Second Life Machinima: Draxtor Despres Features The Kansas To Cairo Project
September 30th, 2010 | Published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
The K2C Project recently brought together architecture students from Cairo and Los Angeles, who developed an urban space between the pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum, using the virtual world of Second Life as a collaborative design tool.
Architect David Denton, who worked on Disney Hall with Frank Gehry among many other California landmarks, mentored these promising men and women, finally meeting them in Los Angeles for the first time after working virtually for 3 months.
Documentary in three parts coming November 2010.
About Draxtor Despres
Bernhard Drax writes music for TV, commercials and feature film. His orchestral score for the Disney romantic comedy “Sommer” gained critical acclaim in Germany as the film remained among the top ten for 4 consecutive months this year. In the virtual world “Second Life,” he creates machinima reports on social and political issues. He recently started his own production company – draxtor.com – and he delivered promotional machinima for clients such as Manpower Inc., Dresdner Bank and Warner Brothers. Bernhard studied composition at the Richard-Strauss Conservatory in Munich Germany and audio engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles. He lives on the Central Coast of California with his wife and son.