Showing or Telling?
At the current installation on the Delicatessen art sim, Meilo Minotaur asks visitors to Tell Me a Story. All the characters on the island have corresponding… Read More »Showing or Telling?
Second Life
Interface at neogallery23, Bolton
Two of my works will be showing as part of the neo: artists’ ‘Interface’ exhibition in their amazingly good exhibition space in Market Place Shopping… Read More »Interface at neogallery23, Bolton
Process and Property
This term I have been teaching for the first time, and there were two things that I wanted to get across. One is the immense… Read More »Process and Property
The Digital Pilgrims: Rediscovery and Reinvention
Retelling a popular story is never a waste of time. It is in the rereading and retelling of stories that they are kept alive, and… Read More »The Digital Pilgrims: Rediscovery and Reinvention
Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
Linden Lab has long granted licenses to Second Life residents for the taking of snapshots and machinima, reflecting how Second Life was established as a… Read More »Are the limits on machinima relevant today?
White, grey and indigo
Making the video Artistic ideas always have inspiration from somewhere, but sometimes the inspiration is more simple and direct than others. In this case, it… Read More »White, grey and indigo
VR spaces and ‘being yourself’
‘Be yourself in VR’: but you’re never alone in the new Facebook Spaces Facebook clearly would not want you to be anything else, as their… Read More »VR spaces and ‘being yourself’
Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
This post about Falling Between Worlds has been long in the making. I have been doing a full write-up of my thought processes and the… Read More »Behind ‘Falling Between Worlds’
Speak softly, let your voice carry
‘A good interpretation of anything – a poem, a person, a history, a ritual, an institution, a society – takes us into the heart of… Read More »Speak softly, let your voice carry
What’s in a frame?
When a prominent film director takes an interest in a minor film form, he’s going to be noticed. And so it was when Peter Greenaway… Read More »What’s in a frame?