tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39453345144788776842024-03-14T03:31:46.065-07:00Quadrapop Tree Gallery, InworldzBlog for quadrapop Lane to ramble on about stuff in Virtual Worlds
(sometimes to do with the Quadrapop Tree Gallery)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-15479477988814296982012-04-27T04:46:00.001-07:002012-04-27T04:46:17.500-07:00Thanks Google PlusAs of today I will not be able to post to this blog thanks to the fact my gmail address, associated with both this account and other google websites, is linked to a suspended G+ account - suspended mind you due to Google's crap attitude to pseudonyms... almost none of you whom are reading this would ever know me by the name on my drivers licence (which is the one Google wants me to use to unlock the account) and so would not know who the hell that person was if you met them online, unlike this name (quadrapop) which has been in use by me, quite legally, for 30 + years!<br />
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I have no idea if this will post - if it does at least you know why there are no more postings by me on any Blogger blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-76446653525009438792011-10-07T23:13:00.000-07:002011-10-07T23:18:08.519-07:00Quadrapop Tree Gallery Official Opening Party<div class="postbody">As quad bought Dolphin Bay on 25 October 2010 we thought it was about time we had an official opening... so we are having a sleep over on <span style="font-weight: bold">Saturday 22 October</span> from <span style="font-weight: bold">5pm till 5am!...</span><br /><br />Guided tours of sim <span style="font-weight: bold;">6pm</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">10pm</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">2am</span>, music, friendly people, and random gifties in between.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">Quadrapop Tree Galleries:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">Art,</span> </span><br /><img src="http://storage.koinup.com/110926x404104/404104-4.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">Decor, </span></span><br /><img src="http://storage.koinup.com/110702x384975/384975-4.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">Wearables,</span></span><br /><img src="http://storage.koinup.com/110130x346969/346969-4.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">Prefabs </span></span><br /><img src="http://storage.koinup.com/110508x371942/371942-4.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #00BF40">& more</span></span><br /><img src="http://storage.koinup.com/111008x406378/406378-4.jpg" alt="Image" /><br /><br />Also on the sim a Halloween Treasure Hunt chest!</div> <br />Event listing on IW website on <a href="http://inworldz.com/events.php">October 22</a><br />Forum posting on event in <a href="https://inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=10303">IW Forums</a><br /><br />Follow QTG on <a href="https://inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=10303">Twitter</a><br />See QTG Images on <a href="http://www.koinup.com/QuadrapopTree/works/tag/qtg/">Koinup</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-27602965267950609002011-06-18T20:48:00.000-07:002011-06-18T22:11:32.025-07:00New QT Light Gallery on Dolphin BayThe original QT Gallery on the ground at Dolphin Bay has been revamped and is now made of light, metal, stone and painted brick.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_PBbRNQlrOY/Tf169VhNlRI/AAAAAAAAAP0/1YIZYU-6H5o/s1600/Light%2BGallery%2Bempty_sunset.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_PBbRNQlrOY/Tf169VhNlRI/AAAAAAAAAP0/1YIZYU-6H5o/s400/Light%2BGallery%2Bempty_sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619783104195302674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://galleryfreenote.blogspot.com/">Teal Freenote</a> is the first of the QT Gallery artists to return with 4 new works.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tvc_OGOGGOE/Tf15xUK0kdI/AAAAAAAAAPU/6e4HMSQBO40/s1600/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tvc_OGOGGOE/Tf15xUK0kdI/AAAAAAAAAPU/6e4HMSQBO40/s400/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619781798162895314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sculpture 25: "The Raveling of Fate":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bJFz47deoP8/Tf15yAss93I/AAAAAAAAAPc/NmN2JBMnBlM/s1600/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bJFz47deoP8/Tf15yAss93I/AAAAAAAAAPc/NmN2JBMnBlM/s400/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619781810116163442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sculpture 30: "InsideOutsideIn Infinite":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B7baCB6pd0M/Tf15yQeBwfI/AAAAAAAAAPk/HoTRaVX2a5U/s1600/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B7baCB6pd0M/Tf15yQeBwfI/AAAAAAAAAPk/HoTRaVX2a5U/s400/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619781814349578738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sculpture 31A: "InsideOutsideIn" 3D & Sculpture 31B: "OutsideInsideOut" 3D:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKBhct2UT0/Tf15yruZ65I/AAAAAAAAAPs/LqHvT6pBqs0/s1600/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkKBhct2UT0/Tf15yruZ65I/AAAAAAAAAPs/LqHvT6pBqs0/s400/light%2Bgallery%2Bfilling_012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619781821666028434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The brick walls of the new gallery are crying out for paintings, prints or NPIRL relief works to decorate them. On each level circular display areas await sculptural pieces and raised surfaces suitable for displaying small sculptures or design pieces, even jewellery.<br /><br />There are at least 6 free artist places of 200 prims each maximum still available. Original 2D works and sculptural pieces suitable for domestic or commercial display will be especially welcome. Please submit photos of works or LM to a current exhibition for consideration to quadrapop Tree in InWorldz. This is your chance to display your works for free alongside some of the well known artistic names in IW. Come take a look then contact quadrapop Tree in InWorldz.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-63380396910100849852011-06-02T06:09:00.000-07:002011-06-02T07:44:21.720-07:00Quadrapop is IWNN Artist of the Month this June<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lTcSBywZslo/Teef9HfKcOI/AAAAAAAAAOc/h6RpCOZLfyU/s1600/IWNN_015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lTcSBywZslo/Teef9HfKcOI/AAAAAAAAAOc/h6RpCOZLfyU/s400/IWNN_015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631332871205090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am very honoured that Childs Writer and Scarlett Qi have asked me to be their June "Artist of the Month" for InWorldz News Network.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5v5P62b1p8/TeefumOGzZI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8A6vBjsP_no/s1600/IWNN_013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5v5P62b1p8/TeefumOGzZI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8A6vBjsP_no/s400/IWNN_013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631083423124882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Scarlett Qi's interview with me will shortly be up on their website <a href="http://www.iwnn.net/art--music.html">here</a> .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-atlPCn_C1t0/TeefvUWh-VI/AAAAAAAAAOM/MWs1GEGSuKY/s1600/IWNN_019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-atlPCn_C1t0/TeefvUWh-VI/AAAAAAAAAOM/MWs1GEGSuKY/s400/IWNN_019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631095806490962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Over 30 works are scattered throughout the IWNN grounds and in the sky maze above - all for sale (including 2 freebies)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gGNzvUtVCPY/TeefvNYN7RI/AAAAAAAAAN8/sYQ3pquKvd4/s1600/IWNN_001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gGNzvUtVCPY/TeefvNYN7RI/AAAAAAAAAN8/sYQ3pquKvd4/s400/IWNN_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631093934517522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In the centre of the IWNN sky maze you will find this exclusive colour dream plant. The Sky maze TP is in the blue ball near the small gallery on the ground.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EptqLcjDCJ0/TeefvoxnalI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Cytex7zkqUg/s1600/IWNN_004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EptqLcjDCJ0/TeefvoxnalI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Cytex7zkqUg/s400/IWNN_004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631101288802898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So please come and see this display during June - and pick up a copy of the latest issue of IWNN from the dispensers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tg3EV0u3Mcg/TeefvK_cs6I/AAAAAAAAAOE/C9c8P0gHvEU/s1600/IWNN_008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tg3EV0u3Mcg/TeefvK_cs6I/AAAAAAAAAOE/C9c8P0gHvEU/s400/IWNN_008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613631093293757346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Follow QT Gallery</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog:</span> <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/">Quadrapop Tree Gallery, Inworldz</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Twitter:</span> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/quadrapop">quadrapop</a> on Twitter to hear about new items at QT gallery or join the<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">InWorldz group:</span> <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/74/152/35">via the joiners</a> at any of the main galleries on Dolphin Bay.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">InWorldz Forums:</span> QT gallery thread on the IW forums.<br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=5175&start=0">QT Gallery</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=8241&start=0">QT Prefabs</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=8240&start=0">QT Home Decor</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=8239&start=0">QT Landscaping</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-26909375641386745082011-05-22T02:16:00.000-07:002011-05-22T03:05:28.796-07:00In the month of MayThe Phlox Script Engine comes to Inworldz May 24th! This will mean smoother sim performance in general and many of the functions and aspects that did not work with the old Opensim scipt engine will now work!!<br /><br />Several parties have been held on IDI and the other sims trialling Phlox with many 10s of avatars present and all able to move without experiencing the usual treacle like lag. Truly you can now say to folks who are lagging that it is client side or their own network connection at fault. The sims themselves dont even blip down in Time Dilation with 50 avatars all wearing a normal script load! Truly amazing to those of us used to the lag induced even with 20 avatars present on a SL sim.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35TrqM5oLXI/TdjfUSYYAZI/AAAAAAAAANA/Zfi3bMUCiiE/s1600/IW%2Bparty%2B52%2Bavs%2Bon%2BIDI.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35TrqM5oLXI/TdjfUSYYAZI/AAAAAAAAANA/Zfi3bMUCiiE/s400/IW%2Bparty%2B52%2Bavs%2Bon%2BIDI.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609478875514405266" /></a><br /><br /><br />Elenia called a party on <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/InWorldz%20Desert%20Island/160/162/1084">IDI</a> this last Friday Night IW time, which fortuitously fell on my RL birthday. I was able to open birthday presents and drink my morning cuppa while celebrating with a group of old and new friends - all without lag (I did appear to suffer a bit of textures not fully loading but I'm sure if I had asked the av's who were not fully loaded to rebake all would have become clear:) I'm very much looking forward to the full rollout of Phlox.<br /><br />This last month I have worked more on the labyrinth garden (it will also house a decal and poster shop;). I'm working on a series of floating islands (but dont hold your breathit may take a while to get them to a fit state for public consumption) and also a remodel of teh gallery to go on the ground and house the info hub and other artist's displays.<br /><br />A new prefab store appeared on the <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/137/239/500">prefab level</a>. This one is inspired by my old alma mater as well as some builds I saw while doing various hunts on the SL grid. This 20x30m 2 level store comes with several versions of the roof line and frontage - minimum prims 75, maximum 107 (as seen in the photo below). Sold mod, copy, no trans for Iz200<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DmFU9a8_ZyM/TdjXzW94oeI/AAAAAAAAAMw/_L1dT6M3ckU/s1600/concrete%2B%2526%2BBrick_001%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DmFU9a8_ZyM/TdjXzW94oeI/AAAAAAAAAMw/_L1dT6M3ckU/s400/concrete%2B%2526%2BBrick_001%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609470613228397026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The DreamPlants landed in the sea near the <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/74/152/35">Dolphin Bay landing point</a> this is a teaser for the Floating Islands project:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--CKJo8fVlIg/TdjY_X_moyI/AAAAAAAAAM4/ziPoMFYaouQ/s1600/QT%2BDream%2Bplant_004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--CKJo8fVlIg/TdjY_X_moyI/AAAAAAAAAM4/ziPoMFYaouQ/s400/QT%2BDream%2Bplant_004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609471919174099746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On the weekend I was interviewed by Scarlett Qi from InWorldz News Network after posting a notice about the QT gallery on "WHERE can I find it" inworld group. Look for an article soon on IWNN's <a href="http://www.iwnn.net/art--music.html">art pages</a>.<br /><br />Quadrapop Tree Gallery info is now available in the following places:<br /><a href="http://inworldz.com/izwiki/index.php/User:Quadrapop_Tree">Inworldz Wiki</a> (will be updated as I have time)<br /><a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/">Blogspot Blog</a> - where you are now<br />Inworldz Forums:<br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=35178#p35178">* Art</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=8241">* Prefabs</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=8239">* Landscaping</a><br /><a href="http://www.inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=8240">* Home Decor</a><br />Images on <a href="http://www.koinup.com/search/works/by-QuadrapopTree/?q=qtg">Koinup</a><br />Follow quadrapop on <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/quadrapop">Twitter</a><br /><br />That's it for this month... more when the muse inspires and creative juices flow....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-54530781993578500122011-05-01T22:49:00.000-07:002011-05-01T23:33:08.009-07:00UWA Open Art Challenge placingAt the beginning of this year Jayjay hassled me to enter the UWA Open Art Challenge so I pieced together 6 items and sent him them in 3 folders to cover the next 3 months of the competition.<br /><br />I hardly visit SL much anymore, other than for social events with close friends who are yet to make the move away. I have no gallery there and do no promotion of my art within SL. I dropped in each month to see how my pieces had been set up and occasionally added some info and took a quick look around whatever was up on the UWA art platform... my pieces missed that certain something that the best works on display show. Consequently I never expected to place in any of the rounds.<br /><br />So I was genuinely surprised on Sunday May 1 (in the early SLT morning) when Jayjay had announced all the prizes but the UWA judge's and my name had still to come up even though he had told me I had to be there for this month's announcements (a sure sign of having won _something_)... I was starting to think he had something else in store for me, what, I had no idea.... and then he announced the 2nd place winners:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DUqywbTg_BY/Tb5IgLgIBTI/AAAAAAAAALs/zG-s_l8Qd4E/s1600/quad%2Bin%2Bflander%2527s%2Bpoppies_023.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DUqywbTg_BY/Tb5IgLgIBTI/AAAAAAAAALs/zG-s_l8Qd4E/s400/quad%2Bin%2Bflander%2527s%2Bpoppies_023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601994704176022834" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Now for the top 3 Prizes. All of these works will go straight to the Grand Finale round. Honestly, for the judges it was extremely hard, and emotions flew high, with almost blood being splilt on the judging floor. Never were there more diverse opinions. It was wafer thin among the panel among the 10 pieces everyone liked best, and somehow those margins allowed for a single 1st Prize winner. And so....<br />3rd Prize for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for APRIL goes to: NOBODY<br />I know there have been numerous ties in the past. I need to explain this a bit. The RL panel meets twice for an hour each and in that time have to come to agreement. So in the end when there is heated argument, we compromise by putting up joint winners. The important thing is that all of these go to the Grand Finale, where there is a larger panel of people across the grid, and about one month to decide instead of a few days.<br />and so...<br />Joint 2nd Prize (L$5,000) for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for APRIL goes to: ULTRA VIOLET by quadrapop Lane, a long time supporter of the challenge, quadrapop breaks through for the first time :)<br />Joint 2nd Prize (L$5,000) for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for APRIL, ALSO goes to: THEATRE OF WAR by Miso Susanowa</blockquote><br />Thank you to Jayjay, Freewee, the UWA partners and the UWA judges, and to all the artists who have ever entered the UWA art challenges... this project is one of the most useful in SL to promote the possibility of this medium as an art form.<br /><br />I wont be entering any more rounds @ UWA as I am not creating any new works in SL (you have to go to <a href="http://www.inworldz.com/">Inworldz</a> to see my <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/74/152/35">current works</a>) and have exhausted the best of my archive of SL works.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gtagHAsnLTI/Tb5NdbrPVeI/AAAAAAAAAL0/D2M4-Gu4Phw/s1600/RFL%2Btextures_003%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gtagHAsnLTI/Tb5NdbrPVeI/AAAAAAAAAL0/D2M4-Gu4Phw/s400/RFL%2Btextures_003%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602000154536138210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But you can still see some of my work on display in SL till the end of July as part of Relay For Life as I have 10 works available (including some of the ones I entered in UWA's Challenge) in RFL vendors. Works are displayed <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20WA/237/109/24">here</a>, my RFL Vendor is <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Embrace%20the%20Ocean/49/237/1042">here</a> and <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Heart%20and%20Sole/145/243/25">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-75051054292647541662011-04-27T00:50:00.000-07:002011-04-27T01:16:58.923-07:00QT Wearables: Nazar Bangles & PendantsNew series of jewellry in the form of Nazar or evil eye amulets is now available at the <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/57/132/153">QT Wearables Gallery</a> in the Cloud Gallery on Dolphin Bay sim in Inworldz.<br /><br />The series at this time includes, for both male and female: bangles, pendant necklaces and a single amulet for use in a home or shop. These amulets will ward off all the negative in your virtual world as well as be funky jewellery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTh4dPyJhvM/TbfL41zEzrI/AAAAAAAAALk/EFU3guJpQAA/s1600/QT%2BNazar%2Bseries%2Bpendants%2B%2526%2Bbangle.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTh4dPyJhvM/TbfL41zEzrI/AAAAAAAAALk/EFU3guJpQAA/s400/QT%2BNazar%2Bseries%2Bpendants%2B%2526%2Bbangle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600168839032917682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Nazar collection on display at the <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/57/132/153">QT Wearables Gallery</a>, Dolphin Bay. There is a Group gift from the Nazar series in the box nearby (wear your QT Gallery Group tag and touch box). Group joiner board next to the QT Wearables display. Right click and copy link location <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20secondlife:///app/group/1a0ea0b7-72fe-4d2c-b14e-cd5c0a7a1d98/about">here</a> for a link to paste into your chat window in Inworldz to join the QT Gallery Group and receive notification of events and give aways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plSgvGiMsrY/TbfL4u8xZII/AAAAAAAAALc/-1ZYV_o4S1s/s1600/QT%2BNazar%2BPendant%2B%2526%2BThong.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plSgvGiMsrY/TbfL4u8xZII/AAAAAAAAALc/-1ZYV_o4S1s/s400/QT%2BNazar%2BPendant%2B%2526%2BThong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600168837194540162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Nazar pendants come in female and male size. The Nazar can be either blue or yellow irised. No trans or no copy versions available.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_dIQmqli6GA/TbfL4SHqSUI/AAAAAAAAALU/wpCjCBCLZYU/s1600/QT%2BNazar%2BBangles.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_dIQmqli6GA/TbfL4SHqSUI/AAAAAAAAALU/wpCjCBCLZYU/s400/QT%2BNazar%2BBangles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600168829455583554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bangles come in female and male size for both left and right forearms. The Nazar can be either blue or yellow irised. No trans or no copy versions available.<br /><br />Each set is priced at just 100Is.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-46783334374324367252011-04-20T18:06:00.000-07:002011-04-20T18:24:30.414-07:00More April goodness @ QT Gallery, InworldzThe muse has been working over time...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6KZpGZ1qpc/Ta-DTRxY5FI/AAAAAAAAAK8/vyh87HvEyII/s1600/QTG%2BIW%2BMTA%2B20110420.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p6KZpGZ1qpc/Ta-DTRxY5FI/AAAAAAAAAK8/vyh87HvEyII/s400/QTG%2BIW%2BMTA%2B20110420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597837229056123986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Mining the Archive exhibition draws from over 5 years of RL photographs posted to Flickr. It comprises of a selection of those images from quad's Flickr stream deemed most "interesting" or most commented/favourited.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qP7AAOQ6a0g/Ta-HLsovZYI/AAAAAAAAALM/GqbCArcStIU/s1600/Mining%2Bthe%2Barchive_001%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qP7AAOQ6a0g/Ta-HLsovZYI/AAAAAAAAALM/GqbCArcStIU/s400/Mining%2Bthe%2Barchive_001%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597841496875165058" /></a><br /><br />All 14 images are sold for 100Iz each: framed (3 prims total), mod, no copy , transfer. Modification of framing is available for free - simply IM quadrapop Tree with your requirements.<br /><br />Mining The Archive, <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/91/80/161%20">Cloud Gallery</a>, Quadrapop Tree Gallery, Dolphin Bay, Inworldz.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBROjrkhDlA/Ta-FAjfnV_I/AAAAAAAAALE/oov2-Mztnfg/s1600/QT%2BBlackboy%2BSpikes%2Bbox%2Bx4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBROjrkhDlA/Ta-FAjfnV_I/AAAAAAAAALE/oov2-Mztnfg/s400/QT%2BBlackboy%2BSpikes%2Bbox%2Bx4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597839106419152882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another piece in the ongoing exploration of the possibilities of combining Corto's sculpties with quadrapop's textures, the QT Blackboy Spikes light boxes are mesmerising light shows on the surface of a cube. Examples are on display both on the ground on <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/74/152/35">Dolphin Bay</a> and up in the <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/80/55/155">Cloud Gallery</a>.<br /><br />quadrapop is working on uploading images of <a href="http://www.koinup.com/works/tag/qtg/">all the works</a> made in the last 9 months in Inworldz to Koinup. At writing example images of about 1/2 all the works have been uploaded.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-33750472239849190632011-04-16T01:54:00.001-07:002011-04-16T02:56:14.752-07:00QT Gallery April News<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOZROc_Iew/TaliFz_8fyI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/7d0hFEfLwQY/s1600/waiting%2Bfor%2Bsim%2Breboot_004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kUOZROc_Iew/TaliFz_8fyI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/7d0hFEfLwQY/s400/waiting%2Bfor%2Bsim%2Breboot_004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596111863981834018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After working with the wonderful <a href="http://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/">Friends Fighting Cancer</a> team at the 2011 Fantasy Faire during April: in the form of <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20WA/237/109/24">10 works</a> placed in <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Embrace%20the%20Ocean/49/237/1042">Vendors</a> at two places (these will be available till the end of the Relay in July), as well as estate management and trouble shooting during the Faire, I've settled back into Inworldz creation.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qMuKqYJeiAU/TaliGFDmJBI/AAAAAAAAAKE/C6PHoWkXx9k/s1600/RFL%2Btextures_003%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qMuKqYJeiAU/TaliGFDmJBI/AAAAAAAAAKE/C6PHoWkXx9k/s400/RFL%2Btextures_003%2Bcopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596111868560548882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All the works made at the Quadrapop Tree Gallery in Inworldz have now been photographed individually and will be posted shortly to <a href="http://www.koinup.com/search/works/by-QuadrapopTree/?q=inworldz">quadrapop's Koinup</a> pages.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_X4NblG9lTE/TaliFiJlxCI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/jncBrRUbC1o/s1600/q3%2Bcube%2Bgallery_004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_X4NblG9lTE/TaliFiJlxCI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/jncBrRUbC1o/s400/q3%2Bcube%2Bgallery_004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596111859190449186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The creative juices have flowed over March and April. During March Dolphin Bay sim saw the introduction of the <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/12/10/230">Q3 (or Q cubed) Gallery</a>. This new space houses some distinctly modernist and minimalist pieces as homage to the influences of 20th Century Art in the creation of Quadrapop Tree Gallery items.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nLd7jMFon9E/TaliFaVx93I/AAAAAAAAAJs/5F1gaCYMiCk/s1600/QTG%2BParticles%2BGallery%2B01.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nLd7jMFon9E/TaliFaVx93I/AAAAAAAAAJs/5F1gaCYMiCk/s400/QTG%2BParticles%2BGallery%2B01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596111857094096754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />March also saw additions to the <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/24/114/319">QT Particle Gallery</a> - this is an ongoing work in progress and will morph over time into who knows what? As with all the items on the Dolphin Bay sim it depends on the whims of the gods of creation and inspiration...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-giVUdxvjPD4/Talm5Ks60jI/AAAAAAAAAKM/lEaU65KpUI0/s1600/QT%2BIW%2BBirthday%2Bbuild_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-giVUdxvjPD4/Talm5Ks60jI/AAAAAAAAAKM/lEaU65KpUI0/s400/QT%2BIW%2BBirthday%2Bbuild_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596117144295887410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Quadrapop Tree has a <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/InWorldz%20Events%20A/225/187/43">plot</a> on the IW Birthday sims and this will be up till end of April Tranq & Elena have told us so do go visit:) The Birthday sims are running the new Phlox script engine so worth a visit to see how well things run :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T0Kdz8AuIdg/TaliFJpOAQI/AAAAAAAAAJk/5vqL0la4XuA/s1600/Wooden%2Bshop_009.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T0Kdz8AuIdg/TaliFJpOAQI/AAAAAAAAAJk/5vqL0la4XuA/s400/Wooden%2Bshop_009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596111852612223234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the break from IW creation necessitated by volunteering at Fantasy Faire the QT Gallery has added to the growing display on the Dolphin Bay sim the first in an occasional series of prefab builds. The <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/162/146/22">Blue Wooden Store</a> is available on the ground to buy from the box on the boardwalk outside the shop. (Store: 48 prims, Boardwalk: 6 prims, Mod, Copy, No trans for Iz's200) The textures used are largely sourced from the <a href="http://www.cgtextures.com/">CGTextures </a>website.<br /><br />Follow quadrapop on <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/quadrapop">Twitter</a> to hear about new items at QT gallery or join the inworld group via the joiners at any of the main galleries on <a href="http://places.inworldz.com/Dolphin%20Bay/74/152/35">Dolphin Bay</a>. Information about all new additions and events are also listed in the QT gallery thread on the <a href="http://inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=5175">IW forums</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-14413974386292757232011-02-27T18:14:00.000-08:002011-02-27T18:48:52.855-08:00February @ QT Gallery, InworldzFebruary has been a slow month for QT Gallery in IW - distracted by RL and social activities.<br /><br />Even so some new items have been added to the <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/103/16/150">Cloud Gallery</a> this month,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymJlhIwmDaA/TWsKfJVi5BI/AAAAAAAAAIE/3UTx5sa-i8U/s1600/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2BFeb%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymJlhIwmDaA/TWsKfJVi5BI/AAAAAAAAAIE/3UTx5sa-i8U/s400/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2BFeb%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564093626999826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />noteably some trippy colour changing dance floors<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQJm3JGyM_E/TWsKewr4_ZI/AAAAAAAAAH8/3c9sE7ZLGb0/s1600/dancefloors%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQJm3JGyM_E/TWsKewr4_ZI/AAAAAAAAAH8/3c9sE7ZLGb0/s400/dancefloors%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564087009836434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and all new 2d images for your lounge room wall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uO2POC2dWs/TWsKfXry9SI/AAAAAAAAAIM/n2BWYwBuJyw/s1600/trees%2B%2526%2Bflowers%2Bimages%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uO2POC2dWs/TWsKfXry9SI/AAAAAAAAAIM/n2BWYwBuJyw/s400/trees%2B%2526%2Bflowers%2Bimages%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%2528101%252C%2B28%252C%2B153%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564097478423842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Group Gift of male and female glass pendants still available in the Wearables Corner of the Cloud Gallery:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y3OEYpNg2Gk/TWsK7Vr0aqI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JAYvT5Q3x4k/s1600/group%2Bgift%2Bfemale%2B400.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y3OEYpNg2Gk/TWsK7Vr0aqI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JAYvT5Q3x4k/s400/group%2Bgift%2Bfemale%2B400.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564577977985698" border="0" /></a><br />Female Gift<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHR05N7z86I/TWsK7z7Q2NI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Ysm9_muSHWI/s1600/group%2Bgift%2Bmale%2B400.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHR05N7z86I/TWsK7z7Q2NI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Ysm9_muSHWI/s400/group%2Bgift%2Bmale%2B400.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564586095827154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Male Gift<br /><br />Buy yours from the gift box - make sure you wear your QT gallery group tag.<br /><br />New Gift for everyone available next to the newsletter dispenser on <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/82/84/47">Floor 1</a> of the gallery on the ground:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DQq_YfTEms4/TWsKfbU7bCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/p4izXwTaDZU/s1600/Ultraviolet%2Bhelix%2Blamp%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%252874%252C%2B81%252C%2B47%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DQq_YfTEms4/TWsKfbU7bCI/AAAAAAAAAIU/p4izXwTaDZU/s400/Ultraviolet%2Bhelix%2Blamp%2B-%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%252874%252C%2B81%252C%2B47%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578564098456251426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hope to see you all at the gallery again soon,<br /><br />quadrapopUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-77151770003241401162011-01-30T22:20:00.000-08:002011-01-30T22:52:07.621-08:00Quadrapop Tree Group Gift January 2011Quadrapop Tree Gallery is developing nicely on the <a href="http://www.inworldz.com/">Inworldz grid</a>.<br /><br />The Ground Gallery has quadrapop, Miso Susanowa, Qiana Tuqiri, and Teal Freenote inside, with quadrapop and Scottius Polke's works on display outside.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWk0lD0TI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/nvEs0E98xDs/s1600/QTG%2Bjan2011_1024.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWk0lD0TI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/nvEs0E98xDs/s400/QTG%2Bjan2011_1024.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568233179879559474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Up at 150m accessible via either the sky stairway (starting near Scottius' build) or the TP network - use Q's Gallery destination) the new <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/103/16/150">Cloud Gallery</a> is showing quadrapop's own works including some wearable art in the form of the first jewelry line.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlQGKRWI/AAAAAAAAAHg/KjW-7O8Gww0/s1600/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2Blooking%2BSouth.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlQGKRWI/AAAAAAAAAHg/KjW-7O8Gww0/s400/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2Blooking%2BSouth.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568233187266151778" border="0" /></a><br />This is the new platform looking south.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlCYZr6I/AAAAAAAAAHY/-6VLXsvijT8/s1600/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2Blooking%2Bnorth.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlCYZr6I/AAAAAAAAAHY/-6VLXsvijT8/s400/QT%2BCloud%2BGallery%2B-%2Blooking%2Bnorth.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568233183584563106" border="0" /></a><br />This is the Cloud Gallery looking north.<br /><br />To celebrate there is an exclusive Group Gift available in the <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dolphin%20Bay/56/132/153">Wearables corner</a> (NW corner of the Cloud Gallery).<br /><br />Wear your Quadrapop Tree Group tag to receive the gift from the gift box - female and male versions of the glass pendant necklace in Jade - mod/no copy/transfer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlyMZe4I/AAAAAAAAAHw/FB3AnSkDshQ/s1600/group%2Bgift%2Bfemale%2B1024.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlyMZe4I/AAAAAAAAAHw/FB3AnSkDshQ/s400/group%2Bgift%2Bfemale%2B1024.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568233196419120002" border="0" /></a><br />Female version - Jade Glass Pendant - Group Gift<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlodrTsI/AAAAAAAAAHo/_6Z6fza1vBc/s1600/group%2Bgift%2Bmale%2B1024.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TUZWlodrTsI/AAAAAAAAAHo/_6Z6fza1vBc/s400/group%2Bgift%2Bmale%2B1024.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568233193807236802" border="0" /></a><br />Male version - Jade Glass Pendant - Group Gift<br /><br />NOTE*** URL links in this post should be copied and pasted in chat within Inworldz then used to open the map to TP to the venue.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-20482399618480182592010-11-08T21:45:00.000-08:002010-11-08T22:16:05.291-08:00Quadrapop Tree Gallery moves gridsLast posting here was a preview of some new things that were out at QT Gallery in SL. Since then the Gallery displayed a 1/8 sim sized final build called the Black Build. Opened on 2 October it closed on 2oth October and so did the SL Gallery.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Basically a lack of continued faith in Linden Labs <span style="font-style:italic;">(who have done some exceedingly odd things in the last 6 months)</span> and the ending of income from curating UWA Art Challenge which was financing the gallery <span style="font-style:italic;">(I have no idea how people make money from selling art ;)</span>.<br /><br />For the same amount of money it was costing us for a 1/4 sim in SL we purchased and can manitain a whole sim in <a href="http://www.inworldz.com/">Inworldz</a>. Full sims in Inworldz allow for 45000 prims, prim sizes range from 0.001m to 256m, scripting works, though physics scripting is currently not turned on (it will be with the introduction of Nvidia Physics engine slated for 1st quarter 2011) and sims seem to manage up to 20 avs without crashing. Which considering the whole thing is running on Opensim tech (all be it tweaked by the IW coders) is pretty good. At the moment some of the expected promotional avenues are not working - but there are work arounds - and this will not always be so. Inworldz is still in open Beta so some things not working quite right are to be expected.<br /><br />So...<br /><br />Quadrapop Tree Gallery is now residing on Dolphin Bay sim on Inworldz grid.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlrVI06-I/AAAAAAAAAG0/WzEW_eeBku0/s1600/qtg%2Bisle%2B1028.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlrVI06-I/AAAAAAAAAG0/WzEW_eeBku0/s320/qtg%2Bisle%2B1028.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537428274423327714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Arists interested in exhibiting: there are ten 100 prim low script displays available on a sales commission basis. If more prims are needed these will be negotiated on a per prim price.<br />Contact quadrapop tree inworld via IM and join the Quadrapop Tree Group.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlr0C1FnI/AAAAAAAAAHE/3l7KqQZbHWg/s1600/Snapshot%2B_%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%252894%252C%2B81%252C%2B47%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlr0C1FnI/AAAAAAAAAHE/3l7KqQZbHWg/s320/Snapshot%2B_%2BQT%2BIsle%252C%2BDolphin%2BBay%2B%252894%252C%2B81%252C%2B47%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537428282719671922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The official opening of the sim will be in a few weeks once the gallery is completed and the artists are all settled.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlrlphxyI/AAAAAAAAAG8/4txN-dFWvHE/s1600/freebies_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TNjlrlphxyI/AAAAAAAAAG8/4txN-dFWvHE/s320/freebies_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537428278855452450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Currently quadrapop tree, Scottius Polke, Teal Freenote, and Dusty Canning have works up, these will shortly be joined by a few more interested and interesting people.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-43572011506883308292010-07-09T04:11:00.000-07:002010-07-09T04:24:28.918-07:00New @ Quadrapop Tree Gallery<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br />Three new RL images and a glowing alpha texture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TDcFrnJW4yI/AAAAAAAAAGY/myJ2OEbTVTU/s1600/New+texture+and+images+%40+QTGallery+100709.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TDcFrnJW4yI/AAAAAAAAAGY/myJ2OEbTVTU/s320/New+texture+and+images+%40+QTGallery+100709.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491864517402354466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Win 3 quadrapop original textures...<br />come vote for one of the textures on the board in the ISM Shop.<br />Next Monday night SLT the 3 most popular will be given to the voters.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TDcFrDYhVqI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/_wj7lbidclQ/s1600/qt+texture+vote+board+ISM+shop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TDcFrDYhVqI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/_wj7lbidclQ/s320/qt+texture+vote+board+ISM+shop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491864507802277538" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-76564993619548720862010-06-30T05:07:00.001-07:002010-06-30T05:39:40.600-07:00Quad's Rezday and Gallery Reopening Party<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TCs2PrujK7I/AAAAAAAAAGI/g3LJj3Oi4gI/s1600/qpoplogo+gallery+opening.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/TCs2PrujK7I/AAAAAAAAAGI/g3LJj3Oi4gI/s320/qpoplogo+gallery+opening.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488540213944986546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You are invited to the re-opening of the Quadrapop Tree Gallery<br />(totally revamped and now displaying quadrapop's own works,<br />as well as collaborative works with Corto Vieria and CaptainCrunch Hax.)<br /><br />and<br /><br />quadrapop turns 3 on 5th July<br /><br />Come celebrate both events at<br /><a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Poorlatrice/160/128/85">Quadrapop Tree Gallery</a>, 6pm SLT, 5th July<br /><br />Music, dancing, egg hunt (full of fish and art),<br />Lucky Chairs (filled with small collectable sculptures)<br />and of course the artworks of quadrapop Lane<br />displayed in a distinctly quadish environment.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-18150386545849950772010-03-16T17:57:00.000-07:002010-03-16T19:08:00.435-07:00Viewer 2.0 ExplorationsI am forcing myself to use the new <a href="http://secondlife.com/beta-viewer/?lang=en-US">Beta SL Viewer 2.0</a>... partly so I am up to speed on it when newbies start getting it as their default browser... partly as a challenge to myself... partly as an aid to my friends when they have to start using it.<br /><br />Random thoughts will be added as I learn the quirks and oddities of this new way to interact with SL.<br /><br />So in no particular order, other than when I think of/find the weirdness, here goes...<br /><br />For a blog post that sums up my initial findings and adds to them - and also usefully suggests fixes/things for the Lab to consider: <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://zhaewry.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/viewer2-0-beta-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-odd/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Viewer2.0 beta: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Odd"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Viewer2.0 beta: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Odd</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><br />No Map Cordinates</span><br />Map is broken - no ability to specify the co-ordinates - search for a sim and the only Z co-ordinate (height) you can get is the same as you are on in the sim you are currently on - so if you are in a sky box on your home sim and search another sim in map and teleport the only height you can enter at is the same skybox height... boys there are 3 (three) dimensions in this place not 2!<br /><br />...and to top it off when you get to the new sim you cant tell anywhere on the immediate interface how high up you are as you fall from the sky :(Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-61426544350559854722010-02-04T16:35:00.001-08:002010-03-18T00:23:01.528-07:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - Alts<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">8. Alternate avs and the purposes they serve</span>.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Alts and paranoia. Are you spying on me?</span><br /><br />Alts or alternative accounts in SL (and other VRs) are created and used for many reasons. From the completely innocent (to hold groups or back up content in SL) to the malicious griefer. Many use alts to compartmentalise their various activities within VRs - for instance a work account, a play account, and a RP account etc<br /><br />Residents who say all alts are malicious reveal more about their own psychology than they do about the reality of alts in VR.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-48876290856900019392010-02-04T16:34:00.000-08:002010-03-17T23:48:15.691-07:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - SL relationships 101<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">7. The Tunnel of Virtual Love - and the head trip associated with it.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Is having a relationship in SL cheating on you rl partner? </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span><br />I have been meaning to write SL relationships 101 for a long long time.<br /><br />When asked by newbies about sex and intimate relationships in SL I suggest they think about it carefully... if they are single they need to be aware that those they get involved with may not be, may not even be the sex they say they are in rl, and may not even be single in SL... if the newby is in a relationship i counsel they ask themselves how their partner would feel if they were using a phone sex line while viewing cartoon porn... if their partner is fine with that (or they already have "rules of engagement" defined within their relationship) then go for it with all the usual warnings of relationships formed without face to face contact in meatspace.<br /><br />Coming from a polyamourous relationship in RL I have experience with multiple partnerships, their joys and pitfalls and the level of honesty (both with one's self as well as one's partner/s) and depth of ongoing communication with all parties that it takes for any, and all, relationships in the net to survive, or at least not be detrimental to the well being of those involved.<br /><br />Even so I have made my fair share of mistakes in SL relationships (for which I unreservedly apologise to those who I hurt), however, as in RL, I have endeavoured to learn from each of those mistakes and try not to repeat them. I must have done something right as I have 2 SL partners (both of whom I have been partnered with for more than 12 months) and still a strong relationship with my RL partner. I have a group of loyal friends, many who would be or wish they could be even closer.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Is a relationship in SL real or virtual? </span><br /><br />Any relationship between two humans is real - regardless of whether that relationship is mediated by technology or not. The following quote from a fellow blogger says it all really:<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Excepting explicit role play, an avatar acts and speaks as an extension of the person controlling it. Second Life isn’t a game, it’s a medium through which people interact. Calling avatars “characters” “playing” a “game” may sound cute but its a corner case.<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"></span></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Is there a difference?</span><br /><br />No as the virtual is only a mediated version of the real. There are differences of quality, depth, level of possible understanding and communication channels, but only degree not in substance.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-44242669399464472842010-02-04T16:33:00.002-08:002010-03-17T23:20:10.867-07:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - differring abilities RL/SL<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">6. Differently abled in rl/how the virtual world and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" class="il">ambiguity</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> of identity impacts them.</span><br /><br />Not a topic I can talk on from personal experience. Would love to hear stories and ideas from those who have experience with VR and how it extends/helps or hinders.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-83933087435749845792010-02-04T16:33:00.001-08:002010-03-18T16:57:36.330-07:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - avatar as art or statement<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">5. The avatar as a work of art or idealized self or to make a statement.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As usual what follows is rambling disconnected thoughts on this topic (maybe one day I will pull it all together into some form of coherent whole)</span><br /><br />This I can relate to. For me the avatar is an expression of my "self" just as anything we say or write is an expression of our self on some level - even if it is only in our choice of words/context/timing etc.<br /><br />I came across the following in a blog post from last year by <a href="http://zhaewry.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/whats-real/">Zhaewry</a>:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Connecting people via computers doesn’t introduce anything that isn’t present when two people interact. Putting aside fundamental debates about the nature of self awareness and consciousness, avatars are projections of people. Excepting explicit role play, an avatar acts and speaks as an extension of the person controlling it. Second Life isn’t a game, it’s a medium through which people interact. Calling avatars “characters” “playing” a “game” may sound cute but its a corner case.</blockquote>This expresses my feeling on what is an avatar and how it relates to Second Life.<br /><br />The avatar is clothing, decoration, communicating choices and values both explicit and implicit.<br /><br />The avatar is not separate from the human controlling it - however much some may try to say otherwise.<br /><br />In a VR humans still relate to others as they would to a physical entity in most cases. Whether this is a good thing , or indeed if it will continue to be the case as further generations experience various forms of representations via avatars remains to be seen.<br /><br />At present it is a factor which is possible to exploit to effect the way others respond to one's own representation in SL (and any other VR where there is a wide range of possibilities in customising the look of one's avatar).<br /><br />Personally I use this often - morphing my avatar to suit the environment or people whom I am with - making it either easier or harder for them to interpret my words and actions, making statements with my choices, challenging assumptions.<br /><br />Unconsciously we "read" an avatar - and once you have been in SL for a while you learn to see an avatar who chooses to not explore past the "default" avatars given them by LL in a different light than say someone who chooses to explore the amazing variety of content supplied by the residents of SL (not always needing a huge investment of time or money).<br /><br />Anyone who plays "dress ups" is on even the slightest level using their avatar to express themselves. And those who mash up various creater's content to create their own avatars do this to a greater extent (my own avatar falls in this area). And then there are those who actively create their own avatars from scratch - making shape, skin, clothing, and attachments.<br /><br />The idealised avatar is common in SL - where it is not actually that easy to make an avatar that recreates your RL self. Sure you can get a photo realistic skin made and roughly approximate your shape, but much of who we are seen as in RL is in the facial expressions and bodily movements that are so hard to recreate in SL. So instead most people, who want a human avatar, will end up making an avatar that is an idealised version of either how they see themselves or how they would like to be but are not. Even those who choose to wear non human avatars are often idealising their mental view of themselves, taking on the form of their "totem" or other mental ideal image.<br /><br />edit 100319<br />quadrapop after the Ambiguity of ID meeting:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">there is an interesting aspect to vr - the mix and dissonance of RL human responses (the reading of physical cues that doesn't quite map onto VR) and</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">once the user is matured within the VR</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">a much wider range of opportunities to express</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">and ability to read others and their choices</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">but at same time</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">you have to keep in mind that what you see may be completely arbitrary and relate in no way to the intention or wishes of those involved</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">in here lies the ambiguity of identity</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> for me it is integral to my online existence</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">it incorporates the very human ability to believe one thing and think another and do a third</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">all simultaneously</span></blockquote><br /><br />(I'm thinking this particular post will end up with lots of images illustrating the points better than my brain is capable of at present)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-47304479228935217332010-02-04T16:29:00.000-08:002010-02-10T00:15:29.164-08:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - changing your look<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">4. Changing your look<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">>>Sabrinaa suggested... an interactive exhibit where participants test out options to change the look of their av.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Changing my avatar look is some thing I do all the time.... but not every one is like that. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">For me what my avatar looks like and how it moves relates to how I feel, who I'm with, what I am doing, what reactions I am likely to get, what reactions I want to get... obviously I am not a static personality (thos eof you who know me well .... stop laughing...) but also the fact i chaneg my avatar look a lot does not mean i change my mind a lot - I am not playing multiple roles or character, what you see at any one time is an aspect of RL me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Avatars in SL only</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Avatar in an online context can be anything form a default square image on a blog comment thread or IM chat client profile, to a chosen still or animated GIF, to a 2.5D cartoon in a 2d or 3d environment, or as in SL, an attempt at a photorealistic 3d representation within a virtual reality.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;">>>Body Language, eye contact. </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.elearningfuture.com/practical-applications-of-research-how-humans-relate-to-avatars/" target="_blank">http://www.elearningfuture.<wbr>com/practical-applications-of-<wbr>research-how-humans-relate-to-<wbr>avatars/</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">AOs and what they say or not say</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">This is still the hardest part of SL for me to suspend disbelief in. tThe animations our avatars make are not true reflections of what we would be doing in RL in the same situation. Often the body language of the avatar is at odds to what is being said or otherwise expressed (emoted in text for instance). Gestures go some way towards addressing this - or should do but their implementation and triggering is clunky and difficulty to set up. Not to mention the difficulty of finding suitable animations to start with. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;">Gestures</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">More to come</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;">Shape, skin, clothing, attachment choices</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Big lot to come here</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-17931342330725132262010-02-04T16:01:00.000-08:002010-02-04T16:27:30.851-08:00Ambiguity of Identity Project - gender<span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;">3. Men in rl/women in sl & women in rl/men in sl.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Being a polymorph my apparent gender in SL is mutable - and really does it matter what my RL gender is? My SL intimates know my RL gender (but that is my choice to reveal) however on a general public interaction level my RL gender is immaterial in almost all cases. For me not revealing my RL gender to someone with whom I am in an intimate or strongly emotional relationship is on a level with lying to my RL partner - not something to be done. One of my SL partners was severely hurt by an ex who played the opposite sex in SL to their RL sex and maintained a complete fiction even after knowing (very early on) that being the RL gender they were precluded the level of relationship they had with my SL partner. But simply wearing the opposite gender in SL to RL is not in itself bad - it is how you treat others that really matters.<br /><br />During my time in SL my own understanding of my gender in both worlds has developed as has my understanding of how to "read" other avatars. Through experiences with my SL partners I have experienced many subtle and interesting aspects of how I personally relate to apparent gender and dominance levels.<br /><br />I've seen different reactions form other residents depending on what gender I am or what gender they believe me to be in any given situation.<br /><br />~~~<br /><br />The reasoning behind wearing an apparent gender that is opposite to RL gender is many and varied - each individual has their own set of reasons and justifications.<br /><br />There are people who use SL to explore their own gender identity or to express aspects of their self that they do not feel capable of doing in RL. Still more use SL as a place to explore the possibility of gender reassignment as part of their own real life journey.<br /><br />Some simply experiment with gender to see how it effects the reactions of those around them.<br /><br />Still others wear female shapes as it is so much easier and cheaper to dress them nicely :)<br /><br />Some people cannot conceive of being any gender other than they have in RL... and some who are vehemently against avatars not being the same as their RL human, </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">which says a lot more about their own psychological state</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">than that of the people who are exploring alternative possibilities.<br /><br />Note: I'll add links to various research and blogs that cover this subject when I get a chance to compile the list. I'm friends in SL with several gender identity researchers.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-14100739286308938332010-02-01T22:26:00.000-08:002010-02-04T16:38:52.030-08:00Ambiguity of identity - Varieties of Avatars<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note Bene: </span>These posts are my ramblings on the topic and will not always be well thought through nor concisely worded - think of it as vaguely arranged stream of consciouslness... and feel free to comment :)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br />2. Varieties of avatars</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Subcultures: </span>Nekos, faeries, elves, tinies, furries, ponies, Doms/slaves, Steampunk, Star Trekkies, urban grunge, samurai, geisha, artists;)</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">One subculture not mentioned above is the one to which I suppose my own avatar belongs... that of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Polymorph </span>meaning many shapes in the one account - I'm not counting folks who have separate accounts for different types of avatar - they are a different story. Polymorphs will wear more than one avatar shape/sex/spiecies on the one account. Some do it on a whim - as I do - others will wear specific avatars when engaged in specific activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">I have worn and played both male and female versions of neko, furry, tiny, mechanical or abstract avatars, am currently a dom to my partner Corto (also a polymorph), worn steampunk, engaged in RP, visited urban grunge wearing the same, and am an artist in whatever form I wear. But overarching all these is the fact that my shape may, and does, change regularly and without notice.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">To me the concept of not ever changing my av shape and skin (my RL partner's SL partner has not changed hers since sometime in 2006 soon after she joined SL) is completely alien - not even changing the shape to accommodate the vagaries of the sl prim attachment or system skirt limitations.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Staying the same sex or vaguely same style of avatar I can understand, but to refuse to move with the advancements in skin or clothing design as SL grows and progresses seems to me akin to not using a mobile phone because you were born before they were invented.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Political: </span>Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, Libertarians, Fascists, right wing hate groups. Is Al Qaeda in SL?</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">not sure how a particular digital representaion (avatar) can be representative of a particular political party or leaning.... is akin to being racist in RL and saying if someone looks middle eastern they must be a Muslim. It is the humans behind the avatar who are political.<br /><br />Now that said there are avatars who are presented in specific ways for political reasons... skin heads wearing avs that look like rl skin heads for instance, but not every AV that looks that way is a skin head... as in rl no one group has control of any one appearance and in SL where you can literally be anything this is even more true.<br /><br />There are groups in SL that push the boundaries of Terms of Service (some of teh things mentioned above are specifically forbidden in SL and are Abuse Reportable when encountered). Certainly there are groups that enable people with specific political and religious beliefs to keep in contact and arrange events.<br /><br />How does an avatar's groups list (which can be hidden and thus not public) shape that AV's identity? I know I use the group list of people who land on my parcel to help shape my decision of whether to ban or make them a friend, guilt by association I know, but in SL no one can force you to join a group so any group an Avatar chooses to make public in their profile must have some meaning to that avatar's human.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Religious:</span> Buddhist groups, monasteries, virtual churches, rl churches with SL ministries...<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Again these are social groupings and for me are peripheral to the avatar's identity... an avatar may be a member of one of these groups but is not of itself that group (you cant have an SL Group with only one member - you need at least 2 for it to remain an active group).<br /><br />OK an avatar may identify with one or more of these groups in the same way that in RL someone may define themselves by their religion even before their gender or marital status or other aspect of their identity, but they cannot BE that religion.<br /><br />So a semantic distinction....<br /><br />Now there may be some ambiguity involved because in RL the person behind the avatar does not identity publically in RL with their religion of choice within SL (I can think of situations in which this could be the case) but this is likely to be a rare occurrence.<br /></span></span></span> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-38237667489298647222010-01-31T18:16:00.000-08:002010-03-18T20:10:37.975-07:00Ambiguity of Identity ProjectSabrinaa Nightfire from New Caerleon Art Collective invited me to take part in<br />The Ambiguity of Identity Project at Caerleon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/S2ZaulkTS_I/AAAAAAAAAF4/hEdZDkZyYac/s1600-h/secondlife-postcard%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/S2ZaulkTS_I/AAAAAAAAAF4/hEdZDkZyYac/s320/secondlife-postcard%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433129756873935858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The following is quoted from the notecard supplied to participants:<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ambiguity of identity results because we appear in the virtual world as a changeable digital representation (an avatar.) Our digital body constitutes our perspective on things and how we are perceived by others. Digital bodies can also be altered, multiplied, discarded, or exchanged at will including indicators of age, gender, race and even biological species.</blockquote><br /><br />As part of my involvement I am attempting to answer each of the suggested points of reference also given in the notecard. I will respond to them both in reference to my own online identity and in a more general sense.<br /><br />Here is a list of links to the posts:<br />1. Identifying with your avatar - see below<br />2. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-day-2.html">Varieties of Avatars</a><br />3. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project-gender.html">Gender</a><br />4. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project-changing.html">Changing your look</a><br />5. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project-avatar-as.html">Avatar as art or Statement</a><br />6. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project.html">Differing Abilities and VR</a><br />7. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project-sl.html">Sex & Relationships in VR</a><br />8. <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-project-alts.html">Alts (Alternative accounts), uses and abuses</a><br />9. Relating and Working<br />10. Multiple Identities<br />11. Other Forms of avatar<br />12. Overview<br /><br />the first is:<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. identifying with your avatar....feelings it.</span><br />Is my avatar the person I want to be? Or is it the person I want to be with?</span><br /><br />My answer to this is both... to understand this response you have to know that in SL I am a ploymorph - I wear all sexes, many genders and a number of species. All are aspects of my self as i perceive it in all worlds.<br /><br />I identify with my AV on an intellectual level - but for me deleting my account (for instance) would be data loss (painful but not emotionally debilitating) and most definitely not identity loss.<br /><br />The entity feeling stuff is me in the meatspace, occasionally mediated by my digital representation via any roleplay my avatar may be involved in at the time (which happens, but not constantly) - in the same way my feelings might be mediated in an acting workshop.<br /><br />On the same level, it is the meatspace entity behind the avatar with whom I interact (regardless of what their personal views on the matter might be). This can be problematic when dealing with people who wear a complete separate character in virtual space - trying to separate themselves completely from their digital representation.<br /><br />As for whether it is me or who I want to be with - it all depends on the avatar I am wearing (for me they are like clothes) - sometimes they are specifically made to be what I would love to be with and other times what I would like to be - given the opportunity.<br /><br />This post may get edited as time progresses but for now....<br /><br />Tomorrow I will look at:<br /><br /><a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-day-2.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">2. Varieties of avatars</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> <a href="http://qtartssalon.blogspot.com/2010/02/ambiguity-of-identity-day-2.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subcultures: </span></a>Nekos, faeries, elves, tinies, furries, ponies, Doms/slaves, Steampunk, Star Trekkies, urban grunge, samurai, geisha, artists;)</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Political: </span>Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, Libertarians, Fascists, right wing hate groups. Is Al Qaeda in SL?</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Religious:</span> Buddhist groups, monasteries, virtual churches, rl churches with SL ministries...<br /><br /></span><br /><br />Freewee set up an <a href="http://etherpad.com/jiTHwK0lT0">etherpad document</a> for the group - see what has been added - and members of the group please add your thoughts there - eventually this could be shared inworld via LL Viewer 2.0 Shared Media on prim/s.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-87108122999539918772010-01-21T21:03:00.000-08:002010-01-21T21:15:31.109-08:00New work up at the Quadrapop Tree sculpture park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/S1kzOh0UvqI/AAAAAAAAAFw/nDBZTX7fc7A/s1600-h/http___slurl.com_secondlife_Poorlatrice_135_131_106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YPC3P7yYoD0/S1kzOh0UvqI/AAAAAAAAAFw/nDBZTX7fc7A/s320/http___slurl.com_secondlife_Poorlatrice_135_131_106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429427150460862114" /></a><br /><br />It's a garden of light. Sweeping curved stairs lead to a wonderland of rainbow goodness. Thanks to Corto and Cel for the lovely sculpty shapes used. Textures by quadrapop.<br /><br />Works by Glyph Graves, Strawberry Holiday, White Lebed, Truthseeker Young, Corto Vieria are scattered through the garden among works by quadrapop... please take the time to wander, listen to the birds and wind in the trees. Dancing and music available at the northern end of the garden.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945334514478877684.post-34304993221850125832009-12-20T17:05:00.001-08:002009-12-20T17:43:15.118-08:00The Quadrapop Tree Gallery is taking a break......quadrapop is just too busy co-hosting the UWA Art & Design Challenges to keep up the Gallery in the forseeable future. Never fear quadrapop will still promote and support the arts in sl and will advertise and ramble on here as well.<br /><br />In the new year the current exhibition of Corto & quad's sculptures at Poorlatrice will come down and up will go a sculpture garden with examples from quad's own collection... feel free to drop in any time and take in the peaceful surroundings.<br /><br />Thanks to all those who have supported the gallery over the last 2 years - the Gallery will continue to exist - just go quiet for a bit.<br /><br />quadrapop's works are available for viewing and purchase at <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Peacock%20Park/148/206/109">Chaos & Beauty</a> and on the UWA sim: at <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/130/121/2960">Quad's haunted house</a> and in quad's <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/117/47/243">basement gallery</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0