More bridging of the tangible/virtual worlds takes place with Eva and Franco
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Among a new generation of artists using second life as a medium this team stand out. They have recreated a number of happenings and famous events of modern art history in the second life environment.
Similar to W Delappe's Ghandi (post below), these artists are using the virtual environment of second life to explore their ideas. Perhaps finally frustrated with the limited environment of the virtual reality the final presentation is to restore the art from the virtual world into a tangible object for display.
These are among a new breed of artists bridging the tangible virtual divide and reexamining the necessity for an object to exist in reality for it to be considered art.
I would be interested to know if the final presentation is considered because of the limitations of working purely in a virtual environment or if they are really trying to reach a broader audience, one who might now be immersed in the second life itself.
Here we see a portrait of an avatar being viewed in a real life gallery space. The scale, lighting, and expression all seem reminiscent of celebrity fashion photography. What does it mean to be a virtual celebrity and what happens when we bifurcate our world into tangible and virtual?
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