selavy oh: random walk

Thursday, July 28, 2011

random walk

"random walk", conceived for Split Screen curated by Dividni Shostakovich, is a continuously changing algorithmic installation belonging to a series of permutative spatiotemporal works. visitors can actively influence the evolution of the installation by flying through it or can incorporate the avatar into the work by 'sitting' on one of the elements.

viewer recommendations: use the newest Linden Lab viewer (version 2.7 and better), switch on shadows. try different daylight settings (noon or midnight work well).

opening: Split Screen, July 31, 2011, 2pm SLT.
see Dividni's blog for more info, and read Flora's blog for a review!

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ApmelAugust 19, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Have to upgrade my graphic card so I can use shadows in full..
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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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Thursday, July 28, 2011

random walk

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