tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39257586532288787502024-03-05T10:07:42.324-08:00Virtual TreelineArt,Science, community project celebrating trees,discussing environmental issues, virtual worldsJuanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-15893432574377217942012-07-22T16:23:00.000-07:002015-03-01T01:05:17.525-08:00Imagination- International Opening Inworldz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A crowd of avatars from many countries gathered to officially open the Imagination sim Inworldz on Sunday. It was a three hour event with 2 live performers and a DJ providing non-stop entertainment.<br />
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The crowd included elves, fairies, dragons and some very creatively dressed avatars, and all enjoyed the dancing and the music.<br />
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The garden was a spectacular setting for a party, although some found the need to wear sunglasses after a while.<br />
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There's more about the opening on <a href="http://juanitadeharo.blogspot.com.au/">Juanita Deharo's blog </a>on Flicker <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24843009@N02/7617763590/in/photostream">HERE</a> and virtual world clothing designer Fuschia Nightfire has used the sim as the backdrop to show off her latest creations <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuschianightfire/7617860770/in/photostream">HERE</a>.<br />
Congratulations to the students from Caloundra City private School on the beautiful textures that have made up this sim. Thank you to Victor Vezina who also contributed textures for the sim, to Jeri Rahja for offering the sim, to the wonderful musicians, and to all who came to the opening.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-42199048329091299672012-06-10T15:41:00.000-07:002012-06-10T16:06:17.506-07:00A Delightful Interactive ForestTreeline 2012 is still happening over the next month but I'm already turning towards thinking about <a href="http://www.floatingland.org.au/about">Floating Land </a>next year and Treeline 2014. There's lots to inspire, lots to learn and many things I want to experiment with. I'll be posting some of the more inspirational things I find on this blog. Maybe that's just my way of keeping a diary, but I hope you enjoy them too.<br />
I am interested in blending old and new media and real and unreal envrinments. The wonderful interactive piece called <i>Night Bright</i> (below) was created by <a href="http://www.theowatson.com/">Theo Watson</a> for Bumble children's cafe in Los Altos, California.<i> Knee Deep</i> is another of Watson's interactive works, created in collaboration with Emily Gobeille of zany parade <a href="http://www.zanyparade.com/">http://www.zanyparade.com/</a><br />
Watching some of the videos of Watson's work I am encouraged to think that some of the immersive experiences I thought were confined to virtual worlds might be possible in a different context. I guess, at this stage, only children are unhinhibted enough to fully immerse themselves in the intereactive experience in a public place, but what if we had this sort of experience in the privacy of our own homes. Kinect comes close, but ...........<br />
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<br />Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-18694078880898028882012-06-03T17:13:00.003-07:002012-06-03T17:13:51.067-07:00Treeline at The River School - Treeline Opening Caloundra Regional Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The collaborative residency at the Ananada Marga River School in Maleney is represented in the Treeline exhibition by a hard cover book 'Treeline at the River School'. Visitors can also read an electronic version of the book on a large screen.<br />
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The cotton cyanotype squares made by the children are on a table in the main gallery and images of these squares are used in a kaleidoscope projection that has been a great hit as part of the exhibition.<br />
There has been general fascination with the process of cyanotype and the beautiful imagery that has been produced by students from both River School and Kawana State High. I particularly liked the way the projection inadvertently became another sort of artwork (below) during the artist talks last week. It was the sort of thing we played with in collage at River School, and happening right there by chance, making an amazing outfit for one of the visitors.<br />
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It was great to see teachers from the school Joshua Boldt and Tracey Lewis (above) there at the exhibition, seeing the end results of the days we had spent with the children.<br />
They are holding some of the free tree seedlings that were handed out to everyone who attended the opening, courtesy of Coolum Native Plants nursery.<br />
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The book 'Treeline at the River School' is available online in hard and sfot cover and as an ibook, from the Blurb bookstore.<br />
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Print version:<br />
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<br />Treeline continues at Caloundra Regional Gallery until July 8th.<br />
<br />Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-43944682787242614302012-06-03T16:43:00.001-07:002012-06-03T16:46:03.879-07:00The Imagination Garden -Treeline Opening at Caloundra Regional Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An inmportant part of being an artist is to work towards an exhibition, keeping the end product in mind and making decisions about how it will be shown. The students had been an integral part of this process and were justly proud to see their work as part of a prestigous and important exhibition in one of the Coast's major galleries.<br />
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Earlier in the week volunteers and friends of the gallery had a morning tea and sneak preview of the exhibition, with an artist talk explaining the works in the exhibition.This is important for new media works like the virtual garden, as it's sometimes difficult to understand how they came about. The volunteers who will be manning the gallery during the exhibition now have some idea of the project with Caloundra City Private School and the making of objects in virtual worlds.<br />
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Congratulations to the students of Caloundra City Private School who were involved in the exhibition. Congratulations and thank also to collaborating artist Victor Keegan whose textures added another dimension to the garden.<br />
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Treeline continues at Caloundra Regional Gallery until July 8th.<br />
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The Imagination garden in the virtual world Inworldz, which has been sponsored by Jeri Rahja, will have its own separate official opening this week, where avatars from around the world can enjoy seeing the work as a three dimensional space.<br />
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Some chose to have a relaxing afternoon creating more textures by drawing on paper. Butterflies and wings were added to the cache of plant textures.<br />
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A professional photographer came to take images of the students and the processes, and we had the formal thank you's with the principal of the school and staff from the Caloundra Gallery. The students gave me a beautiful bunch of lilies that smell so much better than any of the virtual plants we've created.<br />
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I now have a HUGE task ahead bringing all the textures created into <i>Imagination </i> and making the machinima, but I'm looking forward to the results.<br />
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The picture on the right is the small student group involved in the project (minus Bronte). They've been great to work with and I thank them for their contribution. <br />
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<i>Imagination</i> will open in Inworldz in mid May. I am still negotiating a date with our sponsor Jeri Rahja, but there will be live streaming of music and a party for avatars from all around the world to celebrate the opening of the sim. The sim is a magnificent fantasy garden created with textures from UK artist Victor Vezina and the students of Caloundra City private School.<br />
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The real life opening of <i>Imagination </i>machinima will be at Caloundra Regional Gallery on June 2nd.<br />
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One of the objectives of artist residencies in schools is to give students an insight into how artists work. Like many artists, I use whatever comes to hand and whatever feels right for the job. Anything at all can become an art medium if you use it creatively.<br />
For Session Three, our objective was to make more plant textures for the garden in Imagination sim, and students used a variety of tools.<br />
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Below are the textures he made as PNG files on transparent background in Photoshop.<br />
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In the image above Noah's texture has been recoloured in Photoshop to give a different feel to the plant.<br />
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The Stained Glass texture didn't work quite as well as it might. I will play around with some different plant shapes to see it it works better in a different format.<br />
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The yellow image above is Noah's original photo of a flower from an umbrella plant.<br />
The others are textures created from that image in Photoshop.<br />
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In our Imagination fantasy garden the real life colours look a little out of place, but it does make a nice grove of trees.<br />
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It fits into the build better coloured yellow (left), but also looks great in blue (below). <br />
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<br />Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-90313925957768178742012-03-27T17:57:00.003-07:002012-03-27T18:00:00.576-07:00Treeline at Caloundra City Private School -Session Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since the rain kept on coming I brought some cuttings from my garden so the students could experience making a virtual plant from photographs of a real plant. We spent most of the day photographing and learning how to manipulate images in Photoshop, extracting them from a background and pasting to build up bushes and trees.<br />
Taking photographs for textures is an art. You have to forget most of what constitutes 'good' photographic practice and take an image with no background, little variation in tone and light, with the subject floating in the middle of the image. <br />
It was a very intense session with a lot of learning of quite complex skills. The students, and the school, can be proud of the participants in this project.<br />
The build is progressing. Below are a few images, the first two showing some of the plants made from photographs. And the third showing a beautiful tree created from a painting by one of the students.<br />
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The garden we are building on Imagination sim in Inworldz is a fantasy garden full of colour. Many of the plants are imaginary, and even those built up from photographs sometimes bear little resemblance to the real life plant. In making these plants, building up the images, and seeing how the garden is progressing we are learning something about plants, about how they are constructed, their sizes, shapes textures, and the place of plants in landscapes and in our psyche. If we had to populate a new world (even a virtual one) we would want to have plants around us.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-47091205450108202562012-03-07T15:33:00.000-08:002012-03-07T15:45:29.581-08:00Virtual Vegetation - Treeline 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What can you do with some simple drawings done by students on paper? All the drawings from my last trip to Caloundra City Private School as part of Treeline 2012 have now been scanned, and I've been experimenting with textures made from the drawings in my standalone sims and <a href="http://inworldz.com/">Inworldz</a>.<br />
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The students may or may not recognise their drawings after I've played with them in Photoshop and applied them to 3D objects, resized and recoloured them.<br />
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I'll be visiting the school again next week and we'll be working together to develop more plant and terrain textures for the stand alone sims.<br />
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I've also been using some of the students' textures in the build I am doing in Inworldz in <a href="http://juanitadeharo.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/imagination.html">Imagination</a> sim, kindly donated by art patron Jeri Rahja. This will allow the students' work to be part of a lasting build that is seen by a worldwide audience. <br />
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I'm looking forward to showing the students what's possible using simple drawings and a bit of technology, and how I turned their drawings into virtual vegetation.<br />
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As part of Treeline 2012 I'm working with a selected group of students from <a href="http://ccps.qld.edu.au/">Caloundra City Private School </a>over four workshop sessions. Together we are going to create textures for virtual plants that will be the basis for a machinima that will be shown as part of the Treeline exhibition at <a href="http://www.caloundraregionalgallery.org.au/">Caloundra Regional Gallery</a> in May/June.<br />
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It's a big learning curve for anyone to get their head around the intricacies of virtual reality, so the first day was both exhausting and exciting. Each student now has a standalone simulator installed on their laptop, courtesy of the school's IT guru Mr Steven Rattey. For the students, their first taste of a virtual world showed them just how much fun it could be, and just how frustrating it could be when your avatar got stuck. In the picture to the right I'm introducing the students to my avatar <a href="http://www.juanitadeharo.com/">Juanita Deharo</a> and the world of virtual artworks.<br />
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It was a steep learning curve but lots of fun. The students at this school are well supported in their understanding and exploration of technology, and there's a philosophy that encourages enrichment through new experiences. For me as an artist it's a dream school to work with and I'm looking forward to what we can produce together as a collaborative work.<br />
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I'm already doing a collaborative project with artist <a href="http://www.victorkeegan.com/Victor_Keegan/Creative_technology/Creative_technology.html">Vic Keegan</a> from the UK who is making textures on his ipad for me to use in creating a fantasy garden. The image above shows the students looking at some of this work. We also looked at the inspirational work of <a href="http://sorornishi.is/">Soror Nishi</a> and hope we can talk via live stream with her at one of our later sessions.<br />
The last part of the day was used to begin creating some drawings that can be used as plant textures.<br />
I've already started playing around with some of these, although it's in the early stages. Here are some very crude beginnings. <br />
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These are some plants I made from a drawing by Alex. I played around with the drawing in Photoshop and applied it to 3D object. The texture on the tree leaves is also made from Alex's drawing.<br />
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This one also includes Alex's images but also some of the plants and the foliage on the tree are made with an image drawn by Bronte.<br />
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Thank you to the students and teachers of Caloundra City School who have made me so welcome. I will be posting more pictures here as I continue to experiment with the students' drawings.<br />
The next session is in a few weeks.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-28186803098497421412012-02-14T03:31:00.000-08:002012-02-14T16:06:33.468-08:00Treeline 2012 - Day 2 River School Maleny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started out Day Two at River School in Maleny admiring our cyanotype work from the previous week. The little swatches of cotton fabric had become a rich and luxurious shade of blue with subtle shading around the natural objects we had used to create them.<br />
During the week Renata had photographed all the swatches. Judy had played with these images,
creating patterns that had been printed on paper for the day's activities. <br />
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We started out with the idea of making shapes out of the cyanotypes-
with stencils, or cutting out - and adding drawing and text to make a
message that said something about the environment.<br />
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It was amazing to see how much thought the children put into this, and there were some great results that will be included in the books that will be exhibited in Caloundra at the Treeline exhibition in May.<br />
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The children at the River School spend their days in a very special environment of a beautiful natural landscape and a school culture that embraces caring and conservation values, so they needed very little help to think of ideas and themes that fitted with the Treeline objectives. There was also a bit of humour and fun.<br />
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Renata made an exceptional contribution by spending all the hot day in a small space scanning the work as it was produced. Thanks Renata!<br />
After lunch the children were asked to take a few minutes to write something about their involvment in the project. This was a task they took seriously and excerpts from their stories will be included in the books in the exhibition. Part of the process of participating in an art project like this is contemplation of what's been learnt and what might be the implications for the future, so it was rewarding to see the children take the time to think a little on what we'd done.<br />
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There was also some productive fun to be had with the box of toys Judy had brought. We used the cyanotypes as backdrops in some scenarios, and some of the little tableaux had a serious message.<br />
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A very big thanks to The River School, to the students in Year 7, and especially to the two remarkable teachers Josh and Tracy who participated in Treeline along with the students.<br />
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Treeline 2012 is focused on education and working with young people. Artists will be be working within selected schools on the Sunshine Coast.<br />
Yesterday the first part of the 2012 Treeline programme got underway when <a href="http://renata-buziak.com/">Renata Buziak</a> and I spent a day at the <a href="http://www.amriverschool.org/">River School </a>in Maleny.<br />
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Renata and I are working with the Year Seven students from the River
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did yesterday) and a digital component which we'll do next Monday. John Waldron from<a href="http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/"> Sunshine Coast Council</a> did us the honour of coming to officially start the project and tell the children at River School about the objectives of the Treeline project.<br />
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To make the cyanotypes Renata had the children collect natural materials from the bushland and gardens surrounding the school. These were arranged on cloth treated with light sensitive chemicals. When exposed to the sun it turned blue in the parts exposed to the UV light.<br />
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The children were encouraged to think about their arrangements and to make work that reflected their feelings about the school's wonderful natural setting.<br />
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Then the arrangements on the cloth were laid out in the sun and we waited 10 minutes or so for them to develop. It was a really hot, sunny day and it was only the excitement of the process that kept us from wanting to be indoors or swimming in the creek.<br />
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Then it was time to take the cloth inside and wash it under running water for quite a long time. A great activity on a hot day. You have to be quite quick about keeping the sun off the cloth after you remove the objects, so we carried it inside in a black bag.<br />
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After a long time washing it was time to hang up our masterpieces. What an amazing thing to see how they turned out.<br />
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Cyantotype is quite a simple process and was one of the forerunners of modern photography.<br />
Next week we are going to take our creativity one step further and see what we can do with digital manipulation of images of the cyanotypes. Watch this space to see how it turns out.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-35739996635437979742012-01-01T00:16:00.000-08:002012-01-01T00:17:13.293-08:00Interactive Digital TreesThis was a very cool installation at the Rocks moonlight markets in Sydney. It wasn't quite dark enough when I took these images, but it gives you the idea. Be a tree and make it dance. It could possibly have been done a bit better, but it was an interesting installation that got people involved in the idea of being a tree. Not sure if it was a Kinect hack or ......
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Last week Treeline artists were invited to take a walk in Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens with indigneous leader and very knowledgeable person Beverly Hand. What a treat it was! Beverly is an expert and entertaining story teller with a wealth of interesting knowledge about plants and the culture, customs and folklore of her indigenous background.She also seemed to know more about the history of western civilisation than we did, as well as knowing the Latin names of all the plants and being able to give us useful information that can inform our Treeline projects.
I came away wishing and hoping that I could somehow bring Beverly into contact with students from Caloundra City School who will be the focus of my Treeline project in 2012 - if just to enthuse them about the bushland plants we so often overlook, as well as a little understanding of the first inhabitants of this land. I also came away with (even more) images from the gardens that will be put to use making textures for virtual world installations.
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The Inworldz Dreamz and Visionz festival has been a good place to catch up with some of the artists involved in Treeline's 2010's latest work, as well as seeing some new faces.
Soror Nishi, who played such a large part in making Virtual Treeline 2010 a great success, continues to go from strength to strength creating new plant species to inhabit new spaces in the virtual universe. For Dreamz she gave us a new and colourful species of bean. Soror's work has become more and more polished and professional and I'll do a blog soon devoted to her amazing island Inworldz.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another old Treeline friend, RAG Randt, has moved from an emphasis on 2D into 3D without losing any of his zany sense of humour and ability to make a statement with this work. His build for Dreamz was a giant tree, inhabited, of course, by monkeys doing all manner of crazy stuff in a crazy restuarant with a refridgerator full of bananas (what else?). It's great to see RAG move into full 3D, and I enjoyed a glass of red with his monkeys.
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Last, but never least, another 2010 Treeline regular and great supporter, Alizarin Goldflake, has been honing her building skills with her first full sim build in Inworldz. Alizarin goes from strength to strength always amazing me with the attention to detail and beautiful textures in her work. Scripting has also become an integral part of her repertoire.
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Alizarin's underwater build for the Dreamz Festival was up to her very high standard, with incredible underwater plants and the most appealing seahorses I have ever encountered. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been ggreat to catch up with these old friends at Dreamz.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-57567576693372699572011-11-10T23:24:00.000-08:002011-11-10T23:52:07.304-08:00InWorldz Dreamz and Visions and Treeline 2012<a href="http://www.treeline.org.au/">Treeline</a> will be on again next year, and once again I'll be working on a virtual component of the real world event. I'm told the Treeline website will be updated soon with details. In 2012 Treeline will have an education focus. More about my involvmenet later, but it's now time to ramp up this blog again and start noticing what's been happening with trees, botanicals and organic things in virtual worlds. <br /><br />The Dreamz and Visions festival in Inworldz (sponsored by Jeri Rajah) seems like the perfect place to start. I've had a quick look and there's plenty there for inspiration. Some of the artists involved in Treeline in 2010 have builds at the festival, so I'll be blogging about their pieces as well as exciting new work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbaKl0wvHSLNjvoLtURItIWSFBRfD22KrNN4_wxk6m4JeE_zd2X_KGavLiWn5yhSeWzZBEmquc5EmoGCuNUfAMics2zvIEzb-CXdjfz0l7BBJVIhf-5DMNtAbVpcE2MVEnCEk_0sUgVUs/s1600/treeman+blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbaKl0wvHSLNjvoLtURItIWSFBRfD22KrNN4_wxk6m4JeE_zd2X_KGavLiWn5yhSeWzZBEmquc5EmoGCuNUfAMics2zvIEzb-CXdjfz0l7BBJVIhf-5DMNtAbVpcE2MVEnCEk_0sUgVUs/s320/treeman+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673640292592997730" /></a><br />This morning I got no further than a very interesting build by La Toymaker. The work is a massivley complex installation for a small 30X30 metre plot (which is what each artist gets at the festival) and has intriguing storylines and a fairytale coach floating in the sky pulled by horses you can ride. <br /><br />What caught my attention were the whimsical wooden figures, as if tree roots and twigs had come to life - the spirits of the trees perhaps. I particularly like the root figures escaping from a painting (below) and the very expressive man (above) who seems to have something to say about what's happening on the keyboard. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekpkF8XxoCXVNEmPH4yLKqnXtkcM27ZLNJh7jFQn9GPjPEdkSkCo3Q0uBEmz-IDypWgIMqCQQtuM-LAT8n7mkBS1sGItUkrtHpM2eW-xkNs5wUjY7v-YEAQVznVoXSgpP0jSkpOJvnS6T/s1600/Treeman+rootspeople+blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekpkF8XxoCXVNEmPH4yLKqnXtkcM27ZLNJh7jFQn9GPjPEdkSkCo3Q0uBEmz-IDypWgIMqCQQtuM-LAT8n7mkBS1sGItUkrtHpM2eW-xkNs5wUjY7v-YEAQVznVoXSgpP0jSkpOJvnS6T/s320/Treeman+rootspeople+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673639535977102210" /></a><br />Congratulations to La Toymaker for a great piece. I look forward to visiting it again.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55UquOydwK3kAAbq4p5IzIKtBW_23Zl2jUeO692HbOfRc00OGCurNJ45pABQ2NFSi883qBK5y79ijS_KXq_72H5fGu0JGTYstEjb_qSNA0mZZ8xC43-knuiuN9iIuxMLiH1chRo11NZen/s1600/treeman+figures+blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55UquOydwK3kAAbq4p5IzIKtBW_23Zl2jUeO692HbOfRc00OGCurNJ45pABQ2NFSi883qBK5y79ijS_KXq_72H5fGu0JGTYstEjb_qSNA0mZZ8xC43-knuiuN9iIuxMLiH1chRo11NZen/s320/treeman+figures+blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673641426938250914" /></a>Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-62570761108797114522011-06-25T18:00:00.000-07:002011-06-25T18:03:39.089-07:00Virtual Vegetation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-MUcv0v8pGMaiiOW1xcZQkirjtR78fI-5mMRcGjcSWYxI7edcYYV3Pb8_wSeXPulHQoTtFZjeLdLBtyCOFy0_cBtnK06Q2-mNO415gdM2Yh9Xm3yFjz-5wv0zOuJ9Wi7sUXda9kNKz73/s1600/Claudia222Jewell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-MUcv0v8pGMaiiOW1xcZQkirjtR78fI-5mMRcGjcSWYxI7edcYYV3Pb8_wSeXPulHQoTtFZjeLdLBtyCOFy0_cBtnK06Q2-mNO415gdM2Yh9Xm3yFjz-5wv0zOuJ9Wi7sUXda9kNKz73/s320/Claudia222Jewell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622327400366295538" /></a><br />Over at Nordan Art in Second Life Claudia22Jewell continues to make her own brand of vegetation, now becoming as instantly recognizable as other great virtual plant pioneers like Soror Nishi. The annex at Nordan has become a hothouse of fecund plant life both threatening and friendly at the same time. The build works exceptionally well in the confined spaces and many levels and it’s a sensual experience making your way in and up and out again. I’m not a great fan of faces in the plant life, or is it the animal turning vegetable, but it somehow works.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPZguP2hSlJD7wUhSOHKK9KvARa-laOdYdq2R9jQCoD584mH2x7xdW5gJbGww_7QDg09eyhW8IMkmJ0vzMyp6971kWtdECsAYpt-qSsyz0wcjThSihe1jiCoSRQrHTo5N2BwZAgCjNV2h/s1600/soror2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPZguP2hSlJD7wUhSOHKK9KvARa-laOdYdq2R9jQCoD584mH2x7xdW5gJbGww_7QDg09eyhW8IMkmJ0vzMyp6971kWtdECsAYpt-qSsyz0wcjThSihe1jiCoSRQrHTo5N2BwZAgCjNV2h/s320/soror2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622327647687070306" /></a><br />Another new plant build is Soror Nishi’s small installation at the new location for Arte Libera in Second Life. I think it opens tomorrow, but Soror invited me over for a sneak preview and as usual it wasn’t disappointing. I think one of the most startling things upon landing at the installation is the realization that here is an artist who has gone from creating plants to becoming an expert in creating atmosphere. Although the visitor can play around with light settings, they are not necessary to the ‘feeling’ of the installation. I get a little tired of being asked to set my atmosphere to some convulted algorithm so the artist’s work can be viewed. Soror’s installation works on any setting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7pAukx-id8ny49QhYc60XNE5rwsdYilw6zRkyaVKph-_rWL-2Xe_7pPRJNlUPCl9HHHhIPh8mJEwlNOxQbMxB1_d-zujyAlXHncRe1y_Il20WivEXW2S2KZCPsYBi0CK9LdXgLLZ3LBs/s1600/soror.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7pAukx-id8ny49QhYc60XNE5rwsdYilw6zRkyaVKph-_rWL-2Xe_7pPRJNlUPCl9HHHhIPh8mJEwlNOxQbMxB1_d-zujyAlXHncRe1y_Il20WivEXW2S2KZCPsYBi0CK9LdXgLLZ3LBs/s320/soror.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622327552682188034" /></a>Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-89609997873232204232011-06-16T23:45:00.000-07:002011-06-16T23:51:51.149-07:00How to Discipline a Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5Ey9u0yImD8hKQEhFIUOE3o4e-qm5A4FQckIaXy6NCnMeCEY17aAMSRKqa-670TFW_IXxQvPo2qM16rttpw3RO39og-A7LB50ZpePf3aCIA6j1vITRZgbsN0xZsw7fjKAQuX4Qjdn3Ik/s1600/how+to+discipline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5Ey9u0yImD8hKQEhFIUOE3o4e-qm5A4FQckIaXy6NCnMeCEY17aAMSRKqa-670TFW_IXxQvPo2qM16rttpw3RO39og-A7LB50ZpePf3aCIA6j1vITRZgbsN0xZsw7fjKAQuX4Qjdn3Ik/s320/how+to+discipline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619077008201744306" /></a><br />Derek Kreckler's exhibition 'How to Discipline a Tree' opens at the Paper Mill on June 28th, and while it's not virtual art it is pretty amazing.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"How to discipline a tree" consists of hundreds of bricks made from compressed newspaper, newspapers brought into an average Sydney household in one month; "Indeed a close inspection will reveal the odd un-pulped word shining out with un-foretold meaning like a Dada poem. These words are the detritus of what is already a byproduct of everyday waste"</span><br />And while it may look pretty blocky, the shape he's created is based on the buttress roots of a Moreton Bay Fig.<br />Cool heh? Click on the title to this post to go to the Paper Mill site.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-16032064704989684832011-02-07T12:08:00.000-08:002011-02-07T12:32:43.048-08:00Trees Take the Cake at UWA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1Qd_PetE-AyGCEswJXnKKS7tbX4Myn0OEU8BgasVQmOy2iUCWv3T7i8DcL5WBHtEAki_POznURbIPrSxo3nKYmeKdZOEWeIt1yFApfbmAj7QXTRZPhJaadjfPau3UrYBAdm4SE9KYWvI/s1600/susan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1Qd_PetE-AyGCEswJXnKKS7tbX4Myn0OEU8BgasVQmOy2iUCWv3T7i8DcL5WBHtEAki_POznURbIPrSxo3nKYmeKdZOEWeIt1yFApfbmAj7QXTRZPhJaadjfPau3UrYBAdm4SE9KYWvI/s320/susan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571046911647415234" /></a><br />Organics still seem to be the order of the day at UWA with Susan Graves taking out first prize (and some others) with her work 'Chose Your Blossom' (above).<br />I was not sure whether Claudia222 Jewell's 'Strange Plant....Ugliness and Beauty' was a plucked chicken or a tree, but it managed to carry away a swag of prizes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoVCngbd-jcRO-O5iimgU6crgkpjKQJ6qfvzJFjZ3NVNRbYujBk4HzYjLL-XPiY1EbOc20MR9LvBwpPpZve59JvhyuzYXsQA6YfpVxS2oD88dJZOeu8iqWpfn7n-woM-YRcxeThz0Mtup/s1600/claudia222tree2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoVCngbd-jcRO-O5iimgU6crgkpjKQJ6qfvzJFjZ3NVNRbYujBk4HzYjLL-XPiY1EbOc20MR9LvBwpPpZve59JvhyuzYXsQA6YfpVxS2oD88dJZOeu8iqWpfn7n-woM-YRcxeThz0Mtup/s320/claudia222tree2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571047242897070738" /></a><br />Soror Nishi's beautifully crafted Christmas Daisy Tree (below) was also amongst the winners (I've blogged about this one before).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuQC5pgdcLC5xFILo9D4q_r7_DIDPsdj16MlWy8KSrgvvmpAI380-zDhxgOSoJdd_MTyORXCpvxjWPiATywfE1zuPHN6AdxsbD3EmCUxv5HxZXllp5L0CRu4SSFxdjyf1qFOLYB3veMZq/s1600/soror+new+tree+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuQC5pgdcLC5xFILo9D4q_r7_DIDPsdj16MlWy8KSrgvvmpAI380-zDhxgOSoJdd_MTyORXCpvxjWPiATywfE1zuPHN6AdxsbD3EmCUxv5HxZXllp5L0CRu4SSFxdjyf1qFOLYB3veMZq/s320/soror+new+tree+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571047667537326642" /></a><br />I also took some pics of Silene Christensen's entry (below), which was also at the Art Maze. I don't think it won any prizes, but the list of prizewinners is getting so long I don't have time to read it right through. (Note to UWA: Next time please send out a list just of the prizes and winners - without extraneous text)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwof43ONsWkdVHGmo7z4i1i2rOQFbumAIqi5yzwVfY_FuEHLw505lC0I6eU3F_9d_r0bn2Z2RJjRyi4YTrYzkmFzkhcbFVcdwf1r37HyzwVhb15OLZ5ghoSXmq7DdzUhTdDibFllr69oQC/s1600/calusia+222+sabrina.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwof43ONsWkdVHGmo7z4i1i2rOQFbumAIqi5yzwVfY_FuEHLw505lC0I6eU3F_9d_r0bn2Z2RJjRyi4YTrYzkmFzkhcbFVcdwf1r37HyzwVhb15OLZ5ghoSXmq7DdzUhTdDibFllr69oQC/s320/calusia+222+sabrina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571048123415289474" /></a>Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-37138895953228492772011-01-03T20:31:00.001-08:002011-01-03T20:48:10.790-08:00Trees at UWAJayJay Zifanwe from UWA is always quick to let me know when there's a new and interesting tree at the UWA competition site. Thanks JayJay.It's great to see so many trees keep coming in this art competition.<br />So I popped over today to have a look at what's on offer and found Soror Nishi's Grove of Lantern Fruit Trees (below) to brighten my day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZmlgHJuoei6EHTENHcWsjPCDFPwFZFLKLTlTsVHJPC3SLPZW8wHJcqFdTSYza9rY6SduHmeqNV_BmjvvvWJdTPYYcd0BkGux6x8Oaxq6oAylxKqd8_0mIZul8e5DkWCuyeKn7MME8dMj/s1600/uwatree4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZmlgHJuoei6EHTENHcWsjPCDFPwFZFLKLTlTsVHJPC3SLPZW8wHJcqFdTSYza9rY6SduHmeqNV_BmjvvvWJdTPYYcd0BkGux6x8Oaxq6oAylxKqd8_0mIZul8e5DkWCuyeKn7MME8dMj/s320/uwatree4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558184524137397618" /></a><br />Zola Zsun's 'Three Poodle Trees'(below) is a fun piece with sparkly diamond-like foliage and brilliant ground cover.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxFC55SfgMBQ7wJUtNjQa4V4VhatcH4dv4_JO2jNJLLuVl3M5yxWZCqKeY315_gGWyMaIHxhhgYVVP1LN0HfNe6BVcAbWPZueGJFDtpU0v6mpcGFMsHuoajtsVU7UWKTpoiW_QWGIG69T/s1600/uwatree2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxFC55SfgMBQ7wJUtNjQa4V4VhatcH4dv4_JO2jNJLLuVl3M5yxWZCqKeY315_gGWyMaIHxhhgYVVP1LN0HfNe6BVcAbWPZueGJFDtpU0v6mpcGFMsHuoajtsVU7UWKTpoiW_QWGIG69T/s320/uwatree2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558185027216028514" /></a><br />Cherry Manga's 'It's Raining in my Heart Like This'(below) (I think that's the title- my French is not good) is another work with humour and very well executed. I am a great lover of monotone so Cherry's work speaks to me. It rains just like that in my heart too, and sometimes all over Queensland.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvojjFSXqs8WNkcpIFqgOeziAHvmc2XAeoFErqCn-lcBedJFIEwscgBd7lC1bnXmCER_Oh2XkBQXti-w6_luj92dVf8BxzKy40OrSzHW8oOqfw_sRFk2zale4Pw9Dc9VJPa1ifGHNE5PY0/s1600/uwa+tree1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvojjFSXqs8WNkcpIFqgOeziAHvmc2XAeoFErqCn-lcBedJFIEwscgBd7lC1bnXmCER_Oh2XkBQXti-w6_luj92dVf8BxzKy40OrSzHW8oOqfw_sRFk2zale4Pw9Dc9VJPa1ifGHNE5PY0/s320/uwa+tree1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558186029529983090" /></a><br />There seems to be a lot of foliage around in artworks these days, as if we are all hankering for a bit of greenery. Anley Piers beautiful work 'Travel in the Shadow of Technology' is a nice bit of greenery (or monotonery)for geeks and techo nerds like me. Congratulations Anley.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2frQrAdjvs1yiQnSxtrl4RNTOFuX73CWRndmZWZkrFc1vYm_QtQZjgJHTvf5ZBuRR7jcupyBW5gTMQGPejfwfqrYq6kkbZKtiLBsakMlC6DPVV7KsaKn2FkbEmGPF4DF1GH8xuW4GlEr/s1600/uwatree3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2frQrAdjvs1yiQnSxtrl4RNTOFuX73CWRndmZWZkrFc1vYm_QtQZjgJHTvf5ZBuRR7jcupyBW5gTMQGPejfwfqrYq6kkbZKtiLBsakMlC6DPVV7KsaKn2FkbEmGPF4DF1GH8xuW4GlEr/s320/uwatree3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558186803460003394" /></a><br />And while it's not greenery or even vegetable I thought Corcosman Voom's birds deserved to be in here with the rest of the Nature works from UWA. I love almost everything Corco does and these are no exception.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibw-C565u8woiGfo7gbTzYBoBfNbRXMEGUmjescTCJZKXrnQzGD_uE7b1nXhpo8728ssN6RIp0lA7DjlBWEEaGzDrDapd04d1xDLzz3y4jorQKdHwPXeWCqQwJCXuE0AmkaSilcT-Is4b/s1600/uwatree5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibw-C565u8woiGfo7gbTzYBoBfNbRXMEGUmjescTCJZKXrnQzGD_uE7b1nXhpo8728ssN6RIp0lA7DjlBWEEaGzDrDapd04d1xDLzz3y4jorQKdHwPXeWCqQwJCXuE0AmkaSilcT-Is4b/s320/uwatree5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558187324768724882" /></a><br />So thanks for the heads-up JayJay. I always get a bit lost at UWA- but I think I found em all.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-67331704502020944862011-01-03T19:56:00.000-08:002011-01-03T20:03:14.794-08:00Soror Nishi New Trees- from strength to strength<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCXqGt4AUKvKvOeeogDH_XEvNCn-bJTRVc2mnjPWFDkvYAqWmmxjH_oKZhaRlhzOJ0vCd_RdVDPQjYaFeVXFbEcNk7jAsYP5BH57YhtClubdlarTXQ9ddrrt4FTBk0oSZCXaghW-G-3mA/s1600/soror+new+tree+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCXqGt4AUKvKvOeeogDH_XEvNCn-bJTRVc2mnjPWFDkvYAqWmmxjH_oKZhaRlhzOJ0vCd_RdVDPQjYaFeVXFbEcNk7jAsYP5BH57YhtClubdlarTXQ9ddrrt4FTBk0oSZCXaghW-G-3mA/s320/soror+new+tree+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558175897779020594" /></a><br />Today I was lucky to get a sneak preview of some brand new Soror Nishi trees. What a way to greet the new year!<br />My favourite virtual tree builder is going from strength to strength consolidating her earlier work with a full mastery of Blender and a foray into particle canopies. <br />After what seems like an eternity of rain and grey skies, water and doom here in Australia Soror's trees were like a burst of sunshine.<br />Watch out for these trees when they come on the market- they're great. Shown here not to great advantage in a sandbox somewhere in Second Life- but they still shone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-GenS_t1CHzfSmOGGeI-D7WHBFzisST9k6-nlo3kcBJUayO9b7GF_2pCK8ERMUvVr50WybyA73hqpurbnN_6ROgV-0QSxLcRTLQA58np5DQpZpchX0EV-SSdg6nBosZCRxUlx0Wu7Mcz/s1600/soro+new+tree1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-GenS_t1CHzfSmOGGeI-D7WHBFzisST9k6-nlo3kcBJUayO9b7GF_2pCK8ERMUvVr50WybyA73hqpurbnN_6ROgV-0QSxLcRTLQA58np5DQpZpchX0EV-SSdg6nBosZCRxUlx0Wu7Mcz/s320/soro+new+tree1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558175801819342722" /></a>Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-15601019591250332672010-12-12T15:00:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:19:21.319-08:00Thinking AheadThe Sunshine Coast Treeline project has finished for this year, but we hear that it will be back in 2012, so I'm starting to think ahead looking at ways trees are being celebrated with new technologies- in virtual worlds and in the real world. Maybe some ideas will come out of it for 2012. <br /> <br />The first is a brilliant tree build at the Museum of Singapore, traditionally associated with a grand old Banyan Tree, but now with a new, glowing metal contemporary take on the Banyan. The Farm site <a href="http://www.farm.sg/work/project/the_tree">http://www.farm.sg/work/project/the_tree</a> has images of the tree in the gardens, with people interacting in much the same way they might with a real banyan, as well as drawings and specifications showing how the tree was made. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICVdRk1tepesJw9M4Lk83BxsPHx0fkT8WdEjVEZKicQjRUbkTvT8uoUxuZV0W9b2hF8fBzAihfmy0Dr2XjZPFS7wCuFzubVHpVV5_7S4mhbpKHAKC2s5WJFUC8-LnBxM_sdt6WKvgFu1o/s1600/FARM_THE-TREE_02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICVdRk1tepesJw9M4Lk83BxsPHx0fkT8WdEjVEZKicQjRUbkTvT8uoUxuZV0W9b2hF8fBzAihfmy0Dr2XjZPFS7wCuFzubVHpVV5_7S4mhbpKHAKC2s5WJFUC8-LnBxM_sdt6WKvgFu1o/s320/FARM_THE-TREE_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549937374813133474" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Breath of Life</span> is another project over at Design Milk<a href="http://design-milk.com/a-breath-of-life-by-fraser-ross/#more-61797"> (http://design-milk.com/a-breath-of-life-by-fraser-ross/#more-61797)</a> that caught our eye. While this first version isn't quite a tree yet, there are lots of possibilities here.Scotland -based artist Fraser Ross has used shape changing alloy and LEDs to create a plant that reacts to the carbon in the human breath. There's a video on the site showing how the plants light up, move and change. Pretty usual stuff in virtual worlds, but not so easy to do in real life.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-53189737126750247172010-05-22T22:40:00.001-07:002010-05-22T23:05:56.843-07:00Real/Second Life Crossover- Treeline Opening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Zr_FDUNg1jCexukzmVQBeviLvbJQUzCPIClKSPVh8biq0OC325zPzg1558Rh7Xrt4whiRdj2W_Qhk7jn5wBW6nhkZVtuIzOynDXSvtN-ferKjtfi7kXU-NFa0NzI4VqqrrGohrFOVYMI/s1600/opening15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Zr_FDUNg1jCexukzmVQBeviLvbJQUzCPIClKSPVh8biq0OC325zPzg1558Rh7Xrt4whiRdj2W_Qhk7jn5wBW6nhkZVtuIzOynDXSvtN-ferKjtfi7kXU-NFa0NzI4VqqrrGohrFOVYMI/s320/opening15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474339838715762130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8lA_Z1lUOCYoIBLMTfzOrn-CILwznvkEtcBgaQkvyMKZpEz8eGbkzZR0guMPBfTcFaAREXGVNO1G371Fdenx9lM3WgBeHIic8mRzfHOwjEojl9cd0yTzDA9mVX5DrvmtDCw9VMmaF-Vj/s1600/opening9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8lA_Z1lUOCYoIBLMTfzOrn-CILwznvkEtcBgaQkvyMKZpEz8eGbkzZR0guMPBfTcFaAREXGVNO1G371Fdenx9lM3WgBeHIic8mRzfHOwjEojl9cd0yTzDA9mVX5DrvmtDCw9VMmaF-Vj/s320/opening9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474339761405225618" /></a><br />The real world Treeline opened officially on Friday night at Noosa Regional Gallery in Queensland, Australia. The Treeline exhibitions will take place at various venues and all Sunshine Coast Galleries over the next few months. <br /><br />Virtual Treeline is part of the Noosa Gallery show. A slide presentation documents the involvement of the project in Second Life and shows the work of all the artists who participated and showed work at the Treeline galleries in Second Life. A second slide show shows the virtual environmental artworks of Juanita Deharo. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibgmGQZgx0fXxDvoPT3lWOxN1oW_ufS29t4o1kl9AXjTVJ57vrscEk6EuMbhuLXabs4ZXcJD0j3Ijf-KeMK1xFnZFSBInZlY3Qu4VWOBDHcg2ReiAqdsb92cV453Jp4xm59JkTKVJ7Yet/s1600/opening8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibgmGQZgx0fXxDvoPT3lWOxN1oW_ufS29t4o1kl9AXjTVJ57vrscEk6EuMbhuLXabs4ZXcJD0j3Ijf-KeMK1xFnZFSBInZlY3Qu4VWOBDHcg2ReiAqdsb92cV453Jp4xm59JkTKVJ7Yet/s320/opening8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474340230472115266" /></a><br />There will also be several live presentations from Second Life to an audiences in the gallery.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkR5CZHanis63JGxnneyzzWblMUCMhLZAoEY0LgG18wmlMhvdABxxWJ9ZF2SsfOC0j9uXnOl_09E4pKtVDVKdpf7NRxMcLuYFoaQ04WiVSqqxAePm2DIWSFzZsks589t9fHWM2Qap0xz6/s1600/opening4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkR5CZHanis63JGxnneyzzWblMUCMhLZAoEY0LgG18wmlMhvdABxxWJ9ZF2SsfOC0j9uXnOl_09E4pKtVDVKdpf7NRxMcLuYFoaQ04WiVSqqxAePm2DIWSFzZsks589t9fHWM2Qap0xz6/s320/opening4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474339968216376674" /></a><br />Two books which have been published as part of the Virtual Treeline project, and are being shown at the gallery as part of the exhibition. The first is a pictorial essay documenting and making comment on the work of each of the Second Life artists who participated in the Treeline exhibitions, and smaller book shows the virtual environmental artworks of Juanita Deharo, with an accompanying essay. These books are available to be read or purchased on line at <a href="http://bit.ly/9ZluS9">http://bit.ly/9ZluS9</a> or via <a href="http://www.juanitadeharo.com/Virtual_Treeline_artists.html">http://www.juanitadeharo.com/Virtual_Treeline_artists.html</a><br />There are more images of the opening on the Virtual Treeline Flickr site.<br />Thank you to everyone who has supported this project, both in Second Life and in my own community. There has been tremendous interest and expressions of delight from visitors to the Noosa Gallery since the show opened.Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925758653228878750.post-85082024923087607742010-05-21T10:42:00.000-07:002010-05-21T10:55:03.754-07:00Treeline V- Scottius Polke<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLERUvIqY5f0NtNHTxqGvHB1vgKFblFAwdyFdDyuBauumQpaMsRDhMJVuNtSx0eE8wWBjUeB73q9Nv5lFYMtMLhhM7JCBtA44ZvSdyfSqn3BZaJApW0bho7ZFhMhoEUmdbFkpaWdZWCKq/s1600/Treeline5+for+blog_012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLERUvIqY5f0NtNHTxqGvHB1vgKFblFAwdyFdDyuBauumQpaMsRDhMJVuNtSx0eE8wWBjUeB73q9Nv5lFYMtMLhhM7JCBtA44ZvSdyfSqn3BZaJApW0bho7ZFhMhoEUmdbFkpaWdZWCKq/s320/Treeline5+for+blog_012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473781176727248370" /></a><br />For our last show at Treeline, everyone's favourite otter, Scottius Polke, has kindly and very carefully transplanted some of the trees and plants form his magnificent Lunamaruna build (at Project Z) to our Sky Gallery platform. It was done with care, and they seem to love the watery environment here as much as in Lunamaruna.<br />Scottius' trees, as with the work of many of our exhibitors in previous shows, reminds us that virtual worlds can have their own ecosystems, and their own plant species. Not everything needs to be a replica of the real world. Sometimes, in making and seeing new and never before seen environments we are better able to understand and appreciate reality.<br />Something in us responds to the notion of a tree, whether it is one of Jadyn's magnificent redwoods, or one of Scottius' strange but evocative virtual trese that survived its first transplanting, but can not exist in the real world.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuAIActh9ZvSnBpqkjLTF4S5v01EBVgP1c9t3sZFcy7kRh7308L_enlnLtBk1KM7k0rpEwuXtse-L-2lPWKRRdADYtf_g3c6_pbBgzLKfYkJgHyr0iOGyjDXfNi9CjuKxCMallRVi1afB/s1600/blog+sci%3Dottius.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuAIActh9ZvSnBpqkjLTF4S5v01EBVgP1c9t3sZFcy7kRh7308L_enlnLtBk1KM7k0rpEwuXtse-L-2lPWKRRdADYtf_g3c6_pbBgzLKfYkJgHyr0iOGyjDXfNi9CjuKxCMallRVi1afB/s320/blog+sci%3Dottius.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473780962343997666" /></a>Juanita Deharohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09723829617218027772noreply@blogger.com0