Ready, Set, ACTION: Machinima Contest Starts This Tuesday

Calling all Machinima artists!

Pop Art Lab (PAL) has secured an opportunity for Second Life’s video artists to work with one of Scandinavia’s most promising real world bands, Giana Factory, to create a full music video shot entirely within Second Life.

We want to show the real world the creativity and talents of machinima artists working within virtual worlds. Finally the time is up to show the real world music industry the powers of making videos inside virtual worlds.

Launching February 1st., PAL is conducting a machinima contest aimed at partnering a talented Second Life video artist with real world musical group, Giana Factory. Submissions are due March 5th. The winner of the judged context will not only see their work in real world use; they will also receive an incentive prize of $50,000 Lindens.

About Giana Factory:
Danish band ‘Giana Factory’ are a musical trio who have already gained critical and public acclaim for their distinctive sound which fuses edgy pop with ethereal electronica. The band recently consented to let ‘POP ART LAB’ use their song ‘Pixelated Truth’ for this contest. The tune can be heard and downloaded via Soundcloud

03 Pixelated Truth 1 by GianaFactory

For more information on Giana Factory, visit their website

Contest Rules:
The theme and story of your music video is entirely open with avatar likenesses to Giana Factory musicians both allowed and encouraged.
More than 75% of the footage must be recorded inside Second Life.
Please keep in mind you have to ask sim owners in Second Life for accept to film on their land. Feel free to record in the Pop Art Lab sim.

Run of Show:

Filming
The PAL sim will be open 4 weeks prior to submission deadline so everyone have the time to come record.
We kindly ask all of you to act appropriately and show respect and understanding so everyone will be able to record in peace and ensure a fair play.
Each participant who wants to rezz must join the Pop Art Lab group and leave a notecard to Claus Uriza with names to be added. Please remove objects after filming. Scripts will be enabled.

Submission
Submit via Youtube
To submit one or more films you need to upload them to YouTube and then send the appropriate link to clausuriza(at)gmail(dot)com along with your film title, name and contact info.
Please add “Pop Art Lab Music Video Entry” to your film title on YouTube.
We will collect entries as favorites on our contest channel and embed finalist films on blogs as well (Films with highly inappropriate content will be excluded).

Judging
Giana Factory will have the final decision in selecting the winning video. However several movie experts from both real world and Second Life will be part of the jury. Names will be posted during February.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline – 12 AM PDT/SLT March 5, 2011
Recording period – Feb. 1, 2011 through March 5, 2011
Winner will be announced at a huge event ‐ March TBA, 2011

Format Guidelines:
Widescreen: Minimum 480p up to 1080p
Frame rate: Minimum 24 fps (frames per second)
Size: < 1 Gb

IMPORTANT: Titles and Credits
All titles or credits must be sent to clausuriza@gmail.com when you submit the video.
Please do NOT include title and credits before or during but make it appear at least 5 seconds AFTER in a complete cut to black/white.
Note: These rules are made to make it easier for media outlets who might want to play the winning video afterwards. Of course, you are welcome to put titles, credits etc. in text field on YouTube.

TERMS OF USE – WHO OWNS THE VIDEO AFTER I SUBMIT IT?
You retain all of your ownership rights to your film submission. However, by submitting you also grant us Giana Factory and Pop Art Lab a license to use, reproduce and distribute your film. When you upload the video to YouTube you’re granting us an exclusive license for the duration of the competition. After the competition finishes it automatically reverts to a non-exclusive license for all videos except the winning video. We retain the exclusive license so the band can use it as their official music video if they want to do so.

Additional Information About Giana Factory:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjZ624WmIg
Pictures: http://www.musicfordreams.net/gianafactory/
Tune: http://soundcloud.com/gianafactory or http://bit.ly/hK7zIp

About Pop Art Lab:
Pop Art Lab was founded start of 2008 in the virtual world of Second Life. It provides a dynamic immersive environment within which avatars can gather together to share their interest in music, movies & machinima, and attend live concerts and events occurring both entirely within the virtual environment and in mixed realities that merge reality with the metaverse. For more information, visit http://popartlab.com

Any questions please IM Claus Uriza inworld or send an email to clausuriza(at)gmail(dot)com
Press enquiries please email Persia Bravin at persia.bravin(at)yahoo(dot)com
Real Life press release available as Google Doc

Pop Vox feat. Redzone

Wednesday April 28th 1:30-3:30 PM PDT/SLT at Pop Art Lab

We are pleased to announce our next Pop Vox TV show is close.
The show is broadcastet real time live by Treet.TV throughout the grid or you can watch it live at Treet.TV

Pop Vox Presents Redzone

Hamlet Au, New World Notes “They play for steampunks and post-apocalyptics and their metaverse band headquarters is the wreckage of a Soviet troop chopper abandoned in the desert. They’re a British trio called Redzone, and of all the many bands who regularly play in Second Life, so far they’re my favorite”

Redzone
Redzone is Cabaret Voltaire (vocals/electric violin), Red Xu (guitar/bass guitar/samples), and Avomatsur Rustamova (synth/electric double bass/theremin). Redzone have a unique and original sound, fusing industrial, hiphop, musique concrète, electronica, classical, alternative and ambient influences.  Fast and tight – tender and evocative – their unique songs and sounds hijack your soul, activate your reward circuits and energize your entire being. Talented, committed, passionate – this band have the confidence and energy to rock an audience. Redzone have been compared to Collide, Bjork and Recoil among others, but defy categorisation. Redzone were credited by Wired and Reuters as being the first band to tour in Second Life.

Plz note the show is limited to 40-50 seats. The sim will be agent limited due to lag control and to ensure a safe operation.

1:30 PM SLT Set up meet’n’greet (Teleport)
2:00 PM SLT Interview in Pop Art Lab TV Studio (20-25 mins)
2:45 PM SLT Live concert (45 mins) (Teleport)

After the interview we head to our brand new underground club and the concert starts when we all ready and set.

Pop Vox is presented by Pop Art Lab in partnership with Treet.TV

Pop Art Lab Machinima Contest 2010 : Contest rules

Pop Art Lab will launch brand new sim design mid April and therefore decided to set up a machinima contest at our “old” sim design as it looks now. By doing this we capture the memories more than 25.000 visitors have seen and quite a few praised since our opening back in 2008.  Pop Art Lab is a music sim streaming each weeks best new albums in pop, rock, electronica and r&b/hiphop.  At the grand opening of our new sim the old one will be completely removed and we will host a huge weekend party where we announce the winner of the machinima contest, screen the best films and have lots of live artists, DJs etc.

CONTEST RULES
The maximum film length is 5 minutes. The theme of your film is entirely open. The only requirements are 90-100% of scenes take place in the Pop Art Lab sim

Each participant who wants to rezz must join the Pop Art Lab group and leave a notecard to Claus Uriza with names. Please remove objects after filming. Scripts will be enabled.
The sim will be open 4 weeks prior to submission deadline so everyone have the time to come record. We kindly ask all of you to act appropriately and show respect and understanding so everyone will be able to record in peace and ensure a fair play.

Send us your machinima by April 9th 2010 and enter the contest for the award of 100.000 Linden dollars.

SUBMIT VIA YOUTUBE
To submit one or more films you need to upload them to YouTube and then send the appropriate link to clausuriza@gmail.com along with your film title, name and contact info. Please add “(Pop Art Lab Contest Entry)” to your film title on YouTube. We will collect entries as favorites on our contest channel and embed finalist films on our blog ‐ http://popartlab.com (Films with highly inappropriate content will be excluded).

PRIZE
$100.000 Lindens. Pop Art Lab Machinima will award cash prize according to the jurys best choice. There is only one winner.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission deadline – 12 AM PDT/SLT April 9 , 2010
• Recording period – March 9, 2010 through April 9, 2010
• Winner will be announced ‐ April 16, 2010 at our new Pop Art Lab sim launch.

TERMS OF USE

• You retain all of your ownership rights to your film submission. However, by submitting you also grant us (Pop Art Lab) a license to use, reproduce and distribute your film for promotional and documentary use only.

SUGGESTED FORMAT GUIDELINES

• Resolution: Minimum of 320×240, maximum of 800×600.
• Widescreen: 720p (fine too).
• Frame rate: Minimum 20 frames per second.
• Audio: Minimum 22khz 16‐bit audio.
• Size: 100 Mb

JURY

• Chantal Harvey, Lisbeth Frølunde, Jeska Linden, Claus Uriza

ORGANIZERS

• Pop Art Lab was founded start of 2008 in the virtual world of Second Life. It provides a dynamic immersive environment within which avatars can gather together to share their interest in music, movies & machinima, and attend live concerts and events occurring both entirely within the virtual environment and in mixed realities that merge reality with the metaverse.

Information about Pop Art Lab

PARTNERSHIP

• The contest is co-sponsored by the Virtual Worlds Research Project. This large collaborative project, running from 2008‐2011, joins university researchers at two Danish universities (Roskilde University and Copenhagen Business School) and a range of different partners. The project is funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council, KINO and explores sense‐making and user‐driven innovation in virtual worlds.

Information about the research project: Virtual Worlds Research Project

LANDMARKS:

• Pop Art Lab has lots of exciting “hidden” locations. Here is a list of some charming spots.
• Pop Art Lab Landing Point
  • Red grammophone
  • Microphone
  • Green Radio
  • InterG Spaceship
  • Spaceage Funpark
  • SSY Spaceship
  • Sky Stage
  • Sky Home

Any questions please IM Claus Uriza or Emily Hifeng inworld or send us an email at clausuriza@gmail.com
Print or read above info as Google doc

Pop Vox feat. MommaLuv Skytower

Monday December the 7th 2:00-3:30 PM SLT at Pop Art Lab

We are glad to announce our next Pop Vox TV show is close.
The TV show is broadcastet real time live by Treet.TV throughout the grid or you can watch it live at Treet.TVs site.

MommaLuv Skytower recently decided to turn her real life career as musician fully into a 3D character. Her music is a rare blend of rock, electro and hip hop. The lyrics is political taking inspiration from the spoken word scene.

This time we have set up a huge production involving five models/dancers, fashion and surprises!

Plz note the show is limited to 40-50 seats. We still have 20 seats left plz get in touch for reserve. The sim will be agent limited due to lag control and to ensure a safe operation.

Pop Vox Presents MommaLuv Skytower


1:30 PM SLT Set up meet’n'greet ACCESS HERE
2:00 PM SLT Interview in Pop Art Lab TV Studio (20-25 mins)
2:40 PM SLT Live concert (45 mins) ACCESS HERE

After the interview we head to our brand new and wonderfully decorated stage and the concert starts some mins later when we set.

Pop Vox is presented by Pop Art Lab in partnership with Treet.TV

Pop Vox October 19th

We are glad to announce coming Pop Vox will be featuring the Argentinian/Spanish duo Engrama. They have been chosen by their unique approach of sophisticated lo-fi indie noise rock of which is unheard by any other artists playing live in Second Life! Music available at http://www.engrama.tk/

Pop Vox Presents Engrama
Monday October 19th
1:30 PM SLT Set up meet’n'greet
2:00 PM SLT Interview in Pop Art Lab TV Studio (20-25 mins)
2:40 PM SLT Live concert (45 mins)

Plz note the interview section is limited to 40 seats plz attend TV Studio timely by using this SLurl http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pop%20Art%20Lab/167/127/132
The last 5-10 mins will be reserved questions by the audience feel free to IM Claus Uriza during main interview with ur questions!

After the interview we head to the stage area and the concert starts some mins later when Engrama are ready and set.
There’ll be open access for all and u can enter here http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pop%20Art%20Lab/77/127/131

Pop Vox is presented by Pop Art Lab in partnership with Treet.TV
View previous shows here

Updates from the Lab

Sept. 5th

Finally new Pop Vox shows coming up.

September 7th 4 pm slt

Pop Vox feat. Play Nation
Info at MySpace: PLAY NATION IS: Karlee Layton on lead Vox and main Song writer! She is Super Sweet, Nice to look at and a heart of Gold! She is a one of a kind with a signature in everything she do! Lawrence Freiberg on Keys who gave the band their pop prog sound and cool arrangements. He also is the manager till we get one of the big dudes! Kaptain slamming them Drums! From Hollywood Rose and man few can play like Kap! Jimmy Swan from Hollywood Rose playing superb Guitar, feel, power and dynamics! Princeton ripping it up on Bass! Adding his great nature and all encompassing knowledge of music into the band.
For further info on the Hollywood Roses and Guns’n'Roses! Visit Hollywood Roses bio

September 14th pm slt
Pop Vox feat. Eric Kiefer, drummer of Aftergrass

September 12th 12 pm slt
Pop Art Lab is officially 1 year Sept. 5th! Some surprises might happen on THE day but we set up giant b-day event with 5-6 live concerts the 12th.

The launch of our brand new designed sim is delayed due to holidays and a huge puzzle going in the form and function!

A RL promo on The Story of Pop Art Lab and Pop Vox is on the way!

Maximillion Kleene in next Pop Vox

Freindly Fire hits PAL

Am glad to announce next live concert will be coming:

Saturday 3 PM SLT

From a lot of SL artists this Florida rock punk duo fit my taste. They called Friendly Fire and u can check out their http://www.myspace.com/friendlyfiremusic

More info coming up!

RE: Greg Hawkes Info

Second Life, December 12, 2008 — Greg Hawkes performed his first ever live concert within an entirely virtual environment. The event attracted international attention from Australia to Denmark.

“If it sounds like a sci-fi movie, well…it is…but one in which the plot is self-determined, as if the audience of a theatre could participate first hand in the events on screen. And so it was that Greg Hawkes, virtually speaking that is, teleported into this brave new world and onto the stage of Pop Art Lab last Friday, to an excited and virtual crowd of cheering avatars.” – Gaius Luminos, Galaxy Productions

“The most amazing thing was that almost everything happened on the fly with 10 human beings 10 different places in the world. Even Greg Hawkes’ avatar was handled from Copenhagen. It was so real. It’s the balance between real and surreal that will kick the web into new horizons in the future.” – Claus Uriza, owner Pop Art Lab

The show was an international collaboration. Greg Hawkes performed live at Cybersounds Studio in Boston, Mass. alongside producer and owner Perry Geyer. The Austrailian 3D TV station SLCN handled filming, and all voice was delivered through both Skype VOIP and Second Life Voice.

The concert was preceded by a 30 min. interview wherein Greg discussed his career spanning from the late 60s until now. Access was limited to 40 avatars for the televised production. The 60 minute set was comprised of Cars classics, songs from his up and coming alternative band ‘Fierce Tibetan Gods,’ and Beatles songs from his new cd “The Beatles Uke” .

“Second Life is an ideal platform for music performances to take place with online participants attending from all corners of the globe. The Pop Art Lab series bringing real world musical acts into the virtual world is extremely exciting and SLCN are pleased to be involved in the broadcast of these events.” – Starr Sonic, Executive Producer of SLCN.TV

“This is one of the first of many similar real world musical acts entering Second Life. The show was intimate, refreshingly real, and fantastic!” – Claus Uriza

How it worked:
Show run by Pop Art Lab, a company providing exposure for new cds and promoting real-life artists within Second Life
Coordinated through Gaius Luminos (SL), Galaxy Productions an artists management company in Second Life
Televised by SLCN.tv, Second Life’s largest TV company bringing the news from the grid
Made possible through Perry Geyer, Cybersound Studios NYC and Boston
SL tech./supp.: Persia Bravin co-host (SL), JenzZa Misfit animations (SL) Metanomics, Mankind Tracer soundtech. (SL)
Opening acts for Greg Hawkes: Starflower Orbit (SL), Jambo Losangeles (SL)
Architechture 3D designs/moderation: Xray Haller, Emily Hifeng (Pop Art Lab)

Greg Hawkes’ new cd, “The Beatles Uke” (Solid Air Records) was released November 18th and is also available on iTunes.

Greg Hawkes The Cars / The New Cars Dec. the 12th @ PAL!!!

Friday December the 12th at Pop Art Lab

12 PM SLT: Greg Hawkes interview at Pop Art Lab TV Studio

Live concerts:

1 PM SLT: Opening acts Starflower Orbit (US) plus TBA

2 PM SLT: Greg Hawkes (US)

It’s a great pleasure to announce Greg Hawkes will come visit us inworld! Greg was the synth/keyboard player in the US new wave icons The Cars back in the 70-80s. The Cars is to this day one of MTVs most played artists! As a member of The Cars Greg even played the huge Live-Aid Concert back in the 80s as well as sessioned with Paul McCartney!

Our brand new 3D TV studio will host the video interview streamed live from one of the East Coasts most respected recording studioes Perry Geyers Cybersound Studio in Boston. In cooperation with SLCN we intend to create the highest quality 3D music TV show seen so far in virtual worlds.

Greg will perform classic Cars tunes as well as tunes from his just released ukulele CD “The Beatles Uke” (Solid Air Records).

Greg Hawkes is represented inworld by Gaius Luminos and Galaxy Productions.

The event will be live broadcast from 12 PM SLT on http://www.slcn.tv/ , then archived.