Reviews

On Melusina's photography


"What is particularly noticeable about many of the images is the fact that they appear so very life-like; so much so that on first look, it’s actually hard to tell whether they were taken in-world or in real-life"

"Each picture in fact works on a far more subtle level... encouraging the observer to consider the associations which lie not so much between them, but in what is within each of them, and what they start to suggest to the observer’s own mind"

"Given Melu’s own unique approach to photography which very much encompasses the refined, minimalist use of structure balanced against the idea of natural,open space, the aphorism ["Less is more", by Mies van der Rohe] is an ideal title under which to exhibit some of her work".

"Melusina is an artist whose work presents a fine blend of detail, space and minimalism, all carefully combined and crafted to present images that are elegant in their unique focus and rich in narrative and feeling".

"Melu, whose work stands as one of my featured artists in this blog, has an exquisite balance in her photography, a fine blend of detail, space and minimalism, all carefully combined and crafted to present images that are elegant in their unique focus, and rich in narrative and feeling"

"Melu’s work so uniquely captures the virtual world in which we spend so much time, that each piece genuinely presents a sense of a living, breathing entity, one in which the presence of avatars would actually reduce that sense of life within it, rather than enhance it"

Inara Pey



"A master of light, shadows and lines, Melusina does a striking job of drawing out things that we might not at first notice"

"Melu's style is the reduction to clear forms, the most important trend in all art and design of the 20th century... I really wish I had her analytic eyes to see the forms in the details"

"With acute attention to detail, to line, light, shadow and form, Melusina Parkin's abstract architectural photographs in Second Life follow in the footsteps of major icons from the past century who explored a similar milieu: Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Albert Renger-Patzsch and others"

"More than any other virtual photographer, she has created an oeuvre of minimalist images ... that quietly capture the sometimes unseen essence of the world around us"

"Melusina possesses an exceptional eye, able to capture patterns, shapes and edges, bringing forward things we might be looking at but not really seeing"

Ziki Questi



"With her clear, puristic images she created a unique style  She is one of the few photographers in Second Life with a immediatley recognizable work"
"Her clean style is simply great"

"Melusina Parkin amazes again with the purity of details"

"Melusina Parkin has the analytic eye to reduce the things she is seeing to the essentials"

Quan Lavender



"It´s been said about SL photographer Melusina Parkin that she knows SL better than Lindens themselves"
Apmel Gosson

"Lavorando su forme, luci e colori tenui Melusina esprime e suggerisce l’armonia, la solitudine o la tranquillità, spesso scoprendo strutture nascoste e regolari della realtà virtuale, decostruendole e ricostruendole secondo le sue idee e sentimenti. Le sue foto sono riconoscibili. Sempre"
Marina Bellini (Mexi Lane) 


"Her work is always illuminating and graphically powerful. Check out her photostream to see how sometimes you really can see the world in a grain of sand"
"She has a disciplined approach to her work, focusing on stripping away everything but the essential"

"Melusina Parkin’s photostream is instantly recognizable. No one else does anything like it. She consistently publishes studies on a theme. The theme can be something as simple as a color, an idea such as symmetry, on a body position, or on the viewer’s gaze" 

Cajsa Lilliehook




"Melusina Parkin Turns Virtual Cityscapes & Interiors Into RL Art. Quiet, empty, yet hauntingly alive, Melusina Parkin depicts the virtual cityscapes and interior architecture in Second Life like no other"
Hamlet Au



"Melusina, exceptional minimalist artist in Second Life® virtual world..."

"Melusina Parkin, for years now, photographer SL® in an impeccably way, serving to the observer her (personal) perspective"

"Melusina’s style is minimalist: as a photographer, she does not like to enrich with details because she prefers to enhance the particular"

Oema resident


"Her gaze, focused on details, creating thematic series, is unique. Contemplating her exhibitions is like a trip in which to discover the creative beauty of SL and its evolution over the years"
Pepa Cometa

"Le travail poétique et unique sur SL de Melusina se savoure comme on admire une oeuvre d'art RL. Des détails, épurés, des harmonies de tons, des cadrages parfaits, tout est perfection. Ses images, intimistes, s'intègrent dans une thématique pour nous raconter une histoire, nous invitant à nous projeter, on entend la petite musique qui s'harmonie et ...chut ! on est dans le tableau. Le travail de Melusina n'est pas sans me faire penser à la peinture de Vilhelm Hammershøi, le Maitre de la peinture danoise"
Olympes Rhode

"Melusina is a distinctive Second Life photographer whose pictures are unmistakeable. She has a sharp eye for detail and on Flickr, often posts entire series of minimalist images that draw attention to specific themes and features of the sims she visits on her travels around the grid. I find this way of approaching photography in Second Life refreshing and unique, establishing strong and sometimes surprising visual connections between disparate sims.
Always, Melusina’s pictures are characterized by a strong emphasis on form. She has a fine eye for geometry and composition. Many of her images are monochrome, re-affirming the sense of thematic unity between them. Thus when she does use colour, it is all the more striking"
Serene Footman

"Melusina instills a delicate touch of loneliness in each of her photos. The subject is often central, lost in the uniformity of a tone or a sky. I like this distilling that in the end brings a very noticeable depth to the photo.

Manifest realism, almost no editing, purity of the subject that makes me think of some Magritte.

... nothing is superfluous, no addition comes to interfere with the minimalist image.

Absence… of anything superfluous, where eyes are free and imagination is captivated – that’s what makes me enjoy so much the images by Melusina"
Oyo





Reviews on exhibits 

- Listening to the Silence
Inara Pey


- Cars

Inara Pey

- Furillen Impressions

Serene Footman


- Night Walks

Inara Pey



- Lonely Gazes

Inara Pey


- Less is more

Inara Pey


- Empty Spaces

Inara Pey


- Steampunk Mood

Inara Pey

Cosmence1963 (video)


- Mysteries

Oema Resident (with a stunning video)

Inara Pey


-  Absences

Virtuality blog, with a stunning machinima (Oema)

AMM Life &Style Magazine (Red Bikcin)

Eclipse magazine (Oema Resident)


Inara Pey

Pepa Cometa video 



- Americana

Inara Pey




- A World of Details


Apmel Gossom

Luciana Pinazzo (Mondi Virtuali)


Inara Pey


MondiVirtuali video





- Wrong pics

Ziki Questi blog

Mondivirtuali (Luciana Pinazzo)

Inara Pey
 


- Closer Looks

Ziki Questi blog

Inara Pey

WuWai Chun photo 

Quan Lavender blog

Wizardoz Chrome machinima


- American Signs

Ziki Questi blog

Quan Lavender blog


-  A taste of minimal

Ziki Questi blog


- Themes (Red Line gallery at The Nite's plac)

Ziki Questi's blog

Inara Pei

Wizardoz Chrome photo

Wizardoz Chrome machinima

The King of Hemerya machinima

 

- City's Two Faces (LezSpain Gallery)

Video by Wizardoz Chrome

Ziki Questi's blog

Apmel's blog


Sonatta Morales photo on Facebook



- City Details (ImagineNation Gallery)

Video by Wizardoz Chrome

Ziki Questi's blog

WuWai Chun photo on Flickr



- Hidden Geometries (Tanalois Galery)

Presentation by Tanalois

PyramidCafe TV video
(also on Frequency )

Quan Lavender's blog

Ziki Questi's blog

Apmel's blog
Apmel's blog (2)

Wurfi's blog



- Art Deco (Art India Gallery)

Quan Lavender's presentation

Video by Wizardoz Chrome

Inara Pey

Vera Hamill's blog

Kara Trapdoors' blog

Duna Gant FB page

Apmel's blog

Thinkerer Melville's blog

Ziki Questi's blog

SLArtExposed

Deoridhe Quandry blog
(Gallery as a background for Art Deco styling)

Eddie Haskell blog

SL Newser (Gemma Cleanslate)

Virtual Outworlding blog






- Urban Landscapes (Anita Witt's Artspace at Dryland)

Ziki Questi's blog

Quan Lavender's blog

Apmel's blog

Apmel's blog (2)



- Visioni (Ars Exhibendi)

Wizardoz Chrome video

Ziki Questi's blog



- Pixel Factories (Dizzy Art Gallery)

Wizardoz Chrome video

Quan Lavender's blog

Ziki Questi's blog



- Selected Photos (The Rose Galleries)

Ziki Questi's blog



- Blue Moon Gallery Artists

Presentation video by Reddline
(also on: Laura18 Streeter's blog)



- Solitudes (Serena Art Gallery)

Quan Lavender's blog