Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of grim news in the world today that we all ought to be aware of, but it's good for mental health to take a short break from worrying about it. And what better way than by taking in a nice 2 hours of culture, friendship, and beauty.
But before we get to the eye candy, (supplied in this gif by Kith Whitehawk, check out the post 'Going Wyld' for even more Wyldwood Bayou gorgeousness) there's an important new cultural hub on Craft Grid, that we visited as our first destination. Hosted on regions curated by Roxelo Babenco aka Rosanna Galvani whose Museo del Metaverso has been a beacon of art in virtual worlds over 15 years. HG Addresses are, as always, at the end of this post.
Rosanna Galvani and Velazquez Bonetto were waiting on Craft Grid to welcome us as we arrived at the new Ebook Library on sim Uqbar 2 which is in the group of art regions under the aegis of the Museo del Metaverso. This project is a great example of how international Craft Grid is, because we were talking in Hungarian, Spanish, Italian and English, not to mention typonese. |
| Rosanna and Velazquez in the Library |
Velazquez Bonetto aka László Ördögh you may remember from Second Life where he, together with Josina Burgess, ran the CARP Diabolus region, a gallery famous for futuristic installations. Together with their own art, they frequently collaborated with some of the biggest names in SL's creative community. SL art and artists - and some Opensim creatives too - are immortalized in a series of books, and these have now a place of honor in a purpose built Library building, designed by Velazquez, in an area called the Virtual Artspace Diabolus CARP. CARP stands not for a fish but for Cybernetic Art Research Project. As colleagues and fellow galleristas, Rosanna and Velazquez bring together some of the best talent of the golden days of SL art, which is a grand basis upon which new artistic projects can grow and thrive in opensim.
Rosanna Galvani [it→en]: The idea for the Library was Velazquez's and of course I totally approved of his idea! This floor is dedicated to the ebooks that Velazquez has made and collected since 2006. You click a book and go to page, if you want to browse, you just clicking on the book, and you can see all the projects carried out by CARP and MdM
Velazquez Bonetto: Minden könyv felett találtok egy feliratot ami a könyv címe, a könyvtárban eddig 98 könyv található a metaverse művészetről [hu→en]: Above each book you will find an inscription which is the title of the book, to date, the library has 98 books on metaverse art.
George Equus: Great way to present books!
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| Rosanna |
Kelso Uxlay: Gorgeous design, this building
Wizardoz Chrome [it→en]: Yes both in the build and in the design and in the special effects .. Great Velazquez
Nebby Newman: it is easy to cam around here
Velazquez Bonetto [hu→en]: you can always come back and read. On the lower level are the e-books and on the upper level are the video collection
whirli placebo: such wonderful history here! thank you for archiving it.
Rosanna Galvani [it→en]: we said that the material is rich and varied
whirli placebo: yes! I love those who archive these kinds of things for history. Such an important thing to do
Rosanna Galvani [it→en]: There are15 years of photographic and film documentation here.
Kelso Uxlay: Fabulous
Velazquez Bonetto [hu→en]: The library was opened 2 months ago in this form. If someone wants to read the library to the end, it is guaranteed to last several months!
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| Velazquez |
So if you are/were an artist active in SL over the past decade or so, or have a friend who falls into that category, you should check out the library and see if you're in there!
After the Library presentation, we went over to the art sim Più Donna Zero Violenza dedicated to installations about violence to women, and also some protests against the current was situation, and an interesting illustrated timeline of women scientists
Nara Nook: This so cool and a message so much needed
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| Rosanna in some wearable art by Cherry Manga |
There was so much to see, I'm sure many will return to discover, or rediscover, all kinds of art and cultural expressions available on these monumental regions.
Rosanna Galvani [it→en]: all installations are inspired by violence against women
Nebby Newman: all is nicely done! thank you!
victoria logan [es→en]: excellent work
Kelso Uxlay: Thanks for the visit
Destination Addresses:
Museo del Metaverso and Virtual Artspace Diabolus CARP
Ebook Library craft-world.org:8002:Uqbar 2
Art Gallery against violence craft-world.org:8002:Più Donne Zero Violenza
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