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Innovation is at the core of Orange’s values, so it is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in recognizing past and present innovations in Second Life. We will be holding a full week of discussions and presentations at Orange Island between September 28 – October 3, covering Second Life innovation:

* Innovative Tools & Interfaces
* Open Source & Community-driven Innovation
* Innovative Uses of Virtual Worlds

We are accepting proposals for presentations on innovative uses of virtual worlds, and if you are interested in setting up a booth on the island in order to show off your technology during this week, we will have space for that as well. Please email your suggestions to Fab Outlander (fab[at]orange-island.com) by September 19th and join us during this exciting week!

If you’re among the lucky ones going to the SLCC in Tampa, we’ll be happy to meet you there…

Part of the Orange Island team will be attending (Fab Outlander, Jade Lily, Nick Rhodes and Adri Saarinen). To get in touch with us while in Tampa, please use the following email adresses:

fab[at]orange-island.com
jade[at]metaversatility.com
nick[at]extralab.fr
adri[at]metaversatility.com

Hope to see you there…

This Wednesday, 3rd of September at 12PM SLT, join us on Orange Island Primal Forest to listen to Jaynine Scarborough.

Who are you?
My name is Juliane Gabriel and I’m a voice teacher and singer in Berlin, Germany. Jaynine Scarborough is my avatar, born in May 2006. My avatar gives concerts, hosts music events and landscapes passionately :)

How would you define your musical style?
Ecclectic. I am a dialogue person. I love to deal with things that may occur strange to me at first. I used to perform contemporary music back in the 80s. I sang among others in a baroque opera from Cavalli with the Berlin Chamber Opera. I performed imporvised music together with a painter and a sax player and improvising is what kept me with jazz all the time. I always come back to folksongs like to a river in a beautiful landscape, i lean onto that old treasure of music memory. I do write my own songs, too, but I love to take other people songs and do something with them in between me and the composer. I also work with different languages. Each language is a music in itself.

What do you mostly play and why?
Here in SL, I play mostly old international jazz and folksongs and French classic chansons. Very rarely I play a ‘Casual Classics’ concert, where I sing aria’s with guitar. I think people have a real need for music that they know and hear again, old AND new, like a ritual of remembrance… we don’t have that many rituals in our daily life anymore and listening to someone playing songs live, songs that you know, is like a (virtual) fireplace where people gather instinctively.

What do you hope to give to audience while playing?
A connection with something deep. An inner place that is touched, moved and yet peaceful.

Where is your music available to listen?
http://www.myspace.com/julianegabriel

What has SL made possible for your artistic expression?
I understand more what I am looking for in and with my singing. I study intimicy here in SL and space. Oh and I create gardens :) I am a virtual gardener :)

What initiatiative would you like to see in SL that hasn’t been done yet concerning music or classical music?
I am pretty sure we are only at beginning of our possibilities here and as music is a really big factor in building up communities and serving as a virtual fireplace. I wonder what it is that keeps the fire burning and how we can make it higher and higher so that people who are connected to virtual worlds and think that the internet is a cold anonymous world experience how warm it can be, how nurturing, how creative, how deeply human.

Are there any RL & SL artists you admire or who’ve had an influence on you work?
Yes, you can look at my RL list on my myspace site. Here in SL, there are wonderful musicians such as: Joaquin Gustav, Nnoiz Papp, The Duo Appassionato, Kourosh Eusebio, JeanChristophe Chevalier, but also RL musicians that don’t perform here like Cezary Fish or Draxtor Despres. I also love jazz-d-jane Elfay Pinkdot who works out a different jazz show every week for her coffee-and-pajamas show. All of these people I mentioned are very dedicated to what they do; and it is that dedication that i admire.

Jaynine Homepage

Join us on Monday, September 1st, at 12:00PM for a tour of Suffugium, guided by Lex Neva herself!

Suffugium is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing sim. Hamlet describes it well:

Suffugium is a project of the Squidsoft Collective. Even on a short visit (and this is without exporing the narrative in detail) you get the sense of a city that’s been walled off from a horrific catastrophe, and has subsequently made serious sacrifices with individual liberty, to keep the people safe. (While still making sure they keep shopping.) So what we have is a 3D commercial space that also functions as social commentary and immersive cyberpunk fiction.

Suffugium has been around for some time, and has been toured and written about in the past. The now defunct Second Life Insider has a story about an early tour:

Aliasi gave us a tour, on the promise that I wouldn’t reveal where all the secrets are. Believe me, there are secrets hidden all over this sim. You need to be on the lookout for interactive things, mouseover anything and everything as you explore. “Heh, well, plenty of things beyond the obvious. this place is made for exploration!,” said Aliasi.

Clearly they’re just baiting us to come and explore this place, and that’s what we plan to do! So come join us on Monday at noon with Lex Neva as we tour the wonderfully designed Suffugium.

Let’s chill and listen to some cool jazz. Or maybe the jazz will be hot and
the jive will be jumping. Drop in, hang out and make your choice of how you
will reflect that raciest of racy times … the Jazz Age.

And our venue for today is that most sophisticated of jazz clubs: The Sunset Jazz Club, Alexandria on the Laurel Arts Isle sim.

There are some fascinating locations here to explore - all devoted to the
Arts and Egyptian themed: the Memphis Pavilion, the Luxor Stage at Karnak,
The Cairo Theatre … but we want you to focus your attention on the most
decadent and intoxicating of names … Alexandria - and the Sunset Jazz
Club.
Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

Congratulations to our Friday finalists ! Check their creations here.

Don’t miss the ceremony on sunday 12PM SLT which will award all the winners of each daily competition. An overall Grand Prix will be awarded as well as a “Most Consistent” award given to a team that has displayed consistent excellence.

What is more fantastic than the dreams of the artist? Today we take you to explore the mysteries of a sim that captures the mind of an artist. Will you learn the secrets of the island and capture them in your photograph? Explore the power of fantasy - and bring dreams to life.

And our destination is the wonderful isle of La Reve.

La Reve – The Dream – is a sim like no other, and you realise it as soon as you set foot on the rich purple-blue land, studded with the fossilised remains of long-lost species.

The creation of Lash Xevious, La Reve is a stunning beautiful tribute to her creativity and her art, particularly her sculptures.

But this is no simple art gallery.  La Reve is an immersive experience – rich in detail and potential for exploration – and no two explorations will be quite the same, as the visitor finds hidden and secret rooms, or the beautiful bed boats that take you between the islands.

“Bed boats?” I hear you ask.  Why, yes.  What could be more appropriate for visiting a Dream than travelling on a bed?  And the vagaries of the bed travel adds to the dream sensation too.

Explore its secrets and see the full beauty of the glow effect, as you gaze up at monumental figures or admire the filigree delicacy of interactions between plants and sculpture, creating a fusion of the two into an immersive experience.

Take time to explore the secrets of the island - for not everything is immediately apparent.  But then … share the fantasies you find with your photographs …

Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

Congratulations to our Wednesday finalists ! Check their creations here.

Tomorrow Hints!

Friday — All That Jazz
Let’s chill and listen to some cool jazz. Or maybe the jazz will be hot and the jive will be jumping. Drop in, hang out and make your choice of how you will reflect that raciest of racy times … the Jazz Age.

Welcome to Temasek, our today’s contest location!

It has been designed to be a place where you can learn more about the culture, history and ecology of Singapore. It accurately reflects a RL world of fascinating history and a widespread mix of cultures. We hope today’s entries will explore the nuances of what can be seen and experienced there.

Thanks to Temasek everything has been made to encourage participants to try discovering the several aspects of the culture of singapore and to try to take pictures according to their findings!

The name ‘Temasek’ is taken from the Javanese language, and means ‘Sea Town’.  The name was given to an early settlement which was sited in modern-day Singapore.

You’ll find the island to be very hospitable to visitors. Be sure to take advantage of the information you’ll find there, the self-guided tours, many informational notecards which might help you, and they are often embedded in the signs, and sometimes in artifacts that you might find lying around so please take your time to explore, and touch!

Temasek has been configured to reflect the real-time weather in Singapore.  Like Singapore, Temasek has a river flowing through it, and this river has been modelled after the Singapore River, in that it has a so-called carp-belly shape when seen from the air.  It is said that the early Chinese traders in Singapore regarded this shape as auspicious.

Although it cannot model the geography of Singapore down to the last detail, Temasek has been designed with great care to provide you with an authentic experience of some of the highlights of the cultural experience.  Please do try to visit the Peranakan shophouses, the fishing village - Kampung Laut, and the mudflats.

Make sure that your photographs not only reflect the theme “An Isle East”, but that they express some of the culture of Singapore itself.

Temasek is managed by Raymaker Land Management, under a carbon-offset scheme.

Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

Congratulations to our Wednesday finalists ! Check their creations here.

Tomorrow Hints!

Thursday — Art Fantasy
What is more fantastic than the dreams of the artist? Today we take you to explore the mysteries of a sim that captures the mind of an artist. Will you learn the secrets of the island and capture them in your photograph? Explore the power of fantasy - and bring dreams to life.

There are many ways of living by the sea - and we’ve chosen one of the most stylish for today’s destination! Grab your best nautical gear, or go for romance under the stars … but create a photograph that would make anyone wish they were here!

And where are we heading? Well, it’s the Galaxy - Second Life’s amazing three sim luxury liner that gives its residents a taste of living at sea the whole year round!

The three sims of the Galaxy contain everything you would expect to see on a modern luxury liner - from a starry ballroom to an ice-rink, from deck quoits and skeet shooting to luxury restaurants, a pool deck, an amazing health and fitness centre and a Japanese restaurant, presided over by that formidable cleaver-wielding octopus of a sushi chef, Satu Moreau. There’s a jogging track around the deck, a miniature golf course, the opportunity to try out sky diving, stroll through the atrium or try out the holodeck.

And then there are the cabins, perhaps perfect for a romantic shot as one stands on a private area of deck, dressed for dinner and watching the sun slowly sinking as one sips a cocktail …

Whichever setting on The Galaxy you choose, remember to make it clear that you are very definitely Living by the Sea.

Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

Congratulations to our Tuesday finalists ! Check their creations here.

Tomorrow Hints!

Wednesday — An Isle East
Today we’re looking to the East … not just the mysterious remote East of legend, but the thriving, vibrant culture of the modern Orient, conscious of its proud history. Can you take a picture that captures all the flavour and spice of a key Eastern land? That’s your task for today!

Today (Monday) the theme is the Swinging Sixties. . . . a time when established values were challenged, when music exploded and fashion went crazy. Can you sum up an amazing decade in a single photo? That’s today’s challenge - but our groovy destination should help you!

And the area we are heading for is … well, it’s London, of course - home of the swinging sixties!

The five sims of Chelsea, Mayfair, Knightsbridge, Kensington W8 London and London England UK form the heart of a new development of London sims that are rapidly becoming a home to real life and second life businesses, delighted Second Life residents (the prices here are MUCH better than in real life London!) and a growing calendar of social events.

Take a little time to explore the streets and spot the famous landmarks such as Harrods, Big Ben, Hyde Park, the houseboats of the Chelsea Reach or Speaker’s Corner. Perhaps you’ll feature one of these in your photograph - or perhaps you’ll capture an underground station with a train in the background or, on the surface, a London bus.

Whichever setting in London you choose, remember to make it clear that time has stood still and it’s still the Swinging Sixties!

Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

Congratulations to our Monday finalists ! Check their creations here.

Tomorrow Hints!

Tuesday — Living By the Sea
There are many ways of living by the sea - and we’ve chosen one of the most stylish for today’s destination! Grab your best nautical gear, or go for romance under the stars … but create a photograph that would make anyone wish they were here!

Orange Island and Prim Perfect Publications are sponsoring an innovative competition for teams of photographers, clothing designers and models throughout the week of August 25, 2008, to August 31, 2008.

Participants will have the chance to stretch their creative genius and demonstrate their originality and innovation as a new theme and environment will provide the focus for each day’s shooting. An impartial panel of judges will determine the winners.
There will be 5 separate daily competitions during the week, each with a different theme and taking place on a specific sim that will be announced the day of the shooting.

Though the themes will be announced ahead of time, the location of the sim (together with landmark) will only be revealed when we gather at Orange Island at 12:00 noon SLT each day. The location will also be announced on the Orange Island blog and the Prim Perfect blog.

Guidelines & rules, apllications for Jurors and details can be found on : 
Registration and Upload of pictures procedures can be found on :          

The work of each of the daily finalists will remain on display throughout the month of September on Orange Island as well as in an online gallery on Koinup.

The September issue of Prim Perfect will display each photograph receiving a daily award and will feature an interview with the Grand Prix winner. The winners will also be featured in the Orange Island and Koinup Photo Sessions for September.