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Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by Brooklyn is Watching » Blog Archive » identity absent by Selavy Oh

Brooklyn is Watching » Blog Archive » identity absent by Selavy Oh — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:50:06 +0000

[...] Identity? Identity Who? [...]

Comment on NEWARK IS WATCHING! by Dekka Raymaker

Dekka Raymaker — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:51:38 +0000

Maybe it should have been Newark Is Coming!

Comment on NEWARK IS WATCHING! by Arahan Claveau

Arahan Claveau — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:07 +0000

I think Jay said it wasn’t getting off the ground until the summer, so a bit premature as not much happening over there at the moment.

Newark isn’t Watching, quite yet.

Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by DC Spensley

DC Spensley — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:01:14 +0000

The idea of pseudonymity, or self constructed identity is a large part of the public experience of virtual worlds. The avatar, or embodiment of this virtual identity is a performance, as is gender in the material space.

Our physical bodies are also avatars, just ones we have little part in choosing. One might say then that the avatar one gets to choose is more reflective of the choices or essence of a person than the one gifted by the biological caprice.

Virtual worlds are often criticized for being less emotionally vital or real and even detrimental to individual psyche because of the loss of haptic dimension. Perhaps this freedom to choose how one performs identity makes up for what is lost in mediated experience?

Comment on Identity? Identity Who? by Arahan Claveau

Arahan Claveau — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:29:51 +0000

Nice summary Nusch. I visited the sim yesterday after Selavy had just finished installing this piece. It is very clever, in that it invites us to dwell on our virtual identities and what meaning(or lack of) our online presence has. I was reminded of an old game I used to play called Phantasy Star Online, in that game when you died a tombstone appeared with the details of your character and how you expired. Sometimes when one of our group was offline we would come across their gravestones, and more spookily when a player had permanently left the game any tombstones they had generated would remain. It was strange to have this sentimental reminder of a person in a place that was so alien and far removed from our physical identities. Those game servers closed down many years ago but I wonder if somewhere in cyberspace coded echoes of our presence remain.

This line of thought may not be what Selavy intended with the piece but it is the direction I was inspired to follow.

Comment on 16 February 2010: Sowa’s unofficial podcast and Mab’s Chance-Imagery #2 by Arahan Claveau

Arahan Claveau — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:34:27 +0000

Cool video but I’ve been unable to locate a podcast. Was one recorded or is it just this video?

Comment on It’s puzzling! by Nusch Ray

Nusch Ray — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:13:24 +0000

Great! Thanks for disentangling! Mab, of course, then your cube is the clever one!

Comment on Chance-Imagery* #1: a random series 2/9/10 by Brooklyn is Watching » Blog Archive » 16 February 2010: Sowa’s unofficial podcast and Mab’s Chance-Imagery #2

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:12:37 +0000

[...] Chance-Imagery* #1: a random series 2/9/10 [...]

Comment on It’s puzzling! by Mab MacMoragh

Mab MacMoragh — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:30:15 +0000

hahaha! it’s easy to see why the confusion, but the voice of HAL 9000 from Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is coming from the cube i rezzed on top of man michinaga’s cube. they mark a sleepy encounter we had on that spot really late one night when our entire chat consisted of hiya and cyas. essentially our cubes are continuing that conversation, with my cube speaking and his listening (or maybe dozing) in an endless rendezvous.

Comment on It’s puzzling! by sowa

sowa — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:33:34 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw_9ezkxROU