Re: [-empyre-] Second Life Whiteness and Privilege

<jimbudd@jimbudd.com> · Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:35:23 +1000

hi komninos,

here are few examples....

these are flash slideshows with audio of the afro-american cyberjazz band, 
taken during a performance at active worlds in 2002.

http://www.jimbudd.com/cyberjazz/flash/cyberjazz1.html

http://www.jimbudd.com/cyberjazz/flash/all_blues1.html

the project was more about the musical possibilities of real-time networked 
musical performance in VR. then using thejazz vehicle explored spontaneous 
musical dialogue through improvisation. the was performed in real time 
between brisbane and melbourne australia, hence the audible network jitter.
but please also check out the latest VR model on the blaxxun server:

http://www.jimbudd.com/cyberjazz/VR/

the band's race is more ambiguous in this version.

there are some pianist animation triggers on the piano that i hope to have 
synchronised with the live audio (MIDI) data, one day ...sigh..

these animations include nested ones, so i'm dissapointed to hear this is 
not possible in SL :(
jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "komninos zervos" <kom9os@bigpond.net.au>

To: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>

Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:37 PM

Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Second Life Whiteness and Privilege
hi jim
got some examples?
komninos

let us not separate SL from RL, SL is yet another form of RL, a digital 
form in cyberspace, and yes a much more limited form than RL as RL's 
objects and actions are not as rigidly defined.

it always surprises me that in these "innovative" environments all we get 
to represent ourselves is humanoid avatars, that walk everywhere and 
express primitive human emotonyms.
komninos
the nothing
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