LEA 20 and the Moving Islands

By Gemma Cleanslate

It was a very moving experience , literally. I received an invitation to a new installation to the LEA 20 collective project called Moving Islands. What wonderful fun!! There are so  many people involved in this installation I can’t list them all! But you can see all the names at http://lindenarts.blogspot.com/2013/10/now-open-moving-islands.html , and images of some of the art you will experience. 

 

The installation is headed up by Eupalinos Ugajin. I arrived in the entry and after collecting gifts from an egg,  jumped in a boat headed for the sim outside. When I looked back I was coming out of a fun clownface  house entrance. Ahead of me was a vast ocean covered with all kinds of ships: some to sit in and ride along, some to view as amazing and frightening. All of a sudden, the boat dumped me on the bottom of the ocean.  I walked for a while and found buildings rising from under the ocean and spiraling upward over the waters. I flew up to find some place to continue the view and clicking on various points found myself participating in so many adventures. 

 

I boarded a ship and began running in a treadmill, like a chipmunk, propelling  the boat through the sim.  Moving on I found myself upside down dangerously under water in a octopus like build.  I hopped  over to check out a book in the corner that had several amazing mesh looking bodies before it.  Having enough of that I jumped over to a ship that was being pulled by a fish and sat quietly at a desk while mulling over my next move. I passed several ships that looked to me like dreams from the past, perhaps lost sailors searching for land. 

 

Remember to look up. Above in the sky there were intriguing images. Just go over there and enjoy the sim. Surprises await you .  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA20/27/20/46

 

Gemma Cleanslate

Bogon Flux

 In the LEA20 sim, there's a build by Blotto Epsilon called "Bogon Flux."

The Linden Lab Destination Guide described the structure as "a scrap-metal steampunk structure that defies gravity." It certainly looks flimsy, standing on two clawed metal feet which are resting on a couple women's pink bicycles. Next to a metal gangplank up to the build, a sign invites people to take a crash helmet. There's also a sign which is supposed to how to describe going about while inside. On the ground is a small book that provides a little story about how the Bogon Flux came to be.

Once inside, one will find tubes going around in a few directions. One can either fly up them, or touch the rim to "sit" on the tube and be taken up to the junction where it leads to. Some directions have a window or some other feature like a fishtank or a giant hand instead of a tube. As you go up, some tubes will take you back down, and there are occasional dead ends as you reach one end of the Flux.

The Destitation Guide tells you to "Beware of falling parts." And indeed every 25 minutes the structure comes apart and anyone inside drops to the ground, or water.  The Flux then reassembles itself, but in a random new pattern. Chances are, you won't find it the same way twice.

Around the Flux are eyeball-like things, some flying around via propellers. There was also some other junk flying around and a small shack in the air just big enough for a couple chairs and a table, with a small ladder leading up to it.

The Bogon Flux is at LEA20 (80, 85, 28)

Bixyl Shuftan