FirleFanz´ RamShackle Hut / BruchBude

La Casa del Rock

2014-08-05T08:56:00.001+02:00

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/noBrix%20Metro/135/177/29

Dementonio Scorbal invited me this mornng to take part in a little rock session. He has founded the casa del rock. I really do like the filthy and rusted environment and - yes! - the music, too. Oh and - surprissssssssssssssssse - in the corner of the bar I found one of my pictures, that one with the rusted chain and the blue bottle.

And this is my actual profile picture. Can you see that today it is kind of birtday? I am exactly 5 years and 5 months old that counts 2000 days! Yeah!

SL11B impressions

2014-06-25T22:35:00.000+02:00

On my tour through the SL11B regions I found out how aliens build their crop circles. Later I talked to an SL11B greeter. She was a really nice and helpful person. During our talking the 50 feet woman appeared. She thought the platform could crash because of her weight but I could convince her that my weight was much dangerous because I had eaten some stones for lunch. Then the girl shrank to a micro particle and we had to pay attention not to trample her down. The greeter had to talk to a guy who started a strange discussion about truth and lies in Second Life and that the avatars aren´t honest. My personal impression: To be a greeter is a hard job.

my new avatar

2014-06-22T10:24:00.000+02:00

Perfect outfit for working at the public cleansing service to clean up your data waste and not needed wooden basic prims.

music not politics

2014-05-18T08:40:00.000+02:00

Browsing through the bloggosphere leaded me to an amazing Second Life related project: music not politics. As the staff let us know they want a drama free zone in SL. I totally agree with that opinion because we all are quite too political. It doesn´t make sense to use our beautiful art skills - music, painting, photography, performing and whatever we are good at - for such a timewasting thing like politics. Artists should be busy with their art, housewifes with their house, mice with their cheese. Please don´t disturb our politicians at their important work with degenerated art. Tara Lopes, calling herself "president" of that ... hm ... of what? ... non-political-music-project? ... informs us about the intention:

"We stand by our name, it should be about MUSIC and not POLITICS. Music you want to sing along with, music that will bring a tear to your eyes or a smile to your face. Music that will capture the beauty of the world, and put it into notes and lyrics."

Well - thumbs off for this "drama free project". We have too much politics in our world but less tears and smiles. And a last word: Dear Miss President Tara Lopes, I guess the politicians of your country and in the whole world will be very happy about submissive subjects like you.

gaming

2014-04-27T16:05:00.001+02:00

My avatar was kind of impatient: "Ah this is so boring today..." "Second Life is no longer exciting...." "Why don´t you entertain me?"
At the end I parked my avatar in front of a game and left her in that abndonded housie. I joined her after hours and she was quiet satisfied. I have forgotten to ask her who has won ....

my avatar & me

2014-02-02T17:34:00.001+01:00

In case of meetig this girl, please call the police! She is too much interested in collecting art.

Sometimes she´s wearing a useless wooly hat.

She is red-haired like a fox

You can´t miss her glasses - they are bright even at night and in a tunnel

world map

2014-02-02T13:04:00.002+01:00

Martin Vargic has created a world map of the internet. If you have a closer look you will find Second Life, too.
See a bigger picture HERE
Buy a printed map HERE

my new friend

2014-01-18T10:35:00.002+01:00

Walking through the forrest and making new friends

China

2014-01-05T21:14:00.003+01:00

Is that an aquarell? No it an SL location but designed like a chinese picture. Really worth to be visited!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/China/113/107/1249

ghetto kid

2013-12-09T02:00:00.002+01:00

After a long time I went back to New Babbage and did some shopping. Here I am with my new urchin outfit. Was not easy to find shoes in my inventory because I couldn´t wear two invisible making layers (one for the body and one for the feet) at the same time. So I have to wear shoes without mesh.

I like my poor ghetto coat!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Port%20Babbage/40/99/106

griefing

2013-11-30T03:09:00.000+01:00

Today I wanted to set up my new gallery in Art Village (see recent posting) but I couldn´t find neither a village nor a gallery. First I thought of a bug in the system but I found my stuff - walls and borders - in my lost and found folder. The group message told me that there were griefers on the sim and the owner was so frustrated about that so he decided to pull down the complete village.

I understand that this is an anoying thing but destroying a good project - hmmm - that´s confusing for me and seems to be a strange behaviour.

Asmita Duranyaja has invited me to show my stuff on her Meisterbastler gallery. I will start my installation on sunday and hope to be ready in some days. Opening will be in two weeks.

Centre d´Art Virtuel

2013-11-26T23:50:00.001+01:00

Several months ago I met Wayne Alsop-Questi. He was the owner of Chilbo Gallery which does no longr exist. But now he is back! Fresh ideas, fresh invitation to play around with art. He sent a group message to interested artists who want some space for their work in his newly created art village in Italian style. The little village is really amazing and - I am hapy to say - I´ve got some free prims for my artwork. Come and have a look and it would be great to see you on my vernissage next time!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jumeoni/62/228/51

zombified

2013-11-03T21:54:00.000+01:00

Walking on facebook´s cloud party is dangerous in these halloween nights. Here you can see me zombified and producing zombie vomit.
Contagion Island
https://www.cloudparty.com/loc/4002099386/71.8,-28.3,-6.5,-1.6

Oktoberfest

2013-09-29T12:49:00.001+02:00

From Oct 1st to 5th the Metropolis community will be celebrating Oktoberfest 2013. They have invited me to show some of my art work. The stalls are still empty but I am busy with filling them now.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oktoberfest/207/62/60
And at the same time I have to fill a not so small region for the Festival der Liebe (FdL) which will be held for 2 of 5 days in Metropolis and 3 days in Second Life. The FdL 2013 is a German speaking event because of the many live readings but artists from all over the world are invited to take part because art is an international language.
Have a look on the schedule at Brennende Buchstaben´s blog (right side top).

live reading

2013-09-07T19:46:00.002+02:00

Tonight 12 :00 SL time Kueperpunk Korhonen will be reading short stories written by Saadat Hasan Manto. The Pakistani-Indian author has been translated into English for this Second Life online reading. The reading is presented by Michael Iwoleit.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Danbi/222/168/25

no free texture upload

2013-08-30T08:01:00.001+02:00

Linden Lab often delights us with changes. Now they have decided to cancel the temporarily free texture upload. But thanks to my friends who informed me about something special - another way to get free texture upload. I think it saves you so much money when you are a builder or artist and you need to experementalise a lot. Okay here is the hint how to get free textures. But you should know now those textures are only visible for you and nobody else. And you won´t find them in your inventory.
Click on the prim and go into texture menu. Then under the texture picture click on "add". It allows you to upload from your computer. You will get a list of uploaded textures in that case you have dropped more than one. You can select a texture and it appears on your prim. No need to pay L$.

my new avie

2013-08-29T00:05:00.000+02:00

Messing around in Metropolis Open Sim I tried to make a new (better) avatar. But stuff you can buy there is not really what I would call "nice". Looks more like SL 1985. So I made my own avie - a pink butterfly with one-eyed glasses, rabbit ears and green wings.
Oh sure - the wings are my own creation, too!

Tokyo

2013-08-28T16:50:00.003+02:00

Tokyo - as the sim name says it is an Asian city with a field, power lines, an urban environment, traditional housies as well as modern but abandoned ones. Flair of concrete and rust.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lust/124/126/986

steampunk video

2013-08-13T18:00:00.000+02:00

Great steampunk video with outtakes and a view on the visual effects shown at the end of the film. Amazing!

steampunk influences

2013-08-04T22:10:00.000+02:00

Long ago that I had a posting related to the steampunk theme. Tadaaaa .... here it is: Louly Loon is exhibiting at Meisterbastlers Galerie.

Her mechanical animals and the rusted design are shown under the title steampunk influences.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Meisterbastler/47/168/33

scripts and stuff

2013-07-27T16:49:00.000+02:00

That´s me - FirleFanz: Prepairing for my next exhibit and struggling with scripts. Owl Braveheart has invited me to show some artwork at Mahakesh - The Shadow. Actually I am struggling with scripts. They normally don´t what I want them to do. And they cause bad side effects. The region is set to "adult" so I had to change the preferences on my account to be able to reach the sim. Now I am an adult with a child avatar .... strange. But I will change again after that exhibit. Nevertheless I am looking forward to the vernissage: 08.01.2013

Asperger

2013-07-26T00:44:00.002+02:00

I am member of the SL group Mental Health Awareness founded by Joshuan Banx. The last group meeting was about disorder and flashbacks and how to handle with flashbacks and self mutilation. The group is very active and well moderated by Joshuan. It is not leaded by professionals but each other can get positive feedback and / or share experiences.
This week´s meeting was about Asperger syndrome.
If you are interested in themes around health join the group and stay informed about meetings and links to useful websites.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shanghai%20Mountains/122/131/1751

information about PTSD

2013-07-07T01:54:00.000+02:00

I received a group message this afternoon that seemed to be interesting. They wanted to hold the group meeting in a region which introduces its visitors to the theme "PTDS" (post-traumatic stress disorder). The environment is designed combat and war related. I flew to the educational region before the group meeting because I was curious.
In the entrance you will get an HUD and it leads you through the area. It is not a game but it has game similar elements. Uniforms will be offered for male and female avatars. You can drive with a car and you can experience war scences with fights, deads and explosions. After that you can walk through a shopping mall as a civilian. Flashbacks suddenly will light up and so you can see what post-traumatic stress means in everyday life. The speaker explains the mental problems (depression, anxity, sleeplessness and some more).
My personal opinion?
It is a great opportunity we have in Second Life that we can make inner processes visible. But not only soldiers suffer from PTSD. Victims of rape, child abuse, bank robbery ... countless possibilities. So no need to highlight the army. I have the suspicion that they wanted promote the US army. They wanted promote the army by remind us of the American heroism.
Besides the positive aspects I have described I must say: thumbs down. Make less war and less people will suffer from PTSD.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/T2%20PTSD%20Education/135/198/29

Driving through an arabic zone

The traumatic trigger

Back to daily life

You can click on information icons to
learn more about symthoms and causes

Visualisation of a flash back -
it an intensive experience similar
(but not the same as) hallucinations

tiny protest

2013-05-12T21:30:00.002+02:00

"Against signs" - a cool statement seen on a vernissage tonight. This cute tiny terrorist knows what is important in one´s life: Having a clear opinion.

Mythopoeia

2013-05-10T18:49:00.000+02:00

Mythopoeia - that is a steampunky region with lovely detailed designed buildings.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mythopoeia/87/96/39