Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Art projects in SL
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This looks like a first for the world of NFTs and for Second Life: French artist Patrick Moya, who's been creating virtual installations in SL for many years while also showing his works at many real world exhibits, is now offering works created in Second Life as NFTs here on OpenSea and also on Rarible.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting I love abstract art. Most of the art in my home is abstract or extraordinary examples of the graphic display of quantitative data. (By the way, the best work-related course I ever attended.) But yes, it is abstract art that really grabs…
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Click here to teleport to what seems like a six floor apartment complex, but actually houses a pretty ambitious group art project called Ed. Colonia: The idea behind Ed. Colonia was exploring further the format of group exhibitions, preserving each artist’s individuality as we occupy a common space. No theme has been suggested, since the…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Editor’s note: After a hiatus that lasted most of last year, acclaimed metaverse artist Whiskey Monday recently returned to Flickr by storm, creating and uploading dozens of amazing images. “I usually work through creative stuff by writing,” she says of her relative…
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Click here to play White Veil, an art game created in Second Life by acclaimed metaverse artists Cica Ghost and Bryn Oh, an artist based in Canada whose virtual world-based works are actually funded by her local government. Unlike Bryn's previous works, which are more like site-based installations built in a 3D online world, White…
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] Great comment from reader madeline blackbart bringing much needed nuance to the eternal "Is Second Life a game" conversation: The whole "SL is not a game" or getting mad at that comparison always bothered me. It's rooted in the outdated concept that video games are toys and not the legitimate form of art that…
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The University Of Western Australia's virtual campus in Second Life has been among the most active and longest lasting educational presences, hosting regular art festivals like this one featuring cinema great Peter Greenaway But after years of hanging on, I'm told the UWA regions are finally being closed at the end of this year. That's…
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This SL sim called Sinful Retreat (saucy) is a worthwhile explore this weekend, whether you're in search of an artful location — or you're an artist who wants a location to show off your work. Click here to teleport. First the location: "[I]is a land of incongruent realities," owner and lead creator Chuck Clip tells…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Kato Salyut is limiting his work to black and white, as he explained in his “About” page: “As part of my effort to protest the current political climate in DC I am limiting my colors to mono and duo-tone images. Occasionally a…
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Here's the latest machinima from beloved metaverse artist Bryn Oh, who now has a Patreon page which you should definitely consider supporting if you're among the hundreds of thousands who've loved her artworks over the years. This new piece, called "Hand", was shot in both Second Life and Sansar, and as with some of her…
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