And so Furillen returns to Second Life. Built by Serene Footman it is one of the classic spaces, in its orginality, the detail that was added over time and its sparse aesthetics. But it also became a social space – a place that people visited because of the feel of the place, something that is […]
Tag: film
Art at the limits of technology
‘Why the Film Look matters in the Digital Age’ was an article published by RedShark on their website recently. The fascinating aspect of articles about this subject is the balance of opinion and the angle taken on the difference between digital and ‘analogue’ 1. The last paragraph in this article is particularly interesting in this […]
Mortality, the Dead and Not-dead of Virtual Worlds
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 […]