SL Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night, Act 1 Open-Ended Run Photography Contest on Koinup!

Show Invites You to Collaborate on Fan Art To Win L$100,000 in Prizes!

It’s the story of a shipwrecked girl who goes undercover as a eunuch in the crazy love-charged land of Illyria. The SL Shakespeare Company’s long-awaited open-ended run of
Twelfth Night, Act 1 is anon! This opening act evolves to reveal the love triangle that silly girl-castrato Viola gets herself into. The unabridged first act contains ample fun—opportunities for you to hear Sir Toby Belch belch, delight in a tempest wrecking the Illyrian coast, see Duke Orsino jump off a balcony into a bed of violets, and much, much, more!

But, what’s more fun for you is perhaps our invitation for you to join us in creativity (with booty)! Koinup and the SL Shakespeare Company have teamed up to offer a photography contest with several different prizes for artwork derived from the SL Shakespeare Company’s open-ended run of
Twelfth Night, Act 1.

Don’t delay! Catch a show, snap some shots, make them good, and enter to win! Drop by any of our performances on Sundays @ 1 PM PST and/or Tuesdays @ 6 PM PST at the SL Globe Theatre.
Performances are free except for the last Tuesday and Sunday of each month.

See below for more info on special performances and sessions!

Main Contest

Any artwork that is significantly and evidently derived from any imagery from SL Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night, Act 1 Open-Ended Run may be entered in the main contest. Details subject to Rules below. Prizes will total to: L$10,000 cash and L$35,000 in sponsored merchandise. Winning entries will also be published in the magazines and newspapers listed below.

Unedited SL Photography Special Category

Photography of our production taken directly from Second Life with no post-editing also qualify for our Unedited SL Photography category. Details subject to Rules below. Prizes will total to: L$5,000 cash and L$7,500 in sponsored merchandise.

Avatar Photography Special Category

Photography that especially focuses on actor avatars of our production is also eligible to win in the Avatar Photography category. Details subject to Rules below. Prizes will total to: L$5,000 cash and L$7,500 in sponsored merchandise. While all entries that focus on a single avatar will be considered for this prize, Special Photography Avatar-Only Sessions will be held on:

• Saturday, April 4 @ 1 PM
• Saturday, April 18 @ 1 PM
• Further details TBA!

“Variations” Mini-Contests

Starting in April, certain performances will show a “Variation” from our main production. For example, we hope to try an
all-female production, a switched-gender production, and perhaps also a (strictly unofficial)
popular culture-analogues production. We will be holding a special April Fool’s Day performance on Wednesday, April 1, featuring
premeditated bloopers. Each “Variation” will be accompanied by a mini-contest. When finalized, mini-contest details and deadlines will be posted here. Photography taken at a “Variation” performance will qualify as entries for both its qualifying mini-contest and the main contest, above. “Variations” prizes will total to L$5,000 cash and L$25,000 sponsored merchandise.

Judges

• AM Radio – Legendary Artist
• Ananda Valeeva – Editor, Inner World Magazine; CEO, Surya Isle
• Beyers Sellers – Talk Show Host, Metanomics
• Dana Vanmoer – Co-CEO/Editor, SL-Newspaper
• Eshi Otawara – Artist; Builder; CEO/Designer, Eshi Otawara (formerly Chambre du Chocolat)
• Frolic Mills – Editor, Best of SL Magazine; Co-CEO, Best of SL Enterprises
• Ina Centaur – Artistic Director, SL Shakespeare Company; Designer, Ina
  Centaur; CEO, sLiterary
• James Kjeller – Photographer; Gridnaut
• Prad Prathivi – Co-CEO/Builder/Designer, Amodica; Co-CEO, The Crown and Pearl
• Rightasrain Rimbaud – Photographer; CEO, Rezzable
• Saffia Widdershins – Owner/Editor, Prim Perfect; Producer/Presenter, Meta Makeover
• Sarah Nerd – Legendary Land Baron
• Tara5 Oh – Photographer; Blogger
• Vint Falken – Photographer; Blogger

Prizes Summary

Main Contest (also includes unedited SL photography): L$10,000 cash and L$40,000 sponsored merchandise

• A grand prize winner will win L$10,000 cash and L$10,000 sponsored merchandise.
• Ten Runner-up’s will each receive L$3,000 sponsored merchandise packages.
• Unedited SL Photography-Only Contest: L$5,000 cash and L$7,500 sponsored merchandise
• A grand prize winner will win L$5,000 cash and L$2,500 sponsored merchandise.
• Ten Runner-up’s will each receive L$500 sponsored merchandise packages.

Avatar Photography Contest: L$5,000 cash and L$7,500 sponsored merchandise

• A grand prize winner will win L$5,000 cash and L$2,500 sponsored merchandise.
• Ten Runner-up’s will each receive L$500 sponsored merchandise packages.
• “Variations” Contest: L$5,000 cash and L$25,000 sponsored merchandise
• Details TBA. Check back on this page in April.

Sponsored Merchandise include highly-coveted (and some limited-edition) production valuables, such as set pieces, props and wardrobe items. Select winning entries will also be published in the magazines and newspapers listed below:

• Best of SL Magazine
• Inner World
• Prim Perfect
• RezLibris
• SL Newspaper
• sLiterary Magazine

Winning entries will be noted on koinup.com and the SL Shakespeare Company Twelfth Night blog at
http://TwelfthNight.SLshakespeare.com/blog.

Judging Criteria

Entries will be judged based on three simple criterion:

1. Clarity of Expression

2. Skill and Technique

3. Creativity and Uniqueness

Judges will appoint a numeric value between 1 and 10 (10 being the maximum score) for each criterion. The highest cumulative average of the sum of each criterion from all participating judges wins. We may also be highlighting entries that score well in each particular criterion.

Directions

• Sign up for a Koinup account to send in your entries. (Registration is free and quick.)
• Take photos of any SL Shakespeare Company performance of Twelfth Night, Act 1. These occur every Sunday’s @ 1 PM PST and Tuesday’s @ 6 PM PST at the SL Globe Theatre. Most performances are free, except for the ones that occur on the last Sunday and Tuesday of a performance month. Attendance will be limited at the ticketed performances.
• Special unscheduled performances may occur. We will be running weekly (or bi-monthly) “mini-contests” in sync with “Variations” starting in April. Details to be announced soon on this page and also on our blog at http://blog.SLshakespeare.com
• To enter a photo, send it into Koinup.com and tag it with: slsctwelfthnightcontest
• To enter a photo in the Unedited category, please also add the tag: slsctwelfthnightuneditedcontest

Rules

• All contest entries for the main contest must be received from March 1, 2009 to June 15, 2009.
• Imagery must be taken from the above mentioned production(s).
• Cast, production staff, and judges are permitted to submit to the pool, but their entries will not be judged.
• All submissions to the contest must be posted to Koinup.com and tagged with: slsctwelfthnightcontest
• Submissions to the Unedited category must also be tagged with: slsctwelfthnightuneditedcontest
• There are no limits to the number of entries you may submit.
• Entries that win a mini-contest may also win the main contest.
• Entries submitted to the Unedited contest may also be submitted to the main contest. Entries that win in one category cannot win in the other. In the unlikely event that there is a tie between an Unedited entry and a post-processed entry in the main contest, the grand prize will be split.
• To facilitate fair judging, please do not watermark or put logos or signatures on your entry.
• The decisions of judges are final.

From Stephen Venkman’s Flickr

We will be opening a new Gallery on our own dedicated Sim for Avatrait. Prad Prathivi and Corbett Howard have been working very hard on this new build and surrounding buildings that will house our training facility, Machinima theater, and artist store.

This show is dedicated to the artist of the gallery, the trip that Avatrait Gallery made to Florence and the book that was a result of that effort. We want to thank all of the artist and the patrons for their efforts and their support over the last year and a half.

We are pleased to announce the DJ for the after party: Ketsy (Jhuzen Ketsugo). I’ve danced to her creative tuneage at Vain gallery and we are privledged that she could make it for our opening. Also we have aquired for your viewing pleasure the talented Mariann McCann to shoot off an awesome array of fireworks. This is an opening not to be missed!

So put down those after Thanksgiving shopping bags…take a break from the relatives and come party with some of the best sl artist on the grid!!

Photo by Ryker Beck.

We work hard everyday to help train and bring quality DJs and to maintain a friendly atmosphere that’s not tainted by in fighting. A large part of running a successful venue in Second Life is not just being able to make tough decisions, but knowing when you’ve been wrong. We learnt from our mistakes of the past, and we continue to learn from mistakes we make, and we adapt to make sure that the Crown remains one of the finest places in Second Life.

I’m often asked by other venue owners how we can sustain such a large group of regulars when we don’t have any income. The answer is simple.. although a lot of time, love and money goes into the Crown, the core of the place is the people. It really is you guys who make the Crown and Pearl one of the most vibrant and pleasant atmospheres to be in.

There have been good times, and incredible times. There have been times when we’ve thought about closing the non existant doors and moving on. But, simply put, the Crown is home. It’s where a bunch of friends come together to chat, laugh and be happy.. and that in itself is priceless. We’re thankful that you all enjoy hanging out in the Crown and Pearl, because you’re all friends, new and old. And together, we make the place somewhere special to be.

In a grid that’s becoming increasingly commercialised and sex-orientated, it’s nice to have somewhere you can just getaway and be yourself, without the plague of green text, camping or escorting.

So here’s to one year of The Crown and Pearl. I hope it’s as special to you as it is to us.

Bailey Longcloth
Prad Prathivi

Make sure you see this art exhibit on its final encore at the new home of my art exhibits – Scorpio!

To help with the running costs of the sim, you can now purchase your own stumps on the sim.. please consider a donation if you enjoy this exhibit! =)

slurl.com/secondlife/Scorpio/127/128/24

Submit your pictures: www.flickr.com/groups/southsea_sl/

Exhibit will end on 30th September!

Well, I guess any excuse for a party, right? I’m going to combine with with my housewarming (which is about 15 months overdue now) and have a party at my house at Southsea Point! Invites will be going out soon, and details will be posted here closer to the date