SL10B Spotlight on... Individual Exhibitors

Many of the exhibitors are not there with a commercial group, they are just there to express some of their own favourite things, funny things, and lots of other little things about Second Life.

On a whim, I decided to apply this year! I had never been involved in any of the previous SL Birthday events so this was a real leap into the unknown. I invited a group of dear friends to know about the exhibit and to contribute their ideas.

Exhibit: "Connected"
Exhibitors: Aurie Elton, Ginevra Perdide

This exhibit is a rotating Earth with many cables extending in all directions and from a variety of places around the world. Each cable leads to dialogue that is meant to represent how we all come from our own parts of the world and grow to love one another ... all connected through our Second Lives!

Was this your first SL Birthday? Yes


Will you apply again next year?

Yes and I am already thinking of next year's message.


What did you like best about SL10B?

I really loved getting to meet so many people as an Exhibit Assistant and at the events on stages. I also had the privilege of making many new friends over the past two weeks. This event proves that SL is more than all the things that give it a bad reputation. It's about creativity, international collaboration and it allows our life paths to intersect in unexpected ways. Second Life really is about far more than the pixels. It's about being connected to people you might otherwise never know.


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Exhibit: "Forever Dreams"
Exhibitor: AlεXandяεa Tuxing-Barbosa (tintin.tuxing)

"A Japanese garden which I built. It's a very tranquil artistic display with some wonderful textures which I have collected throughout my years in SL and with a love of flowers and gardens."

Aurie: Is this your first SL Birthday?

Alexandra: I've done three so far.

Aurie: Do you think you will apply for SL11B?

Alexandra: Oh yes!

Aurie: What do you like best about the SL10B?


Alexandra: I really like the building. It's a great way to express myself.

Aurie: Yes, building is the great equalizer in some ways :)


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Exhibit: "Sky-View Lounge in SL10B"
Exhibitor:  Ray (ray.weyland)

"This build does not commemorate anything, isn't a model of anything, and doesn't have any special attributes.  It's just something fun I wanted to contribute to Second Life's 10th Birthday Party bash. However, I took some ideas from RL (rotating lounge with a view) and some ideas from past towers I've built and created this, like I said before, just for the fun of it.

Also for the fun of it, I've put out some pictures on the ground level of predecessors of this build."

Aurie: Have you participated in the earlier SLBirthday celebrations?

Ray: I was in SL07 and SL08 .. my "View from the Manor" exhibit about a SL-based book I started.


Aurie: So this year you changed the theme of your exhibit?

Ray: yes .. I figured I wanted something just for fun because I knew I was going to be busy in RL during that week.


Aurie: And do you think you will want to participate again in SL11B?

Ray: I think so .. I love to build.  But, it depends on if inspiration hits during the application process or not :-)


Aurie: What do you like most about the SLB events?

Ray: oh .. man!  Just about everything!  I love seeing all the creativity .. the fun people have .. and just how hard people work to make this happen