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P R E S S R E L E A S E [updated 2011 06 14 04:00 CEST]
Avatars starring at Global Film Festival MMIF 2011
MaMachinima International Festival
June 17 / 18, 2011
Web live + LEA Theatre (SL™) + Club Karlsson, Amsterdam (NL)
‘MMIF 2011′ is the third edition of an annual film festival in 3D cyberspace with an interactive cinema screening in physical space (‘RL’). Audiences can follow some of the MMIF happenings live via the web.
The MMIF is a celebration of Machinima: films created in virtual worlds and video games. On 3D Internet platforms like Second Life® for instance, any kind of movie set can be built at very low cost. The MMIF aims to bring Machinima, a new cinematic art form, to a wider audience. Films by professional machinima producers and by those who are just starting out will be screened at MMIF 2011. Machinima directors and avatar actors from all over the world are present in real time at the virtual theatre in SL. These ’Machinimatographers’ will present over fifty short films and discuss their work in front of a live global audience of viewers.
Audiences in Amsterdam can follow the MMIF event live, projected on a big screen in Club Karlsson at Keizersgracht, one of the most famous canals in Holland. Several participating machinimatographers will be present. Visitors can bring their own portable computers to interact with the show on the big screen. Free (wireless) internet and electricity is provided.
Free entrance at Club Karlsson, however tickets are required. Reservations must be made via http://MMIF.org . The amount of tickets at the door is very limited! Full = FULL!
This year MMIF collaborates with MetaMeets, a conference about 3D-internet and Virtual Worlds. MetaMeets 2011 will take place on the same dates and location as MMIF, but during day time.
The MMIF is a volunteer-run, non-profit collaboration of MaMachinima with Club Karlsson, MetaMeets, Meta.Live.Nu, PLANETART, AviewTV, Ystreams.TV, MetaMixTV, Gallery Fermate and many other volunteers. Special thanks to NIMk, De Balie and Bellissima TV. MMIF 2011 is financed by donations and gifts. Virtual land sponsored by Linden Lab®. MMIF is founded and directed by the Dutch film maker Chantal Harvey.
To view the MMIF 2011 full program, get latest news, get tickets or live online interaction please visit: http://MMIF.org
FRIDAY JUNE 17
MetaMeets:
13:00 – 19:00 – 3D-Internet Conference
MMIF:
20:00 CEST (= SL 11:00 am PDT): - DOORS OPEN
20:30 CEST (= SL 11:30 am PDT): - Workshop ‘Machinima for Dummies’
22:00 CEST (= SL 1:00 pm PDT): – Opening ceremony + 2 film blocks
01:00 CEST (= SL 4:00 pm PDT): - Ending
SATURDAY JUNE 18
MetaMeets:
13:00 – 19:00 – 3D-Internet Conference
MMIF:
20:00 CEST (= SL 11:00 am PDT): - DOORS OPEN
20:30 CEST (= SL 11:30 am PDT): - 3 film blocks
01:00 CEST (= SL 4:00 pm PDT): - Club Karlsson closes, MMIF continues interactive online
03:30 CEST (= SL 6:30 pm PDT): – Ending
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Club Karlsson
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
VIRTUAL LOCATION:
LEA Theatre, Second Life®
Teleport & live streams via http://MMIF.org
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PRESS CONTACT: Chantal Harvey info-@-mamachinima.eu
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September 9 to 12th the arts, music and technology festival GOGBOT is not only happening at multiple locations in Enschede, but just as in recent years also on location in the virtual world Second Life.
Under the motto “The Singularity is Near …” both known artists such as Stelarc, as well as newcomers bring interactive 3D sculptures, machinima and live performances.
Parallel with the physical event in Enschede, the virtual GOGBOT 2010 opens thursday 23:00 CEST (=SL 1 pm PDT) with the announcement of the winners of the GOGBOT Singularity Art & Design Contest and with the opening of the exhibition in the KST (Kueper Singularity Tower). This will also be projected on 2 large video screens at Media Art Café Berlijn in Enschede. Also Stelarc‘s performance in SL (live from Melbourne, Australia) at 23:50 CEST (=SL 1:50 pm PDT) is screened @ MACBerlijn.
Sunday, after closure of the physical festival locations, GOGBOT continues exclusively online from 19:00 CEST (=SL 10 am PDT): Live performance art by Stelarc and others. Followed by the virtual GOGBOT Afterparty with DJ ‘s and musicians located in different countries is next. So get your SL avatar out of the closet or register a new avatar for free! This event will partly be broadcasted on DFM web radio.
Gogbot 2010 Online Artists:
Stelarc, Pyewacket Kazyanenko, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Leona Upshaw, Solkide Auer, Bas Janssen, Dread Rat, Eifachfim Vacirca, Anamkhai Sodwind, Jce Emoto, Khannea Suntzu, Bryn Oh, Glyph Graves, Artistide Despres, Sabrinaa Nightfire, Mescaline Tamas, Lookatmy Back, La Baroque, Fuschia Nightfire, Firlefanz Roxley, Moewe Winkler, Cae Sands, Meta Lord, Zauselina Rieko, Kueperpunk Korhonen – and others …
GOGBOT 2010 Online 3D is produced by PLANETART in collaboration with Meta.Live.Nu and Brennende Buchstaben.
GOGBOT 3D Online Festival program and more info updates:
http://GOGBOT.LIVE.NU
http://GOGBOT.NL – Enschede festival program & info
http://BLOG.GOGBOT.NL – News
http://gogbot10.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/gogbot-2010-ook-online-live-3d
http://kueperpunk.blogspot.com/2010/09/gogbot-2010-parallelevent-in-secondlife.html
‘Pixel-Porn-Art’ of the Flickr group ‘Sexand Life’ at Amsterdam Art exhibition
15 – 23 may 2010
KunstVlaai-ArtPie is an international bi-annual alternative art fair in Amsterdam, one of the largest art events of The Netherlands.
http://kunstvlaai.nl/2010
http://flickr.com/groups/kunstvlaai
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/kunstvlaai
http://twitter.com/kunstvlaai2010
http://twitter.com/#search?q=kunstvlaai
http://twitter.com/#search?q=artpie
Dutch art & tech organisation PLANETART selected the explicit erotic Flickr Slideshow of the ‘Sexand Life’ group to stream full-screen on a few large HD monitors as part of their “Technological Singularity” themed show at the KunstVlaai-ArtPie exhibition.
http://flickr.com/groups/sexandlife/pool/show
http://planetart.nl/now.htm
http://flickr.com/planetart
Check this Second Life & Virtual Worlds Porno-art exhibit out if you are anywhere near the Gashouder building at the Westergasfabriek Culture Park, Amsterdam this week.
http://kunstvlaai.nl/2010/participants-2010/gashouder
http://westergasfabriek.nl/english/engels_zalen_detail.php?d…
http://westergasfabriek.nl/agenda/agenda_item.php?id=1338&am…
More info coming up…
“Another Perfect World” “in search of Virtual Paradise”
NEW FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM ON VIRTUAL WORLDS
Internet Premiere (dutch subitles edition) 31 july. Replays 1 – 6 august 2009
Holland Doc 24 TV (cable & satellite & web live stream & Livestation)
- Friday 22:09 – 23:06 CEST
- Saturday 02:49 – 03:46
- Saturday 10:50 – 11:47
- Sunday 06:12 – 07:08
- Sunday 19:14 – 20:11
- Monday 17:19 – 18:16
- Tuesday 14:27 – 15:24
- Wednesday 02:36 – 03:33
- Wednesday 12:39 – 14:36
- Thursday 12:18 – 13:15
More replays on this digital tv channel are possible.
INTERVIEWS: Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden of Second Life), Jae-Kyung Song of Lineage, Hilmar Veigar Petursson of EVE Online, Raph Koster of Metaplace and Kevin Alderman /aka/ Stroker Serpentine of Strokerz Toyz
Kevin Alderman (SL: Stroker Serpentine) creating animations for his Adult Second Life business
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This documentary will also be broadcasted TV in more countries: Probably on SBS Australia, NRK Norway, YLE Finland, SVT Sweden and other TV stations.
TRIVIA:
In this Youtube preview there is a scene about virtual worlds money and economics there is a machinima fragment, shot by Sandwoman Petion. Of a burning Dollars sculpture and with an ‘Euro-Avatar’ running passed. These Second Life objects were created by Herman Bergson for the Meta.Live.Nu event at the ‘Goodbye Dollar’ party in Amsterdam, NL. This scene appears not inthe full version.
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The festival premiere was in april 2009 at Hot Docs, Canada.
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The British TV premiere was 23 June 2009 on Channel Four /More 4
True Stories presents: Jorien van Nes and Femke Wolting’s fascinating insight into online virtual worlds. Second Life, World of Warcraft, Metaplace, U World – all virtual worlds where the user can create their own paradise, far removed from real life. People can create societies that range from the democratic to the dictatorial, have avatars that resemble their ideal and can engage in actions that their real life personality would never dream of doing, from cyber-sex to virtual crime. But who creates these worlds and are they the right people to be crafting idealised societies that pretend to address and solve the inadequacies of the real world?
The Internet TV premiere was: june 2009, Metaworld2
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The Netherlands TV premiere was: Thursday 30 july 2009, Nederland 2
Voor miljoenen mensen is het virtuele universum een plek die steeds meer vervlochten raakt met hun echte leven. De plek waar makers en spelers hun eigen paradijs kunnen creëren, ver verwijderd van de echte wereld; geheel naar eigen inzicht, variërend van democratie tot dictatuur. Hier leiden de virtuele inwoners een leven waarvan zij vroeger niet durfden te dromen; van warlord tot succesvol cybersex ondernemer.
Maar wie zijn de bedenkers van deze werelden en welke ideeën en ideologieën liggen eraan ten grondslag? Hoe gaat het bouwen van een virtueel utopia in zijn werk? Wat zijn de economische en politieke regels in de virtuele wereld? Is er persvrijheid? Hoe wordt er handel gedreven? Moeten de virtuele inwoners zich aan wetten houden, of zijn zij daar eindelijk helemaal vrij in? Zijn het echt ideale werelden zonder aardse beperkingen?
In deze documentaire gaan Femke Wolting en Jorien van Nes op zoek naar antwoorden op deze vragen.
Zij spreken de oprichters van de grootste virtuele werelden, waaronder Philip Rosedale van Second Life, Jae-Kyung Song van Lineage, Hilmar Veigar Petursson van EVE Online en Raph Koster van Metaplace over de ideeën achter hun werelden.
More references:
http://raphkoster.com/2009/05/09/another-perfect-world-documentary-on-vws
http://MMIF.org
Last days of ‘Dadamachinima’ expo Amsterdam ends with Machinima Festival
MMIF 2009
MaMachinima International Festival
28th february 2009 – Free entrance
PLANETART, Wibautstraat 150, Amsterdam (NL) + RastaViews sim (SL)
‘MMIF 2009′ is the first edition of an annual global film festival in cyberspace and simultaneously in Amsterdam (NL). In Amsterdam MMIF 2009 will happen at the very last day of the ‘Dadamachinima’ media-art exhibition by PLANETART about avant-garde videogame modification, started 18 December 2008.
The MMIF is initiated by the Dutch filmer Chantal Harvey. The MMIF is a celebration of machinima: a new cinematic art form, created with 3D virtual worlds and online computergames. All the actors (avatars) are individually operated real-time by real people while movie scenes are directed and recorded. On 3D web platforms like Second Life, directors can even build complete movie sets for relatively low costs. MMIF 2009 aims to bring machinima to a wider audience, online and offline.
Over forty short machinima films are screened at MMIF 2009, from all over the world. Machinima created wih all 3D web platforms and online games are welcome.
At the MaMachinima Theatre in Second Life, the artists and directors from many countries will be present in real time to talk about their creations. And to meet other machinimatographers and an international audience online.
The audience in Amsterdam can view the machinima films live via Second Life on a big screen at the auditorium of the PLANETART artspace in the former Volkskrantbuilding.
Free wireless internet and electricity provided for audience laptops.
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DADAMACHINIMA art exhibitionn by moddr_ Worm
Joan Leandre, Marc van Elburg, Julian Oliver, Gordan Savicic, Ludic Society, Gottfried Haider, JODI, Walter Langelaar, Aram Bartholl, Paul B. Davis, Friedrich Kirschner.
Thu-fri-sat: 14:00-17:00 CET
Extra: sat 28 feb. 21:00-03:00 CET
http://dadamachinima.net
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MMIF 2009 Saturday 28 february
21:00 CET (= SL 12 pm PST) – OPEN
22:00 CET (= SL 1 pm PST) – Machinima film screenings
03:00 CET (= SL 6 pm PST) – THE END + After party online in SL
http://MMIF.org
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PHYSICAL LOCATION:
PLANETART Medialab Artspace
Wibautstraat 150
1091 GR Amsterdam (NL)
http://PLANETART.nl
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VIRTUAL LOCATION:
MaMAchinima Theatre
RastaViews
Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rasta%20Views/222/44/22
Lainy Voom, Pyewacket Bellman, CodeWarrior Carling, Rocksea Renegade, Cisko Vandeverre, Ideajuice Team, Chantal Harvey, Toxic Menges, DizzyBanjo, Fau Ferdinand, Osprey Therian, Sail Away Project, Lowe Runo, Evie Fairchild and Phaylen Fairchild, Sandwoman Petion, Cecil Hirvi, Jam Tuqir , Larkworthy Antfarm, Shaman Nitely, Susi Spicoli, PatrickFairhart – Kolor Fall, Rysan Fall, Starshine Halasy, Arahan Claveau, Hotspur Otoole, Brigitte Kungler, Robertz Sparrow, Mescaline Tammas, Binary Quandry, Suzi Yue, Delgado Cinquetti, Surfwidow Beaumont, Crew TinyNation, Aaron Jeans, Madame Zhora, Draxtor Despres, Eifachfilm Vacirca, Jam Tuqiri, Russel Boyd – Pooky Amsterdam, Harisson Heller aka Nefarious Guy, Alexicon Kurka, Lyric Lundquist, SaveMe Oh, Krrish Spyker, Evo Szuyuan, Scar Cooljoke and more!
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MMIF 2009 is a non-profit collaboration of MaMachinima, Meta.Live.Nu, RastaOpen Sims,
PLANETART and many other volunteers!
Programme, live chat, participants list, contact info and more about MMIF 2009 updated daily at the festival blog: http://MMIF.org
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MMIF 2009 promo video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOain60Oc94 (Flash video)
http://youtubemp4.com/video/YOain60Oc94.mp4 (Mpeg4 video)
21
Jan
09
‘Rez we can!’
Interesting image from http://wowinsider.com/photos/adams-wow-gallery/1231030
(found via http://twitter.com/malburns)
- Update: Strangely enough this http://Meta.Live.Nu blogpost also appears on http://wisconsinhumanesociety.net/2009/01/21/rez-we-can/ … But with Viagra and Cialis pills on Barack Obama’s hands…
20
Feb
08
$299 Thought Control
“Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action.”
BBC report: ”Brain control headset for gamers”
“The headset could be used to improve the realism of emotional responses of AI characters in games”
Tan Le, Emotiv
(Link thanks to nootski in DFM IRC)
Another BBC report:
“Japanese researchers claim to have found a way to control a computer character by thinking about it.”
20
Feb
08
21 feb.: I, Avatar
21 februari 18:00 CET:
It promises to be a very interesting Mediamatic Beauty Parlour #06 this thursday: Artist, writer and engineer Mark Meadows (aka Pighed Stonecutter) presents his new book: I, Avatar
At Club 11, on the 11th floor of the Post CS building, Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam, NL. Reservations via mediamatic.net/pighed
An exhibition with Mark Meadows work can be seen at PLANETART, Weteringschans 179, Amsterdam.
blog.mediacatalyst.com/pivot/entry.php?id=354
What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator’s inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online freeways? Can we use our avatars to really connect with people, or do they just isolate us? And as we become more like our avatars do they become more like us?
In I, Avatar, Mark Stephen Meadows answers some of these questions, but more importantly, he raises hundreds of others in his exploration of avatars and the fascinating possibilities they hold. His examination of avatars through the lenses of sociology, psychology, politics, history, and art, he will change the way you look at even a simple online profile and revolutionize the idea of avatars as part of our lives, whether first or second.
“As someone that has worked with virtual worlds for over 15 years, I’m only now beginning to see the weak signals and evidence of high enough technical, social, financial, and visual caliber in the work that it is attracting people. Millions of them.”
“When you look at avatars, please think of these people as settlers. You can see them more clearly if you think of them as early traders and frontiersmen who are colonizing a new world.”
Mark Meadows
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“Mark Meadow’s virtual creatures are not your next door neighbours–or are they? Leaving behind 1990s cyberculture and its underground aesthetics, with Meadows we descend into a maelstrom of Identity 2.0 in which business, leasure, sexuality, labour and fashion melt into one.”
Geert Lovink, Media Theorist, Net Critic and Activist.
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After the first attack on Iraq, Mark Meadows hitchhiked from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003, wanting to experience first hand what the mass media filters might not reveal to the public.
it was clear basra was wounded. i couldnt tell where the wound was (sometimes its hard to tell what is wrong when it is so goddam big, or when we are so goddam small), but i could tell it was there. basra was wounded, but it was also still very alive. people were selling vegetables, water, generators, tools, services, and friends were meeting on sidewalks, talking. i found an art gallery that was tucked into the basement of a bombed out admin building. these guys had set it up and were selling canvases out of it. one painting i found was by a painter named Manal Kheroulah. she’s a 23-year old painter at the basra college of fine arts. i like that.
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This video shows a fascinating interview with Mark Meadows. Produced at Xmedia lab, Singapore, 18 november 2005.
8 februari 2008 - F.E.M., Hogeschool Utrecht – 12:30-18:00
A report in Dutch at upthevortex.nl. Cellphone photo by Damien Simons.
Collectively we hope to sketch a clear picture of the bussiness and society opportunities of virtual worlds. Second Life is the example for the moment. From a perspective of economy, community and society a vision of the future is the ultimate goal of this convention.
The above was quoted and translated from VirtualWorlds08.nl :
Gezamenlijk hopen wij op 8 Februari 2008 een helder beeld te schetsen van de zakelijke en maatschappelijke mogelijkheden van virtuele werelden. Hierbij is Second Life exemplarisch. Vanuit maatschappelijke, zakelijke en sociale invalshoek is een toekomstvisie het ultieme doel van het symposium.
What was lacking this day. in our humble opinion, was a central panel debate, with a possibility of audience interaction.
So no consensus vision about the future of virtual worlds / metaverses was established. A missed chance unfortunately…
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