Points of Interest ~ Cetus

While I have a long history in Second Life with the Cetus sim, it had been quite a long time since I had last visited. Of course, Cetus was a far different place when I rented gallery space there. At that time, it was based on the gallery district in (I believe) Portland, Oregon. Filled with renovated warehouses converted to gallery and residential spaces, modern builds and great outdoor spaces, there was a great sense of community among the inhabitants, artists and gallery owners. It was also the place where I met most of my closest friends in SL.

That iteration of Cetus eventually closed and disbanded before being completely reborn by DB Bailey, RL architect David Denton (http://www.daviddenton.com/). While DB Bailey was a name I was familiar with, I had not had the pleasure of meeting him until we appeared together on Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe.

DB gave me a sim tour after the show when I shot this set of images accessible on Flickr.

Usonian Ideals Build-Off

Over the weekend of February 5-7, the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum of Second Life is organizing the Usonian Ideals Build-Off. 24 builders, from novice to pro, will compete to see "who can create the most functional and appealing building within the parameters of the USONIAN ideals” promoted by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Voting will commence at 12 pm slt on Sunday, February 7th and an awards gala will be held on Monday, February 8 from 7 to 9 pm slt.

The site can be visited by clicking the teleport outside the Breeze on the Usonian sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Usonia/58/134/21).

For more information, and an interesting read, I recommend this post on the Prim Perfect blog by Rowan Derryth.

Points of Interest: Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum

One of the most interesting places that I have recently explored is the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum. Second Life offers a unique and perfect venue for learning more about one of the world's most iconic figures in architecture.

I ventured forth to the Museum on assignment for Designing Worlds who taped their most recent episode from the Museum. Saffia and Elrik met with CEO Frey Bravin, Assistant Director Rosalie Oldrich, and Education Director Barbara Collazo.



I encourage you to visit the Museum in Usonia (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Usonia/6/4/22) and give yourself plenty of time to explore every square meter.

For more information on the Museum, visit their web site at http://franklloydwrightvirtualmuseum.ning.com/.

I have added the set of photographs that I took for the show to Flickr.