tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21546622190740093252024-02-19T12:18:08.623+01:00Creative MachineryA weblog on the activities around Creative Machinery.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-45800273517826359432011-02-26T20:35:00.003+01:002011-02-26T20:46:37.981+01:00Volavola screening in Casino Luxembourg<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/y95vLNPfjoE1Wn2M5AdDzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06RHBGpOgW0B4XsC3DyKsfHkwkpOebH5NatXybFDZoyE2jamdgjCMZPRBjE3nhErT06N5f0OGDq4lQIJ4GaUGa0I_SAuZjlqbB4Tq8j3jlJk_QvxXmHtQ8SDggw6b1jfjAJOr8Nw53w/s400/AFK%20vernissage%20mail.jpg" height="283" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />From 29 January to 1st May 2011 <a href="http://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/">Casino Luxembourg</a> is hosting an exhibition of <a href="http://www.humanatopicspace.com/">Human Atopic Space</a> presented in the “Aquarium” and the basement. The members of Human Atopic Space are highlighting artists at the centre of an exhibition where virtual realities are either at the heart of the creative process or are vectors of a reflection which engages them. <br /><br />The exhibition AFK (Away From Keyboard)is curated by Margherita Balzerani. As a part of the exhibition <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html">Vola Vola</a> will be screened thursday 21 April 2011 at 7 p.m.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-79388078546323080462010-11-19T16:59:00.003+01:002010-11-19T17:12:46.147+01:00Tilted Website<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g5YM-zjwolb2ZmrhtN2Tmg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNX6DRwYGQ1RAv4hrYrACqeNp3ihVOjxkgAJ1D4PcuBjvojrz4AeN0mwFj1SaiSGMvOa-3XQq-avdRN6tLeOwtNl4o0s1rwpWHRCbhE15oSCiioAQJAQvMACo_5qu6_rHIDZqQr9Hyw/s400/schreeuw.jpg" height="247" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />On Saturday November 20th, there will be a national protest against dramatic cuts on cultural budgets in the Netherlands. We join the campaign by cutting on our our website.<br /><br />Have a look at <a href="http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/online-schreeuwen-om-cultuur">http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/online-schreeuwen-om-cultuur</a>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-88484397213223850422010-09-29T10:46:00.001+01:002010-09-29T10:53:27.555+01:004Jetpacks4 video at World Expo Shanghai<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8C4GbfxnRklh0Bk254I4HQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxh-wyiuPKsFghWWhQLXaBmuXvkfAjxCfqG9MWsXa7GTnJnTitSp83H9UID64yo6DR2fIeHByXG1NktBPqSq_i0JtStGnbiy3312z2rHcoTCUxNT6aRe4OjzN5HkQs2CNVxj0pspqBw/s400/v2withLOGO.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm very honored that during the <a href="http://en.expo2010.cn/">World Expo 2010</a> in Shanghai <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/vai.html">4Jetpacks4</a> can be seen at <a href="http://en.expo2010.cn/c/en_ubpa_tpl_291.htm">the Madrid Pavillion</a> as part of the <a href="http://www.madrid2010shanghai.com/calendario.asp?evid=79&id=1">Air Tree Exhibition</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.zigersnead.com/current/blog/post/madrids-air-tree/">Air Tree</a>, designed by <a href="http://www.ecosistemaurbano.com/">Urban Ecosystems</a><br /> is a self sufficient pavillion, where visitors can relax and enjoy performances or shows projected on the walls, in a nice cool breeze.<br /><br />The show projected in Shanghai is curated by Cristina Garcia-Lasuen (aka Aino Baar), who initiated <a href="http://www.openthisend.org/">OPEN THIS END</a>, a nonprofit cultural organization that classifies, develops and exhibits contents generated with new technologies.<br /><br />The program consists in three exhibitions that present the theoretical classification of the three types and stages of the present video art: <br />Real (think projection in Real Space, for example the work of <a href="http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/">Rafael Lozano hemmer</a>)<br />Virtual (cgi, for example <a href="http://www.pixelnitrate.com/">Joaquin Baldwin</a><br />Machinima (movies recorded with game engines, like <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/machinima.html">Evo Szuyuan</a> :-) )<br /><br />Up until now more then 2 million people have visited the Madrid pavillion, making it the most visited pavillion of the World Expo.<br /><br />Many thanks and congratulations to Cristina / Aino !evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-74349942293760889252010-09-20T18:09:00.003+01:002010-09-20T18:20:40.680+01:00Festivals in the Ile-de-FranceDominique Moulon revisits the years festivals in the Ile-de-France in <a href="http://www.newmediaart.eu/festiv.html">this article on newmediaart.eu</a>.<br /><br />One of the festivals that is highlighted in his article is <a href="http://creativemachinery.blogspot.com/2009/10/atopic-festival.html">Atopic</a>, that featured the avant premiere of<a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html"> Volavola</a>.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-11330259446662357962010-07-09T14:34:00.009+01:002010-10-08T15:06:05.929+01:00Machinima Exhibition at QUT<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VK_pyO9eXmeiRqcpXZAf_A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v3cdRKc3UgmYqMNNsrTSCOcdPMc89ZTg-oWOjoXJeJ21Dux3do_07zVrHEf1Y-gDHoR8SLRN9TKhn41Hhf17aTUcIQ1j6V-SEcEc0caZ4MCQ8zLj6RSb9JzWGAp9C701VqhQZrWjyg/s800/logo.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />9 of my videos will be part of <a href="http://www.ciprecinct.qut.edu.au/archive/details.jsp?news-event-id=30560">a machinima exhibition at the Queensland University of Technology</a>.<br /><br />"QUT presents a unique exhibition devoted entirely to machinima. <br />The exhibition features an historical timeline of machinima works with over 60 examples on display; from the first clunky DIY video game films created using games like Quake and Doom in the mid-90s, to contemporary film and artworks by internationally acclaimed artists like Friedrich Kirschner."<br /><br />The exhibition will take place from 20 July to 7 August 2010 at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-89055506710505677562010-05-31T15:11:00.006+01:002010-05-31T15:53:58.247+01:00Fly Me- Vola Vola wins Simona Gesmundo Award!On May 18 2010, Berardo Carboni was given the "<a href="http://www.loudvision.it/cinema-news-premio-internazionale-simona-gesmundo-corti-d-animazione--2139.html">Creativity Award</a>" for <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html">Volavola / Fly me</a>, the first feature shot entirely in Second Life, for "it's novelty and the important results achieved by the film".<br />The award was given during the 4th edition of the <a href="http://www.premiosimonagesmundo.com/index_en.html">International Prize Simona Gesmundo</a> animated shorts at the Teatro Totò, which was held in Naples.<br />The "Creativity Award" is annually awarded to an author for the use of new technology, which foreshadows the future in the field of cinema and animation. <br /><br />Simona Gesmundo, was a talented young Italian woman interested in artificial intelligence applied to cinema and an author of animation short films. Therefore, the International Award of Animation Short Films was created, which puts the attention on new technology and innovation.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-39897300829732723362010-04-17T11:20:00.003+01:002010-04-17T11:48:25.725+01:00Volavola at FilmForum and other places<a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html">Vola Vola</a> got quite some media attention in Italy these last few weeks.<br />March 19 the movie was shown for the 1st time in Italy at the <a href="http://filmforum.uniud.it/Screenings.html">FilmForum</a> festival in Gorizia. <br />There was a <a href="http://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/alessandro_haber150310.html">nice interview with Alessandro Haber and Berardo Carboni</a> at affaritaliani.it. <br />This month the movie is also screened at 2 universities in Rome.<br />Check <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23259983755">the movies facebook group</a> for more media coverage links and scraps.<br />I wasn't there, but I'm told the movie is received very well by the audience!<br />Hopefully it will be shown in the Netherlands and other countries soon.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-52113723875850151952010-01-09T13:35:00.002+01:002010-01-09T13:47:32.195+01:00Orchestral Investigation #9 @ Stuttgarter Filmwinter<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8becJx_1GomHkckULlAmzA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQv7DZb3bZ-OywhS1LhdAG8Mds35HuXEG2SyzqLfEdXdai1dl5QuoREewYBpfVvEXUqb9J2nwurYMugr7BvajSljPSApeD7aqn9o84HVPFv0TB0tN67okmx1_9FqoydXQV_XJC8nS-eg/s400/filmwinter.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a> will be showed in the exhibition of the <a href="http://filmwinter.de">Stuttgarter Filmwinter</a>.<br /><br />This 23rd edition of the Filmwinter will take place from Januari 21th, 2010 to Januari 24th, 2010 in Stuttgart. <br />The Media Exhibition is at <a href="http://www.h7-raumaufzeit.de/">H7 Raumaufzeit</a>.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-22398674705091387232009-10-23T14:38:00.003+01:002009-10-23T14:51:25.162+01:00Orchestral Investigation #9, and seeing spOts, being dOts @ GAMERZ 05<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ioy1YUjLs6oir-szBVFogw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUyIlQG7YVAAhGF3iEbyr46UDhkmJftKhJAKmxJM5YvGan3b95QnS3_QxlgReW8u-KvRr83_R5ka10NXPB-d_WhtfY8h6pTKM6k7xLEW9ORtP0NxEl7MYYqr6yCf3Wp394_hfJoRLeA/s400/gamerz05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a> and <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/spots.html">seeing spOts, being dOts</a> will be shown at <a href="http://www.festival-gamerz.com/?p=1&lang=en">festival GAMERZ 05</a>, in the ARCADE program curated by <a href="http://iarvers.free.fr/">Isabelle Arvers</a>.<br /><br />This 5th edition of GAMERZ international multimedia festival will take place from November 26th, 2009 to December 4th, 2009 in Aix-en-Provence.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-72790482854280409442009-10-11T20:07:00.000+01:002009-10-11T20:08:22.856+01:00Atopic Festival<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dizjqnpGKAnEcqeKfQI1Tw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVyMYah4_YJzriqzyEfay2Zjah5XvwEkSc1uCCq9hyJpUjphY62NcMqsLDU2sHx4o-1ZTlpp8uFnRe7Sl9VNW1D3xGceqCYE8-incIWF6V0h3WL659sJ3ph2wPbGpL7Q0Nqcf3djNtw/s400/atopic.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The <a href=" http://www.atopicfestival.com/">Atopic festival</a> will be held from 27 october to 4 november at La Cite des Sciences in Paris. It is an art festival dedicated to virtual reality art, and the first machinima festival in France. <br /><br />I'm very happy that <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/spots.html">seeing spOts, being dOts</a> will be screened in the "Creative" section.<br /><br />Also november the 2nd Volavola will have it's premiere at the festival on the IMAX screen of <a href="http://momeld.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/la-geode-cool-picture-of-the-day/">La Geode</a>.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-56390090518348145722009-10-11T19:36:00.003+01:002009-10-11T19:57:53.776+01:00Volavola article @ digicultAfter seeing the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbroeNoRfRk">preview clip of Volavola</a> Marco Riciputi interviewed me about it, and wrote an article for the october issue of <a href="http://www.digicult.it/digimag/">Digimag</a>, the magazine of <a href="http://www.digicult.it/en/">digicult.it</a>, the Italiab e-magazine about digital culture and electronic art. <br /><a href="http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1593">Here you can read the article in Italian</a>. (Soon an english translation will be online).evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-53908019587648068002009-09-29T20:18:00.004+01:002009-09-29T20:47:40.465+01:00Volavola Preview and Making-of Special @ art.clouds 2009<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/m7HTJLvK6cf2fjvG7o15nw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaB3jxVSfsLvxlcgLwduqu5vmbqldQpIALgr6zHCvgBee5RvJUcBU8OJ5PwvoQoUuaR3feBwpHa82Jcu49TR-sGcfOd6uB7IDqN2RsA0b80HhpSoATMhjdP577QXP35mm3TRZ2lycGA/s800/artClouds_titel.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I will be doing a presentation about the "The Making of Volavola" at the media festival <a href="http://artclouds.blogspot.com/2009/09/artclouds-2009-ghosts-in-machine_22.html">art.clouds 2009 [ghosts in the machine]</a> in Regensburg Germany.<br /><br />The festival will run from 8 to 17 october, at several locations in Regensburg, and features movies, lectures, performances, workshops and more. <br /><br />15 October at 20:00 I will talk about how Volavola was made, and show a preview of the movie at the Akademiesalon, Andreasstr. 28.<br /><br />Please visit the <a href="http://artclouds.blogspot.com/">art.clouds 2009 [ghosts in the machine] blog</a> for more information about the festival, and the <a href="http://artclouds.blogspot.com/2009/09/volavola-fly-me-movie.html">Volavola / Fly me post</a> for details about my presentation.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-10561468538650554882009-09-19T15:14:00.003+01:002009-09-19T15:36:52.439+01:00Volavola on wired.com<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling">Bruce Sterling</a> picked up on <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/09/volavola.html">Hamlet's Au post</a> and blogged it on <a href="http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/09/vola-vola-by-berardo-carboni/">wired.com</a>.<br />No in depth article or anything, but hey! we managed to disorient him ;-)<br /><br />Also <a href="http://domenicoquaranta.com/2009/09/collateral-damages/">Domenico Quaranta mentioned our little sneak peak</a>, which was picked up by <a href="http://www.gamescenes.org/2009/09/game-art-berardo-carbonis-vola-vola-2009.html">gamescenes</a>, a very nice blog.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-49893007525463867832009-09-18T13:54:00.006+01:002009-09-18T14:25:52.783+01:00Orchestral Investigation #9, and seeing spOts, being dOts in Brazil2 of my machinima are (or were) shown at <a href="http://www.itaucultural.org.br/">Itau Cultural</a> in Sao Paulo, Brazil.<br />(My portugese is kinda rusty, and I see different dates on different sites)<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oWhe9WO7oG8ts7YpDxwEIg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jb42iPpWe2wHjT2ogfE2snhJuTbdLh22h7DsykE7K3YQ_h_dIFTRL9theUMksXASedjgb-r5fPJWBT3aNwXFeGlz0GaEiumnBKmcLfmkI12oOHS5Au7pClvO0-GMCqh7ST_Ie1KzLA/s800/destaque_gameplay.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />For the exhibition "GamePlay", <a href="http://iarvers.free.fr/">Isabelle Arvers</a> curated the machinima program "Mostra Machinimas". For this program she selected <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/spots.html">seeing spOts, being dOts</a> (Vendo Marcas, Sendo Pontos), a collaboration with Juria Yoshikawa and Nnoiz Papp, and <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a> (Investigações Orquestrais #9), a collaboration with Avatar Orchestra Metaverse.<br /><br />The entire machinima programme is listed here: <a href="http://www.itaucultural.org.br/index.cfm?cd_pagina=2716&cd_noticia=6635">http://www.itaucultural.org.br/index.cfm?cd_pagina=2716&cd_noticia=6635</a>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-91506129858941551692009-09-18T13:04:00.004+01:002009-09-18T13:54:18.157+01:00Volavola Scene 61 on NPIRL and NWN, and some more about the toon effectSo far the reactions to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbroeNoRfRk">scene of Volavola</a> we posted are pretty good!<br /><br />Bettina Tizzy <a href="http://npirl.blogspot.com/2009/09/sneak-peek-feature-length-machinima.html">posted it on Not Possible IRL</a>, one of my favorite blogs.<br />Hamlet Au <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/09/volavola.html">posted it on New World Notes</a>, elaborating a little on how we distinguish between what happens in Second Life, and what happens in Real Life, as all the footage was shot in Second Life.<br />Our solution, to apply a toon effect on the second Second Life footage seems to be received well by the Second Life community. <br />I agree with Gwyneth Llewelyn, who said "..it doesn't look like SL, but just as an incredibly detailed cartoon! If this catches on, the Japanese studios that spew out a cartoon per week for their so many huge series will start doing it all inside SL... :)".<br />Rendering this effect is far from RealTime though (about 3 seconds per frame), so maybe not so appropriate for that weekly tv show.<br /><br />I'm also experimenting with this kind of effect for <a href="http://creativemachinery.blogspot.com/2009/07/shooting-woody.html">Woody</a>, to emphasize the "comic" style of Ookoi.<br />It also has the advantage of not really needing all that detailed shapes and textures in Second Life during shooting. <br />I guess a "pure machinimatographer" would want to stay away from too much post processing work, but in my opinion it's best to just use the tools appropriate for the result you want to achieve.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-15502281203955601462009-09-10T15:52:00.014+01:002009-09-15T19:34:39.502+01:00Finishing Volavola !Almost done postprocessing <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html">Volavola</a>! <br /><br />Here is a preview. <br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="245" width="400" data="http://www.creativemachinery.org/embed/mediaplayer.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.creativemachinery.org/embed/mediaplayer.swf" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="width=400&height=245&file=http://www.evolutie.org/movies/volavola/61.mov&image=http://www.creativemachinery.org/pics/VV_61.jpg"/><br /></object><br /><br />In this scene Sofia (puppeteered by <a href="http://fashcon.com/">Honey Fairweather</a>, voice by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896995/">Sofia Vigliar</a>) and Matteo (puppeteered by Blued Food, voice by <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Aquilone">Flavio Aquilone</a>) meet eachother in Second Life and visit the virtual gallery of <a href="http://gazirababeli.com/">Gazira Babeli</a>.<br /><br />The music is original for the movie and done by <a href="http://www.andreagabriele.it">Andrea Gabriele</a>. It's an adaption of a folk song from Abruzzo called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zH3KJQsHg">Vola Vola</a>.<br /><br />Because this machinima version of VolaVola is entirely filmed in Second Life we needed to make clear what happens in Second Life and what happens in Real Life. For this pupose we applied a toon effect on the Second Life scenes.<br />In the Real Life version of the movie the original footage will be used.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-49530041886260587412009-07-12T20:44:00.002+01:002009-07-12T21:25:49.924+01:00Storyboarding HoT<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uGWEN0tiHMS0w7Pt8n8dog?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraOX6ni64m1xn2m7-KChvryDZ8oSTg9hrRYhP67jEig_Arx0iaCpjK32a4V_AA04lAqU5Svg_JFFlodEK5ELaNcj2l55SQcfChTlviSSDaVBR-bSQ2O084Fx5Ar-FdxMy2iEuhSgHzw/s400/15.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/HoT?feat=embedwebsite">HoT</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm currently working on the storyboard of another video I'm doing with <a href="http://du-store-verden.no/artister/artist.php?2007112722382294975">Avatar Orchestra Metaverse</a>. The composition is by <a href="http://paulineoliveros.us/">Pauline Oliveros</a> and called Heart of Tones. <br />It will be a music video of around 20 minutes, and I'm very excited about it :-)evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-44902187018809201782009-07-04T13:19:00.003+01:002009-07-04T14:21:55.182+01:00Shooting Woody<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3kUgDHjBKdIhMUvDQNZH-A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGH__ycU5Hn3EUVKQrVrkenL4Mq8gE8xMRGMA2mcmN8VwR6ALUCDCA9TfOGvsZK4k67cC8AoZtjjGXsIqCLUQOOIZFeOnozFJFA52oUgehYUDVp0wXS81WdGPILWR3aFUjh2EUJBAvw/s400/ameland.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/Ookoi?feat=embedwebsite">ookoi</a></td></tr></table><br />Last thursday we've been filming for "Woody", a videoclip for the next hit by the sound duo <a href="http://www.ookoi.nl/">Ookoi</a>. The setting for the clip is the beautiful atmospheric virtual version of the dutch island Ameland in Second Life, hosted by <a href="http://www.archipel.nu/medialab/">Archipel MediaLab</a>.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-52750752593671748772009-05-25T10:36:00.002+01:002009-05-25T10:46:16.212+01:004Jetpacks4 at NPIRLAlpha Auer wrote a very good article about 4Jetpacks4 and the importance of storytelling to 'get immersed' or 'attain presence'.<br /><br /><a href="http://npirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/attainig-presence-4jetpacks4-and-bryn.html">Attaining presence: 4Jetpacks4 and Bryn Oh</a>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-1101628765885772282009-05-14T10:03:00.003+01:002009-05-14T11:06:26.087+01:00Machinima VéritéWagner James Au aka Hamlet Au interviewed me about the making of the <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/vai.html">4Jetpacks4</a> video and posted it on <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/05/machinima-verite.html">New World Notes</a>.<br />Since he was on the original tour, and starring in the video, I'm very happy he likes the result! "As an involuntary actor in the machinima, I'm slightly biased, but I think her final product is spectacular and unique, BioShock meets Fritz Lang." he says.. wow!!!<br />(For the record, I usually don't sneak up on people, and was actually <a href="http://creativemachinery.blogspot.com/2009/03/residency-at-caerleon.html">asked</a> to film)evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-45315095480815445032009-05-08T15:23:00.003+01:002009-05-08T16:09:59.212+01:004Jetpacks4<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="245" width="400" data="http://www.creativemachinery.org/embed/mediaplayer.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.creativemachinery.org/embed/mediaplayer.swf" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="width=400&height=245&file=http://www.evolutie.org/movies/4jetpacks4.mov&image=http://www.creativemachinery.org/pics/4jetpacks4.jpg"/><br /></object><br /><br />Just finished the video documentation of <span style="font-weight:bold;">4Jetpacks4</span>, an interactive story telling performance lead by <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/Virtual_Art_Initiative/Artists/Pages/Bryn_Oh.html">Bryn Oh</a>. <br /><br />In this performance a group of avatars was brought on a tour of a research facility. An unfortunate event results in the arrival of a tornado. The group must flee back to retrieve a jetpack in order to escape.<br /><br />The video shows beautiful art by <a href="http://brynoh.blogspot.com/">Bryn Oh</a>, <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/Virtual_Art_Initiative/Artists/Pages/Glyph_Graves.html">Glyph Graves</a> and <a href="http://miscellanea.com/">Nonnatus Korhonen</a>, who also play the scientists. It also features a most amazing tornado by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TryptofaaSands">Tryptofaa Sands</a>. The visitors are SLebrities <a href="http://npirl.blogspot.com/">Alpha Auer</a>, <a href="http://npirl.blogspot.com/">Bettina Tizzy</a>, <a href="http://profiles.slbuzz.com/chimera-cosmos">Chimera Cosmos</a>, <a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/">Hamlet Au</a>, <a href="http://sl.nmc.org/author/larry/">Larry Pixel</a>, <a href="http://www.smarthistory.org/">Max Newbold</a> and <a href="http://sl.nmc.org/author/tayzia/">Tayzia Abattoir</a>.<br /><br />The piece was performed at the Caerleon Sim in Second Life, and curated by <a href="http://world.secondlife.com/resident/de670a28-a483-45a5-8e41-5dcef26ec20a">Georg Janick</a>, for the <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/">Virtual Art Initiative</a>, and the video will be exhibited in the will in the Harbor Gallery at the University of Massachusetts at Boston in April 2010.<br /><br />More info at the <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/vai.html">Creative Machinery website</a>.evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-64219548619193716262009-04-02T18:47:00.006+01:002009-04-02T19:13:28.319+01:00Avatar Orchestra Metaverse at NRK television<a href="http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/480658">Here is the archived stream</a> of spekter interviewing Leif Inge aka Gumnosophistai Nurmi featuring <a href="http://du-store-verden.no/artister/artist.php?2007112722382294975">Avatar Orchestra Metaverse</a> containing some seconds of <a href="http://creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a> :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/480658">http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/480658</a><br /><br />AOM starting at around 39:00<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/undE66cAJObQw_VJ0EKvow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8wHe8rMMLimd9hQMentA9EdUSNhQnIeU-FOqYfKRdc2HLlfDrm9edOAknH9d2aDOtATydxNJPvnDt4HSVRBDeeHJpRO6Dnue1c3l-Regp2vKyVpcNuzX_kEGTn-b08qb5iv2gy8ctw/s400/aom_nrk.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-74021174384498559942009-04-01T12:11:00.003+01:002009-04-01T12:27:42.480+01:00Avatar Orchestra Metaverse on Norwegian televisionNorwegian broadcaster <a href="http://www.nrk.no/">NRK</a> has interviewed Avatar Orchestra Metaverse member Gumnosophistai Nurmi about Second Life for it's "spekter" program. Spekter is a background information program, and its todays is about internet and how the new networking uses like Facebook Twitter and Second Life affect our lives.<br />If all goes well, we will see Gumno and hopefully a fragment of the machinima <a href="http://creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a> as the last item of the show.<br /><br />The spekter show will be broadcast tonight at 20:10 CET at NRK 2.<br /><a href="http://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/spekter/">http://www.nrk.no/programmer/sider/spekter/</a>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-44902047772217489732009-03-08T17:53:00.004+01:002009-03-09T16:15:08.270+01:00Residency at Caerleon<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTikxqNeOBYw_yGnMQbstQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKX8SkV7ElbL859CI6HoB1UXzJe4lanfpmz5mm08uf6v_1SxXI2XYudMeVRQ809F8CRCiE2rKlHp4ZmQ53xdRfhwkAQg9LtHAPB942vzmy7pJ-8VxronOFMVy1lwG6UHNM8mAxx2ikw/s400/vai_logo.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I am very glad to have a residency at the <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/">Virtual Art Initiative</a>. I have a huge space at the Caerleon sims to work on a video installation or whatever I want. <br /><br />Also I'm involved in the creation of machinima documenting an 8 month project of collaborative exploration of the fundamental dimensions that make the art of virtual worlds a unique aesthetic medium. Each of these dimensions - immersion, interaction, ambiguity of identity, environmental fluidity, artificial agency, and globally networked collaboration - is being explored in a collaboration of artists under the direction of a project leader lasting approximately six weeks. <br />The collaborations are being thoroughly documented in images, text, and machinima film, and will generate work that will be exhibited in the "real world" Harbor Gallery at the University of Massachusetts at Boston in April 2010. <br /><br />The first dimension - immersion - is currently being explored by <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/Virtual_Art_Initiative/Artists/Pages/Bryn_Oh.html">Bryn Oh</a>, <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/Virtual_Art_Initiative/Artists/Pages/Glyph_Graves.html">Glyph Graves</a> and <a href="http://virtual-art-initiative.org/Virtual_Art_Initiative/Artists/Pages/Nonnatus_Korhonen.html">Nonnatus Korhonen</a>, in the project <span style="font-weight:bold;">Immersiva</span>, an immersive interactive story telling performance.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wIczpnLXiRhNXL5iJVPbuA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_JMBgDscHrVXmJup65V6hN51lRr1H4ItBOZTVY-MQ23sx-F2HgYFAD350eBtD3AjiDHq7tDnO_G7WrjDoECwCE4jznDYCK0KoV0heUlgbB9sva6wHkj-UGKbaQ7kPRalZxdVHTQ5aA/s400/Bryn_Oh.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154662219074009325.post-10888736520254744062009-02-14T19:02:00.005+01:002009-02-14T20:07:23.895+01:00Evo Szuyuan machinima at ARENA<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zyhNBAKPLwQIa88mxiwGUg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjPSxsHo_Bu_hVKxMdKCbrg6w30vueZ3z21lKzPTaeLJRVDi7Xjcyfow5yjkqeJziBzS1f2HMSOdkCl8LOOoefrT_BMzKxu4Y3bmYSP22jttJj8_UgPCiJ4QHrxFQi7y22ZkNRAmYBg/s288/locconnomiartisti%20copy2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />From february 13, 2009 at 12am PST to February 15, 2009 at 12am PST I have a video exhibition at <a href="http://uqbararena.blogspot.com/">ARENA</a>, organized by <a href="http://uqbar-mediaartculture.ning.com/">uqbar. media art culture</a> and <a href="http://www.festivaldellacreativita.it/it/08/05/2008/rinascimento-virtuale">Rinascimento Virtuale</a>.<br /><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Uqbar/47/222/722">http://slurl.com/secondlife/Uqbar/47/222/722</a><br /><br />On 4 screens in the shape of a 50 x 50 x 30 meter box I will show 4 videos I worked on in 2008: <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/spots.html">seeing spOts, being dOts</a>, <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/oi.html">Orchestral Investigation #9</a>, <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/17uss.html">17 Unsong Songs</a>, and the draft trailer for <a href="http://www.creativemachinery.org/volavola.html">Fly me / Volavola</a>.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rVJmqLrmgIg6S60F3aN3eg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqTfFwOTlA5QMP-iQQFj_RsixFoW3EiX2V2cwhFyTDyRpTGC76Jjc-bOhobdr126Bm0iZZAlXTKRdFmeuFwcPHNEDkAPRrbjN5KA0lYv9T44eEp08aEi6O694Dgtohat9mLl4eN6S_Q/s288/arena_videobox.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EZGvVI5yoklTPO0elGmkMA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUYXBGC14hbEVKGL0fa296kXRXsXz_V7w1Ihb5GjvDAe2bDHJMhzVcP4kn4JckdYzHS8XVv-vT2POTAujwNZclLXhyNL_A88VSBYKgvDMJzoODV8uRbqp9dc9H3wL7bc0IsDItWiRxg/s288/arena_audience.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/evolutie/CreativeMachinery?feat=embedwebsite">Creative Machinery</a></td></tr></table>evolutiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17530059702370034332noreply@blogger.com1