Cherry Manga is exhibiting an art installation at La Maison d’Aneli.
I have to admit that I didn’t know this artist, even though for some time she has been making valuable and appreciated works in both Second Life® and OpenSim (FrancoGrid).
I liked her futuristic, geometric and metropolitan style from the first moment I landed in the sky area that hosts her installation.
At the landing point of the Maison d’Aneli, in fact, there is a teleport that leads into the sky where the space dedicated to Cherry Manga is located.
The Maison d’Aneli is owned by Aneli Abeyante, who directs it artistically, thus taking care of the organizational aspects in the first person.
I would also like to point out that the part below, at ground level, hosts the original images of Barbara Borromeo, to whom I would like to dedicate an individual article. At the bottom of the article, you can find the SLurl that leads directly to the exhibitions of Cherry Manga and Barbara Borromeo.
Returning to Cherry, an artist who experiments with construction in OpenSim (FrancoGrid), looking for information about her I found her Youtube channel, rich in her previous performances.
In addition to the videos she made, I found others from enthusiastic visitors to the artist who felt the need to immortalize her creativity in a video with future memories.
Like this, made by WIZARDOZ CHROME.
As you can see, the video was shot at Metropolis, another very active OpenSim.
Cherry’s artistic style reminds me of futuristic photodynamics, of which this artist can be considered a significant representative. The only difference with it is that she uses the SL® setting to give her the sense of movement, action, and rhythm that is typical of this artistic genre.
In Cherry’s art, I see a marked futuristic imprint, where it seems to me that she contrasts traditional art, exhibited in galleries and museums, to be a “breaking point” with classicism.
Also, the presence of rhythm, light, and lines, outlines Cherry’s artistic idea that cannot be confined to traditional spaces.
We know that Futurism was born on 20 February 1909, the day on which Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published the Manifesto of Futurism in the Parisian newspaper “Figaro.” This paper already contained all aspects of the new movement.
In another work, Marinetti made explicit what the Futurist artist should be like, affirming these principles:
“Who thinks and expresses himself with originality, strength, vivacity, enthusiasm, clarity, simplicity, agility and synthesis. Who hates ruins, museums, cemeteries, libraries, bodybuilding, professorship, academism, imitation of the past, purism, longevity, and meticulousness. Who wants to age, reinvigorate and cheer up Italian art, freeing it from the replicas of the past, from traditionalism and academicism and encouraging all the bold creations of young people”.
Reading these words and thinking of Cherry Manga’s exhibition, I think we can say that the artist is fully entitled to fall within the futuristic line of photodynamics.
Linee, luci e movimento: il fotodinamismo futurista di Cherry Manga
Cherry Manga sta esponendo una duplice installazione artistica presso La Maison d’Aneli.
Devo ammettere che non conoscevo questa artista, nonostante che da tempo realizzi lavori di pregio e apprezzati sia in Second Life® che in Opensim (FrancoGrid).
Il suo stile futuristico,geometricoe metropolitano mi è piaciuto sin dal primo attimo in cui sono atterrata presso la zona in cielo che ospita le sue due installazioni.
Al punto di atterraggio della Maison de l’Aneli, infatti, c’è un teleport che conduce in cielo dove è ubicato la spazio dedicato a Cherry Manga.
La Maison d’Aneli è di proprietà di Aneli Abeyante che la dirige artisticamente, occupandosi quindi anche degli aspetti organizzativi in prima persona.
Preciso anche che, nella parte sottostante, a livello di terra, sono ospitate le originali immagini di Barbara Borromeo, a cui desidero dedicare un articolo apposito. In calce all’articolo è possibile trovare lo SLurl che conduce direttamente alle esposizioni di Cherry Manga e Barbara Borromeo.
Tornando a Cherry, artista che sperimenta la costruzione in Opensim (FrancoGrid), cercando informazioni su di lei ho trovato il suo canale Youtube, ricchissimo delle sue precedenti esibizioni.
Oltre ai video realizzati da lei stessa, ne ho trovati altri di visitatori entusiasti dell’artista e che hanno sentito l’esigenza di immortalare la sua creatività in un video a futura memoria.
Come si vede, il video è stato girato a Metropolis, un’altra Opensim molto attiva.
Lo stile artistico di Cherry, mi ricorda il fotodinamismo futurista, di cui questa artista può essere considerata significativa rappresentante. L’unica differenza rispetto ad esso, consiste nel fatto che ella usa l’ambientazione di SL® per dare il senso di movimento, di azione e ritmo tipici di questo filone artistico.
Nell’arte di Cherry vedo un’impronta futuristica marcata, laddove mi sembra che ella si contrapponga all’arte tradizionale, esposta nelle gallerie e nei musei, per essere un “punto di rottura” con la classicità.
Inoltre, la presenza di ritmo, luci e linee, delinea l’idea artistica di Cherry che non può essere confinata negli spazi tradizionali.
Sappiamo che il Futurismo nacque il 20 Febbraio 1909, giorno in cui Filippo Tommaso Marinetti pubblicò sul “Figaro”, giornale parigino, il Manifesto del Futurismo. In questo scritto erano già contenuti tutti gli aspetti del nuovo movimento.
In un altro scritto, Marinetti esplicitò come doveva essere l’artista futurista, affermando questi principi:
«Chi pensa e si esprime con originalità, forza, vivacità, entusiasmo, chiarezza, semplicità, agilità e sintesi. Chi odia i ruderi, i musei, i cimiteri, le biblioteche, il culturismo, il professoralismo, l’accademismo, l’imitazione del passato, il purismo, le lungaggini e le meticolosità. Chi vuole svecchiare, rinvigorire e rallegrare l’arte italiana, liberandola dalle imitazioni del passato, dal tradizionalismo e dall’accademismo e incoraggiando tutte le creazioni audaci dei giovani».
Leggendo queste parole e pensando all’esposizione di Cherry Manga, credo che si possa affermare che l’artista rientra a pieno diritto nel filone futurista del fotodinamismo.
Art has often met the bicycle, capturing its various aspects, colors, angles, and sensations.
The bicycle brings to mind an image of freedom, which the car is not able to transmit: it does not give, in fact, the wind on the body, the hair that caresses the face, that impression of moving quickly without losing contact with the context, human and environmental.
Also, the bicycle carries fatigue and exercise, which is the antechamber of health and good humor.
Since I was a child, the bike has accompanied my days outdoors: the most painful falls have arrived with it and with roller skates!
Remembering these moments of childhood and childhood gives me lightheartedness for a moment and a smile on my lips.
These feelings that accompany my memories are undoubtedly shared by the exhibiting artists at the DixMix Art Gallery, which this time, makes us a gift of a themed exhibition: the bicycle.
A combination that I consider winning is that between bicycle and vintage images, so I particularly enjoyed the black and white photos.
This doesn’t mean that other images are less valuable, of course, it’s just my personal taste.
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
Upon arrival at the Gallery, you will be greeted by an explanatory note on the current exhibition, which gives a list of artists currently hosted at the DixMix Source‘s elegant structure.
There are 25 photographers in all, here are their names:
Walking through the corridors of the DixMix was very pleasant, mainly because it is interesting to see how the many artists have represented the same theme in a very different way.
Relaxation, dream, city life, ancient landscapes, the narration of a story and, even, sensuality, are just some of the themes that can be appreciated in this original exhibition of virtual photography that will remain open during July and August.
Quando l’arte incontra la bicicletta: BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
L’arte ha spesso incontrato la bicicletta, immortalandone i vari aspetti, colori, angolature e sensazioni.
La bicicletta ci fa venire in mente una immagine di libertà, che l’auto non è in grado di trasmettere: essa non regala, infatti, il vento sul corpo, i capelli che accarezzano il viso, quella impressione di muoversi rapidamente senza perdere il contatto con il contesto, umano e ambientale.
Inoltre, la bicicletta porta con sè fatica ed esercizio fisico, ovvero l’anticamera della salute e del buonumore.
Sin da piccola, la bicicletta ha accompagnato le mie giornate all’aperto: le cadute più dolorose sono arrivate con essa e con i pattini a rotelle!
Ricordare questi momenti di infanzia e fanciullezza, mi dona spensieratezza per un attimo e un sorriso sulle labbra.
Queste sensazioni che accompagnano i miei ricordi, sono certamente condivise dagli artisti espositori presso la DixMix Art Gallery, che questa volta, ci fa dono di una esibizione a tema: la bicicletta.
Un connubio che ritengo vincente è quello tra bicicletta e immagini d’epoca, quindi ho apprezzato in modo particolare gli scatti fotografici in bianco e nero.
Questo non significa che le altre immagini abbiano meno valore, ovviamente, si tratta solamente di un mio gusto personale.
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
BICYCLE EXHIBITION @ DiXmiX Gallery
All’arrivo presso la Galleria, vieni accolto da una notecard esplicativa sulla esibizione corrente, che regala un elenco degli artisti attualmente ospitati presso l’elegante struttura di DixMix Source.
Passeggiare tra i corridoi della DixMix è stato molto piacevole, soprattutto perchè è interessante vedere come i numerosi artisti hanno rappresentato lo stesso tema in maniera molto diversa fra loro.
Relax, sogno, vita di città, paesaggi antichi, narrazione di una storia e, addirittura, sensualità, sono solo alcuni dei temi che si possono apprezzare in questa originale esposizione di fotografia virtuale che resterà aperta durante i mesi di Luglio e Agosto.
Salt strikes me, to the point of feeling physical pain. I think it is a “taste” of the suffering of the artist who created the installation, or a tribute to the gender suffering that Eliza gives through the realization of an elaborate artistic metaphor.
Sleeping pains, a daily humiliation concealed behind a roundup of flattery. The sweetness of those who do not have the strength to react, the naivety of those who do not see the evil of their own torturer.
Why is the man so afraid of the Woman?
Of that woman whom he should love, of that same woman who loves him unconditionally, despite the animal that hides inside him.
Salt talks about gender violence, a concept that, from women, we can extend to any type of gender, to any social “different.”
Salt in Second Life
The different that frightens, the different that anger, the differences that we hate and love at the same time.
Salt is an artistic installation challenging to visit, not in a physical sense, of course, but emotional. Instinctively, by visiting the various “tasting rooms,” my mind traces all the bitterness, suffering, humiliation, shame and anger of the Woman, considered (still too often) the animal to be possessed, to be shown and to be available at will. This is because the Woman loves unconditionally, that is, regardless of the defects of her man. And this is precisely one of the reasons why the man, convinced that she will bear anything, goes so far as to kill her, without restraint, without remorse, as if it were his right to dispose (also) of her life.
Salt in Second Life
The artist Eliza Wierwight, author of the installation, has provided an introductory notecard that, I think intentionally, reveals very little of the high “emotional boulder” that her artistic path represents. She speaks of “tasting,” she uses this term many times during the presentation of the Gallery because she seems to want to suggest that Salt should be tasted with greed as it is done with a delicious dish and intense flavors.
However, I can not follow this suggestion of the artist, and I am forced to taste small morsels because I am not able to “bear the emotional burden.”
It is no coincidence that the author, in one of her artistic environments, guests Marilyn Monroe, the emblem of the Woman loved and hated by men. She represents the symbolic image of the woman who, elegantly, pretends not to see, pretends not to understand, pretends to be “stupid” in order not to enter into open conflict with Man (whoever he is, I am not referring to a particular person). Someone could say… the image of the Woman who does not make herself respected. Of course, that’s not all, but not only! Even the naivety of the Woman who believes her love is enough for both and is able to overcome every aberration, every prevarication, every humiliation.
Salt in Second Life
I don’t know if this sharp pain has also been endured by the artist, she speaks in the notecard of a significant cathartic effect that this installation had on her.
Visiting the installation, I felt that energy of trauma and vicissitudes, of disappointment and humiliation.
Salt is the most emotionally engaging art installation I have visited so far.
Salt mi colpisce, al punto tale da avvertire un dolore fisico. Credo che sia un “assaggio” della sofferenza dell’artista autrice dell’installazione, oppure un tributo alla sofferenza di genere che Eliza dà attraverso la realizzazione di una complessa metafora artistica.
Dolori sopiti, una umiliazione quotidiana celata dietro una carrellata di lusinghe. La dolcezza di chi non ha la forza di reagire, l’ingenuità di chi non vede il male del proprio aguzzino.
Perchè l’uomo ha così tanta paura della Donna?
Di quella donna che dovrebbe amare, di quella stessa donna che lo ama incondizionatamente, nonostante l’animale che si cela dentro di lui.
Salt parla della violenza di gender, un concetto che, dalla donna, possiamo estendere a qualunque tipo di gender, a qualunque “diverso” sociale.
Salt in Second Life
Il diverso che fa paura, il diverso che fa rabbia, quel diverso che odiamo e amiamo al tempo stesso.
Salt è una installazione artistica difficile da visitare, non in senso fisico, ovviamente, ma emotivo. Istintivamente la mia mente ripercorre, attraverso la visita nelle varie “stanze di degustazione” tutta l’amarezza, la sofferenza, l’umiliazione, la vergogna e la rabbia della Donna, considerata (ancora oggi troppo spesso) l’animale da possedere, da mostrare e di cui disporre a proprio piacimento. Questo perchè la Donna ama incondizionatamente, cioè a prescindere dai difetti del suo uomo. Ed è proprio questa una delle ragioni per cui l’uomo, convinto che lei sopporterà qualunque cosa, si spinge sino al punto di ucciderla, senza ritegno, senza rimorso, come se fosse un suo diritto disporre (anche) della sua vita.
Salt in Second Life
L’artista Eliza Wierwight, autrice dell’installazione, ha messo a disposizione una notecard introduttiva che, credo intenzionalmente, rivela ben poco del grande “macigno emotivo” che il suo percorso artistico rappresenta. Lei parla di “degustazione”, usa questo termine molte volte durante la presentazione della Galleria, perchè sembra voler suggerire che Salt va gustata con avidità così come si fa con un piatto molto saporito e dai sapori decisi.
Tuttavia io non riesco a seguire questo suggerimento dell’artista, e sono costretta ad assaggiare a piccoli bocconi perchè non sono in grado di “sopportarne il peso emotivo”.
Non è un caso che l’autrice, in uno dei suoi ambienti artistici, ospiti Marilyn Monroe, l’emblema della Donna amata-odiata dal sesso maschile. Ella rappresenta l’immagine simbolo della donna che, elegantemente, finge di non vedere, finge di non capire, si finge “scema” per non entrare in aperto conflitto con l’Uomo (chiunque egli sia, non mi riferisco a una persona in particolare). Qualcuno potrebbe dire… l’immagine della Donna che non si fa rispettare. Certo, anche questo, ma non solo! Anche l’ingenuità della Donna che crede il suo amore basti per entrambi e che sia in grado di oltrepassare ogni aberrazione, ogni prevaricazione, ogni umiliazione.
Salt in Second Life
Non so se questo dolore pungente sia stato sopportato anche dall’artista, lei parla nella notecard di un importante effetto catartico che questa installazione ha avuto su di lei.
Visitando l’installazione io ho avvertito quella energia di trauma e vicissitudine, di delusione e umiliazione.
Salt è l’installazione artistica più coinvolgente sul piano emotivo che ho visitato sinora.
SL15B is the official event organized by Linden Lab to celebrate the fifteenth birthday of Second Life®.
Knowing that SL® has existed for 15 years and that it is “in full swing” makes me very happy, because I believe that this virtual world has a lot to offer from different points of view and individually, as far as my dearest topic of interest is concerned, from an artistic point of view.
In fact, at the location set up for the official celebrations, there are many spaces dedicated to art.
On the official site “Second Life Community Celebration” I could find the SLURLs directed to the artistic parcels, even if there are spaces occupied by very valid artists that are not included in this list.
I will try to add them, although it is possible that someone will miss me. In this case, do not hesitate to report locations that I have not indicated in the comments to this article.
The theme of this prestigious event is crystal, so no surprise if you find the gems in the various art installations.
First of all, I would like to dwell on the space that the artist Mistero Hifeng dedicated to the SL15B event. Though on a small plot (the dedicated areas are, for obvious reasons, small, given the number of participants), he set up to remember his beautiful homestead to Retrospect. → Visit Mistero’s Space
SL15B Mistero Hifeng
Ciottolina Xue has also set up her limited space in an excellent way, reflecting her style and artistic essence. Also offers a gift, a rose that plays the guitar. It is a kind and very welcome gift for all passers-by. → Visit Ciottolina’s Space
SL15B Ciottolina Xue
Immediately next to the Ciottolina space are the evocative images of Vivena Resident. Again, I think space has been used in the best way and with exquisite taste. → Visit Vivena Resident’s Space
SL15B Vivena Resident
Also fascinating is the exhibition of Boudicca Amat entitled “Reflections.” Some of her images seem to recall essential artists of the past through the use of virtual images. → Visit Boudicca Amat’s Space
SL15B Boudicca Amat
Finally, another masterfully designed space is “The Crystal Flower” by Silas Merlin. The crystal flower is a splendor to be discovered, inside a ruined castle as evocative as it is mysterious. → Visit Silas Merlin’s Space
SL15B Silas Merlin
For a list of spaces dedicated to art, you can refer to the link: http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/sl15b-exhibitors/sl15b-art-parcels/
This list is not complete, several artists are missing as I mentioned before. The reason is, Mistero kindly explains to me, that to be present in that list it was necessary to make a special request.
Another reason to report locations of artists exhibiting at SL15B that you think should be visited.
Finally, a message from Ebbe Altberg, the CEO of Linden Lab
The artistic installation created by Aloisio Congrejo entitled “Not Alone” is one of those that create a good mood. The artist has set up his work in the region owned by Foundation for Life, an association established with the aim of raising funds to fight the difficult battle against cancer.
For years now, I have been following the workshop organized by the Foundation for Life, and I must say that it is a very active association, with a high number of people collaborating in it. In particular, they help with the organization of events and ensure that everything runs smoothly.
What I find most interesting, is the spirit of friendship that binds the people who are part of it: over the years those who collaborate in the association and ensure its success are always the same with the usual spirit of brotherhood and collaboration.
The installation of Alosio Congrejo, as I anticipated, puts a good mood on it and in fact I had a lot of fun shooting a video at his exhibition space last night.
Lights, colors, and movement inspired me in the set design, in the choice of dances (Shakira style) and in the light effects that I usually add to my videos.
Also, I liked the effect of the red circles on the moving avatar uniquely, so I accentuated those passages that highlighted it.
At the entrance of the installation, you can take for free a complete avatar created in a stylized way and in tune with the effect of the red dots on the move.
You can also take a biography of the artist Aloisio Congreio who illustrates how he has developed, over the years, his passion for art in the virtual world of Second Life®.
These are some of his words of presentation:
My passion for art has been part of my virtual life from the start, and in RL began many years ago.
As an artistic ‘consumer’ there have been many artists both great and lesser known that I have followed and admired, but what is most important to me is to see the work of anyone who can craft various media in such a way as to express their feelings.
In Second life I began using art to express feelings and thoughts only as a way of playing, trying out things that were new to me, but with simplicity and entirely for my own enjoyment.
Finally, here is my video that I shot with pleasure and fun.
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