Land Of Sleeping Giants

 

By Gemma Cleanslate

 

 
If you are looking for a diversion from shopping and holiday decorations have an adventure for the day take a ride over to Land Of Sleeping Giants. 

 

The installation is that of AmandaT Tamatzui. She is a well known artist with many installations in the past and art works seen in exhibits and her own galleries.

The island is full of engaging scenes and interactive fun. But right nearby is a train station that will take you all around the island and up the mountain on tours. Don’t miss that!. Inside the station are tickets for the train and the Cable Car. While you are there you can rezz a boat to take a tour around the island on water too. Amanda had help from many people to do this installation . You can see all the helpers at the station also.

“Kia Ora Tātou, This is my love project, dedicated to my new homeland of New Zealand also known as 'land of the long white cloud' Sleeping Giants was born, inspired by Te Mata Peak's Sleeping Giant in Hawkes Bay, NZ. TY Rascal for donating this region.“ is Amanda’s description of her work. RL inspirations are always good , especially if one can never get there in person. The Sleeping Giants are up on the mountain facing out to the world. To get a great look cam out.

Across from the station there is an elegantly arranged garden containing diverse lovely flowers and plants with bunnies and other animals scattering around on the ground. Down below you can see many of Amanda’s colorful art set out . Do not miss the Butterfly cave . Amanda has activities going on . I was able to attend a dance party on the volcano (which she covered with water ) It was fun! There is a Riddle hunt going on if you can make time. Look for pages as you wander . Some gifts are there too. If you find all 8 pages you will get a big prize. You will see the info on a poster at the station.

After my tours and walking about I was enticed to stop into the Cafe too inviting to miss! Great Menu on the wall and Lemon tea was my choice. I took it outside to sit in the New Zealand air. Visit while you can. Accept the experience. Vixen Point

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vixen%20Point/120/200/38

 

The installation will be there until January

 

After the party I went over to the Christmas Expo for the American Cancer Society where Patch Linden had gathered a hoard of Moles for picture taking time. I managed to be able to take a few photos while crashing out in between .

 

When I arrived most of the Moles and visitors were mostly naked with backwards faces lol. Quartz was in good shape so I took one photo of him.

 

Finally I was able to get to sit with Patch and get a good photo and make a donation to the cause before I crashed out again. Squeaky tried to help but he was having rezzing issues also . It was all great fun. I might use this for my Christmas card.

Gemma Cleanslate
 

Gemma's Explorations

 

By Gemma Cleanslate

 

Saturday morning my first activity is to go collecting new stamps for my passport . The Gazette always has a list of where owners have placed new terminals. This way I add to my passport and find new places in Second Life that I may have never seen before. Some of which I return to and explore and perhaps write about them for you . Today I hit the jackpot in visiting places that were in themselves compact enough and also familiar and think you would like to visit.

The Welcome Hub for new residents has a whole section of representative builds of recommended places to visit installed by the members of that location. The new one I saw this morning is wonderful in representing Burn2, the virtual part of Burning Man here. Huntress Catteneo infrastructure builder at Deep Hole and a an artist who does many builds .has placed this installation and it is delightful. By clicking on the wall you get to see 360 photos of Burning Man in the Nevada desert. One can also watch a video of events in Second Life. There is a teleport door to visit Deep Hole the permanent site of Burn2. To experience this delightful introduction to Burn2 here is the site.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/WelcomeHubCommunity/220/33/29

The next site I visited , though it did not have a terminal was the Art Gallery at Firestorm where they exhibit various artists every month to highlight their work. It was related in a way to the Burn2 exhibit because one of my fellow Rangers at the Burn is the artist of the month. Radioactive Rosca is also a community builder for many events at the Bellisserian Fairgrounds and other events. I also use some of his photos when my laptop does not let me get good photos… with his permission of course.

The gallery is lovely itself and Radioactive added to the gallery with a pond. He takes massive numbers of photos of scenes of activity like boat tours , helicopter rides , train rides and more. I think he grabbed a photo of almost every event that happened last month at the Bellisseria Anniversary. Take a look at him working on the art exhibit and beyond can see more photos of that event last month. https://www.flickr.com/photos/radioactiverosca/albums/72177720316520757/

Congrats for being the featured artist ! Stop over to see for yourself. Firestorm Social Island

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Firestorm%20Social%20Island/190/174/28

The other new sweet little gallery at the CDS where I stopped to get a stamp belongs to AmandaT Tamatzui, a well known artist who often builds enormous installations as she did at the SLEA a few months ago. However this is a tiny gallery containing examples of her art pieces and various styles with which she works. 

 

Amanda is a part of the BBB who makes many of the stamps for the terminals also. I can’t wait to see her next installation! Visit this gallery to get a taste of her talent.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Locus%20Amoenus/36/98/24

Gemma Cleanslate