POPSCAPE - Mikati Slade Artwork

[Overview]
This is an art-building in online virtual world Second Life.
Size: 64W, 64D, 45H (meter)
Exhibited at BURN2 Festival (USA), Oct 2011.
Features:
- Largest size of all BURN2 exhibitors.
- 8 variations gifts.
- 5 DJ events by 6 DJ performers.

[Official Theme]
Rites of Passage

[My Concept]
Once in a while, an important event or realization happens that changes us forever. This change often comes with mixed feelings - fear and hope, loss and opportunity. This artwork tries to capture these feelings. The skulls is our fear for the future, our loss of the past. The hearts is our hope and excitement for the future, our optimism that all will go well, our love for ourselves. The bows blessedly tie all together. Overall, this work tries to communicate a natural and dynamic optimism about the future of people in times of change.

DJ event by FREAK GIRL at POPSCAPE got top traffic of  all the BURN2 areas at the time.

[Credits]
Artist: Mikati Slade (Japan)
Title and Special Thanks: Emily Lang (Greece)
Streaming Adviser: Jordy Parkin (UK)
DJ Performers: Ema Burt (FREAK GIRL, Japan), cherry Jun (FREAK GIRL, Japan), DJ Jordy (UK), DJ Spadey (USA), DJ Skips (USA), DJ Eifa (Zurich)

POP ATOMIC - Mikati Slade Artwork at BURN2 2010

SLURL : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-Black%20Rock/28/136/24

BURN2 is biggest festival of art in online virtual world Second Life.

Too many artists having exhibitions in there and I built my artwork in there too.

The festival also have many kind of events.

[About exhibition "POP ATOMIC"]

Mikati Slade (Japan)

The ATOMIC bomb changed the Japanese people forever.

8-bit console games are a loving part of Japan's POP culture nowadays.

I felt that both the atomic bomb and the 8-bit consoles are powerful symbols of 20th century's civilization, at least as experienced by the Japanese people.

And, so, POP ATOMIC was born.

Enjoy it and lets discuss it together. Arigato^^

Emily Lang (Greece)

Mikati has been a long-time business partner and friend.

She talked to me about her concept for this year's Burn2 event.

I loved it and asked her if she needed any help.

Luckily she did and I contributed my part :)

[Credits]

"POP ATOMIC"

Artist : Mikati Slade

Title and Special Thanks : Emily Lang