Month: January 2013

Giovanna Cerise installation The Colors of the Women at LEA14
 4 Comments on Haiku Speedbuild & Giovanna Cerise
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Haiku Speedbuild & Giovanna Cerise

  TO: Giovanna Cerise, Artist, LEA14 FROM: Xue Faith, Host of Haiku Speedbuild, effective 1 March ’13…

Glitch Art Image - an avatar with unrendered hair that is large polygons of textureless grey
 3 Comments on Previz #72 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade
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Previz #72 – Glitch Avatar Pride Parade

OMG AYFKM!? The man, the myth, the legend, Ze Moo has done a previz for a VB/CO…

Portrait of the Second Life avatar Carissa. Typography reads, "1+1=3, My Virtual Family, by Carissa
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One Plus One Equals Three – Part II

I bite my lip as I hand my daughter Mia over to Frank, my partner. The urge…

Banner Avatar & Identity - Mass Effect (2)
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Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (2)

I’m not sure if you remember, but aaages ago, when the year was still called 2012 and…

Photograph of Xue Faith at Builders Brewery
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Haiku Speedbuild & Builders Brewery

TO: Sensuous Maximus & Supremius Maximus, Founders, Builders Brewery       Robin Kierstrider, General Manager, Builders Brewery       DeAnn Dufaux,…

 4 Comments on Strawberry Singh Gift Certificates
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Strawberry Singh Gift Certificates

Know what they call virtual photographer Strawberry Singh in the hallways of Linden Lab in San Francisco,…

 2 Comments on Digital Cultures
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Digital Cultures

Digital Cultures / Discussion Group Where do Virtual Babies and Digital Ethnography intersect? Besides iRez, they intersect…

Portrait of the Second Life avatar Carissa. Typography reads, "1+1=3, My Virtual Family, by Carissa
 3 Comments on One Plus One Equals Three – Part I
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One Plus One Equals Three – Part I

The doctor walks into the recovery room, her smile hidden below her mask as she places the…

 5 Comments on The Royal Diaries
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The Royal Diaries

I spoke a bit about Jahanara, the mughal princess, in my post on my blog today but…

A double-bladed jedi attacking a single-bladed sith
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Woosh woosh zoom

If woosh woosh zoom is the sound of a lightsaber, then woosh woosh is what you see…

 5 Comments on Hunting for a Parade Route
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Hunting for a Parade Route

Trill and I are out scouring the mainland for parade routes for next saturday’s Noob Avatar Pride…

photographic diptych of participant in VB44 Tiny Avatar Pride Parade, featuring participant's profile on the right, and their parade appearance on the left.
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VB44 – Cast

Cast photos & profiles for VB44 – Noob Avatar Pride Parade.

 6 Comments on Demo`s are forever.
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Demo`s are forever.

I love boxing. Demo-boxing! Here I am wearing a lovely demo hair, really cool muscle demo skin,…

Photograph of a Haiki Speedbuild entry showing a book and ink-pen on a desk with ink running off the desk, to the ground, and across the floor
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Haiku Speedbuild: Shadowing Special

  Haiku Speedbuild Last week I had the privilege of shadowing Special Jewell as she hosted the…

 5 Comments on Adorn
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Adorn

Continuing on my quest for more mesh body parts, I’ve added a few more at the start…

 1 Comment on VB43 – Cast
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VB43 – Cast

Animal Avatar Pride Parade 48 avatars participated in Saturday’s Animal Parade in Sydney Harbour. Starting in front…

 1 Comment on Beachwood Club: House Music UK SL
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Beachwood Club: House Music UK SL

  I went to a fun dance club I hadn’t been to before, The Beachwood Club, a…

 2 Comments on Previz #71 – Everyone Loves an Avatar Parade
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Previz #71 – Everyone Loves an Avatar Parade

After the success of last week’s VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, and yesterday’s VB43 – Animal Parade,…

ScreenCap of VB43 Animal Parade in virtual Sydney Harbour, showing various animals marching.
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Animal Parade Machinima

Video filmed at VB43 – Animal Parade on 19th January 2013

ScreenGrab from CBS News; "Linebacker carries on in the face of tragedy" showing a photo of Mante Te'o's girlfriend Lennay Kekua
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Lennay Kekua Lawsuit Filed

  ROBERT F PECKHAM FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, SAN JOSE, 17 January — In the wake of the Lennay…

Animal Parade showing a horse, an eagle, and a number of other animal species superimposed over a background of the Australia (Sydney) region of Second Life
 11 Comments on Previz #70 – Animal Parade
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Previz #70 – Animal Parade

  Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she…

 3 Comments on Marhaba 2013!
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Marhaba 2013!

So I’ve been somewhat of a bad girl and haven’t posted here for almost two months. I…

photograph of world of warcraft themed park in china
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Counterfeit World of Warcraft Theme Park!?

Wait, wut? A counterfeit WoW theme park opened in China 18 months ago?! How am I only…

Wide shot of VB42 Avatar Pride Parade participants at the parade start on the Long Island University region of the 3D virtual world of Second Life
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VB42 – Cast

  Avatar Pride Parade 34 avatars participated in yesterday’s 8-region, 5-university pride walk starting on the Eastern…

Participants in VB42 Avatar Pride Parade during their walk across virtual American universities from New York to Chicago
 2 Comments on VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade – Machinima
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VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade – Machinima

Above is my machinima from the Second Saturday of 2013 Avatar Pride Walk, and below is my…

 13 Comments on S&TVC – The Girlfriend
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S&TVC – The Girlfriend

It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about the new direction I was planning for my second life,…

Gallery Graine Sculpture Garden
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Fuschia Nightfire Art Opening

  Winter Outlined Gallery Graine’s Sculpture Garden is proud to announce the grand opening of Winter Outlined…

 3 Comments on Six – Part IV: When they got back to the cafe
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Six – Part IV: When they got back to the cafe

When they got back to the café, after burying William Andrews, the mood was somber. Carver didn’t…

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Six – Part III: Morning of the next day

The morning of the next day was quiet. Sarah resumed her routine of climbing to the rooftops…

Xue Faith ice skating on a giant face in Noke Yuitza's LEA10 installation "Tears in Rain"
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LEA10 Tears in Rain

  Yessy, it’s meee ice skating on the giant face crying Tears in Rain at Noke Yuitza’s…