Second Life Tour

This is Arthole an installation on Second Life

I had a tour of artists on Second Life the other day by my friend Amy Wilson. She teleported me to different spaces where artists build virtual installations. It was very unnerving to enter this virtual world. It was not real, but the sensations I felt, were real. Being a newbie, I found it hard to walk in the direction I wanted to or see from the perspective I wanted to. But after about 30 minutes of trying to follow her around I pretty much got the hang of it.

I experienced a myriad of sensations. I was lifted in the air by one art piece and floated around. It felt great! I also accidentally lost my skirt (I had biking type shorts on underneath -whew!). I was really embarrassed. Feeling these sensations was perhaps the most interesting thing about the experience. I actually felt like I was there. The environments that I entered effected my perception of being in an enclosed space or an enormous space. When I looked at the artwork, I felt like I was looking at real work. And I was. In all intents and purposes, it does exist in a virtual realm.

“AM Radio” was my favorite artist whose work I was introduced to. It was personal, smart and very interactive. It was so fun I found myself laughing a lot.

What a field trip! I was exhausted after the tour as I would have been having walked through Chelsea for an hour an a half. Thank you, Amy for the wonderful tour. It is an amazing new world! Amy also writes for ArtBistro and is one of our favorite bloggers. You can see the article that she wrote about AM Radio here

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