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!

CyberArt: A.I.s As Artistic Assistance

Here are some impressions of the opening of the art exhibition and auction, wich has been visited well and was introduced with a well chosen set of cyber-related music, mostly soundtracks, by DJane Fuyuko Amano. Most of the artwork got already bids, but can be outbid until 31st of December. In the gallery a hudbook is available with a description of each work and its creator. The assemblages are very unique and consist of a a.i. assisted basic picture, which has been enhanced by the artists with SL tools (sound, text, animation). Thanks to all the guests and to the Rockcliffe University for providing the space and the prims. 

"CyberArt, also known as cybernetic or digital art in a broader sense, is a genre of art that incorporates technology and digital media into its design and presentation. The history of CyberArt can be traced back to the 1982 film Blade Runner, which depicts a dystopian future world with advanced technology and artificial beings. Another influential work in the development of CyberArt is the 1995 anime film Ghost in the Shell, which explores themes of artificial intelligence and the blurring of boundaries between man and machine.

Cyber art is often characterized by surreal elements such as rain, Asian symbols, flying fish, dark urban environments, and artificial creatures and plants. These elements create a sense of unease and otherness, evoking the feeling of being in a parallel world. Asmita Duranjaya, an art theorist and researcher in the field of cyber art, sees in them the projection of an occidental idea of the future Asia and the subliminal fear of an increasingly decadent Western world of Asian dominance.

In addition to its surreal features, CyberArt often explores themes of identity, consciousness, and the impact of technology on society. These themes are exemplified in works such as the Matrix trilogy, which raises questions about the nature of reality and the role of technology in shaping our understanding of the world.

Overall, CyberArt is a fascinating and complex genre that continues to evolve as technology advances. Its surreal elements and thematic explorations make it a unique and thought-provoking art form." (assisted by https://chat.openai.com/auth/login). 

Vaporwave at interstellART

Asmita Duranjaya had an idea for a new exhibition in Second Life: fascinated by experiments with the art A.I.s DALL.e and Stable Diffusion, she decided to show her best A.I.-powered images with the input "VaporWave". This term goes back to a style around 2010 that influenced both the music and art scenes on the Internet and itself originated there. More info can be found here: https://www.deezer-blog.com/curious-sounds-vaporwave/. The artistic forms of expression include especially the color combination of pink, purple, blue and teal. Many already existing pictures show surreal, psychedelic elements. The paintings can also be purchased, directly or through an auction. Asmita's new small gallery can be found here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Crystal%20Kingdom/205/5/2005 .

Asmita Duranjaya - interstellART - CyberReality

This photo exhibition on the var-sim interstellART_ exhibitions shows a selection of photos taken in Second Life at some more or less famous sims with cyber-(punk)features. 

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During the decades of the develpment of cyber-art some specific characteristics can be observed, which have become typical if not sometimes stereotypical for the term "cyber".

There is for example the darkness, on the one hand related to the urban setting, skyscrapers. which don't let the sunshine into the narrow streets between.

On the other hand we can always find rain, dark misty weather, which some see also in relation to a poisenous nuclear fallout and other chemical pollutions.

If there are colours, then they are dominated by teal, violet/pink, neon-orange and -green.

Asian, resp. Chinese or Japanese lettering is a must as well as huge promotion posters with Asian portraits. Asian elements play a role and small Buddhist temples or clock-towers are a contrast to the brutal architecture.

Another main usual element is the hybridity of humans and machines lleading to mixed creatures half bot and half human, sometimes also in the shape of a Manga-figure.

In an online-article I have tried to focus eclectically on the origins and development of the genre CyberArt: https://www.ethnomusicscape.de/cyber/CyberArt.htm.

Sim New Romancer in Second Life: Futurist vehicles in an urban cyber-setting

Diese Fotoausstellung auf der var-sim interstellART_ exhibitions zeigt eine Auswahl von Fotos, die in Second Life an einigen mehr oder weniger bekannten Sims mit Cyber-(Punk)Merkmalen aufgenommen wurden. 

Im Laufe der jahrzehntelangen Entwicklung der Cyber-Kunst lassen sich einige spezifische Merkmale beobachten, die typisch, wenn nicht gar stereotyp für den Begriff "Cyber" geworden sind.

Da ist zum Beispiel die Dunkelheit, die einerseits mit dem städtischen Umfeld zusammenhängt, mit Wolkenkratzern, die den Sonnenschein nicht in die engen Straßen dazwischen lassen.

Auf der anderen Seite gibt es immer wieder Regen, dunkles, nebliges Wetter, das manche auch im Zusammenhang mit einem giftigen nuklearen Fallout und anderen chemischen Verseuchungen sehen.

Wenn es Farben gibt, dann dominieren Teal, Violett/Pink, Neon-Orange und -Grün.

Asiatische, bzw. chinesische oder japanische Schriftzüge sind ein Muss, ebenso wie riesige Werbeplakate mit asiatischen Porträts. Asiatische Elemente spielen eine Rolle und kleine buddhistische Tempel oder Uhrentürme bilden einen Kontrast zur brutalen Architektur.

Ein weiteres übliches Element ist die Vermischung von Mensch und Maschine, die zu Mischwesen halb Bot und halb Mensch führt, manchmal auch in Form einer Manga-Figur.

In einem Online-Artikel habe ich versucht, mich eklektisch mit den Ursprüngen und der Entwicklung des Genres CyberArt zu beschäftigen: https://www.ethnomusicscape.de/cyber/CyberArt.htm.

Sim Kawaii: Bots and their human idols

Cette exposition de photos sur le var-sim interstellART_exhibitions présente une sélection de photos prises dans Second Life sur des sims plus ou moins célèbres présentant des caractéristiques cyber-(punk). 

Au cours des décennies de développement du cyber-art, on peut observer certaines caractéristiques spécifiques, qui sont devenues typiques, voire parfois stéréotypées, du terme "cyber".

Il y a par exemple l'obscurité, liée d'une part au cadre urbain, aux gratte-ciel qui ne laissent pas passer le soleil dans les rues étroites.

D'autre part, on trouve toujours de la pluie, un temps sombre et brumeux, que certains voient aussi en relation avec les retombées nucléaires toxiques et autres pollutions chimiques.

S'il y a des couleurs, elles sont dominées par la sarcelle, le violet/rose, l'orange et le vert néon.

Les lettres asiatiques, chinoises ou japonaises, sont incontournables, tout comme les grandes affiches promotionnelles avec des portraits asiatiques. Les éléments asiatiques jouent un rôle et les petits temples bouddhistes ou les tours d'horloge contrastent avec l'architecture brutale.

Un autre élément habituel est l'hybridation des humains et des machines, ce qui donne lieu à des créatures mixtes mi-robots mi-humains, parfois sous la forme d'une figure de manga.

Dans un article en ligne, j'ai essayé de me concentrer de manière éclectique sur les origines et le développement du genre CyberArt : https://www.ethnomusicscape.de/cyber/CyberArt.htm.

Traduit avec www.DeepL.com/Translator (version gratuite)

Sim Insilico: The last trees between brutalist architecture

Sim Hangars Liquides with heavy cyber-rain

Esta exposición fotográfica en el var-sim interstellART_exhibitions muestra una selección de fotos tomadas en Second Life en algunos sims más o menos famosos con características ciber-(punk). 

A lo largo de las décadas de desarrollo del ciberarte se pueden observar algunas características específicas que se han convertido en típicas, si no en ocasiones estereotipadas, del término "ciber".

Por ejemplo, la oscuridad, por un lado relacionada con el entorno urbano, los rascacielos, que no dejan entrar la luz del sol en las estrechas calles.

Por otro lado, siempre podemos encontrar lluvia, un clima oscuro y brumoso, que algunos ven también en relación con una lluvia nuclear venenosa y otras contaminaciones químicas.

Si hay colores, predominan el verde azulado, el violeta/rosa, el naranja neón y el verde.

Las letras asiáticas, es decir, chinas o japonesas, son imprescindibles, así como los enormes carteles de promoción con retratos asiáticos. Los elementos asiáticos juegan un papel importante y los pequeños templos budistas o las torres de reloj contrastan con la brutal arquitectura.

Otro elemento habitual es la hibridación de humanos y máquinas, que da lugar a criaturas mixtas mitad bot y mitad humanas, a veces también con forma de figura Manga.

En un artículo en línea he intentado centrarme en los orígenes y el desarrollo del género CyberArt: https://www.ethnomusicscape.de/cyber/CyberArt.htm.

Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor www.DeepL.com/Translator

Sim: Chiba Industrial: Snacks (not snakes) for bots

DigiScape - A Part Of MnemoScape - Asmita Duranjaya

The DigiScape shows a larger-than-life cyber girl in an environment of meandering cables and beeping and buzzing PC sounds. 

One has the impression of a temple, where it glitters and vibrates. 

Digital achievements influence all our lives and have and can be used positively or can have negative effects.

The soundtrack features the music of pc-games.

An English song text by Halford was chosen as a lyrical addition:

Cyber World

You're trapped inside my cyber world

Consumed up as my web unfurls

No secrets left for your mankind.

My virus lurks throughout your veins

I'm spreading there inside your brain

A trojan horse that eats your mind.

Cyber world

Cyber world

I've got your power.

Cyber world

Cyber world

I will devour, yeah

At speed of lies I will connect

I search and surf as I infect

Computerized catastrophe.

Your information's what I steal

I scan you till you are unreal

Transmit your power into me.

Cyber world

Cyber world

I'll steal your mind.

Cyber world

Cyber world

For all mankind, yeah

You're dying in my cyber world

You're lying in my cyber world

Cyber-Welt

Du bist in meiner Cyberwelt gefangen

Aufgezehrt, während sich mein Netz entfaltet

Keine Geheimnisse mehr für deine Menschheit.

Mein Virus lauert in deinen Adern

Ich verbreite mich dort in deinem Gehirn

Ein trojanisches Pferd, das deinen Verstand auffrisst.

Cyber-Welt

Cyber-Welt

Ich habe deine Macht.

Cyber-Welt

Cyber-Welt

Ich werde verschlingen, ja

Mit der Geschwindigkeit von Lügen werde ich mich verbinden

Ich suche und surfe, während ich infiziere

Computerisierte Katastrophe.

Deine Informationen stehle ich

Ich scanne dich, bis du unwirklich bist

Übertrage deine Macht in mich.

Cyber-Welt

Cyber-Welt

Ich werde deinen Verstand stehlen.

Cyber-Welt

Cyber-Welt

Für die ganze Menschheit, ja

Du stirbst in meiner Cyberwelt

Du liegst in meiner Cyberwelt

Cyber monde

Tu es piégé dans mon cyber monde

Consumé au fur et à mesure que ma toile se déploie

Il ne reste aucun secret pour ton humanité.

Mon virus se cache dans tes veines

Je me propage à l'intérieur de ton cerveau

Un cheval de Troie qui dévore ton esprit.

Le cyber monde

Cyber monde

J'ai ton pouvoir.

Le monde cybernétique

Le cyber monde

Je vais dévorer, oui

Je me connecterai à la vitesse du mensonge

Je cherche et surfe comme j'infecte

Catastrophe informatisée.

Je vole tes informations

Je te scanne jusqu'à ce que tu sois irréel

Transmet ton pouvoir en moi.

Le cyber monde

Le cyber monde

Je vole ton esprit

Le monde cybernétique

Le cyber monde

Pour toute l'humanité, oui

Tu meurs dans mon cyber monde

Tu es allongé dans mon cyber monde

Mundo cibernético

Estás atrapado en mi mundo cibernético

Consumido mientras mi red se despliega

No quedan secretos para tu humanidad

Mi virus acecha en tus venas

Me estoy propagando allí dentro de tu cerebro

Un caballo de troya que se come tu mente.

Mundo cibernético

Mundo cibernético

Tengo tu poder

Mundo cibernético

Mundo cibernético

Devoraré, sí

A la velocidad de las mentiras me conectaré

Busco y navego mientras infecto

La catástrofe informática.

Tu información es lo que robo

Te escaneo hasta que seas irreal

Transmite tu poder hacia mí.

Mundo cibernético

Mundo cibernético

Robo tu mente

Mundo cibernético

Mundo cibernético

Para toda la humanidad, sí

Estás muriendo en mi mundo cibernético

Estás mintiendo en mi mundo cibernético

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MnemoScapes - ForgetMeNot - 9 VarRegions in OS Grid - Asmita Duranjaya interstellART

This is the central spot for the sim environment of interstellART_exhibitions, sometimes collaborative projects of independent artists on the basis of a specific topic and sometimes a creative area for the sim-variations of Asmita Duranjaya.

In the moment the sim basis shows the exhibition "MnemoScapes - Forget Me Not" (see the multi-language-nc by click).

Artist Asmita explains:

"MnemoScapes try to visualize parts of my composite personality, with memories of the past mixed with imaginations and reflections.

One of my first strongest cultural experience has been the participation in a group for early music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which lead to studies in this subject at a music academy in Germany. This explains, why the soundscape in this area refers to the European traditional music of this period."

Adress: hg.osgrid.org:80:interstellART_exhibitions .

This is the poetic addition with deepl-translations:

An sich

von Paul Fleming (1609-1640)

Sei dennoch unverzagt! Gib dennoch unverloren!

Weich keinem Glücke nicht, steh höher als der Neid,

vergnüge dich an dir und acht es für kein Leid,

hat sich gleich wider dich Glück, Ort und Zeit verschworen.

Was dich betrübt und labt, halt alles für erkoren;

nimm dein Verhängnis an. Laß alles unbereut.

Tu, was getan muß sein, und eh man dir's gebeut.

Was du noch hoffen kannst, das wird noch stets geboren.

Was klagt, was lobt man doch? Sein Unglück und sein Glücke

ist ihm ein jeder selbst. Schau alle Sachen an:

dies alles ist in dir. Laß deinen eitlen Wahn,

und eh du förder gehst, so geh in dich zurücke.

Wer sein selbst Meister ist und sich beherrschen kann,

dem ist die weite Welt und alles untertan.

In itself

by Paul Fleming (1609-1640)

Be yet undaunted! Give nevertheless undaunted!

Do not give way to happiness, stand higher than envy,

Enjoy yourself and respect it for no suffering,

If fortune, place and time conspire against you.

What afflicts and delights you, consider everything as chosen;

Accept thy doom. Leave everything unrepentant.

Do what must be done, and before it is given to you.

What you can still hope for, that is still born.

What do you complain about, what do you praise? His misfortune and his happiness

Each one is his own. Look at all things:

all this is in you. Leave thy vain delusion,

and before you go forth, go back into yourself.

He who is master of himself and can control himself,

The wide world and all things are subject to him.

En soi

par Paul Fleming (1609-1640)

Ne t'effraie pas pour autant ! Ne te laisse pas abattre !

Ne cède pas à la chance, dépasse l'envie,

Jouis de toi et n'y attache pas d'importance,

Si la fortune, le lieu et le temps conspirent contre toi.

Ce qui t'attriste et te réjouit, tiens tout pour acquis ;

Accepte ton destin. Laisse tout en suspens.

Fais ce qui doit être fait, et avant qu'on ne te le dise.

Ce que tu peux encore espérer naîtra toujours.

De quoi se plaint-on, de quoi se félicite-t-on ? Son malheur et son bonheur

c'est chacun pour soi. Regarde toutes les choses :

tout cela est en toi. Laisse ta vaine illusion,

et avant d'aller plus loin, rentre en toi-même.

Celui qui est maître de lui-même et peut se maîtriser,

le vaste monde et toutes les choses lui sont soumises.

En sí mismo

de Paul Fleming (1609-1640)

No obstante, ¡no te desanimes! No obstante, ¡déjate llevar!

No cedas a la felicidad, sitúate por encima de la envidia,

Alégrate de ti mismo, y no lo consideres una pena,

Aunque la fortuna, el lugar y el tiempo conspiren contra ti.

Lo que te aflige y te deleita, considéralo todo como elegido;

Acepta tu condena. Deja todo sin arrepentirse.

Haz lo que hay que hacer, y antes de que te lo digan.

Lo que todavía puede esperar, que siempre nacerá.

¿De qué hay que quejarse, qué hay que alabar? Su desgracia y su felicidad

Cada uno es el suyo. Mira todas las cosas:

todo esto está dentro de ti. Deja tu vano engaño,

y antes de salir, vuelve a tu interior.

El que es dueño de sí mismo y puede controlarse,

el ancho mundo y todas las cosas están sujetas a él.