Thursday, September 28, 2006
If this is "art" we're in luck
I saw an art showing under "events" in SL the other day. Upon arriving I was very confused...I knew I teleported to the right place, but I didn't see any art. Another avatar tipped me off when he said "this is a really nice piece" while standing in front what I had previously dismissed as part of the landscape. These were the pieces in the show?
This art show, much like the power point presentation I spoke about in an earlier blog, is a sad misuse of Second Life. This artist took what is normally conisdered "art" in the real world and translated it to SL, and did a poor job at that. The pieces generally consisted of one prim, and a photograph taken in real life was used as the texture. I understand that simplicity is sometimes brilliant, but these pieces were simple in a way that didn't work. Why not exploit all the assets of SL that don't exist in the real world? Why poorly recreate reality? I can't wait until our class starts working on their final projects. We're going to blow this "artist" out of the water.
This art show, much like the power point presentation I spoke about in an earlier blog, is a sad misuse of Second Life. This artist took what is normally conisdered "art" in the real world and translated it to SL, and did a poor job at that. The pieces generally consisted of one prim, and a photograph taken in real life was used as the texture. I understand that simplicity is sometimes brilliant, but these pieces were simple in a way that didn't work. Why not exploit all the assets of SL that don't exist in the real world? Why poorly recreate reality? I can't wait until our class starts working on their final projects. We're going to blow this "artist" out of the water.
// posted by Kate @ 2:05 PM 
