The performances are over but the sims are still open and it’s worth taking time to see the beautiful exhibits throughout the sims, knowing you won’t mistakenly miss a great performance.
Photo by EllieBob Bean
Marianne McCann presented a great Happy Birthday for SL built around a children’s theme. Marianne said in her application, “A build for the Second Life Children’s group, “Unexpected Childhood” would present stories and other goods about how Second Life Residents found their way into a “second childhood” in Second Life, with a focus on the unexpected twists and turns they’ve taken on this path. We’ll also invite others to try a hand at the unexpected. 
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See Marianne’s “Unexpected Childhood” on the Visionary sim.
Photo by Eve Kazan
Sowa Mai’s exhibit, “Field of Voices,” is starkly beautiful in a minimalist way, but the real delight in her exhibit is walking among the prims to hear different sound events as the prims sense your avatar. Sowa said in her application, “Field of Voices is part of an experimental study of the nature and possibilities of collaboration in the art of virtual worlds. In the words of Aequitas, the organizers of the collaborative installation: ‘The idea was to illuminate the shift of perception from outside to inside the virtual world. The visitor is presented with a beautiful expanse of white columns not unlike a circuit board or a graveyard. Jumping down in to the field we are treated to the voices of a diverse group of real people belaying the sterile perception social media in general by reminding us there are people behind the virtual avatar on the screen. The effect is quite touching as you walk through the amusing, touching, and clever proximity activated voices in the poles.’”
And she told us, “When we planned the first incarnation of this project we had no idea what people would say in their voice submissions. After hearing the voices we were floored. Confessions, announcements, dedications, silliness, there was a pure stream of humanity flowing through the artwork that could never have been imagined or expected. We expect no less this time.”
Find Sowa’s aurally inspiring exhibit on the Absurdity sim.
