Otters and Kitties and Meeroos – oh my! at SL8B

Designing Worlds, One Artistic Otter and Rather More KittyCatS! and Meeroos – Prim Perfect’s Programme of Discussions launches at SL8B!

Today is the first of our exciting series of talks at SL8B where – in our celebration of the birthday, we have arranged a series of special talks, discussions and TV programmes with and about some of the people making magic in Second Life.

Today we launch the series with a Designing Worlds show live from the event at 2pm SLT.  While Elrik Merlin talks to some of those who have helped to make the magic of the event itself, Saffia will be out and about the site, exploring some of the great builds to be seen this year – and meeting some of the people behind them!

Then, at 4pm SLT, Rowan Derryth will have an otterly wonderful encounter with Scottius Polke, whose darkly whimsical paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations delight us all. The virtual identity of the artist Scott Rolfe, Polke’s work explores the ‘relationships between disparate ideas such as order vs. anarchy, innocence vs. corruption, nature vs. the machine… However, he places little moral judgment upon either side of these oppossing forces in the work. Rather, the art explores the dynamic that arises when these unlike forces are combined.’ Having explored his work in-depth in her article Ekphrasis: Scottius Polke, today Rowan will discuss immersive art with him, and the unique properties Second Life offers to virtual artists that cannot be achieved in the physical world.

And for our final event of the day, at 6pm SLT, we will be hosting the first of a series of discussions about Creating a Community in Second Life.  Tonight the communities that we are looking at will be Breedables, and we have representatives from the world of KittyCatS! and Meeroos, who will be discussing how the communities have grown, and the ways in which they are sustained.  And there will be a chance to put your questions to the creators too!  Plus there will be the opportunity to meet the gorgeous creatures themselves… and to learn about a very special Birthday gift.

Prim Perfect is supporting a very full programme of special talks, discussions and TV programmes at the Main Auditorium over the week of the SL8B celebrations. You can see the full line-up here: