Everything
you can imagine is real.
Pablo
Picasso
As part of my personal self-improvement plan,
I’m trying to expand my familiarity with culture and the arts. (This was after being told by Significant
Other that reading Archie
comic books didn’t count. Who
knew?)
So, when Perryn
Peterson, the Mayor of Mieville, impresario extraordinaire, and my good
friend in Second Life (SL) (Actually, one of the few willing to admit it.)
dropped a line to tell me about an upcoming art show and sale that he was
co-hosting with Miss
Maggie Puss of Tinyopolis in Mieville, well, I just had to make sure I went
and did a story!
I also
reached out to my latest Companion to join me and help with the photographs as
she’s a talented photographer. (She also
wishes to remain anonymous to protect her professional reputation. Significant Other doesn’t blame her.)
The event
is Awt in da Pawk and is being held
in the Tinyopolis neighborhood in Mieville.
This is pronounced
as if you’re from Boston and not from Brooklyn as I had to continually explain
to the Companion. (Not sure where she’s
from but wherever it is, they certainly need more familiarity with regional
American accents.)
Awt in da
Pawk is an art show and fair open to all artists inworld. Works can include photographs, paintings,
drawings, sculptures, and whatever other materials suit the creator’s
fancy. Copies will be available for
sale.
Awards for
best in show pieces will be made on the third and final day.
The show
will be open to the public on August, 19th, 20th, and 21st
and takes place here
at Tinyopolis in Mieville.
The
Companion and I dropped by to visit the show as it was being set up shortly
before its opening.
The show is
in the main square in Tinyopolis. Open-sided
tents forming a rectangle
house the various works on display. There is quite a selection of art of very
high quality. (I’m ignoring Significant
Other’s barbed query of how would I know.)
While viewing
the artwork, the Companion and I met a photographer, Noxoko, who was setting up his
exhibit. A long time SL resident, he has
recently taken up photography inworld specializing in black and white
photographs. Make sure to check his work
out and maybe buy some! I hope to have a
story about Noxoko and his work in the not too distant future.
As always
with any event in Mieville, they’re guaranteed to be fun, worthwhile, and a
great way to meet folks inworld! In
addition, this is a chance to see some incredible art created within SL.
The
Companion thought there was a good variety of artists and that the show was a
local, small town, kind of fun thing to do!
I strongly
recommend that you visit Awt in da Pawk,
you won’t regret it!
Maybe you’ll
run into me and the Companion! (She’s
the good looking one!)
I’d like
to thank Perry and Miss Puss for hosting this show and allowing us to visit it
beforehand for this story.
I’d also
like to thank Noxoko for taking the time to meet with the Companion and me, and
answer our questions.
Last but
not least, I’d like to thank the companion for joining me and taking
photographs. (Hers are the better ones
here and on this Flickr
page where all our photos from this trip can be found.)
As always, I’m grateful to all
inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives.
I can be found on Google+ as
webspelunker Ghostraven.
On Skype I’m webspelunker
Ghostraven.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
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Open roads
and kind fires!
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