Oy, as if one wasn’t enough to keep me busy, engaged and working hard!
But seriously, the first experiences were very interesting.
I did not find it odd to have an avatar- in a sense we all choose what to wear + how our hair should be every day. How to represent ourselves is ongoing in first life as well. The choices are greater in second life, but I the time it takes to make me presentable in real life is quite enough for now! It seems to take a lot of time and I guess I am too impatient…I just want to start exploring! Perhaps because I have never played computer games and am generally not drawn to experiences in that range, i did not have so much patience to wander around.
The experience is class was fun though because we were all there (in class) and also in Second Life. There was something surprising about the thrill of “seeing” classmates in another space and interacting, all the while interacting and seeing them in first life reality.
I can see the potential of a virtual space like second life in terms of it being a different medium in which to create and present work. I just don’t see it for myself right now. Perhaps because of my disinterest in spending so much time on my computer (I even shoot slide film and find photoshop tedious). But…things change and while I explore different media in this program, it is an interesting route to be exposed to.
alxbal Said:
on June 20, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Maybe the point of virtual spaces is not to create objects as art work but to experience processes as art. As you said, seeing people you know in the space engaged you. Maybe this is the point. Being able to reach and years you may be able to simulate the camp you are going to and make us experience your experience by recreating the settings and events….