The Chilbo Road Press

The Chilbo community and the Chilbo Road Press is looking for original and celebrated works of poetry for The Chilbo Poetry Bench Project. The Chilbo Poetry Bench Project is a public installation that combines art and poetry within the confines of a public bench.

The project exists to serve two functions:

1) to encourage visitors to engage themselves with, and to explore the community of Chilbo

2) to celebrate poetry  in a new medium, within a virtual community

One of the two benches already installed in Chilbo. Have a seat & read a poem!

Currently, there are two benches already installed within Chilbo. In the coming month, there will be more benches installed throughout the Chilbo sim and surrounding sims.

There is a $20L submission fee, which goes towards sim maintenance and artwork upload for the project. Poets who would like to submit their original poems are encouraged to do so. Poetry fans are also encouraged to submit their favorite poems for this project. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit the Chilbo Road Press office: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chilbo/140/220/118 or contact Chibi Lexenstar for more details.

Cecilia Delacroix gives a poetry reading at the Chilbo Summer Fair 2008.

Yesterday, two exciting events at the Chilbo Summer Fair – Cecilia Delacroix gave a poetry reading of her Seasons Cycle in the Shells plaza, and accepted our invitation to become the official Poet of Chilbo!

Chilbo residents and visitors listen intently to Cecilia’s poetry in the Shells Plaza.

Cecilia has christened two of our public venues with their first ever performances, and donated the beautiful images to the Shrubbery Amphitheatre background, so we are very pleased indeed to have her with us. If any Chilbo resident needs to commission our Poet, please contact Cecilia Delacroix!

Rezago Kokorin leads the Virtual Artists Alliance Workshop in the Chilbo Sandbox.

Later that evening, Rezago Kokorin gave a presentation in the Chilbo Sandbox at the Virtual Artists Alliance Workshop. The premise of these sessions is simple: the host introduces a concept or technique that can be applied to building in Second Life, and the remainder of the session is dedicated to experimentation, using the concept or technique for artistic application.

Chilbo resident Kim Link asks a question while Rezago looks on.

Chilbo residents and guests took the scripts Rezago provided and began practicing the various techniques he discussed, asked questions, and learned about creating prims that are responsive to an avatar’s proximity. Rezago will be leading another workshop next Tuesday in the same place – be sure to join us!