суббота, 30 апреля 2011 г.
пятница, 1 апреля 2011 г.
Installation art in cyberspace
As an idea for an installation art project in cyberspace, mostly in the context of games like Secind Life, I think a social critique project would be interesting. With the number of people who have come to treat Second Life as their main life, I believe it would be fascinating to see reactions to a project that would critique and to a degree criticise the importance of online presence in people's lives.
My idea is fairly complicated and probably time and money consuming. It would involve, at first, creating a number of bots who would only be interested in playing video games or participating in some kind of online communities. Then, it would involve putting a glass building-like cube in the middle of the street where a lot of people would pass.
While I believe it is quite clear where I'm heading with this idea, I am going to continue. The next step would be to seat all of the bots in the glass cube and just display them playing video games or participating in some sort of online activities without any rest or break. I don't know if the bots in Second Life require food or bathroom breaks, but they would be allowed that. However, they would be sleeping at their desktops, etc.
Thus the players will see a reflection of themselves in the cyberspace but it is the reflection of their selves in real life.
While I do think this would be an interesting project that would make some people stop and think, it seems too time consuming and too much of a commitment.
Also I'm just a little bit afraid that someone would sue me for cruelty to bots.
My idea is fairly complicated and probably time and money consuming. It would involve, at first, creating a number of bots who would only be interested in playing video games or participating in some kind of online communities. Then, it would involve putting a glass building-like cube in the middle of the street where a lot of people would pass.
While I believe it is quite clear where I'm heading with this idea, I am going to continue. The next step would be to seat all of the bots in the glass cube and just display them playing video games or participating in some sort of online activities without any rest or break. I don't know if the bots in Second Life require food or bathroom breaks, but they would be allowed that. However, they would be sleeping at their desktops, etc.
Thus the players will see a reflection of themselves in the cyberspace but it is the reflection of their selves in real life.
While I do think this would be an interesting project that would make some people stop and think, it seems too time consuming and too much of a commitment.
Also I'm just a little bit afraid that someone would sue me for cruelty to bots.
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