pieces.

Fractal Insanity – The Art of Milly Sharple – Woman With Cat – quite possibly my favourite of Milly’s pieces on display

Alongside of the fractal art, are pieces of Milly’s work in mixed media. These are also brought into vivid focus by the finish applied to the gallery building.

As much as I am a deep admirer of Milly’s Fractal art – I have to admit her mixed media work is as equally stunning – and quite possibly more enchanting. The use of colour, coupled with the almost etching-like finish to many of the pieces brings brings them to life in a remarkable way. Whether floral representations, animal studies or pieces with a more fantasy edge, or presenting an image such as a portrait through the use of fractals, these pieces are utterly captivating.

The gallery building offer two floors of display place – the ground floor and a mezzanine above. However, this is not all there is on offer, as Milly explains.

“I have closed the roof in to make more space and also added a sky sphere … There are teleporters in the gallery that go to the two extra levels.”

These teleport disks can be found on both of the lower levels of the building. At the time of my visit, the first of the upper levels – reached by teleporting to Rooftop 1 or Rooftop 2 – focused on Milly’s fractal work; the sphere above it, a selection of Milly’s animated etchings, which again should not be missed during a visit.

Finished with 3D art items, some by Milly herself and others modified by her, Fractal Insanity – The Art on Milly Sharple is a very welcome expansion of a public display of Milly’s art, and one which should be seen to be fully appreciated. One which, once seen, is liable to draw the discerning admirer of art back to it time and again. For those who enjoy their time visiting, kitty would appreciate a donation via his jar alongside the coffee machine.

Fractal Insanity – The Art of Milly Sharple

Congratulation to Milly on her new gallery – and my thanks to her for extending an invitation to visit.

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