selavy oh: December 2012

Friday, December 21, 2012

the true artist tries to save the world by slowing down time

performance for the The End of the World at Odyssey, 21.12.12, 1pm SLT.

in a virtual world, such as Second Life, creating things causes server load. Such load can lead to considerable time lag, or time dilation, affecting every movement inworld. in her performance, selavy oh will try to create as much as possible to slow down time.

if she succeeds, then the flow of time will stop and the end of the world will never come.

wish her luck.

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, December 21, 2012

the true artist tries to save the world by slowing down time