Not every meaningful Second Life destination has to be vast. Sometimes a café with roses and a chalkboard is enough. A reflection on why small spaces, seasonal care, and friendship are the real culture of the grid.
A reflection on learning inside Second Life, prompted by a VWEC Lifelong Learning conversation about what virtual worlds are actually good for, who they leave out, and why the messy version matters more than the shiny one.
Over the last couple of weeks, the posts on this site have been doing something I did not entirely plan. They have been forming a shape. At first glance, the range looks scattered: Second Life exhibitions, art news from the physical world, queer history, museum politics, disability, AI anxieties, virtual charity events, Substack writing, personal … Read more
Studying art as someone who creates in Second Life has changed how I understand space, material, and presence. My practice doesn’t sit neatly inside the traditional idea of the studio. It moves between screens, avatars, regions, textures, objects, scripts, photographs, video, and lived digital experience. Second Life isn’t just a tool I use to display … Read more
The Self Being project has made me think differently about the value of ordinary, repeated tasks. Not the dramatic parts of making art. Not the polished final outcome. The day-in, day-out actions that often feel mediocre while they’re happening: setting things up, adjusting details, documenting work, moving materials around, checking sound levels, thinking through space, … Read more