Metaverse Arts at Burn2

Host Tricia Aferdita returns to a new season of Metaverse Arts with a big visit to this year's Burn2 exhibit in Second Life. Guests include Karima Hoison, MenuBar Memorial, Briawinde Magic and Trill Zapatero.

Photographs featured in this episode of Metaverse Arts can be found in my Burn 2 Set on Flickr.

Metaverse Arts Episode 10

Episode 10 of Metaverse Arts on Treet TV sees Tricia interviewing Alexx Fenstalker about her installation Apartment 5B and Trill Zaptero and her Afghanistan Museum. Featured gallery this episode is Artropolis.

Originalia Artists on Metaverse Arts

Tricia interviews Rag Randt, Em Larsson, Scottius Polke and Eliza Wierwight as their installations at Amase Levasseur's newly relaunching sim Originalia.

Thoth Jantzen and Gulliver's Travels on Metaverse Arts

In the latest episode of Metaverse Arts, Tricia interviews Thoth Jantzen about his immersive build on the Veesim grid (http://veesome.com/) and takes us on a tour of the Gulliver's Travel build in Inworldz (http://inworldz.com/) by Ub Yifu and Copan Falta.

Have an Upcoming SL (or related) Art Event?

I am looking for details on upcoming Second Life (or related) art events for mention on the upcoming episode of Metaverse Arts on Treet TV. Please email me at pj.trentonsl@gmail.com for details on your event including date, time, location, participants and a brief description of the event.

For more information about the show, please visit the show site at Treet TV, or the show's blog.

Gracie Kendal and Eliza Wierwight on Metaverse Arts

The latest episode of Treet TV's Metaverse Arts with Tricia Aferdita features interviews with Gracie Kendal and Eliza Wierwight. Find out about the latest from both of these immensely talented and creative individuals.



Gracie talks about her latest project which she is calling 1000 Avatars. Read more at the blog for her project found at http://1000avatars.wordpress.com/.

Eliza tells us about her latest creations in time for the holiday season. Visit Eliza's Patron Art Decor and Gallery at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Patron/83/217/26.

For more photographs of Eliza's stunning work, see my Flickr photostream.

Metaverse Arts Episode 6 Available from Treet TV

The lastest episode of Metaverse Arts is now available to view online! We ended up dedicating the entire show to attorney Monday Beam and the topic of intellectual property and copyright. Definitely interesting an informative!

Radio Riel Players : Halloween

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This episode features Tricia Aferdita reading Mark Twain's "A Ghost Story", and two works by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Tell Tale Heart" read by Rowan Derryth and "The Raven" read by PJ Trenton.

You can listen to "The Radio Riel Players Present" through the following direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly.

For more information about Radio Riel or to subscribe to their RSS feed, visit their site at http://www.radioriel.org.

Radio Riel Players Tonight @ 6 pm SLT

Tonight at 6 pm SLT I invite you to tune in to Radio Riel to enjoy the re-launch of Radio Riel Players, with some spooky tales read by Rowan Derryth, Tricia Aferdita and myself. We might even have a tale from Miss Riel herself, who is handling all the creepy production!

Miss Derryth will be reading Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”, while Miss Aferdita offers up "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain and I share Poe's "The Raven”

Better than just tuning into Radio Riel, come and join us for a listening party at Harmony Cafe in Avalon – costumes welcome!

Hope to see you there!

Metaverse Arts (Episode 5)

Episode 5 of Metaverse Arts saw host Tricia Aferdita interview Raven Haalan and Emcee Widget on the opening day of Burn2.



Photographs from Burn2 featured on the show can be found on my Flickr photostream.

For more information on Metaverse Arts, visit their blog at http://metaversearts.wordpress.com/.

Metaverse Arts Episode 4

Tricia Aferdita welcomes M2Danger Ranger from Burn 2 and Jayjay Zifanwe of the University of Western Australia to the show to provide updates and insights on their current initiatives.

UWA Imagine Grand Finalists & Machinima Competition

As featured on episode 4 of Metaverse Arts with host Tricia Aferdita...the University of Western Australia's Imagine competition grand finalists (scripted and non-scripted). Tricia had a fascinating interview with Jayjay Zifanwe from UWA on the show.

For a slide show of the finalists which I was honoured to photograph, please visit the Metaverse Arts blog.


Prim Perfect's Rowan Derryth also had a fascinating interview with Jayjay in the most recent issue of Prim Perfect magazine (Issue 28, pp. 134-141).

For more information about the University of Western Australia and their presence in Second Life, please visit their blog at http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/.

UWA is currently running a machinima-based competition and asking everyone to participate in their Audience Participation Event (deadline Midnight SLT on October 7th). L$5,000 has been set aside for SL residents and viewers who take part in this special participation event. We are asking all the residents of SL to give them your TOP 8 machinima, in order of your preference.

The 3 residents whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel (see end of NC for names of panel members), will win for themselves L$2,500, L$1,500 & L$1,000 respectively. The winner will be invited to be on the panel for MachinimUWA III.

For more information, visit the machinima competition page on the UWA blog.

Metaverse Arts (Episode 3)

Tricia Aferdita welcomed guests Filthy Fluno and Gwen Carillon to the latest episode of Metaverse Arts on Treet TV.

A fascinating discussion, upcoming event announcements and the Criss Museum of Contemporary Art in Costa Rica as the featured gallery!

Metaverse Arts (Episode 2)

Metaverse arts host Tricia Aferdita visits with M2Danger Ranger to find out about this year's BURN2 event in Second Life, talks with artist Raven Haalan about Virtualism, and we see Glyph Graves Entropy project - including the Entropy video by Chantal Harvey. Plus, keep up to date with events and this month's featured gallery.



Find out more on the Metaverse Arts blog at http://metaversearts.wordpress.com/.

Premier Episode of Metaverse Arts

Prim Perfect is very proud to announce the launch of Metaverse Arts, a brand new show covering the art and artists of the virtual worlds, brought to you by treet.tv, Second Life’s leading cable network, and Prim Perfect Productions, the people behind Designing Worlds, Prim Perfect magazine and the Prim Perfect blog. Metaverse Arts is hosted by Tricia Aferdita.



For more information, visit http://metaversearts.wordpress.com.

The Luminous Lens: Photo Abstractions by PJ Trenton on Calameo

I am pleased to announce the availability of the exhibit catalogue for my most recent show entitled the Luminous Lens: Photo Abstractions by PJ Trenton. The exhibit has completed its run at the Tricia Aferdita Gallery but is now on view at the Treet TV sim in front of the Designing Worlds Studio.

The catalogue, written by Miss Rowan Derryth with a foreword by Tricia Aferdita can now be viewed online at Calameo.

Simply go to http://en.calameo.com/books/000045496d4d9a0069359 in order to read the catalogue.

My sincere thanks once again to both Tricia and Rowan for making both the exhibition and this wonderful catalogue available. Thanks also to Miss Ceejay Writer for work on the catalogue and Miss Saffia Widdershins for her support and assistance in this endeavor.

The Luminous Lens by Rowan Derryth and PJ Trenton

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Luminous Lens Exhibition Catalogue

The works you see in this exhibit are the culmination of my passion for photography and desire to create and share my artistic vision with those around me. More importantly, my work would mean little without the support, encouragement and validation of the great people I am proud to call my friends. A very heartfelt thanks to one in particular, Tricia Aferdita, who not only encouraged me to finish this exhibit but provided an incredible venue in which to feature it. Tricia’s enthusiasm for and support of my work means so much. She is a tireless supporter and promoter of the arts and is an inspiration to those who are fortunate enough to know and work with her. She is also a fabulous artist in her own right.

This catalogue would certainly not have been possible without the enthusiasm, creativity, and eloquence of Rowan Derryth. Her appreciation of this collection of works and the excitement with which she talked of the need for an exhibition catalogue are why you read these words today. Through an extremely interesting experiment (see Ekphrasis: PJ Trenton on the Prim Perfect blog ~ http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/ekphrasis-pj-trenton/), these works now have a much deeper meaning and their own stories as a result of Rowan’s eloquent keystrokes.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank intrepid publisher extra-ordinaire, Saffia Widdershins for her support of this exhibit and catalogue and for exposing me to the artistic and photographic potential of the wide world of Second Life.

A complimentary copy of the exhibit catalogue is available from a kiosk at Exposure Art Gallery (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tabula%20rasa/134/35/27). Purchase the Thinc book for $0L and either wear it or rezz it to read (I recommend rezzing it).

New SL Art Calendar ning!

Utilizing the social networking strengths of the ning, Tricia Aferdita has created a new social network to help artists and gallery owners in Second Life to promote their work and their shows in one central location.

SL Art Calendar is a public forum for posting and finding art-related events in Second Life. It can be found at http://slartcalendar.ning.com/.

I encourage everyone who is interested in the vibrant SL arts scene to join the ning and keep up to date on artists, galleries and arts-related events across the grid.

Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Ning offers an easy-to-use technology platform enabling you to create and join Ning Networks for your interests and passions. With over 1.3 million Ning social networks created and more than 30 million registered members, millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits.

Latin Music Night @ Exposure (August 26 from 7 to 8 pm SLT)

I cordially invite you to join us at Exposure Art Gallery for the closing of my joint show with Tricia Aferdita. Tricia and I have created an exhibit featuring my real life photographs and her fabulous renditions of those photographs in paint!

We are excited to welcome Miss Gabrielle Riel of Radio Riel to host our event and to play the best salsa, mambo, bossa nova and other latin music for your listening and dancing enjoyment.

Join us for a fun-filled hour of music and camaraderie in the best Avalon tradition.

Join us at Exposure (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tabula%20rasa/135/20/27) on Wednesday, August 26th from 7 to 8 pm slt.