2023 Event
6-8 October, 2023
The 2023 Hypergrid International Expo was held in October over three days. Our 'long weekend' of international entente began with a Musical evening, and was followed by two days of talks and art performances, a total of 15 hours of entertaining and informative presentations in four languages - German, Italian, French and Spanish.
Friday Opening Party
Zoree Jupiter, DJArianna Nightfire, and Forest Azure graced a special sound stage, built in crossword style by Nyx Breen, and positioned just above the Expo Park, for our Friday Opening Musical event.
The music was eclectic, from Fado to Neue Deutsche Härte, in a wide variety of languages. Around fifty people shared with us for the three hour dance and discovery session. Some danced, some walked the expo, while others by the magic of the camera, chose to combine the two activities - a truly virtual experience.
Saturday Opening Panel in 5 Languages
To begin our event, a Panel in Five Languages explains how the event works, and what to expect during the sessions. A representative fo each language made a Welcome speech and invited the public to join the Language groups so they could follow the talks with subtitles. On the stage wwre Thirza Ember, Mal Burns, Loru Destiny for the German part, Snowbody Cortes for the Italian part, Kelso Uxlay speaking in French and finally, our Spanish Moderator Xirana Oximoxi
We were thrilled to welcome such a large and enthusiastic public! Please use the links below to watch all the presentations, Like, Share, and Subscribe.
Deutsche Sitzung - German Session
Dings Digital
Introduced by Loru Destiny, The opening session of the Hypergrid International Expo featured Dings Digital an opensim veteran with a beautiful philosophical take on everyday life and creativity in Opensim. He was followed by Lampithaler Artist with a performance called 'Art knows no boundaries' - particles and dancing prims were a big feature of this show - and finally Marlon Wayne gave a talk in which he explored the evolution of Pangea Grid, one of opensim' premiere art destinations.
Lampithaler Artist
Marlon Wayne
Sessione italiano - Italian Session
Lorenza Colicigno
Moderated by Snowbody Cortes, the Italian session featured two presentations on historical and cultural themes. Lorenza Colicigno explained her "City of Women" project, celebrating women writers. Gianni Spada described his reconstruction of ancient gems of architecture from his native Apulia. CatCat Ragu, the honorary 'Italian' of the group, performed a display of IPVerso, an educational build used in her work in RL, with her student in Portugal.
CapCat Ragu
Gianni Spada
Séance en français - French Session
Kelso Uxlay
LadyKa was the Moderator for the second day of HIE which began with French speakers. Kelso Uxlay gave a fantastic talk about scripting moving objects, Rage Darkstone gave a memorable performance with NPCs on the theme of Ava-Art, and Minord Loup inspired us all with a talk about his project 'Francopholie - a meeting place for all French speakers in Opensim.
Rage Darkstone
Minord Loup
Sesión en español - Spanish Session
Nazirah Avro
The final session of the event was in Spanish. The Moderator was Xirana Oximoxi.
Nazirah Avro gave a talk about her journey in Opensim, Victoria Logan spoke about her OSGrid project called Arts and Freinds, and Tosha Tyran showed us her virtual representation of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and explained its impact on the RL city. With splendid Mash models and fireworks.
Victoria Logan
Tosha Tyran