1. As we've covered previously, there's an enormous amount of activity going on in Second Life. There's regular presentations as well as streaming of parts of the real-world COP15 event. Here's where to check it out for yourself. 2. The Australia Council initiative, The Australian Centre of Virtual Art, has put a call-out for artists to participate in its 2010 virtual art lab. … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Australia Council’s second virtual worlds art project: mellifera
During July last year we reported on the Australia Council's second virtual worlds funding initiative, MMUVE IT! Thirty thousand dollars was provided to the successful applicants, Andrew Burrell and Trish Adams, and mellifera is the result. The installation revolves around bees and the way they interact with their virtual eco-system. Like the previous project, Babelswarm, … [Read more...] about Australia Council’s second virtual worlds art project: mellifera
Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters
It's been a great couple of weeks for interesting new Australian presences in Second Life. Last weekend, 'Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters' launched. It's a fascinating take on Shakespeare's Macbeth character, a "timely use of pop culture as an adaptive bridge between classic texts and new media technology". The first five minutes of my wanderings around the build were … [Read more...] about Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters
Australia Council announces latest funding winners
The Australia Council have announced the winners of their MMUVE IT! project. The project had thirty thousand dollars up for grabs for a virtual world arts initiative. The winners this time are visual artist Andrew Burrell from Sydney and artist and science researcher Trish Adams from Brisbane. The third real winner this time is startup virtual world platform VastPark, which … [Read more...] about Australia Council announces latest funding winners
Australia Council announces ‘MMUVE it!’
Hot on the heels of Babelswarm, the Australia Council has announced its next opportunity for virtual world artists: MMUVE it! Like the previous funding, it's available for three artists but this time the platform has been widened to any virtual world: "With more than 73 million participants in MMUVE's such as EverQuest, Second Life and World of Warcraft, and the recent … [Read more...] about Australia Council announces ‘MMUVE it!’