The Golden Hour, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Designing Worlds is back for its summer season, and in this episode, shown at 2pm SLT Monday 13th May, we are paying the first of two visits to the fabulous Fantasy Faire, which this year raised an incredible L$30,621,089 (122,484.35 USD) by the end of the Faire!
Thanks to our roving videographers, Bain Finch and Chantal Harvey, this week you’ll be able to see the first ten Fairelands: Harvest Home, Samsara, the Golden Hour, Whispering Pages, Plankborrow Harbour, The Last Stop, Hopes Wish, Miralume, and Ondheim. And our roving photographer, Wildstar Beaumont, will give a preview of the other ten Fairelands that we’ll be exploring next week!
In this episode, we return to a concept that we explored once before, back in 2010 – so fourteen years ago. The concept was called Story Quest, and it was created by Jena Ball, known as Jenaia Morane in Second Life, and it focused on the life and times of a person called Uncle D.
This was an exploration of a life affected by HIV/AIDS which used a non-linear narrative to encourage us not just to explore and investigate the story but also to reflect on Uncle D and the disease itself – and you had a chance to become part of the story yourself.
And now, Jenaia Morane has created a new and much expanded version of Story Quest, which is just opening to the Second Life public – and beyond.
In this episode, we travel through the Quest ourselves with Jenaia, but we are careful not to expose all its secrets – those we want our audience to come and explore for themselves!
In this episode, shown at 2pm SLT Monday 8th April, we are returning to a concept that we explored once before, back in 2010 – so fourteen years ago. The concept was called Story Quest, and it was created by Jena Ball, known as Jenaia Morane in Second Life, and it focused on the life and times of a person called Uncle D.
This was an exploration of a life affected by HIV/AIDS which used a non-linear narrative to encourage us not just to explore and investigate the story but also to reflect on Uncle D and the disease itself – and you had a chance to become part of the story yourself.
And now, Jenaia Morane has created a new and much expanded version of Story Quest, which is just opening to the Second Life public – and beyond.
In this episode, we travel through the Quest ourselves with Jenaia, but we are careful not to expose all its secrets – those we want our audience to come and explore for themselves!
Join Designing Worlds today, Monday 1st April, as we look back to our first visit to Fantasy Faire in 2023, when we explored 11 of the fabulous 22 regions that were part of the Faire last year.
You can see it here on the web, or join our Watch Party at 2pmSLT in our studio on Garden of Dreams (And we’re all back on the same time!).
Last year, Fantasy Faire, held in support of Relay for Life, raised an astonishing L$29,884,100 ($119,536 USD) by the end of the Faire, the highest total ever.
So do join us on the web or in the Designing Worlds studio at 2pm SLT as we explore some of the remarkable regions that made up last year’s Fantasy Faire, with the aid of our brilliant roving videographer, Bain Finch, and our wonderful photographer, Wildstar Beaumont.
Designing Worlds is now on a break until mid-May, when we’ll be returning with episodes from Fantasy Faire. Until then – enjoy the Faire!
In this episode, Designing Worlds had a very special show – a tribute to LaPiscean Liberty, one of the leading proponents of machinima and the Arts in Second Life.
Lap – as he was known – was a much-loved and important figure in the SL Arts and Machinima worlds. He ran the TV channels, Aview and SL Artists, and was one of the first people to work on ways to bring machinima showings into Second Life. He also ran Festivals such as the 48 Hour Film Festival.
On the show, we have an extract from an old Designing Worlds show of Lap talking about his work, and we were also joined by people who worked with Lap and knew him well, including Chantal Harvey, Mal Burns, Lorin Tone, Rhiannon Chatnoir, Bevan Whitfield, Petlove Petshop, Secret Rage, JayJay Zifanwe, and Pooky Amsterdam.
Today, Monday 25th May at 2pm, Designing Worlds has a very special show – a tribute to LaPiscean Liberty, one of the leading proponents of machinima and the Arts in Second Life.
Lap – as he was known – was a much-loved and important figure in the SL Arts and Machinima worlds. He ran the TV channels, Aview and SL Artists, and was one of the first people to work on ways to bring machinima showings into Second Life. He also ran Festivals such as the 48 Hour Film Festival.
On the show, we have an extract from an old Designing Worlds show of Lap talking about his work, and we were also joined by people who worked with Lap and knew him well, including Chantal Harvey, Mal Burns, Lorin Tone, Rhiannon Chatnoir, Bevan Whitfield, Petlove Petshop, Secret Rage, JayJay Zifanwe, and Pooky Amsterdam.
Join Designing Worlds today, Monday 18th March 2024, at 2pm SLT as – in anticipation of Fantasy Faire 2024 – we again look back to some earlier Fantasy Faires, and this week, we’ll be looking back to Fantasy Faire 2019 – already five years ago!
In this episode we talked to one of the main organisers of the Faire, Elizabeth Tinsley, as well as creators and designers, some of the organisers of events within the Fire, and some of the people behind the scenes who together with vendors and sponsors make up one of the biggest fundraisers in the virtual world, in 2019 raising over $68,000US for the American Cancer Society’s Hope Hostel in Kenya.
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And, of course, there is plenty of footage and photos of this years beautiful and stunning regions, filmed by Elrik Merlin, Saffia Widdershins and Beq Janus, and photographed by Wildstar Beaumont.
It’s a stunning show … and another chance to stroll down Memory Lane as we await this year’s Faire – so do join us in the studio, or watch on the web.
After a previous episode where we focused on the people behind the event (DW232), in this episode we paid our second visit to Fantasy Faire 2014, one of the biggest fund-raisers in Second Life for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life in the run-up to the RFL weekend itself.
This week we take a look at all the different regions at this year’s Fantasy Faire, and talk to a few of the creators of some of the most incredible buildings and landscapes you’ll see in a virtual world: Marcus Inkpen (Blackwater Glen), Elicio Ember (The Faery Court), Jaimy Handcroft (Hope’s Horizon), Kayle Matzerath (Wiggenstead Mooring) and Beq Janus (Asperatus).
It’s a stunning show … and a chance to stroll down Memory Lane as we await this year’s Faire – so do join us in the studio, or watch on the web.
In this episode, we explore three of the different designs for the region of Infinite Spirit and the exciting 80 Days project, created by Camila Runo.
We interview Camila who tells us about the creation of the 80 Days project: I recognized that here in SL it’s possible to build literally everything … from real places I visited in the past to fictive places I was only able to visit in my dreams before. It was and still is like being on vacation, a trip around the real and the fictive world. And once I understood that, the name * 80Days * came to my mind, short for “80 Days Around The World”, Jules Verne’s famous book. I found it very matching for what I was doing. And what I was doing I wanted to share with others. That was the birth of my * 80Days * project.
We look back to the beautiful Elven region that Camila created for Christmas last year – Firith Galad. Now that has changed and there are currently two designs on the region – Winder River, a long-standing Western region, and the very new (and temporary) Calico Cay, a beautiful pirate island in the Caribbean. Camilo’s attention to details makes both of these places real treats to visit!
On Tuesday 5th March at 1pm, we will be recording a special Memorial episode of Designing Worlds for LaPiscean Liberty, who passed recently.
Lap – as he was known – was a much-loved and important figure in the SL Arts and Machinima worlds. He ran the TV channels, Aview and SL Artists, and was one of the first people to work on ways to bring machinima showings into Second Life. He also ran Festivals such as the 48 Hour Film Festival.
If you would like to come to the recording and learn more about Lap and his work, or if you have stories about Lap to share, please join us in the Designing Worlds studio at 1pm SLT.
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