centromimir
11 marzo 2010

… e al tramonto…

• Carlo Buti – Sulla carrozzella

Serpe verde torna a Rodasia

Xidd – Flying Serpent (Slytherin) is back over Rodasia, a few month after, March 11, 2010

Rodasia 10 Marzo 2010

Art&Mente Studios, Rodasia, 7 Marzo 2010

Art&Mente Studios a Rodasia
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rodasia/123/40/28
Artworks by Yaia Nishi and Elle Ellesmere, Psychological and Health Stuff by Lapsus Weinstein, Moodle and Sloodle by elenikalai Naxos, with the contribution of many other people with their works in progress on our Sandbox

Capolavori di Yaia Nishi ed Elle Ellsmere, pannelli e altro materiale informativo in tema di psicologia e salute di Lapsus Weinstein, Moodle e Sloodle, di elenikalai Naxos, col contributo di molti altri creativi, con i loro lavori in corso sulla Sandbox del gruppo.

Percorsi nell’Arte e nella Mente, a Rodasia

centromimir
06 marzo 2010

A volo d’aquila sorvoliamo dal suo Picco gli Art&mente Studios, a Rodasia, in Second Life…

Una Notte a Rodasia

centromimir
07 marzo 2010

SaveMe Oh

SaveMe Oh Weblog

I,m a dutch theatredirector with Asian roots who also tries to make performances or theatreplays in SL.

Together with my father Cupido Oh I explore the creative challenges

and limitations of SL. Crossed quit some borders already

but also found huge walls.

http://savemeoh.wordpress.com/

Am I A Case For Psycho Therapists?

The Italian psychotherapists are after me.

See what they collected about me, now everybody must think I am completely nuts.

http://www.centromimir.it/2010/02/05/save-me-from-saveme-oh-una-bellissima-performance-live-della-bravissima-artista-in-second-life/

Ehe, maybe many psychotherapists should ask you for a therapy

The Kingdom of SaveMe Oh

centromimir
05 febbraio 2010

Flying with SaveMe Oh

Dancing with SaveMe Oh 2

Escaping with SaveMe Oh

Fighting with SaveMe Oh

Live performance in the Kingdom of SaveMe Oh with Yaia Nishi

SaveMe Oh – The OHne and OHnly – by Iono Allen

Ionoallen
20 dicembre 2009

Breath from SaveMe Oh on Vimeo.

centromimir
07 gennaio 2010

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Antartica%20Bay/125/219/22

spicchiamo il volo nel 2010 nei cieli di Antartica Bay, in Second Life

Free Tibet Zen Garden

- Il giardino zen, nel Free Tibet Zen Garden, per raccoglierci e meditare

- La Via nella Selva, suggestione dello psicoanalista Davide Lopez

- La Memoria e le Memorie, la Shoah, la Legge e la Pace

- Link e teleport, cliccando i pannelli ci portano nelle magiche terre di Van Gogh, di Papper Papp, di Simba Schumann, di Shellina Winkler e di tanti altri artisti e creativi presenti sul Web e in Second Life

- Sorvoliamo le Scene di Yaia Nishi, i Frammenti d’Arte di Elle Ellsmere, e lo sguardo riflesso di Nevery Lorakeet ci accompagna sopra il Caffe Freud, mentre l’orologio di Riri Bazar accanto alla Casa di Ritorno al Futuro ci ricordano il Tempo, e l’Impermanenza

- Il Cabaret Arcadia, dedicato ad Arcadia Asylum, offre una sosta gradevole, con danze accompagnate dal Trio jazzistico di Nessuno Myoo, e ci teletrasporta in luoghi di divertimento, intrattenimento, svago, musica, fashion, come la Gioielleria di GiuliaTess Kaestner, a Rodasia, e in tante altre regioni di Second Life

- L’Ospedale offre spunti per accogliere la malattia come un’alleata, come ci hanno suggerito Sandracas Menoptra, Mariposa Monentes, Animovagante Magic, Pampu Parx e tanti altri

- Lo Spazio Arte e Mente rimanda a luoghi del metaverso che affrontano i temi dell’Istruzione, della Scienza, dell’Educazione, dell’Elearning, nei mondi virtuali ed in quello reale

Picco dell Aqula

centromimir
07 dicembre 2009

“Centro Mimir” è un progetto, iniziato nel 1995 con la denominazione ARCO, Arte & Letteratura, Psicologia e Comunicazione, che si propone, tanto nel mondo virtuale di Internet, quanto nel mondo reale, di facilitare l’incontro tra chi a vario titolo vive e desidera condividere disagi derivanti da problemi della salute, fisica e mentale, e di promuovere la riabilitazione psichiatrica e l’auto reciproco aiuto, con modalità e strumenti anche derivanti dalle moderne tecnologie informatiche, che favoriscano il reciproco accompagnamento e sostegno, a partire da basi culturali e da conoscenze tecniche e scientifiche condivise, con l’ausilio, per quanto è possibile, di siti, weblog, forum, chat, messenger .

Mimir (antica divinità delle Fonti) evoca la Memoria e le Memorie, personali, sociali, condivise e condivisibili.

A partire dall’estate 2007, Second Life è stato individuato come lo strumento ideale per sviluppare questo progetto, unitamente ai social network Facebook e Ning.com (Arte e Mente),  e al canale di video streaming livestream.com/artemente, senza abbandonare i più tradizionali blog (centromimir.it, Suburbia) e forum (autoaiuto.forumup.it)

2007

Grazie alla collaborazione con numerosi utenti internazionali, il Caffe Freud ha potuto in breve porsi non solo come

• esposizione di pannelli informativi nel campo della psicologia, della salute, della psichiatria, delle neuroscienze e dell’arte con rimandi a siti web, video, regioni di Second Life e di altri metaversi (link e landmark) e come
• servizio di presenza e ascolto, una sorta di ambulatorio, sportello aperto 24 ore su 24, per raccogliere, ma innanzitutto scoprire e cercare di capire immersivamente, le problematiche della vita inworld e della sua relazione col mondo reale, ma anche come periodico
• punto di incontro ( domenica alle 9am SLT, ore 18 italiane, in lingua inglese) con persone a vario titolo interessate a confrontarsi su temi, personali e sociali, a raccontare la propria esperienza vissuta fuori e dentro il metaverso, a presentare i propri progetti. Un sentito rinraziamento va in particolare ad Any1 Gynoid, che è stata ed è tuttora il mio angelo custode negli avventurosi e talvolta perigliosi percorsi nel metaverso.

2008

Second Life si era nel frattempo diffusa ampiamente anche in Italia, magistralmente raccontata su numerosissimi forum e blog ad essa dedicati, e da un particolarissimo telegiornale inworld, CRASHINews (blog: http://crashinews.blogspot.com/), di cui siamo divenuti per lungo tempo bestfan e che, grazie all’entusiastica e preziosa collaborazione con la cara e amatissima amica Papper Papp (al secolo Paola Pandolfini), ci ha aperto le porte degli universi artistici ed espressivi in Second Life, ma anche nella vita reale, sia partecipando ad iniziative comuni, come Artisti della Memoria, (che ha visto anche l’attiva partecipazione, tra gli altri, di Pampu Parx) sia con la raccolta dei suoi video machinima CRASHINArt, ed anche con la sua conoscenza del Buddhismo di Nichiren Daishonin, via laica e attualissima per l’accrescimento di valore dei rapporti interumani, nella vita quotidiana e in quella virtuale

Evento cruciale dell’anno la mostra sul Rinascimento Viirtuale, a Firenze, Ottobre 2008 seguito nel

2009

dal Convegno Ars in Ara, a Giugno, con larga partecipazione, sia a Roma, sia Live, via streaming, sul web e ovunque nel mondo, a dimostrazione di quanto fruttuoso e promettente sia il fare assieme con l’ausilio degli strumenti del Web 2.0, da parte di persone sinceramente appassionate e da professionisti provenienti dai più disparati mondi della cultura, della scienza e dell’arte

Pur con numerosi traslochi da una sim all’altra e nel farsi e disfarsi di gruppi, che nell’impermanenza della vita reale e virtuale hanno comunque validamente costituito validi punti di riferimento e di reciproco incoraggiamento alla creazione, alla curiosità, all’invenzione, anche di nuovi e impensati ruoli, ci ritroviamo al giro di boa tra 2009 e

2010

con immutato e rinnovato entusiasmo, a galileianamente provare e riprovare a costruire insieme un mondo migliore, virtuale sì, ma trasferibile nel reale, perchè la vita reale incombe coi i suoi numerosissimi e gravi problemi, personali, relazionali, sociali, economici, ambientali, e chiede con urgenza soluzioni di dialogo e pace, direbbe il Dalai Lama, tra tutti gli Esseri Senzienti

ad Antartica Bay con il gruppo Art&Mente, animato da Yaia Nishi, Elle Ellsmere, GiuliaTess Kaestner, in collaborazione con molti altri iscritti che in altre regioni di Second Life sviluppano propri originali progetti.

Art&Mente Studios

Art&Mente Studios

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Antartica+Bay/121/216/22

Video machinima weblink landmark Arte Psicologia Comunicazione Memoria Psicoanalisi Salute Buddhismo Shoah Incontri in lingua italiana Cinema Teatro Brescia Centro Mimir Frammenti d’Arte di Elle Ellsmere Scene di Yaia Nishi

Pohanzi Arts

Pohanzi Arts

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Novatron/256/171/21

Firenze sogna Rinascimento Arte psicologia comunicazione memoria fotografia sculture machinima video playlist Minimal open space. Women and other photos by Papper Papp, Private Collection, Collezione Privata. Immagini di Firenze. By Centro Mimir

Ritorno al Futuro ad Antartica Bay

Frammenti d'Arte, di Elle Ellsmere

Free Tibet, Zen Garden

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Scene, di Yaia Nishi

Gioielleria, di GiuliaTess Kaestner, a Rodasia

Piccola Mostra della Shoah

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Arcadia's Cabaret

La Via nella Selva

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Flying with … Slytherin … over Fantasy and Wizardry

centromimir
10 dicembre 2009

Art&Mente Fantasy & Wizardry

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rodasia/123/40/28

ripensando a un libro di Davide Lopez

http://www.davidelopez.it/libri/viaselva.htm.

e a Dante Aligheri

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rodasia/171/107/27

Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in Second Life

centromimir
10 dicembre 2009

Pohanzi Arts

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Novatron/256/171/21

About: any1 Gynoid

New NCI Class: Photography & SL Journalism – As SL ppls we have terrific tools to make great photos and then turn them into historic contributions to RL and SL society. Learn the art of photography, how to make great photos happen, and how to publish your work in the RL/SL history logs of the Blogging Internet and SL news orgs. Sundays at 6am SLT
secondlife:///app/teleport/Hamnida/227/24/113

Recent Stories by Any1 Gynoid (Note: These stories address mature topics)
1. All my CNN stories are posted at: http://www.ireport.com/people/any1gynoid
2. Environmentalism (Copenhagen Story) http://tiny.cc/LfYxb
3. Political Fun in SL http://tiny.cc/gzTkh
4. Incredibly Wicked Fun (SL Belly Dancing) http://tiny.cc/VzFrP
5. Music Appreciation (Has Spiritual Dimension) http://tiny.cc/8NuGX
6. My biggest story ever! Yoko Ono & Imagine Fest  http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-340037

INSTRUCTOR BIO… My background…. I’ve spent the past year becoming a top SL journalist preparing for this class… Superstar CNN iReporter and pro reporter for SL Newspaper and SL Enquirer. I’ve written nearly 100 news stories in SL on very diverse topics… from entertainment to hard political news. My stories have over 33,000 page views on CNN’s website. And you know what? You can do this too, and many of you will do way way better! You are the hope of SL future! Make temporary events in SL into permanent message art! That is our common vision and mission!

Marcom For Social Benefits Orgs
Sunday 6am I launch a new class “Photography & SL Journalism”… THROUGH JOURNALISM & BLOGS we make our SL activities into permanent outreach… to RL too! Join Us! See note! Happy Holidays!
SL Social Benefits Enters New Phase!

Marcom For Activist Orgs
Sunday 6am I launch a new class “Photography & SL Journalism”… THROUGH JOURNALISM & BLOGS we make our SL activism into permanent outreach… to RL too! Join Us! See note! Happy Holidays!
SL Activism Enters Exciting New Phase!

NCI South Ground Classroom - Help, Hamnida

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hamnida/231/28/113

sl-newspaper.com

http://www.sl-newspaper.com/

Art&Mente Studios

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Antartica+Bay/121/216/22

Video machinima weblink landmark Arte Psicologia Comunicazione Memoria Psicoanalisi Salute Buddhismo Shoah Incontri in lingua italiana Cinema Teatro Brescia Centro Mimir Frammenti d’Arte di Elle Ellsmere Scene di Yaia Nishi

pohanzi

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Novatron/256/171/21

Firenze sogna Rinascimento Arte psicologia comunicazione memoria fotografia sculture machinima video playlist Minimal open space Women, by Papper Papp, Immagini di Firenze. By Centro Mimir

Ritorno al Futuro ad Antartica Bay

Frammenti d'Arte, di Elle Ellsmere

Free Tibet, Zen Garden

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Scene, di Yaia Nishi

Gioielleria, di GiuliaTess Kaestner, a Rodasia

Piccola Mostra della Shoah

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Arcadia's Cabaret

La Via nella Selva

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Fantasy & Wizardry

centromimir
29 novembre 2009

Art&Mente Fantasy & Wizardry

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rodasia/123/40/28

ripensando a un libro di Davide Lopez

http://www.davidelopez.it/libri/viaselva.htm.

e a Dante Aligheri

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rodasia/171/107/27

Nuovo volo su Antartica Bay

centromimir
14 novembre 2009

centromimir
1 Settembre 2009

Landmarks

ARTE (LIVELLO MARE)

Artisti della Memoria Art Hub

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/81/21/65)

Papper Papp’s Art Corner

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/139/22/68

Altra Milano, Conservatorio, Cinema e Psicoanalisi

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/202/33/71

Yaia Nishi Scenes

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/4/36/60

Prajna Photo Gallery

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/97/73/60

Elle Ellsmere ***FraMmenti d’Arte

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/214/99/73

Sguardi a Levante

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/126/91/501

Anfiteatro e Teatro Greco

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/185/167/60

Villa Nuova Arts by Dage Yven

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongiu/205/72/68

GiuliaTess Kaestner Jewelry

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/222/153/75

MEDICINA

Gyeongiu Hospital, Policlinico

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongiu/224/21/66

Malattia. Un’alleata per crescere interiormente

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan//138/164/1000

PSICOLOGIA (1000 METRI)

Caffe Freud e Centro Mimir a Seoraksan in Second Life

Arte Psicologia Comunicazione, Caffe Freud

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/162/185/1001

Centro Mimir

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/162/219/1000

Arcadia’s Cabaret & Pow Wow

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/203/219/1000

ArteMente Art & Mind Barcamp

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/30/180/1000

Brescia, Piazza della Loggia

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/216/167/1000

SPORT (3000 METRI)

Campo di Calcio – Second Football
Brescia Leonessa e Pohanzi Firenze

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/115/180/3000

BUDDHISMO e MEDITAZIONE

Free Tibet Zen Garden

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/41/77/21

Gongyo Daimoku Sky Mandala

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/20/112/1000

MEMORIA

Piccola Mostra della Shoah

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/85/168/26

FANTASIA E SOGNI

Neverland. L’isola che non c’è.
Peter Pan, Alice, Wall-E, il Piccolo Principe

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/116/213/108

Pohanzi, Firenze sognava

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/176/230/60

Seoraksan 25 Agosto 2009

centromimir
25 agosto 2009

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=10165&uid=70700181564

Da segnalare le nuove installazioni di Nevery Lorakeet, Pampu Parx, Prajna Seetan, Elle Ellsmere e Riri Bazar, che affiancano quelle già esistenti… fin dalle origini… di Papper Papp, di Yaia Nishi, di Dage Yven in

Artisti della Memoria. Art Hub, Seoraksan (84, 20, 65)
La Piazza da cui partire in esplorazione!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/84/20/65

centromimir
25 agosto 2009

precedenti articoli sul tema:

Le Terre degli Artisti della Memoria si arricchiscono di una nuova ambientazione:

L’Isola che non c’è. Neverland

L’ ıle qui n’éxiste pas.

Da Peter Pan & Wendy à WallE in compagnia del Piccolo principe.

From Peter Pan & Wendy to WallE, and the Little Prince.

De Peter Pan & Wendy to WallE, avec le Petit Prince.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/127/218/21

Seconda stella a destra…

http://www.centromimir.it/tag/piccolo-principe/

Video originale Youtube
L’isola che non c’è, di  Edoardo Bennato

daniroma72
11 marzo 2008

dedicata a chi ci crede..a chi non smette di cercarla..a chi ce l’ha dentro al cuore..

S&S Gallery of Fine Arts, Aeonia North (135, 55, 23)

Facial expressions at S&S Gallery of Fine Arts

(grazie ad una segnalazione di Yaia NIshi)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aeonia%20North/122/54/23

Managed and created by Stefanik Dagostino & Ally Aeon.

Biggest, Best and Most Beautiful Gallery in SL.

Art Gallery, Gallery, Gallerie, Galleria, Kunst,

Fine Art, Museum, Paintings,

Photos, Sculptures, Fractals.

Susa Bubble: The Art of Rose Borchovski from Larkworthy Antfarm on Vimeo.

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Aggiornamento al 24 Dicembre 2009

The story of Susa Bubble – Rose Borchovski Artwork – by Iono Allen

Ionoallen
24 dicembre 2009

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• Animare gli avatar in Second life puo’ rivelarsi molto istruttivo: dalle espressioni facciali al linguaggio a segni dei sordomuti

“Why So Serius?” Alexel Laville Exibithion

centromimir
16 luglio 2009

Host:
Second Life Italia (WDT Planet)
Type:
Music/Arts – Opening
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 11:20pm
End Time:
Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 2:20am
Location:
WDT Planet Anfiteatro – http://slurl.com/secondlife/WDT%20Planet/123/114/59/

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?src=fftb#/event.php?eid=122712787362

Visita individuale, video dilettantistico, il tutto è da de/gustare “inworld” !

La seconda occasione di Alice Mastroianni
Lalterego di Alice Cittone in Second Life, sul Webverso la comunicazione virtuale
http://alicemastroianni.wordpress.com/

Alice in SecondWorld (WDT Planet Second Life)
http://alicemastroianni.blogspot.com/

Aggiornato al 2 Giugno 2009

Centro Mimir Arte Psicoanalisi Salute Comunicazione Auto Aiuto Medicina Psicologia
Neuroscienze Psichiatria Corsi Online Art Psychoanalysis Cognitive Science …

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Artisti della Memoria: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51577241298

Blog

http://artemente.ning.com
http://www.centromimir.it
http://suburbia.splinder.com
http://brixia.splinder.com

SL URL

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/157/185/1001

Search

Qui trovate tutto quello che riguarda il Gruppo Centro Mimir in Second Life

http://search.secondlife.com/search.php?s=All_Web&q=centro+mimir&submit=Go

e qui quel che riguarda gli Artisti della Memoria

http://search.secondlife.com/search.php?s=All_Web&q=artisti+della+memoria&submit=Go

Ultime notizie da Seoraksan, Marzo 2009

Un saluto a tutti gli

Artisti della Memoria

Fotografie Sculture Creazioni

Arte Psicologia Comunicazione Italia. Immagini Foto Galleria Gallerie Lavori in Corso Esposizioni
Art Psychology Photography Italy Pictures Photos Machinima Gallery Galleries Expositions Works in Progress.

By Papper Papp (Co-fondatrice insieme a Lapsus Weinstein), torno Kohime, pampu Parx, Prajna Seetan,  Yaia Nishi, Dage Yven, Biancaluce Robbiani, Centro Mimir

Pogetto avviato con l’ideazione ed il coordinamento artistico di Papper Papp

Qui di seguito le lm

Artisti della Memoria, Art Hub, 2008-2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/84/19/65

Papper’s Art Corner at Seoraksan, 2008-2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/147/6/68

• PaolaP.’s Photos
  http://www.paolapandolfini.net/
  CRASHINEWS – Notizie da Second Life
  http://crashinews.blogspot.com/

Pohanzi, Firenze sognava, Ottobre 2008
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/175/230/61

pampu Parx Photo Gallery, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/111/82/60

Prajna Photo Gallery, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/111/82/60

torno’s Art Lab, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/142/131/501

Yaia NIshi Scenes, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/18/8/69

Villa Nuova Arts Dage Yven’s Gallery, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongju/153/26/75

ArteMente Art & Mind, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/21/176/1000

Centro Mimir. La Fonte della Memoria, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/162/219/1000

Caffe’ Freud. Il Nido del Cuculo, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/157/185/1001

Malattia. Un’alleata per crescere interiormente, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/138/164/1001

Gyeongiu Hospital. Policlinico Italiano, 2009
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongiu/216/16/65

Brescia Piazza Loggia, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/177/124/1000

Underwater. Piccola Mostra della Shoah, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/85/168/26

Free Tibet Zen Garden, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/41/77/21

Altra Milano, Conservatorio, 2007
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seoraksan/202/33/71

Artisti della Memoria

New! Artisti della Memoria – Lapsus Weinstein – [Website] [RSS]

Crashinews Interview
The following are some excerpts of an interview I did on Nov 18 2008 for Crashinews, an italian news show. Just in case you wanted to hear me blather on about art in SL!

Sasun Steinbeck – Interview by Crashinews, by Papper Papp

crashinews
24 novembre 2008

Papper Papp: you are in SL since …
Papper Papp: 2005!!!!
Sasun Steinbeck: September 2005, yes
Sasun Steinbeck: just over 3 years now
Sasun Steinbeck: I’ve seen a lot of changes
Papper Papp: how did u find sl? and why did u log in ?
Papper Papp: )
Sasun Steinbeck: just to give you an idea of the growth I’ve seen, when I started maintaining the list of SL Art Galleries from Pathfinder Linden, there were no more than about 40-50 galleries on there
Sasun Steinbeck: Now, there are over 550 art galleries on the list. Just amazing growth.
Papper Papp: cool!
Sasun Steinbeck: I read about SL in some magazine somewhere… it was so long ago. It said that everything was built by the residents, which caught my interest.
Sasun Steinbeck: So I just logged in to check it out and it was love at first sight.
Papper Papp: how did u get this wonderful idea about galleries?
Sasun Steinbeck: I was captivated by the creativity I saw, and that’s what’s held me here the whole time, the massive creativity I see every day in the sims, the builds, the architecture, the art, the experiences people create for others to enjoy. It’s truly a magical place!
Sasun Steinbeck: I was good friends with an art gallery owner when I first started SL. I think we had a mutual friend that I met in a sandbox somewhere. Her name was Savi Sieyes, and she had a sandbox where we hung out a lot. So I was hanging around in art galleries ever since the very beginning
Sasun Steinbeck: One of the most rewarding things to me in my entire SL experience is to hear from other artists that tell me they were inspired by my sculpture. Artists that have gone far beyond what I’ve done and taken new kinds of art in new directions that were inspired by something I did (among other influences of course), that’s just such an incredibly gratifying thing for me
Papper Papp: I can imagine
Papper Papp: sharing is important for the new kind of artists
Sasun Steinbeck: Yes I agree, I really think it’s important for artists to get together to share experience and help new members of the art community get integrated into SL and exposed to all the great stuff going on.
Sasun Steinbeck: My particular passion is for the art gallery owners, I have a large group that helps new gallery owners (many of whom own very small boutique galleries of their own works) get started and share experience.
Papper Papp: what do you think about the future about art in sl and about sl ?
Sasun Steinbeck: I think that art in SL (and this applies to other virtual worlds too) is going to dramatically increase in importance and visibility in the RL art world
Papper Papp: I agree
Sasun Steinbeck: The reason is that only in a virtual 3D world can you *experience* an art installation and become part of it in ways that simply can’t be done in RL.
Papper Papp: sure!
Sasun Steinbeck: My sculpture is also a good example of real SL art that simply can’t be taken out into RL and experienced the same way, not even close.
Sasun Steinbeck: You can’t morph a physical object, or fly into a giant sphere of flowers, or experience moving prims like you can in SL.
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Papper Papp: you make me feel scripting as an ART
Sasun Steinbeck: I’m glad that when I first started SL I decided to pick ONE thing and do it well. I chose scripting, since I recognized that as the “magic sauce” behind all the really innovative things I had seen up to that point, and I wanted the magic sauce recipe!
Papper Papp: it’s a sort of challenge
Sasun Steinbeck: You raise an excellent point. I strongly believe that the really interesting art in SL is the union between scripting and artistic design. That’s not to say there isn’t some *excellent* 2D art and really nice 3D art with moving textures. But I still think that there’s a huge unexplored frontier of art in SL when you combine scripted objects with art, just waiting to be explored. Trust me you haven’t seen anything yet!! We will see some amazing things in the future. The SL artist of tomorrow needs to learn some new skills, and one of them is scripting!
Sasun Steinbeck: I can only hope that my sculpture inspires some artists to learn LSL and try some new experiments, it’s just one small example of what can be accomplished, there’s so much more that could be done.
Papper Papp: yes, it’s important to use SL at 100%
Sasun Steinbeck: I have seen some very successful collaboration between artists, builders, texture experts, sound experts, and scripters. You don’t need to know everything… sometimes the trick is to find the people that do! If you understand what can be done in those different areas, you can dream up some new possibilities and find someone to help you create it. SL is a very collaborative environment, so don’t be afraid to get out there and collaborate! Two crazy people are better than one
Papper Papp: great!
Sasun Steinbeck:
Papper Papp: “Two crazy people are better than one ”
Papper Papp: LOL
Sasun Steinbeck: LOL! It’s so true You can’t create something really special if you’re not a little crazy!
Papper Papp: yepp
Sasun Steinbeck: And let me tell you, I know plenty of crazy artists
Papper Papp: I am an artist too
Papper Papp: I know
Papper Papp: LOL
Sasun Steinbeck: hahahaa yes you know then
Papper Papp: yepp
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Sasun Steinbeck: there are so many good photographers in SL
Papper Papp: yepp
Sasun Steinbeck: that’s another area that will be very interesting in the future
Papper Papp: I am sure about it
Sasun Steinbeck: I think it’s really really important to document what is going on with art in SL, architecture, sim design… everything
Papper Papp: yes
Sasun Steinbeck: and Photographers can capture that essence
Sasun Steinbeck: unlike anyone else
Papper Papp: there are disappeared places in sl
Papper Papp: they still live in pics
Papper Papp:
Sasun Steinbeck: yes! I’m so sad to see some of the amazing sims going away
Sasun Steinbeck: because of the OpenSpace debacle
Sasun Steinbeck: some beautiful art sims
Papper Papp: I am thinking to make an exhibition with pics of lost sims
Sasun Steinbeck: You know, I have noticed that growth in the number of art galleries has stalled since then, and is actually declining. And I am pretty darn sure it’s because of gallery closures due to OpenSpace closures
Papper Papp: ( I had this idea in this moment lol )
Sasun Steinbeck: Oh wow that is an excellent idea!
Sasun Steinbeck: I like that, lost spaces

Sasun Steinbeck: as you can see growth peaked maybe 4 weeks ago and has been on a slow decline since then
Sasun Steinbeck: sometimes these declines are temporary, but you can see from the dots on the chart… this decline is not reversing
Papper Papp: unbelievable
Sasun Steinbeck: I believe the OpenSpace issues are hurting the art world in a significant way from looking at this
Sasun Steinbeck: each dot on the line is one week
Sasun Steinbeck: overall the growth has been phenomenal as you can see
Papper Papp: yes
Sasun Steinbeck: so hopefully this is a temporary hiccup
Sasun Steinbeck: This latest decline has me worried, but it hasn’t been very long, what may happen is that after the galleries on OpenSpace sims close, they may reopen elsewhere, and growth may continue.
Sasun Steinbeck: So we’ll see! I remain hopeful
Papper Papp: what do u think about opensims?
Sasun Steinbeck: That’s an interesting question, there will obviously be a lot of art galleries on OpenSims and I’m wondering how in the world I’ll ever keep track of all of those different islands of grids out there….
Papper Papp: I am not sure that OpenSims could be a good thing for sl )
Sasun Steinbeck: I’m worried about influential people in the art scene saying that SL is dead and encouraging people to leave… I think it’s inevitable that people will migrate to open sims, but I totally disagree that the sky is falling here in SL. I will wait and see like everyone else what happens with all these different grids that will be growing, I’m worried about the fact that it will pull people away from SL.
Papper Papp: but they represent the future in the opinion of most people
Papper Papp: I agree: in Italy journalists are writing about the sl death
Sasun Steinbeck: Yeah I think it’s a dangerous thing to suck paying residents away from SL, it can only hurt LL. Some people may not give a damn, but if LL goes out of business, things around here may be VERY bad, who knows. I think people beat up LL FAR more than they deserve, they are pioneers in this space and this is all one huge experiment. Yeah they make mistakes, they’re learning as they go.
Sasun Steinbeck: I’m very interested to see people’s frustration level with all of the open sim owners, I’m sure they will be saying, wow SL wasn’t so bad
Papper Papp: ) yeah
Sasun Steinbeck: It does represent the future, but I think SL will ALWAYS be the biggest player, they have been doing this for a long time and contrary to people that really don’t know what the hell they are talking about, LL IS the industry expert when it comes to running a 3D virtual world business.
Sasun Steinbeck: Unless they really screw up, they can keep innovating and stay ahead of the pack. But that can change of course
Sasun Steinbeck: Yeah I think there will be lots of lost places as OpenSims grids come and go. There will be a huge shakeout to see who survives and who doesn’t. Lots of lost places
Papper Papp:
Papper Papp: one of lost places is
Papper Papp: virtual starry
Papper Papp:
Sasun Steinbeck: hm not sure if I’ve heard of that one
Sasun Steinbeck: I don’t think I’ve been there
Sasun Steinbeck: So for someone like me, your photos may be all that I’ll ever see of it
Papper Papp:
Sasun Steinbeck: So I think it’s great that someone is documenting those places.