“Tell me a story” it is the latest and immersive art installation by Meilo Minotaur. It is intricate work that combines images, working environment and sculptures.
The artist’s idea, explained in the explanatory notecard, is to engage the visitor and asked him to play the active role of the narrator of a story. In fact, the installation composed of different areas, each one in its right, with distinctive personalities. Everything blends perfectly.
On the occasion of my visit, I particularly enjoyed the contrast of dark colors of most of the characters with the landscape mostly brilliant white. This choice of colors makes the photographs of the installation very suggestive and full of charm and mystery at the same time.
Of course everyone sees what they prefer, and the artist knows this; for this reason, she leaves the maximum mode of expression to visitors, allowing them to “tell their story,” through text, images or video at their absolute discretion.
The idea of stimulating the visitor is intriguing, and because he feels active part and because it drives him to an exercise of imagination and storytelling especially crucial in our era where society offers everything as a “ready-made,” even art. Society hardy asks us to think, much less to imagine. The “daydreaming,” the reflection, the “form their own idea” of what surrounds us are primary elements in the development and personal growth. It seems that our society does not like people who have their own identity, but prefers those who accept the “pre-set answers.”
Meilo Minotaur is interested in knowing the stories of visitors who gives the most extensive mode of expression and asked to submit their ideas to her e-mail: meilo.minotaur@gmail.com.
Wanting to give my contribution to the narrative, the scenarios proposed by Meilo inspire me stories style fairytale with a profound hidden message, such as “Alice in Wonderland.” I imagine a child who communicates with each of the characters and draws important lessons hidden in metaphorical narratives. The Meilo art installation, in fact, is surreal and reminiscent of a dream-like setting full of ideas that will easily inspire a “storytelling.”
On the other now also part of the art curators prefer to renew the interest of the visitor through narrative marketing techniques: the reason for this choice is to create a greater emotional involvement of the viewer.
What is storytelling and why it is considered so necessary for anyone involved in writing for the web and web marketing also?
Storytelling is the art of telling stories with writing. Beyond this simple definition, it is a very concrete concept because with storytelling you do not speak about tales, but you try to communicate something useful by telling stories. Stories like and have the uncanny ability to strike deep emotions of the reader; storytelling is a communication method that uses the narration to get to the heart of the reader.
Meino’s installation offers a scenario of inspiration, and it will not struggle getting caught by the imagination, reminding you to forward her your own stories.
What are the feelings we experience during sleep? Our dreams which emotions arouse in us? Our dream visions are always an interesting topic because they represent a mystery and so they fascinate.
The Maddy Schmidtzau and Ciottolina Xue art installation entitled “Dreamer’s Feelings” hosted by Trésor De L’Art Gallery, develops this theme from an artistic point of view.
The dream (from the Latin somnium, derived from somnus, “sleep”) is a psychic phenomenon linked to sleep, particularly the REM phase, characterized by perception of images and sounds recognized as apparently real from the dreamer. The study and analysis of dreams lead us to identify a type of mental functioning which has laws and mechanisms other than conscious processes of thought that are the object of study of traditional psychology. Sigmund Freud pursued in the ‘900 the ambitious goal to understand and explain this mode of operation psychic apparatus describing the psychology of the dream, and he divided the functioning of the psychic apparatus in two forms which he called primary and secondary process. According to this theory, the dream would be a hallucinatory fulfillment of a wish remained unfulfilled during the day.
After Freud, many psychologists are interested in the dream trying to give their interpretation and explanation of this mysterious phenomenon.
Personally, I do not believe that the dream is a hallucination, indeed. Perhaps it is more real than we think. I agree, however, the brilliant interpretation of the dream given from the “Matrix” film, released in 1999, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. In particular, the scene where Morpheus asks Neo, the Chosen One: “Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? “.
If the dream was a hallucination, the dream awareness should not be possible, or should not be able to “wake up” within a dream. From personal experience, I know that it is possible and in this case, we speak about “lucid dream” (that is, aware of the “dream,” I am aware that I am dreaming). The lucid dream is a bridge to the impossible because, in the time of the dream consciousness, it’s possible controlling it, making it happen what we most desire. A hallucination, however, it is not controllable.
The art installation by Maddy Schmidtzau and Ciottolina Xue develops these themes, creating harmony, a kind of continuity between waking and sleep; where it ends of one border, and that of the other begins? The Maddy images, vibrant colors, shapes and surreal situations, contribute to enhancing the theme of the feelings of the dreamer. The three-dimensional forms of Ciottolina delimit a specific emotion on a particular topic, such as love and tenderness, for example. I think that the two types of expression (Maddy’s images and Ciottolina’s sculptures) “coexist” in a harmonious manner in the same “artistic home.”
The overall installation effect is delightful and invites the viewer to deepen the mystery of the “dream,” investigating the nuances and endless possibilities.
Dreamer’s Feelings is the title of a collaborative 2D and 3D art installation by Maddy (Magda Schmidtzau) and CioTToLiNa Xue, which opened at Trésor de l’Art on January 10th, 2018.The installation is located in a sky gallery, reached via teleport from ground level – which instructions for the best viewing experience can also be found. Those who find the preferred windlight – Ambient Dark – a little to dim to see, might prefer setting their viewer to midnight. Do, however, take note of the need to have Advanced Lighting Model (ALM) enabled.
The Dixmix Art Gallery is an artist living room that I have appreciated and frequented for about two years.
The Gallery is owned by Megan Prumier and by Dixmix Source, whose name it bears. The building is exquisite and holds three spaces for three different art galleries. In particular, they are the “Grey Gallery,” the “Black Gallery” and the “White Gallery.”
At this moment when I’m visiting the Art Gallery, the Gray one hosts the artworks of the same DixMix Source, with the exhibition entitled “Extases.” Starting from a photograph, he realizes artistic works that look like drawings on a rough canvas.
Dixmix, in the presentation of his artistic project, says he has found the right inspiration in the Real Life works. In fact, as I said, his art looks like drawings on a rough canvas. The real-life artist who inspired this latest collection of Source is the French Ernest Pignon. As he says, this artist has been a source of inspiration, so was born in Dixmix the desire to create drawings also in the virtual environment.
More specifically, the collection consists of twelve acquisitions made for SL® with different themes (between spiritual and carnal, mystical and sensual), all located immediately at the entrance to the Gallery.
As mentioned, the inspiring French artist of the latest Dixmix Source collection is Ernest Pignon, an exponent of the Fluxus movement and situationism. His artistic research has like his purpose investigating the memories of places, which the artist evokes suggestively through site-specific displays of posters, drawings, and serigraphs. His fondness for the creation of works strongly related to the location of the destination, the political, cultural and social commitment shown in his work, in addition to a situationist and unsettling approach of his ephemeral installations, make Pignon considered today among the forerunners of the street art movement. The first project on the street dates back to 1966 and concerns the construction on the Albion plateau of a series of stencils depicting victims of the nuclear disaster in Hiroshima, in critical response to the creation of a launch base for nuclear missiles in the area. The profound link between work and context becomes from this moment a crucial aspect for Pignon, who rejects the art system, preferring to express himself directly in the places of inspiration. With this spirit, the following projects are also born, such as the vast poster set-up realized on the occasion of the centenary of the Parisian Commune (1971) or in the works accomplished in the town of Certaldo (Florence) in homage to Boccaccio and Pasolini (1980).
Dixmix Source thanks, those who have helped him for the realization of this innovative project, in particular, Kimi Eleonara for the static laying animations, Burk Bode for the shapes, So Lecker as a model and Jil Bonetto and Ica84 for the mesh canvas.
Cecilia Nansen Mode is a guest of the “White Gallery” at the DixmiX Art Gallery with her exhibition entitled “Within the voice of Björk.” I think the presentation that the same artist writes is the best to introduce her photographic art.
“Within the voice of Björk I hear the roars of a beast of the North, cutting and scratching her way through life. The beast within a woman, fighting her roles, her sexuality, her need to fight the known, the comfortable and conform. The predictable and the expected.
Within the voice of Björk I hear the little girl; the soft and very tiny girl, pleasing and sweet. A girl, insecure and needy for protection, love, care, acceptance and to belong.
Within the voice of Björk, I hear the finest and most delicate tones, the softness of a winter lily, the thin film of frost on a morning window. The ballads of small Icelandic springs, and the waves of mountain grass swaying over the lands. Knowing ….knowing deep within it, a volcano resides. An inner volcano ready to spur in huge explosions, in sounds no one can even define as human.
Within the voice of Björk, I hear passion, anger, love, hate, hope, and fear. The deepest frustration and the highest of happiness. The acceptance of depression, the orgasmic explosions of joy.
– I hear a woman, I hear all women, I hear myself.”
The singer Björk with her distinctive voice is, therefore, the source of inspiration for Cecilia’s works. She manages to capture the nuances of the famous singer, who brilliantly interprets different emotions. Enigmatic, magnetic and revolutionary, Iceland’s elven voice has combined a trip of the techno sound, trip-hop, jazz and pop to unique experimentation of its kind.
From iconic looks to psychedelic video clips, Björk has sold forty million records without betraying her original nature. Twenty-four years of music that, from the timeless Debut, have seen the Icelandic songwriter turn into a geisha, a robot, and a virtual muse. A triumph of masks that, even today, consecrates Björk, the queen of transformism.
The “Black Gallery” holds the photographs of Freekency Banx. The placement of this artist in the Gallery is pertinent because his works are in black and white with a predominance of dark colors. The images of this artist are narratives, telling stories of everyday life. The general tones in his communicative artistic works are humor, grotesque, mystery, and terror. Among the exhibited works, my favorite image is called “Kingsman“; I particularly appreciate it, because it reminds me of the best style of excellent real life photographers who prefer black and white style. For example, I think of Szymon Brodziak.
The Dixmix Art Gallery is an essential point of reference for photographers, so I suggest to periodically visit to explore what’s new in SL® photography planet.
WITHIN THE VOICE OF BJÖRK IN SECOND LIFE (MODEM WORLD)
The Dixmix Art Gallery in Second Life®
Currently on display within the Black Gallery hall at DixMix Gallery, curated by Dixmix Source, is a selection of images by Cecilia Nansen Mode – whom I confess is one of my favorite exponents of the art of avatar studies. Entitled Within the Voice of Björk, the selection features some fifteen images inspired by the lyrics of thirteen songs by Icelandic singer Björk.
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FINGERS AND MALOE AT DIXMIX GALLERY IN SECOND LIFE (MODEM WORLD)
The DiXmiX Art Gallery in SecondLife®
The latest exhibition at DiXmiX Gallery, which opened on Wednesday, November 23rd 2016, features the art of Fingers (Fingers Scintilla) and Maloe Vansant, together with a new display of work by gallery owner and curator, DixMix Source.
Maloe and Fingers are ideally suited to be exhibited together: there is something of a similarity in style and vision in their work, and the pieces displayed at DiXmiX underline this perfectly, presenting a combined, yet highly individual pairing of studies.
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DIXMIX GALLERY (ZIKI QUESTI)
DiXMiX Art Gallery in Second Life®
The DiXmiX Gallery, curated by Dixmix Source, is currently showing several concurrent exhibitions in its various galleries. The work of Fingers Scintilla (image above) recently opened at the White Gallery, where his portraits, often infused with bright colors, feature faces that stare out to us, sometimes impassively and sometimes fraught with emotion. In the Black Gallery, monochrome works by Gaus (Cicciuzzo Gausman) (image below) explore the female form, and these will remain on display until about December 8.
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DIXMIX ART GALLERY (SL NEWSER DESIGN BLOG)
The DiXMiX Art gallery entrance in Second Life®
Have you ever been so at one with art, that you ate, slept, and breathed it, just for starters? A lot of what draws us here to Second Life, is the beauty to create and share, so this seems a very obvious answer, but I wanted to share my experience of DiXmiX Gallery with you, anyway! You see, this place called to me, all my senses were stimulated by the unrelenting aesthetics here.
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FURILLEN YOURS AND WOMAN IN RED AT DIXMIX (ZIKI QUESTI)
The DiXMiX art Gallery in Second Life®
The sim Furillen, curated by Serene Footman (read here) has become one of Second Life’s most often photographed sims. Recently, photographers were encouraged to submit their best images to Dixmix Source, who has selected seven outstanding works to exhibit in his DiXmiX Gallery, and these — by Iolanda Weidman, MollyWolliDoodle, Hayel Bracula, NikaLee, Oyona, Laura Mrs S, and Magic Maker — will remain on display in the Grey Gallery through the end of October. Additionally, in the White Gallery is a new show of striking images by Vallys Baxter entitled Women in Red. Additional exhibits are ongoing in DiXmiX’s other gallery spaces.
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DIXMIX GALLERY INAUGURAL EXHIBITION (ZIKI QUESTI)
The DiXMiX Art gallery in Second Life®
Now open is the inaugural exhibition in the new DiXmiX Gallery (much expanded over its original incarnation, and once again beautifully designed by Megan Prumier), curated by Dixmix Source, and featuring artworks by Ariel Brearly, Grazia Horwitz, Ziki Questi, both Dixmix Source and Megan Prumier, and other artists. “We have built a realistic looking place to host Second Life’s Art, Photography, Sculpture, and Music events in one gallery where we hope you will enjoy to hang around and see works from talented artists,” says Dixmix. Ariel’s dreamy and evocative work, hosted in a double-height foyer (image above), are favorites from Dixmix’s own collection; he plans to invite the artist to display additional works in a forthcoming exhibition.
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DIXMIX GALLERY IN SECOND LIFE® (MODEM WORLD)
The DiXMix Art gallery in Second Life®
Opening on Saturday, September 17th at 12: 00-noon SLT is the DiXmiX Gallery, a new venue for 2D and 3D art and for music in Second Life.
Designed by Megan Prumier (famous for Crimarizon and Deadpool) and curated by Dixmix Source, the gallery offers a large foyer area and three halls for art displays – the Black and the White Gallery Halls, which are apparently to be dedicated to monochrome art, with the Grey Gallery linking them. Art in these halls may be split over two levels, the ground floor, and a mezzanine area, while a music venue, The Atom, completes the major facilities.
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ESCAPE IN THE LANDSCAPE (ZIKI QUESTI)
The DiXMix art Gallery in Second Life®
Now on display at the Dixmix Gallery, curated by dixmix Source, is Escape in the Landscapes, an exhibition of landscapes by Megan Prumier and Lam Erin. It’s a pleasure to see works by both artists: Megan may be best known to others as a builder and creator, but her luminous images are beautifully composed, and, as dixmix remarked as we talked, Lam “has very rarely shown inworld.”
The snow relaxes me, maybe because inevitably reminds me of the best times of life, those of childhood. Look out upon waking and seeing snowing was one of the happiest moments because the “mind flew” to the endless entertainment possibilities it offered.
When I see landscapes like that of IASWAS, I feel at home: colorful houses, a small marina, a few shops and a path that leads to the highest area, where there is the church and where the snow becomes denser.
Everything in this landscape penetrates the soul, generously giving feelings of peace and well-being.
Today I chose to do a bike ride, and I took a flight to the bicycle hire. Take the uphill snowy trail is a bit difficult, but there you do it if you do not hurry.
Getting to the top is a great satisfaction, mainly because there is a space to enjoy the view from above through binoculars, a classics ones and a little old for tourists.
The mind wandered to memories of childhood when I lived in a similar location, and there were few people. My parents took me on long walks, and walking was an essential part of my day; you took the car when you could not do otherwise.
I remember when time seemed would never pass and the young and reassuring faces of my parents. Now I look at this landscape alone, imagining that my father is with me and see as I remember him with affection and yearning melancholy. I will tell about it to my mom tomorrow.
Wanting to define it in a few words, I would say “the quiet before the storm.”
The colors of autumn and the surreality of walking on water give the visitor an immediate sense of peace. This feeling offered by the landscape is so generously accentuated by the houses, furnished with taste in their incredible simplicity, and by the lights of what seem to be meteors that are going to touch the planet. Time seems to have stopped as if the imminent danger could not come because everything is still as in a heartening snapshot.
Elvira has considerable experience in creating landscapes with a substantial emotional impact. Her aesthetic sense allows her to develop sensible scenes, even if surreal. Visiting her sims that look like three-dimensional paintings readily comes to mind a narration, a story to tell or photograph.
Traffic in Fall Trace is high. The houses are all rented, and public spaces are often full of people who, like me, love the landscape and take pictures. For information about homes available for rent, contact Elvira or consult her marketplace.
Cece’s Secret is a homestead furnished making the most of the prims availability (5000).
It is an example of fresh decor and excellent taste.
The author is CeCeGy, an inspiring photographer, who has both an attractive Flickr profile and a personal blog (as she says, for fun).
Returning to her splendid homestead, Cece’s Secret has a “center” and a more private and peripheral part.
In the central area, there is the station, point of arrival, with a unique retro setting. The train arrived at the station after passing through a tunnel. It is an idea that I appreciate, it gives realism to the landscape.
Also in the central area, there is the primary structure that houses the bar and several shops in the old style.
The suburban area, accessible by foot along the snowy path, is reserved and dedicated to two beautiful houses. They are comfortable and furnished with care and attention to detail.
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