Second Life Machinima Video Report: Draxtor Despres Interviews Lynette Wallworth of the Bay Area Video Coalition
July 7th, 2009 | Published in Second Life Machinima Video Reports
Australian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and she entered Second Life for the first time. Draxtor Despres had the chance to sit down with Lynette’s avatar, Rasaa Mistwalker, and discuss physical versus simulated reality.
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.