Prim Pushers & UWA Flagship Challenge

Prim Pushers / UWA Flagship guidelines for Builders:

Prim Pushers is working in conjunction with the UWA Flagship Build Challenge to assist new entries in the Flagship challenge to understand the build requirements and guidelines for the contest. Prim Pushers does not represent UWA in any way and is not a judge for the contest.

I, Nyx Breen am actually in the contest. I was approached by JayJay Zifanwe with the proposal to assist new entrants in the contest to truly understand the requirements for the builds that are being judged in the Flagship portion of the challenge. The reason being is during the first six months of the contest I have entered 5 of them and placed 5 builds in the contest finals to-date. At first, I entered a sci fi based building among a dozen other assorted types and styles of buildings that where entered in the contest.
But the contest has changed from an open style build contest to a very specific format and there has been challenges for some of the contestants in the contest. It was a learning experience for me and took a bit of research and effort to build with in the guidelines and requirements so that a SL designed and built creations can cross over into a real life rendition.
So what we will attempt to do is help SL builders understand the design and format guidelines required in the UWA Flagship build contest. allowing more individuals to focus on the creative and design portion of their builds that are within the scope and purpose of UWA's outline.

Below you will find information pertaining to the rules and guidelines of the contest for the Flagship portion of it, these are directly copied from the UWA note card for the contest

The UWA Flagship contest is part of the UWA Imagine and Flagship Art & Build contest. There are 2 competitions running simultaneously, the IMAGINE challenge and the FLAGSHIP challenge. There are monthly prizes available separately for both, and the top 2 each month will go into the pool for the Grand Prize (which will have an expanded judging panel). A special monthly prize, which is part of the IMAGINE challenge (The Casey Cultural Prize) is given to the artwork that best displays aspects of Western Australia (history, culture, art, education, contemporary). You can enter up to 2 entries each month, or any month that you choose. For the Imagine challenge there will also be a monthly prize for best non-scripted entry. Current total prize pool is more than L$450,000

Prizes offered to winners & runners-up every month till the 31st of August 2010. Grand Prize to be awarded at the end. Monthly winners & runners up to be displayed at the UWA Sim.

THE FLAGSHIP CHALLENGE: Design the UWA Cultural Precinct Flagship Building
Design a building that captures the essence of creative engagement, which could possibly be built. The University of Western Australia plans to build such a building in real life. It is to be called AxS Lab. 999 prim maximum for FLAGSHIP challenge for the building & up to 200 prims to fit it our with artworks (if so desired).

AsX lab will provide insights into the world we are shaping by putting a microscope on the research undertaken across the University. It will provide a showcase for the work of SymbioticA (http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/ ); for the architects and designers from UWA’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts who are exploring new possibilities for themselves and their communities; and for those working with new and emerging technologies to shape our future. AsX lab will incorporate a black box performance/screening environment, a science/art gallery, and teaching and presentation space for a range of activities across campus. It will also provide a hub for the Creative Industries Innovation Center (CIIC), of which UWA is a partner.

Prizes offered to winners & runners-up every month till the 31st of August 2010. Grand Prize to be awarded at the end. The winning entry, will be given a permanent location on the grounds of the SL University of Western Australia estate. The winning entry may be considered as a possible baseline design for one of the actual buildings that will be built at the RL location of the expanding Cultural Precinct of the University of Western Australia. The creator of the building will be contacted to consult on how to turn the Second Life design, into reality.

FLAGSHIP PRIZES
Monthly Prize: L$5,000 (1st) L$1,250 (2nd)
Grand Prize: L$75,000 (1st) L$14,000 (2nd)

1) Note that by submitting an entry, you are giving permission to the University of Western Australia to place the objects anywhere on UWA owned land, and to have information and images of the entries placed on UWA websites and on websites promoting the UWA SIMS or events held on the UWA SIMS. If submitting an entry for the FLAGSHIP challenge, you are giving permission to UWA to use your design as the basis of the design for an actual building, when/if that eventuates.
2) Contest starts 21st August 2009, ends 31st August 2010.
3) Monthly prizes will be awarded (21st Aug 09 - 30th Sept 09 will be considered the first month. Calendar months to be adhered subsequent to this)
4) A valid entry, is any object dropped onto the contest entry billboard. Pick up item from inventory while holding down the CTRL key, and drop it onto the contest entry billboard prim (the prim should go red when your entry is in position to be dropped in)
5) Alternate method of entry is to drop the object into the inventory of Jayjay Zane, who is executive officer for the 'UWA 3D ART AND DESIGN CHALLENGE’
6) All entrants should join the group 'UWA 3D ART AND DESIGN CHALLENGE’
7) To join, copy and paste the following into local chat, then click as appropriate to join the group: secondlife:///app/group/cad9c421-8b96-f9c1-fb40-dade48c43fe4/about

Judging Panel
1. Professor Ted Snell - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia (RL)
2. Frank Roberts - The University Architect, The University of Western Australi (RL)
3. John Barret-Lennard – Curatorial Director, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (RL)
4. Jayjay Zifanwe - Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge (SL)
5. Raphaella Nightfire - CEO SW&MB Fashion Productions, CEO Evane Model Agency
Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)
6. Tranguloid Trefoil - Owner of WASP at the University of Western Australia (SL)

Expanded Judging Panel for Grand Prize will include:
1. Frolic Mills - BOSL & CO CEO
2. Sasun Steinbeck - artist, scripter, and maintainer of the Art Galleries of SL list at http://sasun.info/ArtGalleriesofSL.aspx
3. Wil Dreadlow, ICON Lifestyle Magazine CEO & Publisher
4. Lowell Cremorne, Owner of The Metaverse Journal
5. White Lebed - Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Curator
6. M Linden - CEO, Linden Labs


Official Hosts for the UWA 3D Art & Design Challenge are Jay Jay Zifanwe & Quadrapop Lane

In the Prim Pushers Blog we will address the steps needed to successfully compete in the most challenging and rewarding Build contest in all of Second Life.

Nyx Breen