The Wall V-2: Amazing Performance Comes to NMC Campus
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 24, 2008 10:46pm
Today, a few NMC staff got to peek in on the rehearsal of what will be one of the most popular performances this summer on Second Life.
Opening Friday, June 27, is an epic production by the Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP) — The Wall V-2.
On July 21 1990, nine months after the dismantlement of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters and an all-star cast performed “The Wall” at the Potzdamer Platz in Berlin. The performance was watched by a live audience of 250,000 and an estimated half-billion people on television…
And now, an international team of artists working with the Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP) bring a unique vision and live performance of “The Wall” to Second Life ™.
The original CARP version of “The Wall” was performed in SL fourteen times to 1260 attendees. Each performance filling sims and to rave reviews.
The NMC is delighted to bring you “THE WALL V-2″! The CARP Team have especially updated and re-scripted near every element of the show for NMC, as well as adding entirely new effects and surprises. “The Wall V-2″ is now even bigger, more colorful and more visually stunning than ever before!
What They Say…
“Amazing. Not so much viewed as it is experienced” ~ Metaverse Messenger
“All I can say is WOW. GREAT show” ~ Second Arts
“Nothing short of spectacular. A complete immersion” ~ Looking Glass
Starting this friday and for the next few weeks, “The Wall V-2″ will be performed at twice-weekly at NMC Campus West:
- EVERY FRIDAY 2pm PST
- EVERY SUNDAY 2pm PST
You can watch the show at NMC Campus West (127, 47, 612)
Interest is expected to be high, so please arrive early! Arriving early will also allow the Texture Pre-Loaders to send all the data to your cache before the show starts. Both shows will start promptly at 2PM PST.
This is a live artistic performance by a team of experienced SL/RL artists, using the very best and sophisticated of SL’s technology to bring you a unique interpretation and vision of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’. It should not be confused or compared with other SL “Pink Floyd” performances, where avatars simply use pose balls and stand on a stage whilst a stream brings in music.
The CARP Wall Team
- Creative Director: Debbie Trilling (UK)
- Producer: Velazquez Bonetto (Germany)
- Wall Design: Elfod Nemeth (UK)
- Animated Puppets: Duggy Bing (US)
- Animations: Caravaggio Bonetto (Austria)
- Original Music: Junivers Stockholm (Sweden) & Josina Burgess (Holland)
- Stills Photography: Adec Alexandria (UK)
- Dancing & Joyfulness: Klute Copploa (France), Southern Riptide (US)
with valuable contributions from:
- Scio Kamanchi (US)
- Gypsy Paz (US)
- Lyddyn Tzara (US)
- Celeste Moonlight (US)
- DJ Jenns (UK)
- George W Bush (US) Yes, that George Bush!
and, of course, Pink Floyd’s incredible album ‘The Wall’
Important Notes
Please note that facelights and all other prim lighting are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please detach all such prim lighting systems before arriving. If you are unsure, please use ‘Advanced | Rendering | Info Displays | Light’ to check. This will cause all sources of prim lighting in your vicinity to be surrounded by a yellow bounding box. Please be aware that facelights and other sources of prim lighting will not only ruin the show for the wearer, but also for everybody else within up to 20 meters of the wearer.
Please enable ‘Nearby Local Lights’, particles to a minimum of 4096 (but preferably to 8192), sun to midnight, turn volume to HIGH!
Reviews
- “A massive, magical hit. An unforgettable, enchanting triumph, “THE WALL” dazzles the senses and touches the heart.”
- “Packed with shocks, sorcery, special effects and incredible costumes, “THE WALL” is an SL sensation.”
- “A great big luscious SL musical extravaganza. “THE WALL” has taken SL by surprise and will be a hit musical. Powerful and subversive. It’s a fabulous production.”
- “An incredible technical feat to have achieved all this within SL”
- “The best live performance ever to be staged in SL”
- “Sets a new benchmark for live performances in SL”
More Info…
For press release photographs or any further information, please IM Debbie Trilling
- Selection of performance photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7759984@N05/
- Cybernetic Art Research Project: http://diabolus.ning.com/
- Recent CARP ventures: http://www.gallery-diabolus.com/CARP/carp-04.pdf
- Debbie Trilling wiki: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Debbie_Trilling
- Debbie Trilling SL profile: http://world.secondlife.com/resident/4e07f6d1-4598-4351-84fa-826ccb723ea8
- Velazquez Bonetto SL profile: http://world.secondlife.com/resident/e762560e-0314-4388-b8bf-02610283cc16
Special Notes
All facelights and other vanity lighting systems are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please see article “How to Ruin an Artists Work Using Facelights & Prim Lighting” for more information.
Don’t miss this stunning performance!
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1. Lionel | June 24th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
My old roommate gave me a copy of the accompanying CD recordings of The Wall event but I never gave them a listen. I wonder how much they’d be worth now… But this sounds like something amazing to check out. I hope to make it there to hear things for the first time and thank you for posting it!
2. CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) | June 25th, 2008 at 12:02 am
If you need to study, try the “Complete Analysis of Pink Floyd’s The Wall”
http://www.thewallanalysis.com/
3. Debbie Trilling | June 28th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Opening Night was last night, and the CARP Wall Team would like to thank all who attended and helped make it a such a wonderful evening.
The sim was packed, and by all acounts the show was very well received and enjoyed.
We would like to thank NMC for providing such great support and facilities
We looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible, and we will be continuing to put shows on at NMC Campus West every Friday & Sunday at 2pm
We sincerely hope that you come see the show
Kind regards,
Debbie Trilling
Creative Director of ‘The Wall V-2′
4. MixedRealities :: Upcomin&hellip | June 28th, 2008 at 1:48 am
[...] Yesterday I attended the opening of the show The Wall V-2 in Second Life at NMC Campus West (127, 47, 612). Pink Floyd’s masterpiece has been adapted and produced for Second Life audiences by the Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP). The original performance of The Wall in Second Life has been re-scripted, updated and new elements have been added, so I read in the NMC Campus Observer. [...]
5. Pia Piaggio | July 1st, 2008 at 8:08 am
Hi Debbie,
I have been at the show but I didn´t heard anything allthough I’d activated all streamers. Do you have any explanation or advice for me?
Finally I added the virtual show by my old and very real “The Wall” disc…….would be nice if you might could help me for my next try to enjoy this great show completely virtual.
Best regards, Pia Piaggio
6. Campus Admin | July 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pm
My hunch is lack of sufficient bandwidth. If you are on a wireless network, you may not have had enough connectivity to get the stream. I would first verify that your client can get an audio stream by visiting another place where their is live audio.
7. Pia Piaggio | July 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 am
That’s what I yet thought of - I do wireless network and sometimes it works very slow. So, thank you very much for your help.
8. NMC Campus Observer &raqu&hellip | July 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
[...] the NMC is excited to be hosting CARP’s (Cybernetic Art Research Project) performance of The Wall V-2. The curtain lifted last Friday to that symphonic rock sound of Pink Floyd enhanced by the dance, [...]
9. NMC Campus Observer &raqu&hellip | July 27th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
[...] after a month since the first show, CARP’s (Cybernetic Art Research Project) performance of The Wall V-2 continues to pull in good sized audiences twice a week at the perfomance center located on NMC [...]
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