selavy oh: 15 seconds

Friday, May 1, 2009

15 seconds

a small work on privacy and public fame, only shown at BiW. it shows the avatar's profile picture for 15 seconds, and shouts the profile text. i integrated it in a scene set up by ford heberle, and ichibot nishi was the model for the image above. discussed in BiW podcast 15.
a modified version, integrated in a projector designed by dekka raymaker, was shown at arahan claveau's show Empire at season 3 of the Arthole Gallery 2009.

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statement

virtual worlds (VWs) can be used as medium to create art.

this art is real, just as any other art.

not everything created by using a VW is art.

art in a VW is not distinguished from other content by craftsmanship.

when words such as sculpture are used in the context of a VW, they imply a reference to another medium, thus confining the artist in her use of the medium.

the avatar as representation of the artist may be art.

the space of a VW is perceived as a representation of a three-dimensional space.

this perception does not imply that artistic practice using a VW resembles artistic practice in the physical world, just as a painter works differently from a sculptor.

the artist may use any of the possibilities of the VW, from scripting and building to communicating.

if code instructions are used, and they proceed from ideas about art, the result is not a script or program.

the space of a VW is a representation of social space.

the spectator acts as participant in art that uses VWs as medium.

art in VWs has to be perceived in its genuine form to be fully appreciated.

these sentences express my personal opinion.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

15 seconds

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