MachinimUWA IV: Art of the Artists, which kicked off in June 2011 is heading towards its finale! 83 entries (all listed below, and all linked on AViewTV) have come in from around the world, including Mexico, USA, England, Italy, Brazil, Canada, Spain, India, Greece, South Africa, Germany, Venezuela, Poland, France, Australia, Portugal, Sweden & Argentina!
UWA would like to acknowledge the amazing efforts of the co-host of this event, LaPiscean Liberty (AViewTV) who is also a sponsor, alongside OPEN THIS END (directed by Cristina García-Lasuén (RL) / Aino Baar (SL) International Curator, Art Writer, Founder & CEO of the group), who have sponsored the UWA Machinima events since MachinimUWA III (Click Here for Cisko Vandeverre's Show Reel of MachinimUWA III Winners). Special mention also to Taralyn Gravois and FreeWee Ling.
More than L$350,000 will be distributed to Machinima Winners at the winners announcements from 6am SLT, Sunday 11th December. This will be held in conjunction with the winners announcements of the Grand Finale of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge.
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT CEREMONY 6AM SLT SUNDAY 11th DECEMBER
A special event will be held to announce the outcomes of the challenge:
Time & Date: 6am SLT Sunday, 11th December
Location: UWA - BOSL Grand Amphitheatre (Entrance 1, Entrance 2)
Show Kicks Off With THE PHOENIX EMBERS SHOWCATS with 'Gothica'
L$350,000 PRIZE POOL (Sponsored by Open This End, AView TV & UWA)
1st Prize - L$60,000
2nd Prize - L$40,000
3rd Prize - L$30,000
7 Special Awards - L$20,000@
Open This End Awards of Excellence - L$60,000 Prize Pool
Prizes for Audience Members - L$20,000
L$20,000 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION EVENT
Win a Share of L$20,000, A Spot on the Official Jury for MachinimUWA V & Special RL Package
Deadline: Midnight SLT 30th November 2011
L$20,000 has been set aside for viewers who take part in a special participation event. We are asking everyone to watch the submissions and give us your TOP 10 machinima, in order of your preference (email jayjayaustralia@hotmail.com OR list them on a notecard to Jayjay Zifanwe - please put your name on the title of the notecard with the words MachinimUWA IV Audience Event).
The 3 participants whose order comes closest to the final order decided by the judging panel (as below), will win for themselves L$10,000, L$6,000 and L$4,000 each. The first prize winner will also be invited to be on the panel for MachinimUWA V and ALL 3 will receive in the mail a special pack that includes a copy of the book, '100 Treasures of UWA' which was produced for UWA's Centenary.
MACHINIMUWA IV: ART OF THE ARTISTS (83 entries)
(In reverse Klingon alphabetical order)
PENUMBRA CARTER - A Discreet Infiltration of Thought
CHIC AEON (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) - Shades of Gray
FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE (Dorset, England) - Art of the Artists
VERUCA VANDYKE (Arkansas, USA) - Dual
L1AURA LOIRE/ LORI LANDAY (USA) - Transformation: Virtual Art on the Brink
NAKOTO EXONAR (Milan, Italy) - Inferno
BERT JEDBURGH (Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) - Treasure
HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) - Yeah
URBAN STEAMPUNK (Esteio, Brazil) - Sad Robot
FRIDAY SIAMENDES (Calabasas, California, USA) - Artwashers
GLASZ DECUIR (San Sebastian, Spain) - Fragile
TUTSY NAVARATHNA (Frenchman in Pondicherry, India) - Welcome to the Other Side
SOPHIA YATES (Lancaster MA, USA) - In Dreams
CECIL HIRVI (Citizen of the Universe) - A Placid Ocean of Uncertain Liberties
PERSEPHONE REQUIEM (Devon, UK) - In Search of Methusela
GIANNIS PIAGGIO (Athens, Greece) - Theatre of War
CONTESSA IDLEMIND (Canada) - Fragment of It's Art
EVIE FAIRCHILD (Washington DC, USA) - Intermission
HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) - Love Prayer
JAMESAIR - Between Lives
SCOOBY MODE (Lexington, Kentucky, USA) - Art is Dead
BRACLO EBER (A Little Town, South Africa) - Vito
ORMAND LIONHEART (Surrey, BC, Canada) - In Darkness Featuring Mommaluv Skytower
ALESSIA VEGRO/DEMAYA (Padova, Venice, Italy) - A Place in the World
CARL VELDE (Naples, Italy) - The Artist's Mind
DAKI ARIES(Los Angeles, California, USA) - The Reality of Art
ALESSIA VEGRO/DEMAYA (Padova, Venice, Italy) - Revolution Life
SPIRAL SILVERSTAR (New Orleans, LA, USA) - Futurism vs Art of the Future
IONO ALLEN (France) - Virtual Love
LALA LARIX (Gdansk, Poland) - 3112
ALESSIA VEGRO/DEMAYA (Padova, Venice, Italy) - UWA: A New Way
SODA LEMONDROP (Monterey, California, USA) - Inner Voice
BLEU OLEANDER - Art of Mind
SPYVSPY AEON (Lisbon, Portugal) - Qubit: Cognitive Distortion
LISAAIR (Newfoundland, Argentina) - Questions, A Poem By LisaAir
HAVEIT NEOX (California, USA) - Exhibition
URBAN STEAMPUNK (Esteio, Brazil) - Nightmares
SOPHIA YATES (Lancaster MA, USA) - A Virtual Reality
SOPHIA TREFUSIS (Sweden) - Isolophobia
GLYPH GRAVES (Sydney, Australia) -Forest of Water
OONA EIREN & SAYZEE ISHTARI (London, UK) - Remote Control (ONE Machinima in 4 Parts)PART 1 of 4
PART 2 of 4
PART 3 of 4
PART 4 of 4
GINGER ALSOP (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - UWA Favourites for Jan 2011
SPIRAL SILVERSTAR (New Orleans, LA) - The Aerie
AIDEN WITRIAL (Munich, Germany) - The Suicide Forest Infested by Harpias
YT RECREANT (Berlin, Germany) - Face the Cardinal Sin
PELON BEATON (Caracas, Venezuela) - The Explorer
MISO SUSANOWA (Ohio, USA) - Daddy, Venomous Constrictor
SPIRAL SILVERSTAR (New Orleans, LA) - The Rhythm of Mood
BLEU OLEANDER (Phoenix, Arizone, USA) - Better One, Better Two
GINGER ALSOP (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - Liquidity
MISO SUSANOWA (Ohio, USA) - CITY: An Immersive Experience
GINGER ALSOP (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - UWA Favourites for Dec 2010
BLEU OLEANDER (Phoenix, Arizone, USA) - Bird Song Melody of Rememberance
JJCCC CORONET (London, England) - Aerie
SOPHIA YATES (Lancaster MA, USA) -The Copper Beech Tree
MOANA LITTLEBOOTS (Hamburgh, Germany) - Dante's Inferno
HYPATIA PICKENS (Rochester, New York, USA) - To Inhabit A House of Uneasy Chairs
APMEL GOOSSON (Stockholm, Sweden) - Hello Many Worlds
MISO SUSANOWA (Ohio, USA) - Time As A Helix of Semiprecious Stones
PALOMA BIGBEAR (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Titilina's Playful Visit to UWA
CORPHAELIA NINETAILS (Bristol, UK) - Farshore
GINGER ALSOP (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - Aurora
PELON BEATON (Caracas, Venezuela) - The Mayans
20 ENTRIES BY NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part I (Multiple Artworks)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part II (Multiple Artworks)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part III (Multiple Artworks)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The End or the Beginning, Part IV (Multiple Artworks)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - "Paradox" (Art - Nino Vichan)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Spirits Move Me (Art - Fae Varriale)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - "Baby Elephant Walk" (Art - jjccc Coronet)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Flying Window of the Soul (Art - Leigh Quartz)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Reaching (Art - Oberon Onmura)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - On a warm winter day (Art - Ush Underwood)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Cubes of Color (Art - Betty Tureaud)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Home & Garden,Not (Art - Claudia222 Jewell)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - The Rhythm of Mood (Art - Lea Supermarine &
Jarapanda Snook)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Color Tinted Sphere (Art - Wizard Gynoid)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Color of Money (Art - Miso Susanowa)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Running Wild or Catch me if you can (Art -
Dusty Canning)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Sheets of Acid (Art - Giovanna Cerise)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Many Moon (Art - spirit Radikal)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - Waiting for (Art - Miso Susanowa, Big Winter)
NICOLEX MOONWALL (New Orleans, USA) - portent 3 views (Art - Spiral Silverstar)
JUDGING PANELProfessor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
Rhett Linden (SL) - Vice President, Experience Design, Linden Labs
Yesikita Coppola (SL) - Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
Cisko Vandeverre(SL) - Winner of the Original MachinimUWA
Laurina Hawks (SL) - Winner of MachinimUWA II
Wagner James Au (RL) / Hamlet Au (SL) - Editor in Chief of New World Notes
Nazz Lane (SL) - Journalist and Author
Rowan Derryth (SL) - Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) - Media Professor, Southern Illinois University, Author - Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
Mal Burns (SL), Metaverse News Aggregator and Broadcaster
Dousa Dragonash (SL) - COO Metaverse Television
Phaylen Fairchild (SL) - Award Winning Writer, Director, Comedian
Chestnut Rau (SL) - Journalist
Thirza Ember (SL) - Art Blog Writer
Pia Klaar (SL) - Machinimatographer and Winner of MachinimUWA III Viewer Event
Editorial Clarity (SL) - Metaverse Journalist and Senior Writer, BOSL Blog & BOSL Magazine
Flimsey Freenote - CEO of Metamix TV (Mixed Reality Television)
Persia Bravin (SL) - Journalist, SL Media Producer and TV host
K. DaVette See (RL)//Suzy Q. Yue (SL), film diretcor, CEO Running Lady Studios
Madeline Bates (RL) - Program Manager (Film), Perth International Arts Festival, UWA
Naya Pinazo - Open This End Group Leader for SL and Facebook
Jay Jay Jegathesan (RL) / Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Manager School of Physics/ Lead of UWA Virtual World Projects
Good Luck to All Competitors!