Millions of Us New Artist-in-Residence Program
Electronic Musician Kirsty Hawkshaw and Second Life Filmmaker Rob Wright Collaborate
We are launching an artist-in-residence program to discover and celebrate the work of emerging artists in the virtual world and social network space.
The first artist-in-residence will be UK-based Rob Wright, known as “Robbie Dingo” in Second Life. Wright has won widespread acclaim for a short film ‚Äì a 3D interpretation of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” ‚Äì that was produced entirely in Second Life. His first project commissioned by Millions of Us is a film interpretation of the song “Meteors” by Kirsty Hawkshaw and produced by Ulrich Shnauss. Kirsty is a prominent figure in electronic music known for her distinctive vocals and her work with the band Opus III. This video can be seen above.
Millions of Us’ artist-in-residence program will sponsor a number of artists in the coming year. The artists will collaborate informally with the Millions of Us creative team and work independently on their own projects. The relaxed atmosphere, unstructured program, and technical resources provided by Millions of Us are intended to spur unconventional results.
“Millions of Us is committed to finding the best talent in virtual worlds and all new media in order to bring them to a larger audience,” said Douglas Gayeton, Chief Creative Officer. “This is in part because we want to bring the freshest thinking possible to our campaigns, but also because we are inspired by the rapidly evolving work being produced by today’s digital artists and want to give back to the community.”
For more information on how to apply for the Millions of Us artist-in-residence program, please contact Celebrity Millionsofus within Second Life or via email: celebrity@millionsofus.com.
The video can also be found on YouTube.
Tags: Artist In Residence, Machinima
October 24th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Fantastic… Kids are also doing some amazing & artistic things on their smartboards in virtual environments as well!
Video example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk
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October 25th, 2007 at 8:44 am
sobs… robbie again you have made me cry with a beautiful video. :)) and kirsty, - omg, what can i say??
i am an old ‘mindfruit’ fan:))… such a beautiful song to match!!
November 1st, 2007 at 9:00 am
OMG…. That is stunning ! Spot on.
Absolutely captured the moment, great work Robbie & Kirsty !!!
Douglas, brilliant to bring these two artists together, well done !
Regards,
Chuck.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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