A Sharing Of Art - Take Four And Five!

Well I was a distracted miss LUMIPro, and I have not done a sharing of art in a few days. So today I thought I would give you a double dose. Here we go...

Cindy Starostin

Corinne Hellendale 

Daron Brandeis

Else H. Barnard

Helhis Sorensen

Lo Bechir

I really love all of the amazing each of you create. Keep snapping and remember photography is a journey! If you have not had a chance to see the show there is still time. Check it out at the OES Gallery. To try a free demo of LUMIPro check out our sales gallery. I look forward to sharing more with you all. As always feel free to comment here or on Facebook. Well until next time... Happy Shooting!

 

Gallery Assis Presents In Association with LUMIPro

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   In Association with LUMIPro                                                        

                                               

FloraClayflower - pulverized
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'pulverized' is an interpretation of Olivier Valsecchi's photography series 'Dust'. Initially started as a tribute to Valsecchi, 'pulverized' morphed and took on a life of its own. The full series is 13 pieces. 7 images of a male embracing, dancing and slowly loosing himself and his identity into a cloud of dust. Finally he disappears completely. Nothing is left but an idea, a faint colour, a possibility.  Out of that something re-assembles. A figure heaves and shakes and feels it's way back out, but the body that emerges is the body of a woman.

Gallery Assis is showing my 7 favourites of the series. The disintegration/reintegration process is not as obvious but it is still there. The full series can be seen on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/floraclayflower/.

Burk Bode -
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Burk Bode. A former human that got digitized in 2007 and since then lives in the cyberspace. Some say he was a German before he entered the grid, but that can be a rumor and is of no interest where he(?) exists now. Making his living as shape maker, artist and bohemian.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Pablo Picasso said "Everything you can imagine is real." He is right. Living in a world that is completely created from scratch just by the imagination of its residents you experience this. A place where you can invent yourself new every day and for a creative person a place where you MUST create yourself new every single day.

Gregor Tenk - The Muse
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Just a little over a year ago Gregor Tenk "The Beast", began his sojourn into SL photography. Through the continuous evolution of learning the medium, from in world techniques to expanding post production knowledge there has been one constant source of inspiration. That source has inspired him to try new things, strive to be better, push past his own self prescribed safety latches and delve deeper into the art form he has come to love. "The Muse" is a series dedicated to that inspiration, capturing all of her inner beauty, sexuality & sensuality through the form of her avatar. "The Muse" is a series dedicated to his girl, his favorite model, his heart & his way of thanking her for her continued support, patience & the odd kick in the ass.

LUMIPro Artist Spotlights
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As part of the new Suite for LUMIPro within Gallery Assis in conjunction with Stefan Buscaylet we have decided on 5 new artists that deserve to have their work with the LUMIPro Photography System highlighted.

Trinidad Anatine - Basking in the Moonlight
Corinne Helendale - Ecdysis
Emaline - My Big Distraction
Amona Savira - Intothe Dark Water
Jessica Blemer - Passing Wittgenstein's Mistress

Gallery Assis in Association with LUMIPro
Present to you the Golden Gala Event
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We would like to cordially invite you to the Grand Opening of the Stefan Buscaylet Suite LUMIPro, and to also celebrate with us a auspicious event the 1st Year Anniversary of Gallery Assis.  So come down and join in the celebrations.


When : Saturday 23rd February 2013
Time :  12:00 pm - 2:00 pm SLT
Dress Code : Gold
DJ : Sundown Merchiston
Host : Abbi Kasei
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Gallery Assis Slurl : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cudjoe%20Keys/218/72/1016

Unified Heart 2013 @ Palais Orleans Gallery

After the phenomenal success of Unified Heart last January, we see this fabulous gallery show  back for a second round, and just as phenomenal  as the last.

For those who may not know  Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality, and interpersonal relationships.

Some of the best and quite possibly some of your favorite singers have covered Cohen through the years. 


It’s almost unbelievable now to think that we almost never heard Leonard Cohen, the singer. A well-regarded poet from the late 1950s through the mid-’60s, it was Judy Collins who encouraged the middle-aged Canadian writer to try his hand at performing his own songs, and the rest is history. She also had a successful cover of Cohen’s “Suzanne”. (from this article: 30 Great Covers of Leonard Cohen. )

My personal favorite  song from Mr. Cohen aside from Hallelujah is Dance Me To The End Of Love .

Morgana Nagorski, owner of Palais Orleans Gallery, works very hard to bring the best of the best of Second Life art and artists to us. She is also an artist herself and her work graces the pages of The Best of SL Magazine. Morgana says she "
has been a Leonard Cohen fan since her epiphany in 1974, when she woke in the middle of night to the strains of “That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” playing on the radio she had left on when she fell asleep."

With this gallery showcase of Cohen's work she received some good press and press from out of Second Life as well. You can read that article HERE. 

21 of Second Life's best artists worked hard to bring their eye to Cohen's musical art , that have touched the lives of so many over the years.

The artists involved are

Aelin Quan 

Acacia Merlin 

Amona Savira 

Burk Bode 

Callipygian Christensen 

CatBoccaccio 

CorinneHelendaale

Dantelicia Ethaniel 

Dixmix  Source 

Harbor Galaxy

Jessica Belmer 

Kato Salyut 

KiraWestland 

LilyLaufer 

Maloe Vansant 

Meilo Minataur 

Morgana Nagorski 

Petra  Messioptra

Ronda Saunders 

Sare Ethaniel

Skip Staheli 

Please take the time to visit the Gallery, it is well worth seeing . 

We at LUMIPro are so pleased and very honored to have sponsored this gallery.

FROM THE DESK OF STEFAN BUSCAYLET:

Creator of LUMIPro in Second Life

Palais Orleans Gallery Complex has held a special place in my heart as the birth of LUMIPro was through the collaborative works between me and the first curator of the gallery.  Although times have changed, my love of this gallery remains.  Their most recent showing of Unified Heart 2013 represents the works of Leonard Cohen.  A staggering 21 super stars of the art world were represented and I’m happy to report all of the artists are LUMIPro users and most used LUMIPro in this showing.  The buzz created by the show covered every major "who's who" in the SL world and was picked up by major syndication feeds.  And to top things off Morgana received press outside of SL!!   I'm stellar proud of the gallery's accomplishment and especially to Morgana personally who continues to be both a personal friend and supporter of arts and LUMIPro.  If you have not seen the gallery, I encourage you to make it there.  It’s something special.

LUMIPro 3.2 Tutorial - Sit ball and REM

The holidays have had us all a bit behind what with our real lives, family, holiday planning and shopping and parties, Stefans travel log and the LUMIPro holiday sale we have been HUGELY busy.

Stefan was able to get a few quiet moments to finalize this training video on *Whats NEW* with LUMIPro 3.2 and its ease of use as well as it's awesome features.  These features include the new "sitball" for adjusting the talent's position, rapid eye movement (REM) for machinima, and improvements to the backup server.

Corrine was able to get the manual  updated for all of us as well. If you have any questions about the HUD you will find the answers in this manual, she did an amazing job ! IF you do not find the answer in that manual, jump in the group chat and ask anything over 200 group members in there and they all know their LUMIPro HUD !

(people have been asking to see the whole video of Starr using REM.  Click here)

Join the LUMIPro Group here .


Now lets see what is new!





We think you are going to be pleased! As always feedback is requested , questions are welcomed.

Welcome to LUMIPro!

LUMIPro Holiday Sale !!

Happy Holidays from all of us at LUMIPro 

LUMIPro Holiday Sale will begin on December 15th at midnight SLT and it will end on December 31st at midnight SLT.  

This sale is time sensitive and will NOT be extended.

This is not a SL photography toy. This is a serious photography tool for working in virtual worlds and is the first commercially available lighting system to use projection prim capability.

If you are ready to take your photos and machinima to the next level, now is the time. Want a fabulous Christmas gift for the photographer or videographer in your life , now is the time !!

This sale is time sensitive and will NOT be extended. Do NOT miss this sale !!

The Best Gift Ever !!

He’s making a list

And checking it twice;

Watch this blog for something special coming from LUMIPro next week!!

The Gift of Light ~ LUMIPro

Happy Holidays !!

Tis The Season

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

LUMIPro Spotlight

This LUMIPro Spotlight is courtesy of Corinne J. Helendale, LUMIPro Master. Corinne is not only a fabulous artist she is also part of the LUMIPro team and has spent countless hours in assisting in development and developed  the LUMIPro manual .

It is a pleasure to show her choices for the LUMIPro Spotlight !

Please take a moment to click on thee photos to visit awesome artists Flickr pages to enjoy more of their work or visit the LUMIPro Flickr. 

Visit our sales floor and grab a copy of the fully functional demo of the LUMIPro V3 HUD and see what you can do for yourself ! (Please remember, do NOT tp out of the sales room in the demo HUD as it will cease to function) 

Are You Ready?

Yes, you are! So are we.

Want to know more? Want to see how it all works? Visit the inworld store and grab the demo. (Demo ONLY works @ the store. Do not tp out)

Still have questions? Join the LUMIPro group and ask them, that is what it is there for or come back here and leave comments/questions OR contact us .

LUMIPro

LUMIPro Spotlight

Today I'd like to feature the works of 2 of LUMIPro's fabulous artists, Jessica Belmer and Corinne Helendale. If you have not seen their work you really have missed something wonderful and exciting.

Recently featured at Palais Orleans Gallery, The Splendor of Desire, and is still available there for viewing. A must see gallery!  The Splendor of Desire is an exploration of various scenarios where Desire meets conflict, uncertainty or joy.

The Splendor of Desire

THE EXHIBITION:  The Splendor of Desire

THE ARTISTS: Corinne Helendale and Jessica Belmer

My concept for Palais Orleans Gallery was, for each show, to have two artists collaborating on a theme, but Corinne and Jessica have taken the idea of collaboration to a whole new level.  Each piece had been worked on at every stage by both artists  and it has been really interesting being allowed a peek into their unique process and so exciting, over the last few months, watching images develop and evolve and then finally be chosen to form what is a very beautiful collection.


OPENING EVENTS:
Saturday, July 28th
            6:00 to 8:00 PM SLT
         
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Sunday, July 29th
            10:00 AM to 12:00 PM SLT


ARTISTS' STATEMENTS:
To desire is to be in a particular state of mind. It is a state of mind that is commonly associated with a number of different effects: a person with a desire tends to act in certain ways; feel in certain ways; and think in certain ways. If one desires water, one will get a glass of water; if one does not get a glass of water right away one will nonetheless feel the urge to do so; one will find the thought of water pleasant and one's current lack of water unpleasant; one will find one's thoughts repeatedly turning to the idea of water; one will judge that water seems like a good idea; and so forth and so on.

We thought these mechanisms of the mind to be rich ground to build visual narratives upon… and The Splendor of Desire is an exploration of various scenarios where Desire meets conflict, uncertainty or joy.

When Morgana asked us to do this show, we of course welcomed the chance. The idea of collaborating on a whole series of images based on desire seemed challenging and compelling.  What happened, though, was way more than what either of us ever expected—we essentially created a third "artist" who was greater than the sum of the two of us.

We incorporated play into our work, and while some of it can be seen in the images, mostly it just rippled through the whole process. We developed each piece together, from concept, to shoot, to final processing. Our images would come from anywhere—anything from a whim to a structured series with a story to tell. We would build sets to match our vision, create scenes, make poses, create textures—everything and anything needed to flesh out the narrative of the images we were exploring.

Collaboration took hold of us and brought us to places we never could have reached on our own.

Many thanks to Morgana Nagorski for believing in us and allowing us the opportunity to exhibit in Palais Orleans. All image-making was completed in our studios with the exception of one shot imaged at Roche and another at Neva River.

We hope you enjoy the work, and have as much fun exploring and engaging the images as we had making them.
Jessica Belmer and Corinne Helendale
July 2012

STATEMENT FROM THE SPONSOR
A warm welcome from LUMIPro—the sponsor of "The Splendor of Desire"

I'm happy to announce LUMIPro's ongoing sponsorship of arts in Second Life. Morgana Nagorski and Palais Orleans Gallery is hosting an art showing, "The Splendor of Desire," featuring Jessica Belmer and Corinne Helendale.

Corinne is someone I call a close friend, and our working  together in the development of the LUMIPro lighting system has been amazing. I personally consider this show a triumph of that collaboration!

I have a personal fondness for Palais Orleans, as the previous owner of the gallery and I were early collaborators on LUMIPro. I'm proud to help continue her legacy.

Morgana Nagorski is an avid LUMIPro user and advocate to the art world, and I'm excited that LUMIPro gets a chance to be involved with her.

Jessica and Corinne used LUMIpro extensively throughout "The Splendor of Desire," from the wearable lights to countless projectors.

LUMIPro is a professional lighting and pose system for artists, photographers, and machinimists. The system has been used for several magazine covers so far in 2012 as well as some of the leading art and music videos. Come check out a demo of our system and the blog and check out our Flickr Group.

Thanks for coming!

Stefan Buscaylet
Colleen Criss

LUMIPro Spotlight ~ Every Picture Tells A Story

LUMIpro is Second Life's premier system for lighting in a virtual world.

We here at LUMIPro love a good story and a good photograph. Celebrate with us as our fabulous clients tell you their story thru their art.  Please vist their Flickr. streams soon and see what they are telling with thier ....LUMIPro!