Fwd: Please Help Remember SL Shakspeare @ SL6B
Ina Centaur
question, so I'm posting answers to the three most common ones below:
1. Does this mean that LL will terminate the SLSC?
The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) is NOT and was NEVER affiliated
with Linden Lab. The SLSC has always been an independent, self-funded,
third-party organization. (The name "SL" is used similar to how
Shakespearean theatre companies in City X often call themselves "City
X Shakespeare," though we are without any official support from our
"city.")
Thus, aside from giving us an idea of how limited our outreach has
been, this decision will not "terminate" our project. (Also, though
managed by at least one Linden Lab associate, SL6B is a "resident-run"
event. The "resident-admins" are not representative of SL, and some of
them are actually quite limited in their knowledge of SL.)
2. Is this a protest?
Once again, this is *not* a protest. We are not asking for a
reversal in their decision, but, merely, that supporters help "remember
us" -- for what it's worth.
Yes, there's no immediate goal in the short-run, other than that
we're asking that you help remember us "there," though we'll only be
there if you rez that one prim!
3. "The theme of SL6B has to do with 'the future of the metaverse
[SL]', and Shakespeare is too old!"
Despite the fact that we are primarily a Shakespearean performance
company, we're actually rather forward-looking. For the record, this
was our SL6B exhibit application description:
"In Shakespeare's era, a group of thespians gathered to create the
foundations of modern theatre; now, nearly five hundred years later,
we're trying to do the same thing in virtual theatre -- a theatre
whose domain transcends locality. And, it's only proper that we do it
with Shakespeare. This exhibit will show how Shakespeare relates to
the future of the metaverse, via ample imagery... and, in our usual
tradition since SL3B, with builds to impress!"
We are one of (if not the only) theatre companies on SL to use a full
range of technologies, introducing a new technology or other novelty
with each new show. We have also performed a modern play -- a time
travel piece in late Fall 2008. Here's a summary of our plays, and an
overview of the new thing introduced in each one:
http://bit.ly/slsc08summary
This is all aside from the basic (though perhaps not-that-common)
notion that Shakespeare is timeless -- that he has survived nearly
half a millennium, that his plays continue to have meaning today, that
they can be interpreted in virtually any setting--from Steampunk to
Mars to the end of the universe and other further unknowns.
We believe that, despite the ignorance of the SL6B Board and the
outcome of their decision, Shakespeare does have a place in the future
of the metaverse. The Virtual Shakespeare Consortium and sLiterary's
Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI) have supported
Shakespearean theatre, and other activities, in other virtual worlds
like World of Warcraft, MetaPlace, and recently, Blue Mars.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Ina Centaur<ina.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Educators, Researchers, Independent Scholars and other SL
> Education Enthusiasts,
>
> I want to introduce you to a yearly "SL Birthday" event that happens
> around Summer Solstice. It's one of the grandest events on SL, and has
> traditionally been a superb showcase of the wonders and sights of the
> SL world, from the year since the last SL Birthday. This year,
> however, SL6B (SL 6th Birthday) will not be showing one memorable
> phenomenon that blossomed in the past year on SL...
>
> Having participated in the event since SL3B, SL Birthday events were
> actually one of the SL Shakespeare Company's best opportunities for
> inworld outreach.. Thus, it is with a mix of reluctance and
> desperation, that I announce that the SL Shakespeare Company will not
> be attending SL6B this year for a reason (or lack thereof) beyond our
> control: The SL6B Board has determined (and I've tried my own share of
> appealing this decision), that SL Shakespeare is not in-sync with
> their theme this year of "the future of the metaverse."
>
> The decree does not seem right to me, but:
>
> When a decision has been made, especially by forces beyond the
> comprehension of any one individual, possibilities become limited and,
> in some cases, the future becomes ever-more bleaker. Staging a protest
> is a common solution for a other variants of this event in a parallel
> universe, but that is far too aggressive for my taste. (Moreover, I've
> given up trying to appeal their decision.) Rather, my solution is to
> stage a purely positive and passive "Remember Us" Campaign, where
> volunteering supporters simply rez a 1-prim statuette. In its own
> whimper-of-a-way, that would help make our presence known by those who
> happen to see it, and perhaps, with the support of those who believe
> in Shakespeare and genuine Broadway-style theatre on SL, our loss in
> outreach would not be so great.
>
> Yours,
> Ina Centaur
> SL Shakespeare Company
>
> P.S. I am enclosing below the inworld notice I've sent, where you can
> find out more about our "Remember Us" campaign. I'd appreciate it
> immensely, if you could rez just that single low-lag prim of a
> "Remember Us" sign, anywhere you'd like -- if only to help keep afloat
> a dying cause. Thank you. :-)
>
> --
>
>
> The SL Shakespeare Company is barred from attending SL6B, and we ask
> that you help "remember us" at SL6B, by rezzing a 1-prim statuette.
>
> Long story condensed: "The SL6B Board has concluded that the SL
> Shakespeare Company is less in-theme with 'the future of the
> metaverse' than my other projects, and thus, Shakespeare was *not*
> granted a parcel at SL6B... (Ina Centaur, June 17, 2009)"
> Clarification: Though we are disappointed by their decree, we are
> *not* staging a protest, but a "remember us" campaign.
>
> Participation is voluntary, and easy -- on both setup and on the sim.
> As shown in the diagnostic screenshots below, the 1-prim "remember us"
> statuette takes up a bare minimal amount of sim resources a scripted
> prim can take -- which is only about 0.003 ms; the script is only
> touch-activated and is extremely low-lag. (You can also choose to
> delete the script.) Textures are optimized for efficient loading, two
> of its textures having been already widely circulated. Anyone can rez
> a copy, wherever they want. The intent is purely positive and
> supportive.
>
> "Remember the SLSC" Statuettes are freely available @ Blackfriars
> Theatre, Second Life and SL Globe Theatre, Second Life.
> http://visit.SLshakespeare.com
>
> You can rez a 1-prim statuette to help us. Please do!
>
> Contact us @ production at SLshakespeare dot com for questions.
> http://twelfthnight.slshakespeare.com/blog/2009/06/21/sl6b/
>
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