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Author: White
Welcome to ArtZine 2.0! My name is White Hyacinth and hereby I proudly present to you the first issue of ArtZine 2.0. This magazine will cover many forms of virtual art and many platforms where it is produced and consumed.
When I raised my hand at the meeting of the “Art Gallery Owners” group in February to volunteer for taking part in this project, I had no idea what was to come out of that. One week later we had a meeting with all the volunteers and I was elected to be the chief editor. It was the start of a period of hard work and great co-operation and it brought me into contact with lots of important and interesting people in the art scene in Second Life™.
This month our theme is “RED”. And since “Roses are red and Violets are blue”, it immediately led us to Rose Borchovski who blends SL and RL together in visual art and theatre performances.
Red is of course also the color of love and erotic, which leads us to Alanis Gallery of Sensual Images, where we interviewed Michiel Seetan and SL partner Sylvia Fitzpatrick.
Another pair of avatars in the art scene are Solkide Auer and shellina Winkler, who regularly do exhibitions all around the metaverse with their interactive artwork. And again there is a link between SL and RL.
The longest article this month is by Filthy Flumo, who tells us a lot about his personal experiences in “live painting’, that is: Painting before a live audience. And again we see that this audience is sometimes in real life, sometimes in SL and sometimes elsewhere in cyberspace. The article includes tips for artists who want to break out of their lairs and turn the art of painting into a social happening instead of a solitary creation process.
Creating this magazine is a team effort and we all enjoy bringing it to you. The magazine will be distributed for free (at least in its electronic format), but there are some costs involved in the production process and internet hosting. These costs are covered from income on advertisements and donations. If you want to promote your venue or art work, don’t hesitate to contact us and we will make a deal.
We distribute our magazine using the SasTech Kiosk System, which has been donated to us by Sasun Steinbeck. A list of these kiosks is available online at http://artzine.2point0.info . Your site can be on there as well, if you put up one of our kiosks.
