Rik's Picks for June 28-July 1

Rik Riel's weekly round-up of upcoming SL events...

The Long Now Foundation presents the in-world premiere of Brian Eno's massive art installation "77 Million Paintings" alongside its real world premiere in San Francisco. Described as "a constantly evolving sound and imagescape which continues [Eno's] exploration into light as an artist's medium and the aesthetic possibilities of 'generative software'."  How's that for high concept! The event will open [Friday] at 8PM PDT on Kula 1 (Teleport SLURL) with an interview with SL artist Angrybeth Shortbread, who designed the in-world installations. There will also be several public venues hosting unique installations of "77 Million Paintings," including in time order:

• 8PM Kula 1 through Kula 4 (Teleport SLURL)
  
• 8:30PM at Art Center in Avignon (Teleport SLURL)
• 9PM at Ars Virtua in Seventh Eye (Teleport SLURL)
• 9:30PM with Jeremy Neumann, Hooper Sim (Teleport SLURL)
• 10PM at Leeds College of Art and Design at The Collective (Teleport SLURL)

Also coming up this week: transgender pride, Jesus' General, voicechatting about voicechat, a freaky technocarnival ride, haute couture, and a new in-world talk show. All that and lots more metaversal happenings after the jump...

(All listings in SLT, i.e. Pacific Standard Time)

Thursday, June 28

1PM - Transgender Pride Event
As part of the 2007 Second Pride Festival, the Transgender Resource Center is sponsoring a dance party with DJ Beta Bates.In addition, volunteers will be staffing booth #85 to answer questions and welcome new members to SL's transgender community. At Rhodium (242, 14).

6PM - Jesus' General at YearlyKos Registration Drive
Join partying progressives getting ready for YearlyKos in SL, as well as political satirist extraordinaire Jesus' General. Come prepared to join in the conversation, ask the General a question or find out more about the YearlyKos Convention. At Progressive Island (128, 52).

7PM - SL Birthday Open Discussion
An open meeting to discuss important issues on SL's 4th birthday, including voicechat, the impact of SL on real life, scripters-builders versus consumers and other topics. Bring your headsets and updated viewers, because this is a voicechat-enabled meeting. At SL4B (130, 125).

8PM - Anxiety Support Circle
Everyone experiences anxiety every now and then, but for some it can be constant and overwhelming. Come to the Anxiety Support Circle and find a comfortable and supportive atmosphere for participants to share their experiences and offer advice to others who suffer from some form of anxiety.  At SupportforHealing (186, 188).

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Friday, June 29

4AM - Opening of Photography Exhibit by Kyla Zenovka and Therese Slade
Kyla Zenovka and Therese Slade invite you to their "provocative" photography exhibit featuring only pictures taken in-world. At Nogojiri (42, 210).

3-5:30PM - Class on Script Tinkering by Creating a Bubble Wand
Bloodsong Termagant teaches how to make a bubble blower, and tinker with the particle system. This is an Intermediate class for students who are able to build quickly and know basic scripting syntax and constructs. At Mystica (140, 231).

3PM - Jeff Tully in Concert
Jeff Tully performs country and folk on vocals and acoustic guitar at Galveston Island (38, 212).

6PM - Screening of "We Are the Strange"
"We Are the Strange" is a film created over three years by M Dot Strange using a range of animation techniques including traditional, stop motion, computer, and the artist's own blend of 8-bit graphics and anime. Come check out what is described as "a freaky technocarnival ride that climaxes with a momentous battle between innocence and darkness." At Seventh Eye (Teleport SLURL).

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Saturday, June 30

12-3AM - SanityInn Wind Live from Berlin
Canadian musician SanityInn Wind will be performing live from Berlin and streamed into SL at Preussen (177, 158).

Fwwixli Swindlehurst

6AM - "PgUp" Art Show
The "PgUp" art show will feature installations and performances from artists Fau Ferdinand, in collaboration with Gazira Babeli, Douglas Story, Wirxli Flimflam and Fwwixli Swindlehurst. Live screened into Notice Gallery in London. At Odyssey (120, 48).

6AM - Camera Controls Class in English and German
Jim Gustafson teaches a class in English and German on basic camera controls for newbies. At Colorado Tech (33, 157).

12PM - Screening of "PEDS" Machinima
Pawfect Films announces the screening of the second season finale of their GTA-based machinima series "PEDS", along with other animated short films. At HatHead II (250, 161).

1PM - "Plush Royalty" Haute Couture Fashion Show
You are invited to attend "Plush Royalty" where you will see the latest haute couture dress collection from Juicy Details and MB-DESIGNS. At Venice Island (139, 133).

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Sunday, July 1

7AM - Fundamentals of Programming Class
Arashi Goode teaches a class for beginner programmers covering the rudiments of computers and computer programming. At Rockcliffe I (195, 136)

12PM - Classical Piano by Gideon Kappler
Munich-based classical pianist Gideon Kappler brings the masters to life at Fishers Island (126, 143).

5PM - SL Experiences and Research Ethics
Which parts of SL are private and public? How do we relate to our avatars? Are people generally honest in-world? What research do you think needs to be done? Come to a public discussion on how researchers should behave when working in Second Life. At Huckleberry (82, 235).

6PM - Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe Filming 
"Tonight Live" will be filmed in front of a live audience at the SLCN.TV studio at NorthPoint (teleport SLURL.) Hosted by Paisley Beebe, this episode features a veteran resident who makes extraordinary pose pillows and houses, a wonderful pianist, and a couple from opposite sides of the world who fell in love in SL and are getting married in real life.

Join Rik's group on Eventful.com to stay up to date on what's happening in SL-- info on submitting event notices below.  Visit Rik's blog, Click Heard Round the World.

SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN NWN

New World Notes often highlights events for the upcoming week. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Rik Riel via IM or e-mail him at [email protected].

Main guidelines:

1. Events for the coming week must be received by Monday Noon SLT.
2. Events posted in SL's official listing board greatly preferred. 
3. Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
4. Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are usually not appropriate to NWN Events.  Instead, consider advertising your event on New World Notes.
5. Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.

SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN NWN

New World Notes often highlights events for the upcoming week. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Rik Riel via IM or e-mail him at [email protected].

Main guidelines:

1. Events for the coming week must be received by Monday Noon SLT.
2. Events posted in SL's official listing board greatly preferred. 
3. Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
4. Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are usually not appropriate to NWN Events.  Instead, consider advertising your event on New World Notes.
5. Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.

Comments

[Seraphine]

I love your Event Picks, Rik. There's one you missed-- the Grand Palace Grand Opening tomorrow (Friday 19 June at Noon SLT). DJ Zef will provide ballroom music and at 4:00pm, singer Juel Resistance will do a live performance.

[Seraphine]

The Grand Palace Opening will be 29 June (not 19th) at Noon.
I believe there will be pre-show fireworks at 11:30am and after-show fireworks at 5:30pm.

[Bryan Campen]

Thanks for mentioning 77 Million Paintings, Rik.

All the info for this weekend's premiere of Brian Eno's work and Long Now projects can be found over at our site, http://blueair.tv.

[komuso tokugawa]

"The Long Now Foundation presents the in-world premiere of Brian Eno's massive art installation "77 Million Paintings" alongside its real world premiere in San Francisco"

Actually it was "premiered" here in Tokyo last year at La Foret in Harajuku.
Interesting to hear his reuse of snippets from albums in the far past;-) Nice work, and as ever Eno is an inspiration to all of us working on generative art.