The University of Western Australia’s active presence in Second Life continues with a vengeance. I was lucky enough to be asked to be on the judging panel for the MachinimUWA III: Journeys competition. The panel this time includes director Peter Greenaway and you can view the full list of judges at the bottom of this post.
Fifty pieces of machinima were submitted, with the only requirement being that they featured the UWA’s Winthrop Clock Tower at the beginning or end of the piece. One notable absence was a machinima from an Australian entrant: are we that bereft of machinima makers?
Each judge was required to choose ten favourites from the fifty entries. For what it’s worth, here are the ten I chose:
LASLOPANTOMIK YAO (Barcelona, Spain) – Beginning of Knowledge and of Sorrow
SODA LEMONDROP (Monterey, California, USA) – The Journey
TUTSY NAVARATHNA (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) – Journey into the Metaverse
HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) – KAPHD
ERIC BOCCARA (Velp, Netherlands) – Juroney
BRACLO EBER (South Africa) – Journey to the Top
FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE (Dorset, UK) – Take the Road Less Travelled
HUGO KRELL (Madrid, Spain) & Soriana Breda (Soria, Spain) – Proyecto XXY
Proyecto XXY from Soriana Breda on Vimeo.
OONA EIREN (London, UK) – Onward & Upward
Onward And Upward from oona Eiren on Vimeo.
VERUCA VANDYKE (Arkansas, USA) – Escape
You can view all 50 over at the UWA in SL blog
If I had to pick an overall favourite it’s hard to go past Eric Boccara’s Juroney. Congratulation to the eventual winners, which will be announced on the 22nd May at 6am SL time. Also, much kudos (again) to the UWA team who continue to show their dynamism and passion for virtual worlds creativity.
List of judges:
JUDGES
1. Peter Greenaway (RL) – Acclaimed Director
2. Professor Ted Snell (RL) – Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
3. Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) – Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art& Design Challenge
4. Yesikita Coppola (SL) – Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
5. Laurina Hawks (SL) – Joint Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
6. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) – Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)
7. FreeWee Ling (SL) – Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
8. LaPiscean Liberty (SL) – CEO AviewTV and UWA Media Advisor
9. Nazz Lane (SL) – Journalist and Author
10. Rowan Derryth (SL) – Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
11. Apollo Manga (SL) – examiner.com Writer & Novelist
12. Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) – Media Professor, Southern Illinois Uinversity, Author – Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
13. Lowell Cremorne (SL), Owner & Editor-In-Chief, The Metaverse Journal
14. Mal Burns (SL), Metaverse News Aggregator and Broadcaster
15. Paisley Beebe (SL), CEO of Perfect World Productions TV
16. Flimsey Freenote – CEO of Metamix TV (Mixed Reality Television)
17. Rhett Linden – Linden Labs
18. Bradley Dorchester – Joint Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
19. Dousa Dragonash (SL) – COO Metaverse Television
20. Cristina García-Lasuén (RL) Aino Baar (SL) International Curator, Art Writer, Founder & Owner of Open This End group
21. White Lebed (SL) – Former Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Director of Special Projects @ UWA
Ener Hax says
“… active presence in Second Life continues with a vengeance.” like Chuck Norris? =p
stubbornly and expensively perhaps, but a vengeance? i think not =)
Jay Jay Jegathesan says
Eric Boccara & Tutsy Navarathna win!
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/05/eric-boccara-tutsy-navarathna-grand.html