All images by Wildstar Beaumont In this episode, Designing Worlds visited the One Billion Rising in Second Life event, which was held on February 14th. This was the tenth year of this 24 hour event of art, music, poetry and dance, which draws attention to to the campaign to end violence against women and girls. … Continue reading
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Designing Worlds visits One Billion Rising in Second Life 2022
All images by Wildstar Beaumont Today, Monday 7th March, Designing Worlds visits the One Billion Rising in Second Life event, which was held on February 14th. This was the tenth year of this 24 hour event of art, music, poetry and dance, which draws attention to to the campaign to end violence against women and … Continue reading
You can still visit One Billion Rising in Second Life!
The events are over – but you have the rest of Tuesday February 15th to explore the art builds and landscapes of the One Billion Rising in Second Life. This afternoon (in Second Life time) we will be filming Designing Worlds, to capture as much as we can of the environment and the stage. And … Continue reading
Join the Unicorn’s Odyssey to explore the Art of One Billion Rising
Avariel Falcon, the well known black unicorn, is undertaking a photographic marathon around the Art Installations of One Billion Rising in Second Life. You can follow her progress here. She started on the twelve noon position on OBR Rise, visiting Daark Gothly’s installation and is moving clockwise around the four OBR regions over the next … Continue reading
Our wonderful greeters come in many shapes and sizes …
As you can see here … … as you can see in this wonderful photo by Avariel Falcon. I’m currently in the gazebo on OBR Dance, where you can collect lots and lots of information about One Billion Rising, as well as teeshirts, the all-important map. special dance animations – as well as this cute … Continue reading
The One Billion Rising Regions are Open!
Come and join us for twenty four hours of music, art, dance and poetry! OBR DanceOBR RiseOBR ResistOBR Unite Learn more about what we have in store for you! Continue reading
New ways of Rising in Second Life
As we prepare to open this year’s One Billion Rising in Second Life, we have some new events for you this year. There will be the main stage music events, of course, but this year we have managed to fit 35 hours of music into the event. Check out our music schedule to see how … Continue reading
Getting Ready for One Billion Rising
There’s less than twelve hours to go – and we’re all very excited to be sharing this amazing event with you throughout Monday. We’ll be posting all the schedules and details very soon now … but in the mean-times there’s a terrific article by V, formerly Eve Ensler, in The Guardian newspaper that we’d like … Continue reading
Greeters’ Classes for One Billion Rising
If you have a couple of hours (or even one!) to spare to help out at One Billion Rising on Monday February 14th, you can sign up for a class today or over the weekend! Greeting is fun – meeting new people – and chatting with your fellow greeters too! Come and join us. Continue reading
Breaking the Chain with One Billion Rising in Second Life
Each year, as part of One Billion Rising in Second Life, we release a video, filmed inworld, for Tena Clark’s anthemic “Break The Chain”. Featuring volunteers from the One Billion Rising group, and choreography from Guerilla Burlesque, this year’s video is celebratory, inspirational and moving, and we had a lot of fun filming it. Please … Continue reading
One Billion Rising in Second Life 