Artemisia: Living with Art

This describes an exceptional opportunity for an artist, gallery or consortium to rent a very large portion (one third) of a full island at actual cost. I’m not looking for a profit. I just don’t want this resource to go to waste. Please read this and pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.

-FreeWee Ling, Artemisia
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The Artists community of Artemisia has been a vital creative place  in SL for about 4 years. Things change and the long-time residents have had to move on, so we are now looking for new partners to rent large portions of this amazing place AT COST. No profit is to be made in this transaction.

Here’s the deal. The island was a gift to me by Zephyre Zabelin in service to art.  I can only afford about a third of the cost myself (about $100 of the $295/month tier). Because the land was a gift in service to art, I am determined to honor that gift, as I have for nearly 3 years, by offering  the other 2/3 sim AT COST. I already have an artist committed to renting the second third, leaving one third of the sim available.

This is an exceptional opportunity to rent a very large share of a sim without having to buy in. You simply have to pay the actual continuing cost for your share.

Here are the numbers:

Available share: 1/3th of a full sim (this is NOT a homestead sim).
Square meters: Approx. 21,845 (65,536/3)
Prims:  5000 (15,000/3)
Cost: $100 US ($300/3)

You can have a partner or whatever you need to make it work on your end. You may not subdivide or sublease the property. You will be solely responsible to get me the rent on time every month. There is no better deal available in SL. It costs what it costs. If SL lowers their prices (yeah, right) then you still only pay the actual cost of tier. I am willing to redesign the island to accomodate the vision of my partners. I’ll teraform to your needs.

CAVEAT: The essential issue is that I have to live there, too, so if I don’t think your idea for the island is in keeping with service to art and something I can live with, I won’t rent it.  But if I do like your idea, I can do a lot to support you.  Please contact me ASAP to talk about what you think you’d do with this opportunity.

I urge you to visit our beautiful island while you can. My remaining residents are beginning to pack up, so things will be gradually clearing until the end of the month, after which we will transition to the new partnership, which will dramatically change the look of the place. We will continue to have regular concerts by Shannon Oherlihy, Sunday nights at 6PM SLT in the Treehouse venue (though the treehouse itself may shift position a bit).

Thank you for your attention.

-FreeWee Ling

Exhibition: The Entertainer
Artist: White Lebed
Where: Galerie de la Vie, Artemisia
May 16 through June 14, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday May 16th from 10-11 am SL time

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Artemisia/128/128/54

The residents of Artemisia and the Galerie de la Vie are proud to present the work of White Lebed. Her series of musician sculptures are the highlight of this exhibition.  The opening event is on Saturday, May 16th at 10 am SL time. During this reception the audience will be captivated by a light and musical presentation of her series of sculptures called “The Entertainer.” With the assistance of Mr. DJ Eth Tedeschi and RobertSteven Smythe, curator of the Galerie de la Vie, Lebed’s sculptures will come alive with music. You will not want to miss this unique event.

White remembers why she started the series. “My good friend Kolor Fall was writing an opera to be produced and performed on his new sim.  He asked me to make a few sculptures to decorate the sim and assist the viewers to understand his vision. Up to that point in my SL art career, I was making  large installations and semi-abstract conceptual art.  In RL I tend to let my media lead me and dictate to me what it wants to be.  It is almost like the material draws life from my hands and then holds it in sculpture form. When looking at a sculpture one may not be able to explain why it makes you feel happy or sad but you  clearly feel it. That X factor that one feels often in art I believed was created through the physical contact of the media. I was not sure that I could create such feeling and emotion in a semi-abstract or abstract form without touching and making physical contact with the media. To create that sensual effect not from a realistic approach but from a conceptual approach as in a semi-abstract sculpture was a difficult task.  The musician figures turned out to be much more “alive” than I expected.  They were, by design, semi-abstract but still carried a significant amount of emotions and feelings.  People responded to the sculptures the way I had hoped, but it surprised me. After doing this series, I feel that SL prims are a  more interesting art tool than I had previously thought.”

One sculpture in particular has a special place in White’s heart. “I was walking around San Francisco Marina with a couple of visiting friends.  Over the usual city sounds, the street music of a beautiful sax solo dominated our attention.   It was pretty good, clear and thoughtful music.  Then I saw the man who was playing. He was quite old, tired looking, seemed like life had taken a part of his soul. He looked as though he was sick and poor.  But he was playing so very powerful with a soulful sensual style that it made me take a second look. When I did I felt that he might be a lot happier and peaceful within himself than we might assume.” That feeling can be seen in the sculpture of the saxophone player, one of eight sculptures on display.

White Lebed’s exhibition “The Entertainer” is a must see this week on the SL art scene. Come early to get a seat to watch the opening ceremony and to be the first to see these sculptures. Opening Reception is on Saturday, May 16th at 10:00 am SL time. The residents or Artemisia want you to join them in this great exhibition through June 15, 2009. Artemisia – Living with Art.