The organisers of BURN2 have announced the event is to be extended a further week. The PR notice announcing this reads:
BURN2 2012 Extended For More Fun! Virtual festival extended by one week
In an unprecedented move, BURN2 — the only regional Burning Man festival held within a virtual world — has been extended by an additional week! This will allow even more people to visit the event, enjoy the art and have fun on the virtual playa.
While the second week will not have the extensive organized performance schedules of the first, all camps are welcome to host their own events, and are welcome to remain open and active through the 4th of November. Center camp and Osiris stages will be open for performers on a first-come, first-serve basis.
There may be additional, Hallowe’en themed events at BURN2 on the 31st of October.
Thank you all again for making this the most fun, most memorable BURN ever!
Burn Schedule Revised
As a result of this, the burning of the Man and the Temple have been pushed back a week and will now take place as follows:
Burning the Man: Saturday, November 3rd at 04:00, 12:00 noon and 20:00 SLT
Burning the Temple: Sunday, November 4th at: 04:00, 12:00 noon and 20:00 SLT
This weekend marks the start of BURN2, the Second Life sister celebration to Burning Man.
Running from October 20th through 28th, BURN2 this year is spread across six regions, again in the familiar desert theme, surrounded by sandy hills that add to the atmosphere of the event. I had the opportunity to preview the regions earlier today, and take a look at what visitors can expect.
The theme for this year’s event is “Fertility”, which echoes the theme of the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City. It explores fertility within the lens of Second Life and is strongly reflected in the works of the invited artists as well as in other installations across the regions.
BURN2 2012
Invited Artists
BURN2 2012 includes the work of five artists as this year’s Invited Artists. They are: Silene Christen, Pallina60 Loon, Fuchsia Nightfire, Nexuno Thespian and Ub Yifu. I decided to start may wanderings by locating their pieces.
Silene Christen
Silene Christen presents an interactive installation in collaboration with Martazul Zemlja and Emilio Charisma. It is described as, “An alien ship travels the universe collecting specimens of living species. When they saw the strange structures from BURN2, decided to stay and watch”.
Pallina60 Loon is well-known for her interactive art pieces, and at BURN” 2012, she presents, “Whoops – a baby!”, which she describes as portraying, “A mother nature that emerges from the arid playa to the BURN2 to play.” In keeping with her work, it is interactive – so dive in!
Fuchsia Nightfire provides a lush haven of greenery in the midst of the desert as she celebrates the heritage of the Green Man, often associated with fertility, renewal and rebirth, and which has a strong resonance through her native England. Her piece provides a welcome retreat and resting place for people as they travel across the regions, allowing them to be renewed.
BURN2 has announced that all parcels up for sale for this year’s event have been sold, and the parcel lottery has also closed. This means that land on all six regions for the event, which will take place from October 20th through 28th, 2012, has now been allocated.
The names of the lottery winners have been posted on the BURN2 website, together with details of their parcel allocations. A full BURN2 Camp Directory is also available, listing all parcels and their intended use.
BURN2 2011
At the same time the six invited artists for the event have been announced. They are: Arachne Anatra, Silene Christen, Pallina60 Loon, Fuchsia Nightfire, Nexuno Thespian and Ub Yifu.
Volunteers
Those wishing to volunteer to help during the event as a greeter, guide, translator, etc., please visit the BURN2 volunteer sign-up page.
DJs and live performers who might be interested in having a set at the event should contact Buttermilk Panacek.
What is BURN2?
From the Burn2 website:
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 event allowed to burn the man.
The BURN2 Team operates events year around, culminating in an annual major festival of community, art and fire in the fall – a virtual echo of Burning Man itself.
The BURN2 team are seeking builders and scripters to help with this year’s BURN2 temple build. A call, put out on the BURN2 blog, reads thus:
In keeping with the Burning Man principles of gifting and participation, we’re looking for volunteers to help build this year’s Temple! More importantly, in keeping with the principle of communal effort, this year’s Temple build will be a group effort, each individual on the build team contributing to the whole: an awesome Burn2 Temple!
If you are a builder extraordinaire, a sculpting god/goddess, or a scripting whiz, we need you! If you’d like to join the Temple build team, please contact Shendara Destiny, either via in world IM, or by e-mail at Shendara.Destiny@gmail.com.
Help us create something truly beautiful that will enrich the entire Burn2 community! Burn on!
The BURN2 temple, 2011
If you are a builder / scripter and enjoy participating in communal projects, why not give Shendara a call?
Details have been released for this year’s main BURN2 celebrations in Second Life.
The theme for this year is, in keeping with the real-world Burning Man event, Fertility, and it will take place from October 20th through 28th, 2012.
Parcels and Prices
Once again BURN2 will be held across six regions, centred on Burning Man – Deep Hole. A total of 61 parcels are being offered for sale, with a further 34 to be given away. Pricing for the parcels on sale are:
1024sm camps (with 234 prims) are L$3,500
2048sm camps (with 468 prims) are L$7,000
4096sm camps (with 936 prims) are L$14,000
There will be a lottery for seventeen 512m camp plots, with tickets costing L$10. Entries are restricted to one per person, and these parcels can not be transferred nor sold.
A video by Missy Restless showing the 2011 BURN2 temple build
Juried Arts and Camps
Eight parcels (three 2048sm and five 1024sm) will be given away specifically for juried art exhibits. Additionally, five 1024m juried theme camps are being offered.
To apply one of these parcels, please visit the BURN2 submission page for the guidelines / submission requirements and application form.
Events
BURN2 will offer a range of events both during the week of festivities and in the run-up to it. The week will feature the work of four invited artists (details to be released at a later date). Events during the week will include the Skin Burn, and ahead of the week, activities such as a porta potty building workshop, which will be held on the 19th August at 17:00 SLT!
Claudia222 Jewell’s “Rites of Passage” from BURN2, 2011
Volunteers
Those wishing to volunteer to help during the event as a greeter, guide, translator, etc., please visit the BURN2 volunteer sign-up page.
DJs and live performers who might be interested in having a set at the event should contact Buttermilk Panacek.
What is BURN2?
From the Burn2 website:
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 event allowed to burn the man.
The BURN2 Team operates events year around, culminating in an annual major festival of community, art and fire in the fall – a virtual echo of Burning Man itself.
This weekend marks the start of BURN2, the Second Life sister celebration to Burning Man.
This year, BURN2 is spread over a total of four sims, in a suitable desert theme, surrounded by sandy hills that add to the atmosphere of the event. I’ve already outlines the first couple of days of events that are going on at BURN2 (subject to final calendar adjustments), and this week I had the opportunity to tour the sims and see what they have in sort by way of builds.
Desert scene: BURN2
Featured Artists
BURN2 features displays by a number of invited artists, and I decided to start my wanderings by seeking out their work. The first wasn’t hard to find, given I’ve had the advantage of seeing it in preparation while interviewing her.
Claudia222 Jewell
Claudia222 Jewell’s “The Sacrifice”
Claudia222 Jewell’s completed The Sacrifice. It is a truly stunning piece of work, that plays fully on the visual senses in a very dramatic manner.
Trill Zapatero’s Grail Quest is a magnificent piece by day, and beautifully illuminated by night. The piece represents, “The Fool’s journey to the end of the universe and back., through all the pitfalls and trials of identity and desire, to death and beyond, through the gauntlet of useless rusty grails offered up by religion and ideology, through a modernist purgatory, and into the heart and soul of the crumbling grail castle reclaimed by nature and love. all steps along the way leading to the ultimate discovery of the true grail.”
The BURN2 temple is an exquisite design by Damanios Thetan that blends arches, curves and spires together beautifully. As someone who has a deep affinity for Sri Lanka, I couldn’t help but see something of the Stupors of places like Anaradhapura.
BURN2 isn’t as big as SL8B, obviously, but that doesn’t mean it lacks for content. There are some amazing and thought-provoking pieces throughout, and one can wander at will along the wheel-rutted tracks around the sims, or choose a more convenient mode of transport – such as a tour balloon that will waft you around under the power of a propeller rather than leaving it simply to the wind…
The desert theme and campfire feel has been nicely captured – although I can’t help but feel the windlight and sky could do with a Touch of Torley to add to the ambience.
Signs on exhibits were still going on when I took my wander (personal commitments mean I’m missing the official press / blogger preview), so it was hard to understand what some were about in relation to the event’s theme of Rites of Passage. Perhaps some simply don’t have a deeper meaning. Some were certainly fun walking through / over / in!
If there is one complaint to be levelled at all on the sims it is going to be the inevitable lag. Even with *just” the exhibitors and helpers and staff on the sims, it was pretty horrendous. Sculpties abound through many of the exhibits and undoubtably contribute to issues, as does the potentially high script count in some pieces. As those familiar with this blog will know, I’m a confirmed Firestorm user, and I’ve encountered very few crash issues in the months I’ve been using it (few as in less than half-a-dozen); yet during two visits to BURN2 totalling around 90 minutes, I experienced no fewer than nine Viewer crashes. Viewer 3 also crashed on me twice, and even Phoenix had issues.
Nevertheless, and while I’ll miss most of the opening weekend, I’ll be back at BURN2 next week seeing what is going on where and when!
Burning the Man and the Temple
These two events, central to BURN2 have been scheduled to suit major timezones as follows:
Burning of the Man – Europe, Saturday October 8th
Gather: 11:00 SLT
Burn: 11:30 SLT
Burning of the Man – USA, Saturday October 8th
Gather: 19:00 SLT
Burn: 19:30 SLT
Burning the Man – Australia / Asia, Sunday October 9th
Gather: 03:00 SLT
Burn: 03:30 SLT
Burning of the Temple – Europe, Sunday October 9th
Gather: 11:00 SLT
Burn: 11:30 SLT
Burning of the Temple – USA, Sunday October 9th
Gather: 19:00 SLT
Burn: 19:30 SLT
Burning of the Temple – Australia / Asia, Monday October 10th
The organisers of BURN2 have announced the event is to be extended a further week. The PR notice announcing this reads:
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