I agree re: opportunity. I never run into the sex/fashion stuff, mainly because it doesn't interest me - there's enough on the streets here - and I'm there to create and experiment; it's like a dynamic three-dimensional canvas in a lot of ways. I can put you in touch with Fau if you want - she lives in London, has worked with Stelarc etc., and is a really good artist. She also runs Odyssey.
It's weird running into hostility like that; I don't understand it. I stay away from stuff like that; Odyssey's always welcoming as far as I know - if it wasn't, I'd leave. - Alan On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, James Morris wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:15:44 -0400 (EDT) > Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Hi James, once things are settled down vis-a-vis my father and the >> flood, I could meet you in Second Life, which would be great. I'm not > > Yes of course, whenever you are ready. Sorry about your father and > the flooding. BTW I enjoyed watching/listening to your pain.mp4. > > >> flood, I could meet you in Second Life, which would be great. I'm not >> sure what you saw - they might have been bots of some sort. Most of > > I recognized one or two of the names shown in the mini-map as being > people known for virtual performance art within Second Life, ie Fau > Ferdinand. > >> the time these artspaces _are_ empty; I go 'in' to do my work or >> sometimes to see a performance and then log out. But there is still a >> lot of building/art going on. It's just not so much of a social space. > > Overall, second life is an interesting space to explore. I've been > teleporting around the map from place to place seeing what I can find. > > At times it can seem like all there is in there is sex and fashion and > more sex. A bit like the internet but more so.Setting the access rating > to pg/mature/adult doesn't help there, but who wants to miss out ;-) > > In an attempt to find interesting places I type terms into the search > and teleport to those I like the sound of. I had great expectations of > a place called Surreal, but it was a very tranquil place, with a group > of peaceful seeming people fishing and playing board games. The lack of > any surreal qualities to the place was disappointing, but, on the other > hand, it was non-threatening and didn't feel unwelcome.However, the > neighbours of surreal defended their property with gun turrets and > a pirate flag and shot at me when I flew in there before being given a > ten second warning to get out and, with barely a second passed, was > teleported back to my home (which doesn't exist anymore). > > Another place, I was exploring, an occupant asked what I was doing > there and how I found it. I told them to google Aphex Twin (the place > was called Aphexx). Then I was informed it was very private and that I > should leave. Ok. > > From looking at land ownership though I can kinda understand why > some people take it so seriously, and even why some locations don't > welcome 'cartoon' avatars ('mature' avatars are welcome). > > In the first few days I couldn't for the life of me understand why most > people seem to view SL as an opportunity to fit in rather than as an > opportunity to.... > > > James. > > > >> >> - Alan >> >> >> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, James Morris wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 20:06:43 -0400 (EDT) >>> Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Odyssey. Or Columbia I am. Or Humlab. >>>> >>>> - Alan >>>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Alan, >>> >>> I've checked these places quite regularly, but they're nearly always >>> abandoned. Last night there were five avatars in Odyssey, one stood >>> by a wheelbarrow, with the others underground beneath the hill. I >>> made some attempts to try and find them (without any idea of what >>> I'd do if I did) but after an hour or so gave up. >>> >>> By the end of it though I had at least enjoyed exploring Odyssey and >>> found lots more in it than I had previously realized. >>> >>> In my explorations of SL, I've often found small groups of avatars >>> hidden 'underground' in inaccessible locations. I'm guess that these >>> are land owners, and the locations are only accessible to them? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> James. >>> >>> >>> PS been hoping to see some of your stuff in there! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, James Morris wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> attempting to run second life in arch linux amd64 >>>>> >>>>> snowglobe is the most successful so far: >>>>> http://jwm-art.net/image/j4m35_String-Crash.png >>>>> >>>>> secondlife-bin from AUR presents black window. >>>>> >>>>> trying imprudence... >>>>> seems to work: >>>>> http://jwm-art.net/image/imprudence-j4m35-string.png >>>>> >>>>> so where is all the interesting stuff? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> http://jwm-art.net/ >>>>> image/audio/text/code/ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> == >>>> eyebeam: http://eyebeam.org/blogs/alansondheim/ >>>> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>>> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 >>>> music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >>>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/re.txt >>>> == >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://jwm-art.net/ >>> image/audio/text/code/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >> >> == >> eyebeam: http://eyebeam.org/blogs/alansondheim/ >> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 >> music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/re.txt >> == >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > -- > http://jwm-art.net/ > image/audio/text/code/ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > == eyebeam: http://eyebeam.org/blogs/alansondheim/ email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/re.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
