Author: Xue Faith

Student in the Culture, Media and Creative Industries programme at King's College, London. Curator at Gallery Xue. Webmaster for avatar bloggers.
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State of the Blog

In this first “State of the Blog” overview, we learn that Wendz’ Minecraft 1.6.2 post is hot! Peeps can’t take their eyes off Arthurine’s BDSM in Second Life post. And Agnes’ Laugh out Loud just keeps going and going!

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New Info Blogsites with P2 & O2

Hi guys! I’d like to introduce you to 2 new sites just launched yesterday and today: •…

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Poem Readers Wanted!

Second Life / Virtual Artists’ Alliance / Haiku Speedbuild event wants YOU to read poems! For our…

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Haiku Speedbuild #2

This week we’re at the just announced LEA11 (Linden Endowment for the Arts) project Alice in Cornelland….

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Dear Beth Griffenhagen

Hi Beth — congratulations on your wonderful book Haiku for the Single Girl! You’ve done a really…

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Haiku Sculpting – March Schedule

New Haiku Sculpting host Xue Faith reveals the schedule for March 2013 with 5 exciting Sunday events!

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Haiku Sculpting?

In 9 days Xue Faith takes over as host of VAA’s Haiku Speedbuild. Here she proposes changing the event’s name to “Haiku Sculpting.”

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Searching For Cyanide Seelowe

Xue circumnavigates the virtual interwaters in search of traces of Virtual Artists’ Alliance’s charismatic founder Cyanide Seelowe.

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Peri, Dave & Cor

  I had some great meetings last week! On Monday I met with Peri Afarensis, on Wednesday…

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iRez: Mod Your WP Dashboard

Hi guys! Did you know you can customize what WordPress shows you in the various “backend” screens?…

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Dear Miso

  TO: Miso Susanowa, Artist FROM: Xue Faith, Host of Haiku Speedbuild, effective 1 March ’13 RE:…

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Russian Club Luxor

  OMG I danced at the coolest place last night: Russian Club Luxor. k, it might have…

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

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

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Haiku Speedbuild & Builders Brewery

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

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Haiku Speedbuild: Shadowing Special

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

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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…

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…

Photograph of Xue Faith sitting on a stool at the Haiku Speedbuild space in the Second Life region of Afar, with the "Haiku Speedbuild Gallery" sign, and the gallery itself, behind her.
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Haiku Speedbuild

Special Jewell has been the host of Haiku Speedbuild for twice as long as I’ve been a…

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Tiled Galleries

Hi Guys! We now have sexy new “Tiled Galleries!” Besides inserting an “image” in your post, you…

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Disqus Comment Mystery

Hi Guys! Looks like we have the Disqus comment mystery solved. If you REPLY to a comment…

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Dear Authors: About.me

Hi everyone! Cool news, you can now add your iRez “feed” to your About.me page! Also if…

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Dear Authors

Hi All! iRez is back from blog limbo! It seems like everything is back and good. There…

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New Headshot!

Breaking News – Xue has a new hedshot! Haha, kk, lame, I know, but it IS my…

Esra’a Al Shafei of Mideast Youth and Xue Faith of Gallery Xue
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Graves Too

PORT OF LONG BEACH, 7 Aug — Thanks to everyone for spending time at Gallery Xue /…

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Esra’a Al Shafei

BAHRAIN / LONDON / BISCUIT BAY, 9 April — From my dorm room at King’s College in…

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VB25 – Her Again

VB25 – Her Again by Xue Faith My mother thought she was too good for this world,…

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Preview: Black Swan

The new issue of Avatars Illustrated, “Black Swan” is almost here… so we made a little video…

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Garry Winogrand Challenge

ART & ARTIST NETWORK – GROUP NOTICE SUBJETCT: Garry Winogrand Challenge FROM: FaithXue Resident DATE: 3/27/2011 Hello!…

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Swimsuit Edition

Today is launch day for A V A T A R S . I L L U…

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Nautical but Nice

I am still working on the “10 Experiences” to have in this world list: http://vaneeesa.com/2011/03/09/black-swan/ However, I…