Art in Second Life: Patrick Moya

Patrick Moya is an artist in many worlds.  According to the Second Life Destination Guide: 

"Patrick Moya is a French contemporary artist keen on expressing himself through the diffusion and transformation of his name and image. " 

He is considered one of the very first digital artists. He is often in Second Life and constantly revising and updating the exhibits in Moyaland. 

In Second Life his art installation covers four regions and it is impossible to see it all in one day.

If you go I suggest starting at the Tourist Office. You can teleport from there using a map of the Regions or you can just explore.

Three places I especially recommend:  The Art Scene Rezzer, You know how you rezz buildings? Well, at the Art Scene Rezzer you select an art scene and you can go inside it!

The Art Scene Rezzer - Selected: "Not the Multiverse"

Inside the Moya "Not the Multiverse"

I also rezzed an installation called "The Moya Circus".

A carousel inside the Moya Circus

The Wonderful World of Moya Ride,  Take a ride through a kaleidoscope of Moya art. There is a stand with free art nearby.

The Wonderful World of Moya Ride

Climb the Giant Statue of Moya. I always like to go up and see what is on his mind.

(Go in flying mode).

Giant Statue of Moya

There are many many more places to visit at Moyaland. Explore and find your favorites!

For more information on the art and the artist you can visit his website.

There are multiple internet articles about Patrick Moya, but I liked this one from Project Veridical.

SLEA In Second Life: London Junker's "Lorca" Exhibit

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLEA3/203/53/20

Statue at Lorca Exhibit

Wikipedia Entry

From SLEA Announcement:

SLEA presents Lorca by London Junkers, an homage to Federico Garcia Lorca. Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Member of the "Generation of 27", a clear representative of the Silver Age of Spanish literature and one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.

Tour the exhibit and try to match the works to the poetry.  I think I have three figured out.

Romance Sonambulo

Lament for Ignacio

Ode to Salvador Dali

Nostalgia by Cica Ghost in Second Life

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mysterious%20Isle/112/113/27

At the exhibit you can get a free ventilator hat almost like Cica's Bug S4 has on.

I do not like to read reviews of movies before I have seen them, or of books before I read them, or of Art before I see it. I leave it to you to go and make up your own mind.

Perhaps inappropriate quote: 

"Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”  

Let us go and make our visit. "

from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

SL20B in Second Life - The Art of the Rose

This photo only captures a tiny part of the exhibit and only a moment of time.
The flowers explode, and bloom, and fade again. The landscape is always moving.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Captivate/108/15/23 (Slurl only good during SL20B - See below for link to artist's gallery.)

The artist, Apple Dismantled,  works in many media including fountain pen ink, acrylic paint, and Photoshop. The healing flowers above, by methias.kira, were incorporated into her larger digital art immersive experience.

She also creates smaller one-dimensional paintings based on specific pieces of music which you can hear by clicking on the headphone icon below each picture.

SL20B Exhibitors were allowed to choose their own environments for their parcels.
The artist has chosen to use the 'poly digital lines' environment for her sky.

Interview with the artist:  https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/12884-second-life-spotlight-apple-dismantled/

The artist's studio: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ever%20After/75/63/1668

Art in Second Life - Regi Yifu

For a colorful art experience, visit Regi Yifu's exhibit "Limitations Are Self-Imposed" at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sevenfold/60/161/2803.

The installation consists of two parts - the stylized landscape (seen on the top of the photo) and the avatar wearing one of several free gifts ('Bouncy Negative Squares' shown).

An additional bonus - behind the exhibit are Corsica South Coaster's links to landmarks like the Glastonbelli Redwood Forest.

Elven Falls Art Collective

Don't let the name " Elven Falls Art Collective" put you off. I couldn't find any fairies, elves, unicorns or dragons anywhere. The art was diverse, and I enjoyed strolling around the grounds and the galleries. Art for sale is reasonably priced and I hope to make purchases there in the future. 

The landing point is at one end of a main corridor of individual art galleries. At the end is a three-story building with galleries. Take an elevator to visit the upper floors. 

There is a small 'Artist in Residence' gallery, and a lovely outdoor cafe.

The "Left Bank" is an outdoor display from individual artists. 

The north side is a long outside sculpture gallery and a memory garden. 

The resident artist, Nina Camplin, is an artist in physical reality as well.

Art in Second Life - Eupalinos Ugajin

I toured Haiku Quan's Free Museum in Second Life, picking up some of the free artwork offered by the artists who participated. Afterwards I visited the inworld studios of many of the 35 artists who had given their free art to the museum.

So many talented, generous artists! So much beautiful art! There is no way I can write about all of it, so today I will focus on Eupalinos Ugajin.

You can start by picking up free copies of three of his works at The Free Museum.

Then I recommend visiting his small gallery in Kowloon. More than meets the eye.

After that you can see his answer to "What would you leave behind, if you decided to lose yourself?" at the Grab by the Horns Exhibit  (You may not be able to teleport directly from the slurl - his exhibit is at 101B.)

"The English Lawn" 

A larger installation - "There is a hole in my inventory" -  is at Chris Marker's Gallery. There is a lot there to see and do.

"There is a Hole in My Inventory" has multiple sub-installations. Look for the slingshot teleport to get around. Be sure to choose 'Shared Environment' in your browser.

Below shot is from sub-installation "The Forest". In other sections you can kiss a frog, find out what is in the womens' bathroom, or find out about workplace safety. I'm not sure where along the way the tie started to follow me. (It disappeared after I teleported home.)

"The Forest" in "There is a Hole in My Inventory".

To learn more:

Eupalinos Ugajin's Website. 

His photos on Google. 

Eupalinos Ugajin also has collections of photos of things he thinks are funny, graphic works he likes, and architecture he likes. 

More about the Colonia Project. 

Another Wonderful Discovery - Lara Panthar's Ramshackle Gallery and Related Adventures

Second Life is full of surprises. At the suggestion of another resident I travelled down the Linden Road in Bennafield, and came to The Snarky Cake Shop. 

Next to it is the Graveyard of Unfortunate Deaths. 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bennafield/116/235/53

Both made me laugh, but when I took the teleport to the Gallery, there was so much more to see and experience. 

Beating the drum in the Gallery

Ramshackle Gallery is not just an art gallery. In her work Lara Panthar has used classic avatars, photographed in Second Life. Clicking on the "Adventure Awaits" frames will send you to a new adventure placed in the setting of her recent art pieces. Look for treasures, and see what photos you can take.

The parrot will not help me with clues, even when I ply him with rum.

Another location is the Jungle River Adventure.

Jungle River Adventure. Is it raining? 

The last, and most difficult challenge, was the Resident Evil Adventure where you search Spencer Mansion for clues, and collect hidden items along the way.  I found this adventure to be genuinely scary (I don't like zombies) but enjoyed the game nevertheless. If you are a fan of MadPea games you will like this one.

You can join Lara's 10L Group for only $10L, and each month there are new gifts for sale for only $10L, not to mention all the free gifts hidden in the adventures. There will be a new adventure in the Fall.

Art in Second Life: Resident Earl Dinkin (Revised March 2021)

Earl Dinkins' Art, Poetry, and Sculpture

Updated 5-7-24: I had thought that Earl Dinkins had sold all his properties in Second Life in 2021 because of expenses. I recently found out that he has a new gallery.

His art style has changed, though. He is using AI to illustrate his poetry. 

You can see a lot of his art online at:

http://www.epicdewfall.ca/faq.shtml

https://www.artblr.com/epicdewfall

among other places

-----------------------------------Original article ---------------------------------------

(Used with permission of the Artist)

"What is art?" has many answers from "I don't know about art, but I know what I like" to "Art is what affects you by its beauty or emotional impact."

In Second Life we are surrounded by art.  A build or a landscape can be a work of art. An avatar who carefully puts together a body, attachments, and animations can be a work of art. Art can be region-wide interactive installations, public performances, or machinima.

And there is the art that you know is "Art" because it is put into an Art Gallery.

I read that at one count there were over a thousand art galleries in Second Life. I've been to a lot of them and many just contain reproductions taken from 'real life'. They don't take advantage of Second Life's unique environment. 

I especially like the galleries of Earl Dinkin. Although the majority of his work is in pastels that look the same in real life as in Second Life, the way he has displayed the art differs tremendously. Each gallery is architecturally distinct.

I found the first gallery by accident. I  noticed sculptures on a lawn next to the road.  Further from the road, by the water, was the building with the flooded basement that gave the gallery its name.

The Flooded Basement Gallery

Yes, that's a washing machine on the left

Later I was to visit more of Earl Dinkin's galleries in Second Life. Each one is different, but they all display some of the hundreds of pastel drawings that the artist has created using his lucid dreaming technique. 

When you visit them be sure to read the text over each painting. Note how the art is placed in the gallery and the way the gallery is set up. I don't recommend trying to visit all of the galleries in one go, you can get museum fatigue.

The True Gallery Called Remember: (No longer there.)

The True Gallery Called Remember

This Galley had some of my favorites pastel paintings like "The Cat saying we could Never be Friends Explaining its Paw over the Barrier demonstrates its Political Views are too Radical fo Me."

Eveything for the Complete Space Traveler:

Paintings on display under the observation window

 This gallery hangs in the sky over Miffen Shade.

The Deep Art Deep Gallery:

Deep Art Deep Gallery

Far under water the paintings float in a submerged living room. A dolphin seems to be inspecting one. 

The Gallery that Will Never Thrill:

The Gallery That Will Never Thrill

 A black circular building. A dark hallway surrounds an open center with....a circular pen with a grazing sheep.

The If Work Art Gallery. 

The outside of the house is all glass.

The Gallery of Undecided Sun: 

From above, outside the Gallery.

Galley of some paintings and sculpture inside a modern house on the water. Outside is the "Home Hydrogen Generator"

As of today's update there are at least ten Earl Dinkin galleries in Second Life. The best way to get up-to-date landmarks is to check the inworld artist's profile, or pick up the latest notecard at the Tourist Information Office in Maryport.

About the Artist:

Earl Dinkin in Second Life is a Canadian artist whose pseudonym is "Epic Dewfall". Check the web for current articles. 

His paintings are done in pastels in real life and transferred to Second Life. He has also started to do digital art. His sculptures are unique to Second Life.

The Poetry:  

Most of his poetry is in the form of quatrains. Here is one I like:

Rank  #1800  

That is the strongest shield.

When anger sounds like don't.

Nothing can hurt the warmth of self.

When a kitten's hidden in your coat.

Several of his galleries have "Quatrain columns" that you can buy, and they will emit random quatrains in the same way that some creators make structures that emit butterflies.

The Sculpture:

There is not as much sculpture as there are paintings and poetry.

The Eagle Sculpture

(Revised 3-12-22)

Update 5-7-24

There was a new gallery of his work at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rowling/202/181/72_, called "Rowling Gallery" . It is owned and operated by a resident called Buddercup Bellambi - it is not clear what their relationship is to the artist, except that they are a member of the Society of Lucid Dreamers. I was recently told that he had closed that gallery because of bullying, but that is second-hand information.

Now there is a gallery in Davenport at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Minna/139/173/40

Art In Second Life: Patrick Moya

ART IN SECOND LIFE; PATRICK MOYA'S MOYA LAND

Patrick Moya is an artist in Real Life and in Second Life. He is one of the first physical world artists to investigate the possibilities of digital art, and I think that Second Life is a perfect showcase for his work.

Moya Land is hard to describe. It is huge, covering four sims, and crowded with an exhuberant display of his work in many media.  I find it to be as wonderful as a brand new box of crayons.

 Information Center. 

Patrick Moya's early career included working as a nude model, and it has been suggested that this helped him overcome any false modesty so that he could use a self-representation of himself - a 'moya' (the 'little Moya') as a central theme in his art. Moya is the creator, the audience, and the show itself

In addition to the many 'moyas', his last name, MOYA,  is everywhere, from simple sculptures made of the letters "M", "O", "Y", and "A" to immense structures that house galleries of his work, art within art.

Another common motif is a sheep named "Dolly", often found dancing. The artist himself is usually depicted as a short balding cartoonish character, but also as the winged male avatar he sometimes wears in Second Life.

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His website shows many of his projects and some of his real life exhibitions have been reproduced in Moya Land.  

Besides the replicas of real life artwork, there is other art that could only exist in Second Life.

There is very little for sale here, although there is a boutique with a nice selection of free t-shirts.

Everywhere in Moya Land there are places to explore, and things you can ride on. Sometimes, for a change of pace, you will find pieces of non-Moya art exhibited, but they seem rather dull compared to Moya's work. All in all, I find Moya Land amazing, and even though parts of it still confuse me, it always makes me think.

Look for the giant statue of Moya. There is an elevator outside one leg, and a teleport inside the other.

Added 6-25-22: An Interview With Patrick Moya

(This is the third update to the original blogpost, since Moya Land changes every time I visit.)