VWBPE Contribution 2024: Back To The Future - Extraterrestrial Myths Of Origin

Seven artists decided not to visualise past myths of origin, but transfer the imagination to a future on extraterrestrial planets. So it turned out as a multimedia project, because everybody had to invent a textual myth and present that with the  artistic options of virtual worlds.

These are the individual concepts (alphabetical sequence), which include also a description for the interactivity and the immersion, that can be achieved by diving into the specific virtual installation:

1. Asmita Duranjaya (host and artist) visualizes a future planet and the contact of humans with light-beings, the Luminites. 

The Luminites on the Planet Xyron

Visitors can immersively experience the scenery by clicking for the myth-tale and reading the questions; then they can interactively suggest some answers concerning the contact by dropping a notecard into a device.

Interactive task:

- Click on one of the flat lotus-pads (according to your language) and read the "myth of origin" related to the

Luminites.

- Sit on the seat in the middle and press the esc-button: you will slowly rotate and see the Luminites in the colour-rays.

- Open a new nc and write down your answer for the following questions:

   - How would the Luminites react, when humans would arrive on their planet?

   - How would the humans react, when they discover the presence of the Luminites?

   - How can the story continue? Write a future concept for the planet of Xyron.

- Drop your nc into one of the purple lotus- boxes beside this board.

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2. Azi Az (artist) has decided to present an external scenery on her own sim. Visitors can tp and return.

The artist visualizes the Mythic Origin of the Planet SunLua , long ago when the Sun crashed with the Moon there was an explosion......the explosion was so strong and powerfull that something very special happened .....LOVE...

What can you do there? Let you surprise ...

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3. Barret Darkfold (artist) visualizes a New Catalonia on an extraterrestrial planet.

Myth of the origins of the Catalans of the planet Terros: It is said that the Catalans of the planet Terros are the descendants of the union between the Catalans who lived inside Gemdos and Gemdos itself.  Gemdos was a living galactic supership with all the necessary functions, created by the ancient Catalans to move and terraform uninhabited planets and give them their own life and population. That is why they are not affected by gravity and can move in time.

What can you do here?

- Read the Myth of New Catalonia;

- sit on one of the Sardana-balls and dance with the Catalans;

- tp inside Gemdos and read the myth of origin;

- tp back to Terros and walk around the landscape;

- feel the energy of shape, color and movement in this installation

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4. Caro Fayray (artist) visualizes the Mythic Origin of the Planet POD.

A strange new planet rose from the fire in the sky.  With the land still moving and emerging, PODS are the only living growing things. But the pods are evolving into a weird new life form which have learned to use the growing pods to live their lives there peacefully.

High in the single mountain is a fiery glow and myth has it, that if someone can reach the top they can bring back the glow to help protect and advance life on this planet. So all visitors are told of this myth, but so far no one has managed to reach the top.

Was this glow the origin of the planet?...No one knows...But the mountain is a sacred place held in reverence by the planets inhabitants.

There are many immersive and interactive elements in Caro's installation, which have to be discovered by the visitors:

- Where you arrive you can help tend the pods. 3 separate stages of growth.

- Walk through the mountain to read the boards on Mythic Origins.

- Have a hug. 

- Dance with the Pods. 

- Swing with the pods.

- Then climb the mountain through the clouds. 

- Negotiate the ice maze and reach the top to find your gifts from the Glow.

-  Wear your Glow Bird and Fly:)

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5. Sanjeewa Kumara (artist) visualizes the mythic origin of the planet Chromia. It is a planet purely born within painterly and with art techniques without the influence of a reflective and subconscious mind.

What can you do here?

- Read Sanjeewa's Myth Of Origin on the board at the landing spot;

- discover Sanjeewa's textures by buying the book for 0 and use it as a hud or

- by walking through the installation;

- dance with Sanjeewa's figures and enjoy the landscape with the moving moon.

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6. Shenn Tao (artist) created the Myth of the Zenari, a species on the planet Xyloth, who developed a religion comparable to the Buddhism on Earth.

What can you do here?

- Read the myth at the landing area;

- explore the impressive artistic style of Shenn's sculptures;

- Walk or fly around and let you inspire by the meditative energy of the place.

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7. Sujeewa Kumari (artist) visualizes the mythic origin of the planet Zenthoria, where the inhabitants live in highly technologized bubbles, which are floating in the air and like a floating house they can move wherever they want. 

What can you experience here?

- Read Sujeewa's Myth OF Origin by clicking the info-board;

- sit on the globes and discover many sitting, movement and dance-poses and animations;

- buy the art chair on the landing spot for 0 and use it for your purposes;

- sit on the rock for a meditation and enjoy the environment and the Theta-sound;

- read about the artist and her development.

- touch the objects and find out, whether there is a specific sound.

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And as an additional ennvironment:

Enter OS Grid, create or modify your avatar, choose the profile of Asmita Duranjaya, go to her recommendations and choose VWBPE - enjoy!

Shenn Tao - Rebirth - interstellART_exhibitions

Wiedereinmal zeigt der Künstler Shenn Tao seine Meisterschaft im Umgang mit Formen, Farben und Texturen in der Virtualität. Seine Installation "Rebirth" entführt den Betrachter in eine kristalline Halbkugel, deren äußere Wände mit archaischen Symbolen geschmückt sind. Im Inneren tragen Eisenstengel, die an Pflanzen erinnern und spiralförmig enden, einen Lichtbogen, der seine elektrischen Impulse durch eine Kugel an den Wurzeln eines Baums erhält. Bei näherem Hinsehen mündet der Stamm des Baumes in eine Frauengestalt, die ihn gleichzeitig trägt und von ihm getragen wird. Baum und Frau wirken wie der Mittelpunkt eines uralten, geheimnisvollen Kult-Tempels, umsäumt von Felsen, auf denen die Anbetenden in meditative Anbetung versinken können. Stilistisch bewegt sich der Künstler zwischen Fantasy, Jugendstil und CyberArt, während seine Environments meistens einen mystisch-esoterischen Charakter haben, unterstützt durch den Einsatz von Partikel-Scripting. Shenn Tao's Installationen sind einzigartig und laden zu Entspannung und zum Verweilen ein.

Una vez más, el artista Shenn Tao demuestra su dominio de las formas, los colores y las texturas en la virtualidad. Su instalación "Rebirth" lleva al espectador a una semiesfera cristalina cuyas paredes exteriores están decoradas con símbolos arcaicos. En su interior, unos tallos de hierro que recuerdan a las plantas y terminan en espiral llevan un arco de luz que recibe sus impulsos eléctricos a través de una bola en las raíces de un árbol. Si se observa con detenimiento, el tronco del árbol se abre en una figura femenina que, al mismo tiempo, lo sostiene y es sostenido por él. El árbol y la mujer parecen el centro de un antiguo y misterioso templo de culto, rodeado de rocas en las que los fieles pueden hundirse en la adoración meditativa. Estilísticamente, el artista se mueve entre la Fantasía, el Art Nouveau y el Ciberarte, mientras que sus entornos suelen tener un carácter místico-esotérico, apoyado en el uso de scripts de partículas. Las instalaciones de Shenn Tao son únicas e invitan a la relajación y al descanso.

Une fois de plus, l'artiste Shenn Tao démontre sa maîtrise des formes, des couleurs et des textures dans la virtualité. Son installation "Rebirth" transporte le spectateur dans une demi-sphère cristalline dont les parois extérieures sont décorées de symboles archaïques. À l'intérieur, des tiges de fer rappelant des plantes et se terminant en spirale portent un arc électrique qui reçoit ses impulsions électriques d'une sphère fixée aux racines d'un arbre. En y regardant de plus près, le tronc de l'arbre débouche sur une figure féminine qui le porte et est portée par lui en même temps. L'arbre et la femme semblent être le centre d'un temple de culte ancien et mystérieux, entouré de rochers sur lesquels les adorateurs peuvent se plonger dans une adoration méditative. Du point de vue stylistique, l'artiste évolue entre le fantastique, l'art nouveau et le CyberArt, tandis que ses environnements ont généralement un caractère mystique et ésotérique, soutenu par l'utilisation de scripts de particules. Les installations de Shenn Tao sont uniques et invitent à la détente et à la contemplation.

Once again, the artist Shenn Tao demonstrates his mastery of shapes, colours and textures in virtuality. His installation "Rebirth" takes the viewer into a crystalline hemisphere whose outer walls are decorated with archaic symbols. Inside, iron stalks reminiscent of plants and ending in a spiral carry an arc of light that receives its electrical impulses through a ball at the roots of a tree. On closer inspection, the trunk of the tree opens into a female figure that simultaneously supports it and is supported by it. Tree and woman seem like the centre of an ancient, mysterious cult temple, surrounded by rocks on which the worshippers can sink into meditative adoration. Stylistically, the artist moves between Fantasy, Art Nouveau and CyberArt, while his environments usually have a mystical-esoteric character, supported by the use of particle scripting. Shenn Tao's installations are unique and invite you to relax and linger.

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Shenn Tao - Dark Artistic Exploration

1. What was your first association, when you heard about the topic "Reconnaissance In Times Of Darkness"?

To symbolize the darkness and bring a little light

2. Reconnaissance is exploration conducted to gain information with observation, surveillance and knowledge. How did you 'explore' the darkness.

With my feelings and the images that came to me

3. How long did the process of creation last for this exhibition?

Full time I think 5 to 6 hours

4. Which were the biggest obstacles?

To find the ideas to give the right message

5. What are the most important techniques, that you use for virtual art? How did you use these to interpret the theme?

Textures and shapes as well as the sculpties

6. What does it mean for you to create art in virtual worlds? Is it different from creating art in RL?

Collaboration, shares, easier for me to share in the virtual world

7. What are your former experiences with art in virtual worlds? Have you taken part in themed group collaborative projects? Or is your art usually more singular?

Several projects in virtual worlds, exhibitions and competitions, several sims on the ignis fatuus grid

8. Which role does virtual art play in your country of origin according to your experiences?

Still very little known and recognized in France

9. In which way was the creating of art helpful for you in the covid-crisis?

Artistic creation makes it possible to bring ideas to life and also to share beauty, so in a period of confinement it is a form of freedom

10. Which topic would be interesting to you as an artistic challenge in the future?

Towards a united and responsible world where everyone could find their balance.

 

Sneak Preview: "Reconnaissance In Times Of Darkness" in OSGrid

 

Wailing women surround a polluted water puddle. They are dressed like figures from an ancient Greek tragedy or like wailing women, who were hired to mourn during funerals in many cultures. Why do they mourn?
In the puddle we see the garbadge of civilization, bottles, plastic bags and paper, chemicals etc. and, when we look closer human bones. A pandemia? A crime? Suicide? Carelessness? An accident? A symbol for the status of mankind and humanity in a threatened world, on a tortured planet. Our values and convictions are emerging in times of darkness and reveal our true achievements.
Dark times can insofar be seen as an advantage: they help to achieve reconnaissance.
Art in its divers options of expression is an optimal medium to express the emotional part of darkness. The additional features of virtual worlds are the immersion and interactivity, which help to dive deeply into the context and process the traumata and threats of the dark sides of life. Art can help to become aware of all variants of negative impacts.
As its best it can wake up the power to resist and lay the seed for a better future.

10 artists have taken the opportunity to create huge installations related to the given topic. Here is a sneak preview of the ones, who are already or nearly finished and could be visited already. Landing spot is: x-grid-info://osgrid/region/interstellART_exhibitions/387/338/24, from where the gates to each artist are available.

Victoria Logan's (Argentine) focus is on "Mental Health In Pandemic Times" (Spanish and English):

The pandemia is also the focus of Tina Bey's (Argentine) installation "Pandemic Darkness":

The British artist Caro Fayray tries to shed "Light On The Darkness" on our planet:

French artist Claude Belgar shows in his minimalistic style the topic "Science In Dark Times" and goes back in history to Galileo Galilei:

Shenn Tao has created a mysterious orb with a dark power inside, an imagination of anti-matter and a "Dark Artistic Exploration":

Photo-artist Fuyuko Amano shows photos, taken in Cyber-Punk environments in Second Life and which show the function of "Darkness In Cyber-Punk":

"Threats To Freedom" is the topic of host and artist Asmita Duranjaya. Examples are the umbrella-movement in Hongkong and the general threat to cut down the freedom of media all over the world:

French artist lalie Sorbet focuses on the topic "Dark Shadows On Diversity" and shows brilliant macro-photos of endangered species:

Kuveni Kalakaruwa's "Garden Of Sadness" invites persons, who have lost a family member or a friend during the pandemia, for meditation by sitting down and lightening a candle for their beloved ones.

More topics related to "Reconnaissance In Times Of Darkness" will follow; the following artists are working on their installations:

iSkye Silverweb - Being Deaf In Times Of Darkness

Sujeewa Kumari - Feelings Of Isolation And Distance

We invite all interested hyper-travellers to visit the var-sim interstellART_exhibitions:
hg.osgrid.org:80:interstellART_exhibitions

https://opensimworld.com/hop/85547 .

Visiotrs, who have no open sim-avatar yet can register here, choose an avatar and login.

Look for the profile of Asmita Duranjaya and for VWBPE in the picks. There will be the tp to the welcome area. 

You need a 3rd party viewer for OS:

- http://www.singularityviewer.org/downloads

- https://wiki.firestormviewer.org/doku.php?id=downloads#current_release_for_opensim .