The art of the minimal
Centred on the artist as avatar, she builds, breaks down, gestures, cries, dissolves. Colour passes over her monochromatic existence. At all times somebody and nobody.… Read More »The art of the minimal
Virtual Life & Identity
And passengers paid a station agent…
In this small clip of the full version of my machinima/video art, And passengers paid a station agent on Vimeo, the man doing the voice… Read More »And passengers paid a station agent…
Marry together jubilantly
Here is another kind of art I like: the anonymous, the cobbled together, the hand-me down, the postscript, collaborations between strangers that marry together jubilantly,… Read More »Marry together jubilantly
Bare Face Challenge?
On Flickr, there is a an SLBareFaceChallenge going on for Second Life avatars. At first I dismissed the idea of a bare face challenge, but… Read More »Bare Face Challenge?
Flames Tear the Soul
Supernova Digital Animation Festival announced this year their ‘kicker line’ (to use a poetry term) would be ‘World on Fire’. In my usual way, I… Read More »Flames Tear the Soul
Art, borrowing, and science
CapCat Ragu‘s exhibition, Isolation, at Ribong Gallery in Second Life, is the subject of this post. However, it’s prompted a lot of thought about how… Read More »Art, borrowing, and science
The Uncanny Valley of video conferencing
There is talk about video conferencing replacing meetings and educational lectures in universities. I think this makes too many assumptions, especially as things stand. Being… Read More »The Uncanny Valley of video conferencing
Time Spent Together
I wondered about this video… it’s so much more ordinary seeming than usual. Does it fit on Vimeo? Flickr maybe, as that’s more about personal… Read More »Time Spent Together
A Fox’s Tale
Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure of talking with Erik Mondrian about virtual worlds many times. We both have a passion for… Read More »A Fox’s Tale
Cleaning up the Streets
I wouldn’t call myself controversial. I don’t go out of my way to offend people, though in my typically British way, I’ll have a quiet… Read More »Cleaning up the Streets