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Where Have You Been? S05E08 – A Museum to Get Lost In: The Vordun
Even nine years ago when it opened, the Vordun Museum & Gallery was impressive — lots of European artworks celebrated in the style of the great museums of the world, and it even then had a touch of the innovative using some then-just-emergent media and experience tools to enhance resident’s visits. Back then it was on a sub-parcel of the Fancy Decor store region, of which Jake Vordun is also the creator.
It’s certainly grown since then. The Vordun Museum & Gallery now fills its own region. And truly, it fills it. Not only are there works by Reynolds, Rubens, Gainsborough and a host of luminaries from throughout art history, but there are galleries featuring specific exhibitions — ten in all! The passion of its creator for art, for modern museum curation, and for the experience of visiting a world class museum is clear. It begins even before you enter, with the siting of the Museum on a rise with its staircase concourse, its water features and sculptures.
The Vordun offers some unique experiences to complement the works and themes featured. The exhibit “Musica Antiqua”, for example, focuses on early music in art and instruments. Both audio and video support are provided to enhance the experience. In the gallery featuring “Allegories of Artemisia” a series of vibrantly colored rooms take the visitor on a journey through the work of Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, drawing parallels between the subjects of the artist’s work and major events in their life. “Proverbs of the Low Countries” explores Peter Bruegel the Elder’s 1559 oil “The Blue Cloak” or “Netherlandish Proverbs.” The painting features 110 proverbial phrases, some of which might be familiar to you, such as “armed to the teeth” or “belling the cat.” When you accept the museum experience, a HUD will appear on your viewer screen and allow you to navigate close-up through each of the proverbs depicted in the work.
Visiting The Vordun really feels like you are visiting one of the great houses of Western art in London, Paris, Rome, Vienna or New York.
This episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednesdays and Saturdays through the end of November.
Region: The Vordun Museum & Gallery – Moderate
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vordun/155/252/26
Owner: Jake Vordun
Where Have You Been? S05E07: The Big Halloween Episode
It’s October, and it’s the high spookable season. We are elated and exhausted already, and there’s still a lot of month to go for Hallowe’en in Second Life.
October is a big month in Second Life. So much so that a lot of this year’s seasonal offerings opened in September. And there’s no doubt that it’s not just you, or your nearest friends who “go big” for the Season. The All Hallows Holiday has many, many avid fans and practitioners in Second Life. If you are looking for spooky haunts, sinister asylums, or ghostly forests, you shall certainly find them!
In this episode we discuss some of the locations we enjoyed most, and where to find more. We don’t just choose any cob-web strewn location — we tend to look for places that are unique, or that reflect community. And we’ve lined up all the haunted houses, creepy carnivals, butchered and bloodletting asylums, mysterious forests warning you to enter only if you dare and strongly suggesting that you turn back NOW – to please almost any resident. They run the gamut from the Second Life equivalent of a Mom & Pop roadside attraction, where residents put out their favorite holiday décor and proudly declare “BOO to You!” to more extensive and sophisticated locales.
The episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednesdays and Saturdays through the end of October.
Here are some of the key locations in this episode:
Critterflop Hallowpop
Region: alphatribe island – Moderate
Owner: Alpha Auer
The Bewitched Forest
Region: Hazy Cove – Moderate
Owner: Aislen Atheria and Kuva Nishi.
Where Have You Been: S05E06 — Bryggen
In this episode, we are heading somewhere that is both old and new within a long standing destination estate on the Blake Sea in Second Life — Second Norway, and particular the region Bryggen. As with many places in the Blake Sea, there is a real world Bryggen. It is a historic harbour district in Bergen, one of North Europe’s oldest port cities on the west coast of Norway.
The Second Life Bryggen has lots of appeal for your grid-exploring pleasure. In their own words, it is “an open, layered, and autonomous city. It thrives on diversity and initiative, every role contributes to the city’s rich identity.”
Bryggen also provides Roleplay opportunities, but as an integrated element of Second Norway, it is accessible via the estate railroad, and by water, opening it up to a lot of possibilities, not just RP. Bryggen could also have opportunities for photographers and image makers. Also, it might be a destination for you sailors to swing by as you explore that part of the Blake Sea.
This episode airs on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific during September.
S05E06 – Bryggen
Region: Bryggen – Moderate
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bryggen/123/103/24
Owner: Group Owned — Second Norway
Where Have You Been? S05E02 — Raglan Shire Art Walk
In the second programme of our new season, we pay a visit to an event that, while quite well-known, is deserving of more attention: the Raglan Shire Art Walk. This programme will air on Saturdays and Wednesdays until June 11th, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
And don’t miss “Engines of Our Ingenuity” — presented by the University of Houston: the series about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them. The programme is broadcast every 4 hours from 4am Pacific on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Where Have You Been? S05E01 — Back to Where We Began
We are pleased to announce the start of a new season — Season 5 — of our twice-monthly series where we report on things to do and places to visit around the Second Life grid. We are celebrating the opening of the new season by going back to the beginning — where we started with Season 01, Episode 01 — the Second Life Endowment for the Arts known as the “SLEA.” This programme will air on Saturdays and Wednesdays until May 21st, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
And don’t miss “Engines of Our Ingenuity” — presented by the University of Houston: the series about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them. The programme is broadcast every 4 hours from 4am Pacific on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Where Have You Been? S04E14: MadPea Unlimited
We’re pleased to present the final episode in the fourth season of our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid.
Episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
This time we look at an amazing deal that gives SL residents six-month privileged free access to a wealth of games and experiences — at “MadPea Unlimited”.
Where Have You Been? S04E13: Gingerbread and the Woodies
We’re pleased to present the latest episode in our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid.
Episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
In this episode we investigate a new installation at alpha tribe Island: “Gingerbread and the Woodies”.
Gingerbread and the Woodies on alpha tribe Island has been created by Alpha Auer and is exactly what it might sound like — a display of the season in wood and gingerbread. But what you’ll discover on alpha tribe Island is really much more. It’s full of delight, whimsy, and some mad-cool original mesh.
Where Have You Been? S04E12: We Orange the World at Artsville
We’re pleased to present the latest episode in our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid.
Episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
In this episode we discuss a new installation at Artsville: “We Orange The World”
Orange is the signature color of the United Nations women’s UNiTE campaign, and it represents a future free from gender-based violence. The installation “We Orange the World”, now open at Artsville galleries, embraces both the cheer of the color, and the menace of gender-based violence.
Where Have You Been? S04E11: Revisiting: Dia De Los Muertos at Instituto Espanol
We’re pleased to present the latest episode in our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid.
Episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.
In this episode we revisit Dia de los Muertos at Instituto Espanol.
Where Have You Been? S04E10: Dark Park
We’re pleased to present the latest episode in our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid. Episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time. In this episode we discover the Dark Park — an Amusement Park for Hallowe’en.
