I managed to get another trip into Burning Life before it fizzled into a sprig of charcoal. I spent my time riding the Carousel of Progress reproduced in Second life by Jandai Writer. The juxtaposition of entertainment mediums was thought provoking to say the least. There was my avatar within the virtual world of Second Life watching the Disney animatronic avatar discussing (in folksy Disney fashion) technological progress in the Twentieth Century. Jandai Writer provided two ways to experience the Carousel. You could perch your avatar upon her virtual carousel and watch sets depicting kitchens through the century pass you by. Alternatively, you could sit in a tent and watch the movie that shows the original carousel experience as seen by a theater audience. (How is that for layers of ‘mediums’ piled upon each other?)
Cyberloom rides the Carousel of Progress
Disney meets Second Life courtesy of Jandai Writer (First kitchen tableau)
'Modern kitchen' tableau 2
Watching the 'Carousel of Progress' in Jandai Writer's movie tent
As Burning Life ends today you will have to watch the ‘Carousel of Progress’ via YouTube instead (see below).
I have been traveling and found myself away from good Internet connections. I knew Burning Life was alight and could not visit! All that art and no access! Anyway… finally back to my familiar computer and stable cable connections. After wandering around for a while I found this very fine tower created by Francis Bagration location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Burning%20Life-Hardin/193/111/24/
Tower by Francis Bagration
Two beautiful spiral staircases begin at the base of the tower
Another view of the tower's base plus great balls of fire!
Cyberloom at top of tower checking out the floating mushroom...
Getting high - floating above Francis Bagration's Tower with mushroom assist
And finally, a visit to the peculiar outhouse with its homage to Elvis
Bryn Oh’s Robo Insects are on display in virtual Vienna’s Natural History Museum in Second Life. Cyberloom went to pay homage with avatar dressed as a steampunk dragon and soon began to feel ‘at one’ with the virtual sculptures. Then, after communing with the ‘Mayfly’ exhibit (above) started to think the Robo-Insects needed to be set free… liberated into the thin virtual air of Second Life. However, dear reader, reason prevailed and Cyberloom switched avatars to view the rest of the exhibition as a more ordinary avatar (wearing steampunk clothing) and somewhat less prone to the emotional over reactions of steam dragons and steampunk robots.
Close-up of rhinobot sculpture
Cyberloom inspects Bryn Oh's jellytronics
Closeup: Bryn Oh's steamclock
Inspecting the Retelevise
Beautiful steam wyrmling (or dragon) created by Daryth Kennedy and available from the Isle of Wyrms in Second Life.
