"Hyperformalism is an aesthetic philosphical construct that may be employed by to describe a late 20th century, early 21st century mass art phenomena consisting of scores of personal computer users generating abstract, often spacially unique artworks with software tools."

-Whew, there is a lot to read over there....!

An immersive collaborative audiovisual environment for Second Life.
by Adam Ramona (real name Adam Nash)

Using many of the possibilities unique to the Second Life medium, A Rose Heard At Dusk is a participatory artwork that turns visitors into performers.

It was designed specifically for the cavern space under the Opera House on Big Pond Island. The work is designed to be "played" by visitors avatars.

Walking, flying and jumping through the space, avatars create a unique audiovisual composition, different every time. Colours and sounds combine to create a spatially immersive musical and visual experience.

The work can be played by single avatars, but it really comes alive when friends play it together.

It blends the different meanings of "play". By playing in the space, visitors are actually playing the space like an audiovisual instrument, creating endless variations of sound and vision.

It looks different at different times of day, the light reacting differently with all of the translucent colours. It sounds different from different positions - all sounds are attached to shapes in the space, so some sounds stay still while others move. Combined with the movements of visitors avatars, this creates an endlessly changing immersive audiovisual experience."

All this underneath the Sydney Opera House in Ponderosa on Boomerang Island: Teleport to Ponderosa

SLNN: "The Shelter in Swinside, which is the sister sim of the ever popular Shelter in Isabel has suffered an Art Attack. The Art Attack is a rotating display of paintings featuring a number of Second Life's more prominent artists."

Lots of original art.

TELEPORT THERE!

"The Ginsberg ARTS Center welcomes you to The Grand Gallery.We offer baroque and classical music for your enjoyment, along with sitting areas next to the ornate fireplaces and 4 playable Serendipity Grand Pianos. We're sure it is a place you will visit time and time again. We offer RL paintings, photography, and SL prim sculptures. The Grand Gallery is an elegant environment, with warm atmosphere waiting for you to enjoy. With 11 floors of art (with a total floorplan of over 24000m2), and an amphitheater for conferencing/discussions and readings, we are sure we can satisfy any art hunger your visual cortex may have, so when you think of art; think Smart. Come hangout, we're waiting for you at The Grand Gallery! ;)"

Koordinaten: Ginsberg (142, 156, 47)

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