‘In the courtyard of an ancient villa, set amidst a surreal landscape, a band of musicians performs for onlookers and visitors.’ (The description of Strings provided in the sim) The set pieces in Cica Ghost’s new work, Strings, are delightful, with some lovely detail. The landscape is very typically Cica Ghost with flat almost paved […]
Baby’s Ear is the latest creation from Neva Crystall. There are now only two days left to enjoy it before the fortnight window closes. I took the photos about 10 days ago, but real life has been so hectic. It is, in many ways, characteristic Neva. Cool, subdued colours, where land meets the sea. There’s […]
I land in a black space. There are several information boards with rules for setting up viewers for best effect. But there is only one board about the story of Isaac, and only one board giving a brief introduction to the bigger exhibition. This is a hybrid art exhibition, Obedience: An Installation in 15 Rooms […]
‘If this was real life, those gulls would rise as I approached them’, I thought to myself with a feeling of disappointment, as I walked across the sands. At that moment, I’m surrounded by gulls. I’m surprised and delighted. No art or modelling process can capture everything; it’s about capturing the most important things. And […]
I’m looking at ‘Sacrifice’ by Osferatus Haven, at Morpheus. It’s a set piece diorama; flickering flames, but otherwise it’s a static installation. A couple of blood-lusty creatures face each other while desperate hands reach up from the ground and corpses lie round and about. By coincidence, I’d come across a journal article1 a little earlier […]
I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently looking at the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) sims, but a couple of nights ago I moved off them and headed towards Black Basalt Beach and L’Arc-en-Ciel. I also recently came across a chapter in a book called ‘The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of […]
Last year I wrote a blog post about Three Waterworlds, in terms of their place as liminal areas or borderlands in human imagination. So, I was very interested to see that this same topic was being explored on LEA24 in Second Life. Here, the artist, Lemonodo Oh, has used tiles of google maps to create […]
It’s an interesting quandary. What is at the root of digital art that comes out of virtual worlds? Part of what I like about photographing (or image capturing – that debate’s for another day) virtual worlds is the time spent looking. The mindful approach I talked about in my last post. I went along to […]
The representation of landscape: it’s not copying, nor is it literal, it’s an interpretation. And Second Life, just like most forms of large scale modelmaking demands a pretty ruthless compression, requiring representation rather than copying. What matters is that it captures the feel, rather than being a faithful reproduction. So this time, I’m looking at […]
