The Speakers
Each of our speakers and presenters will be relating to us something of their life and experience in OpenSim, the grids they have created, the festivals they have curated, their experience as visual artists, builders, educators, performers, and everyday residents.
Each session of the conference is a mix of conventional presentations in words and pictures, and artistic performances, where the artist goes beyond words to express the overarching theme of the conference, the many languages of opensim.
Welcome to the Conference: A Panel in 5 Languages!
Em Jannings, Giu Balan, Dabici Straulino, Tonino Lane, Rosa Alekseev
Loru Destiny:
Opensim, wo Träume wahr werden können
Loru Destiny resides on ArtDestiny grid with her artist husband Tryad, and two good friends, builder Stormy Scorpio and singer songwriter Moses Rae. Loru is a fashion designer and builder, and has organized two of the biggest fashion shows in hypergrid history, bringing together many original creators of opensim clothes. A popular DJ at inworld events, Loru also founded RadioArtDestiny in 2022 with Genie Fegte and Richi Rizzoli.
Tutz Zabelin:
Det vete sjutton
Tutz Zabelin resides with her partner Marlon Wayne on Pangea grid where she has built more than 20 regions with geographical and literary themes.
Tutz brings a Swedish twist to the German section of our event, with an amazing fantasy display.
Lampithaler Artist:
Lampithaler's virtual career began when she entered SL in 2006. She has been in Open Sim sporadically since 2012. She participated in the 1Biennial in 2018. She has made her home on Pangea Grid since 2020. A multitalented videographer, performer and artist in RL, in the virtual Lampi curates the Pangea Art and Culture Festival and is famous for her builds of fairy tale sims.
Gudule Lapointe
Le choix dans la date !
Activer la recherche d'événements avec 2DO et w4os
Gudule arrived in SL in 2006 and discovered the OpenSimulator experience in 2011, going on to create Speculoos World. Gudule has worked on a number of useful tools for OpenSim, including 2do HypEvents, Teleport boards, flexible helper scripts, Debian installation helpers, and at time of writing is focused on the development of W4OS, the OpenSimulator WordPress Interface.
Terra Merhyem:
Shamanka
After 5 years exclusively in SL, where she created over 40 major exhibitions, the performing artist and writer Terra Merhyem added venues in Opensim to her considerable portfolio. Her multifaceted career includes offerings in many fields including poetry and 2 and 3D art. SHe lists among her accomplishments photography and film making, choreography, modelling, and music. She also curates art work by other artists.
Jeff Kelley
Comment contribuer au développement d'Opensim
Owner of Atlas Grid and a talented scripter, Jeff shares his knowledge with regular inworld classes to help anyone become a better scripter. He has a wicked sense of humor. He has been active in opensim since 2009 and is one of the few active francophone members of the Opensimulator volunteer group that seeks to resolve the bugs and glitches of our virtual world, and also keep it moving forward with the latest advances and innovations.
Druskus ZoneNations:
Joomla JOpenSim, GDPR in OpenSim e Hype Metaverse
Druskus ZoneNations discovered virtual worlds back in Christmas 2005 while watching the news on TV. In 2006 he entered Second Life; after 4 years he found Opensim - first in OSGrid, Cyberlandia, and CloneLife, as Druskus War. He is a Joomla expert, and his passion is the use of technology to improve lives for all in virtual worlds. His current grid is ZoneNations.
Velazquez Bonetto:
"META-REVERSE"
Velazquez Bonetto, whose C.A.R.P. Diabolus group was a familiar fixture for many years in the art world of SL. In RL he is a systems engineer from Hungary. His love of digital art in all its many forms dates back well before the invention of the internet and virtual worlds. Thanks to his many connections with SL's best artists, he has published a vast collection of ebooks on digital art, to be found on Craft Grid at the Museo del Metaverso where he is an key member of the team of artists and curators.
Thirza Ember:
Safari Grid
Thirza Ember has been in virtual worlds since 2007. She organizes the Hypergrid Safari tour group that visits interesting regions all over the many grids of opensim. These adventures are chronicled in the blog HG Safari.
Thirza is also the co-host of Inworld Review a weekly talk show on Youtube.
CapCat Ragu:
IPVerso, uma experiência educativa de cocriação
CapCat Ragu is an educator from Portugal, She has her opensim base on Craft Grid, the region bearing the name of her educational project, IPVerso, where she holds mixed reality conferences. She is an enthusiastic promoter of the virtual, both for its place in education, and as part of the evolving interface of the global creative community. This year she contributed a chapter to the book "Drawing, Order, Chaos, and Teaching".
Cherry Manga:
Cherry Manga is a French multimedia artist. She explores the human condition and its close ties with nature, her main source of inspiration. Her surrealist creations feature organic creatures, chimeras mixed with plants inviting the observer to think about the connections between Man and the Nature that surrounds him. She has been creating immersive installations since 2007 in Second Life and OpenSim, using digital images, video, virtual headsets, modeling software, and AI, favoring open source apps when possible. Her current work primarily focuses on 3D printed sculptures with bio-based polymers, painted and finished with elements like gold leaf or stabilized foam.
Zoree Jupiter:
Singer and builder Zoree Jupiter is originally from the Azores Islands, and resides in the USA. She's an all-round creative type, from making music to different kinds of visual art pursuits. Her journey as a performer in virtual worlds began well over a decade ago in Second Life, where she remains a sought-after performer, these days however she combines her talents as a songstress with those of builder and creator in Opensim.
Nyx Breen:
Nyx Breen is a Boston-born photographer, curator, and artist. After many years of building and exhibiting in Second Life, he discovered the possibilities of making gigantic artworks, often covering huge VAR regions, in opensim. In the real world he is very active in his local art community with big and innovative displays that bring art into the everyday world. His aim is to take viewers on a journey of discovery, revealing virtual worlds that evoke genuine emotions when experienced.