Metanomics Community Forum

On this week’s community forum: The State of Machinima – Jayjay Zifanwe and Chantal Harvey join us on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 12 pm PST (SL Time) at the Metanomics studio in Second Life. You can also watch it streamed live on the net from our Community Forum page.

During the community forum, Jayjay Zifanwe and Chantal Harvey will discuss the University of Western Australia’s contest, The UWA Machinima challenge. The winners of its L$90,000 prize will be announced on February 8, 2010. Chantal Harvey is a finalist in that competition and the primary force behind the MaMachinima International Festival which occurs February 20, 2010.

Join us to talk about this uniquely virtual art form with two innovators from our community.

Shortlisted entries are displayed on the University of Western Australia (UWA) Second Life Blog.

Winners of this L$90,000 challenge will be announced on the 8th of February (details below) following the deliberations of an international panel helmed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia (RL), Professor Alan Robson, and the doyen of all things SL, Torley Linden.

In no particular order, the finalists are:
MASTERDARK FOOTMAN, Dallas, Texas, USA (The Heart of UWA)

COLEMARIE SOLEIL, Florida USA (UWA Machinima Challenge Submission)

PYEWACKET BELLMAN, New York City, USA (University of Western Australia in Second Life)

CHANTAL HARVEY, Maastricht, Netherlands (University of Western Australia in Second Life)

CISKO VANDEVERRE, Belin, Germany

SOPHIA YATES, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (The Challenge – Architecture, Teaching, Research Arts on the UWA sims)

IONO ALLEN, Paris, France (Seek Wisdom)

GLASZ DECUIR, San Sebastian, Spain (MachinimUWA: UWA in Second Life, Achieving International Excellence)

LASLOPANTOMIK YAO, Barcelona, Spain (MachinimUWA)

BRADLEY DORCHESTER, Perth, Australia MachinimUWA: Art Architecture, Research, Teaching

NOVA DYSZEL, Toronto, Canada UWA in SL Challange

MASTERDARK FOOTMAN, Dallas, Texas, USA (UWA Jan 2010)

SOPHIA YATES, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (Second Life Virtual University of Western Australia )

More on the MaMachinima International Festival:

The MMIF is an event for the celebration, promotion and education of machinima arts creation. Not a contest, no awards, but a way of sharing knowledge, experiences and fun. The MMIF was initiated by Dutch machinimatographer Chantal Harvey, aiming to create a community of machinimatographers around the world.