Pop Art Lab and Treet.TV Presents:
POP VOX Feat. Deathline (UK)
Date: April 24, 2PM PDT/SLT
Location: Pop Art Lab sim
Hosts: Persia Bravin/Claus Uriza
We are pleased to present 2011s first Pop Vox show feat. Deathline (UK). Be prepared for the most raunchy black noisy Pop Vox ever! Read more →
POP ART LAB MACHINIMA EXPO 2011 FEAT. GIANA FACTORY
Saturday 26th March
2-6pm SLT/PDT (22:00-02:00 CET) (5-11pm EDT)
Live web broadcast at: http://treet.tv/live
Access: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pop%20Art%20Lab/166/133/1204
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Earlier this year, POP ART LAB challenged film makers from across Second Life ™ to make a music video for real life, electronica band GIANA FACTORY based on their song ‘Pixelated Truth.’
This weekend……we will see the results.
POP ART LAB is proud to present all entries in our annual machinima expo at an exclusive film preview party held at our sim. The event will also be streamed live across TREET.TV and with a range of eminent guest speakers and judges, interviews with members of GIANA FACTORY- plus a not to be missed after show party-this is set to be the machinima event of the year.
Who will walk away with the L$50,000 prize? Join us to find out.
Please RSVP to either:
Claus Uriza-CEO of POP ART LAB
Persia Bravin-Press Manager of POP ART LAB
Promotional Video:
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SLT/PDT TIMES
2.00: Opening Introduction with Persia Bravin & Claus Uriza
2.15: Rhett Linden-Guest Speaker
2.30: Machinima Screenings
3.10: GIANA FACTORY interview
3.30: Announcement of winning entry plus guest speaker Toxic Menges
3.45: Chantal Harvey-Guest Speaker
4.00: After show party with guest DJ’s Evil Laa + TBA
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JUDGES:
Rhett Linden- Senior Director, Experience/ Design
Adam Hashemi – RL Film and Music Video Director
Toxic Menges-Machinima Maker
FILM ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY:
Abdullah Yazimoto, Al Peretz, Arbit Delacroix, Ian Pahute, Kira Madrigal, Lala Larix, Mommaluv Skytower and Ormand Lionheart
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PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Hosted in Pop Art Lab by Persia Bravin and Claus Uriza
Live web broadcasted by Treet.TV at http://treet.tv/live
Made in partnership with Giana Factory, Music for Dreams, Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark and Treet.TV
Set Designs: Laggy Homewood, Emily Hifeng
Creative Support: Douglas Story, Desdemona Enfield, Chrome Underwood
Avatar Creation: Ivy Maverick (Maverick Skins and Shapes)
Giz Seorn (GizzA Creations)
Promotional Video: Iono Allen
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PRESS INFORMATION
Additional information on the following partners can be found beneath. For any direct queries please contact:
Claus Uriza : clausuriza@gmail.com
Persia Bravin: persia.bravin@yahoo.com
ALL VIDEO ENTRIES: http://www.youtube.com/popartlab
POP ART LAB: http://www.popartlab.com/
GIANA FACTORY: http://gianafactory.dk/
MUSIC FOR DREAMS: http://www.musicfordreams.dk/intro.html
ADAM HASHEMI: http://www.blinkprods.com/directors/view-work/item2509/Adam-Hashemi/
ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY: http://worlds.ruc.dk/
We are currently tweaking our upcoming machinima event and thought we would share the first details here by now.
Event is webcasted live by Treet.TV and access limited to 50 people. Please drop an IM, notecard or email to clausuriza(at)gmail(dot)com and we’ll try figure out whether we have to run this event by “invites only”. However event can be viewed by all via Treet.TVs livestream
*PLEASE NOTE PROGRAMME NOT FINAL!*
Pop Art Lab Machinima Expo 2011
Date: March 26
Time: 2-6pm SLT/PST (22:00-01:00 CET)
Place: Giana Factory Stage, Pop Art Lab
The making of the official musicvideo for Giana Factorys new single Pixelated Truth
2.00: Opening Introduction with Persia Bravin & Claus Uriza
2.15: Rhett Linden-Guest Speaker
2.30: Machinima Screenings
3.10: GIANA FACTORY interview
3.30: Announcement of winning entry plus guest speaker Toxic Menges
3.45: Chantal Harvey-Guest Speaker
4.00: After show party with guest DJ’s
Musicvideo Jury: Toxic Menges, Adam Heshemi, Rhett Linden
Live web broadcasted by Treet.TV at http://treet.tv/live
Made in partnership with Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark and Treet.TV
*PLEASE NOTE PROGRAMME NOT FINAL!*
*FULL EVENT PROGRAMME PLZ SEE SEPERATE POST*
We are pleased to announce our new partners in Art Breaker The Nordic Virtual Worlds Network (NVWN).
Currently we enhanch the 12 hour event programme for our Art Breaker launch. Also this happens to be exact same date as we had our official Pop Art Lab opening back in September 2008. Not only will this event open our 2 months and 4.000 prims exhibit of some of the very best inter-/reactive art and sound installations seen in SL but also we’ll celebrate our 2 years birthday. Therefore, expect a big bang! The event programme listed below is not final changes might occur.
Info on Art Breaker.
After merely 1 month of recieving proposals the following artists been selected due to some highly impressive showcases.
Bryn Oh
Abstract Baroque
Misprint Thursday
Miso Susanowa
Sunn Thunders
Binary Quandry (install project cordinator)
Sabrinaa Nightfire
Sledge Roffo
I am working behind the bars and sounddesk on this upcoming event. And how did I end there? Well just a cool collaboration between nice friends at Treet.TV, Metanomics and a Danish RL university project.
Mark your calender!
Metanomics Mixed Reality Broadcast on New Market Dynamics
When: Tuesday, June 8th, 11:00-12:00 am SLT
Where: Copenhagen/Second Life
Avatars for sale, gold-farming in WoW (World of Warcraft), purchase of virtual islands, leasing of towns, recruiting avatar employees, VW (virtual world) stock exchanges and banks, exchanging WoW gold to USD – it’s just some of the new designations for commercial agencies and business which have emerged in the wake of the development of virtual worlds. But what are the characteristics of these emerging economies? Who are they, the entrepreneurs of VWs? Are the many small agencies of user-driven innovations the driving force of the economies of VWs? Or, is it Big Business that survives and benefits from the new market dynamics? How has the user-driven content creation of Second Life contributed to the development of new business areas and market dynamics?
This Metanomics Mixed Reality Broadcast, hosted by Robert Bloomfield, will comprise a panel discussion between Robin Teigland, Edward Castronova, Tom Boellstorff and include streaming from the RL research workshop ‘Making Sense of Virtual Worlds and User Driven Innovation” in Copenhagen comprising 40 international participants and co-hosted RL by Sisse Siggaard Jensen.
More info on workshop, participants and sessions/papers at RL venue
April 16, 2010 saw the new sim launch celebration for Pop Art Lab including a machinima contest with the top prize of L$100,000. Watch the opening speeches by Claus Uriza, Draxtor Despres, Wiz Nordberg, all the finalists machinimas and see Linden Lab Jeska Linden announce the winning entry.
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
Friday 16th April 12.00PM-12.00AM SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pop%20Art%20Lab/151/162/28
Are you ready for the biggest live music and machinima event of 2010? Pop Art Lab invites you to experience a 12 hour trip through the very best music, art, film and television in SL.
To celebrate the launch of our brand new and super futuristic music sim, we have asked guest speakers including Jeska Linden and Wiz Nordberg, musicians such as Lance Rembrandt and Skye Galaxy and a plethora of artists, DJs and machinima makers to collaborate. We will be announcing the winner of our spectacular L$100,000 machinima winner too!
Visit our new sim and travel through a new world of wonderment, exploration and innovation or catch the live streaming on Treet.TV.
Full schedule:
April 16th- European Opening
Host: Persia Bravin
12:00 PM PST/SLT: Opening Ceremony presenting the new sim designs and creators: Claus Uriza CEO and guest speakers Dusan Writer CEO of Remedy/Metanomics and Wiz Nordberg CEO of Treet TV.
Particle show from Abstract Baroque
12:30 PM: Live screening of machinima entries in L$100,000 contest.
1:30 PM: Winning machinima announced by Chantal Harvey plus guest DJ Fine Caliber
2:00 PM: Redzone –Live Music
3:00 PM: MommaLuv Skytower-Live Music
4:00 PM: Lance Rembrandt –Live Music
5:00 PM: Sim exploration and chilled out music.
April 16th US Opening (webcasted live by Treet.TV)
Host: Persia Bravin
7:00 PM/SLT: Opening Ceremony presenting the new sim designs and creators: Claus Uriza CEO and guest speakers Draxtor Despres and Wiz Nordberg CEO of Treet TV.
7:30 PM: Live screening of machinima entries in L$100,000 contest
8:15 PM: Winning machinima announced by Jeska Linden
8:30 PM: Skye Galaxy-Live Music
9:30: PM: Starflower Orbit-Live Music
10:30 PM: MoShang Zhao-Live Music
11:30 PM: DJ Fine Caliber
Representing POP ART LAB
Claus Uriza CEO
Emily Hifeng, Xray Haller, Laggy Homewood and Rico Willis-Sim design and build
Persia Bravin-Press Manager
Guest Speakers
Jeska Linden –Director of Community Linden Labs
Draxtor Drespres-The Drax Files
Dusan Writer -Remedy/Metanomics
Wiz Nordberg -CEO, Treet.tv)
Chantal Harvey- Director of Mamachinima.eu
Television Production and streaming: Treet.TV http://treet.tv/live
Machinima Judges
Jeska Linden, Chantal Harvey, Lisbeth Frølunde (Roskilde University RL), Claus Uriza
Machinima Contest Partner: Virtual Worlds Research Project – A strategic research project at Roskilde University and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark).
Machinima Entrants
Rysan Fall, Toxic Menges, Glasz DeCuir, Binary Quandry, Larkworthy Antfarm, Ormand Lionheart, Mindblind Setsuko, Iono Allen, Pickles Karu, Delgado Cinquetti, Michelle Leckrone, Ketk Petrov, Al Peretz, Aaron Ishelwood, Tutsy Navarathna.
Musical Talent
Redzone, Starflower Orbit, MommaLuv Skytower, Skye Galaxy, MoShang Zhao, Lance Rembrandt and DJ Fine Caliber
Contributing Artists
Art Exhibition: Julie Kaye (RL)
Art Installation: Misprint Thursday
Marketing Design-Sabrinaa Nightfire
Visuals: Abstract Baroque
Press Information
Claus Uriza CEO of ‘POP AT LAB’ says of this event:
“We have made lots of progress at PAL over the past year so to celebrate our new sim launch I wanted to involve a lot of live musicians. Then came the idea of documenting the old sim design through a machinima contest, inspired by the recent MMIF. I met so many talented people through the MMIF I wanted their input at PAL too. The addition of some very experienced and cool speakers will add value and diversity to this event and help to connect with the audience. In the future, I hope PAL will grow alongside Second Life and we plan on expanding our presence on the web in general including our new website.”
Persia Bravin-Press Manager says:
*POP ART LAB is a fully immersive environment exploring the viability of virtual worlds as alternative music performance venues. We work with media companies, record labels and educational institutions around the globe. Weekly streaming 10-20 new CDs full length across our social and dynamic sim, POP ART LAB brings together music lovers from across the world.*
‘MMIF 2010′ is the second edition of an annual film festival in 3D cyberspace with a screening in physical space (‘RL’). A seven hour movie marathon with a two hour afterparty. MMIF 2010 can also be followed on the web via live stream broadcasts.
A month ago, while I was multitasking at a real life Sirikata workshop at Roskilde University, I happened to meet Chantal Harvey at the lab. Actually I had met and become friends with Chantal ages ago-well, that’s what it feels like!
Back in 2008 she was a frequent visitor at the very beginning of Pop Art Lab. Then we both became busy with our separate projects, the years passed, but we managed to stay friends. Ok back to real life or whatever! We met in 3D and talked over this new project she was about to launch- the second global Machinima Festival MMIF which she had scheduled February 20th 2010.
The early days of the lab must have made some impact, because Chantal wanted to recreate the PAL vibe in the designs for the festival and also knew PAL had handled several quadsim events (where designs are centered in 4 sims to increase attendees up at 200+).
Well, of course I was interested in hosting a Machinima event this size plus PAL has actually had screenings and a movie center since back in 2008. We also produce the Pop Vox music shows at Treet.tv of which I have never thought of as machinima-but it is!
So our common interests have both grown since our first meeting and Chantal and I somehow realized we have come a long way since 2008! (ain’t virtual collaboration wonderful! I’m really excited about meeting her RL too at the Metameets conference in Dublin May 2010).
Back to MMIF festival! The lovely Linden Lab soon supported Chantal’s non-profit project with 4 sims and within a short time, we mingled up Chantal’s team with ours and decided to combine prefab designs from the lab and add new as well. By then setup was getting 4 sims 3 days before the event so timeline in design process had to be short. Days passed and Pop Art Labs chief commander/engineer Emily Hifeng quickly showed her building magic! Then magic collided when Linden Lab soon added 4 sims with full perms and freedom for the crew.
Ok so now the designs and set are close to finished and we are tweaking all kinds of details and also the set lists for the 2 hours after party Pop Art Lab has been asked to host there.
Many details and awesome weird rumors will be aired during next week. Let’s start.. Will Torley Linden open the festival? Will M Linden step by late and do a dubstep dance? Will Linden Lab bring news on their new Amsterdam office? (The festival is screened real life there). Will some of the 52 short machinimas screened at festival be broadcasted at secondlife.com? Will event show up as message of the day at login screen?
What we do know by now is
It will be action packed… no shit!
Pop Art Lab loves projects like this. This shows Chantal Harvey’s love and passion for the art of machinima and will expose the talents of many of SL’s finest film makers. And we at the lab just add some sugar!
MMIF 2010 press release, info, promo video, full program, live streams, contact and latest updates and changes at http://MMIF.org
The New Year has got off to a flying start at Pop Art Lab! Apart from all the hot, new CD releases landing on our real life desks each day (2010 is shaping up to be a great year for music already….) we are very excited about what 2010 will bring us in Second Life.
Claus, myself and the rest of the PAL team had barely got over our holiday hangovers when plans for the future direction of PAL got underway. Expect to see a whole new look to the PAL sim soon (and a huge party of course!) fresh activities and us working with new partners in other genres of virtual media.
Our existing business partnerships continue to go from strength to strength and many congrats to the Treet.TV team on the launch of their new and wondrous website! Our work as a solutions provider for Linden Labs has only just begun and we have some superb guests lined up to appear on POP VOX.
Expect even more crossover of RL and SL projects to take place this year and if you think you know PAL…well…you haven’t seen anything yet!
Thanks to all our friends, supporters and sponsors for helping to make PAL the most cutting edge mixed reality music project in the world-2010 is gonna rock!
Persia Bravin X
