Dr. Muglerstein SL Photography & Machinima contest
March 9, 2008 11:54 pmFrom 07 February to 30 March at midnight, the residents of Second life can participate in an appeal for creative work by filling in the participation form and entering their creations on the site www.dr-muglerstein.com/exposition with the limit of one participation per artist and per category:
- Machinima (Video)
- Photos :
- Photo of a fantastic landscape
- Photo: portrait of a mutant avatar
- Photomontage ”art of metamorphosis”
The artists can send their photos as “post cards” directly from Second life but digital retouching and photomontage are also permitted …be daring and extravagant!
No submissions of photos and/or videos will be accepted after 30 March 2008 at midnight C.E.T. To be valid, the photos and/or videos must imperatively depict the Dr Muglerstein’s Island, or part of the island.
A jury made up of image and Second life professionals, presided by the creator Thierry Mugler, will select the best works submitted for the purposes of an exhibition.
The winner of the MACHINIMA (Video) category will received a modelled 3D reproduction of their Second life avatar, made by the company ART TOY (measuring about 20 cm tall), of an approximate value of 1,000 euros.
The 3 winners of the PHOTO category will receive a “large format” reproduction of their photo of an approximate value of 150 euros.
Ow, and your work will be showed at a gallery in Paris.
Do read the contest rules though, if you participate you allow them to use your photograph for promotional and other purposes relating Dr. Muglersteins’s island, even if you do not win anything. Attribution not even obliged.
PS. Press ‘English’ version on the website, if you do not speak French. ;)
3 Responses to “Dr. Muglerstein SL Photography & Machinima contest”
Geez, the legal conditions they have for a stupid contest where the top prize is a reproduction of one’s own picture, worth 150 euros! Not mentioning that you have to reveal your RL identity. Well, at least it seems that you don’t have to give away your SL identity so they are not matched to each other. But if I cared about building a reputation for my pics it would be using only my SL identity.
I think their marketing department is completely out of touch with the spirit of SL. They don’t seem to get it. I’m curious to see what’s going to come out of this.
Hmm, they’re smart: they selected a really desirable 1st prize (the 3D reproduction of your avatar) to give up pretty much all rights to their company.
Chances you will actually get that 3D model are of course small, but all entries still are “theirs” as soon as soon as you send it.
Question we need to ask ourselves: are we willing to spend time and effort in something, knowing we probably won’t win the most interesting price, and wont benefit from ourselves, nor will our Avatars?
I think opinions will be diffirent for everybody, and the more unknown artist looking for a step in the spotlight will be eager to participate in this contest.
Lem had a really good point: it sucks they want our RL names instead of our SL names, cuz what Avatar will know what the RL name is behind a resident?
For those who have a signature or a logo to put on their works at least have the ability to refer the pic to the creating Avatar that way, but then again some are kinda cryptic (like my own) which isn’t totally helpfull either.
Perhaps one could contact them and state that for RL purposes (like the RL art exhibition and sending the prize) the RL name will be used, but for SL purposes (in-world displaying) the SL name will be used (and perhaps they can put the SL name under our RL name in the RL art exhibition).
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