[-empyre-] outputs -- second life txt - space between people

[melinda R]

max's post reminded me that last august -empyre- had a discussion
titled "the good,  the bad and the ugly" on art practices in second
life
- see https://lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2007-August/date.html

that discussion became a book chapter written my myself and this
months co-moderator  Christian McCrea
titled - "the Grand Tour - Art in Second Life"
containing lots of shiny pretty pictures,  splashes of theory, and
insightful and provocative quotes from -empyre- list guests and
participants

the book - "Space Between People "-  is available now at :

http://www.spacebetweenpeople.com/

The published chapter has been edited a bit from our original,  and
the uncut version will go up the -empyre- site when i get time!

 cheerio
mr

SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE:
HOW THE VIRTUAL CHANGES PHYSICAL RCHITECTURE

EDITED BY STEPHAN DOESINGER

If architecture is the construction of space between people,
what happens when that space exists in a virtual world? That
question is the starting point for this collection of revolutionary
projects by a new generation of designers. The book
begins by examining the important issues that have emerged
as technology reshapes our idea of place and proceeds to
present the four winning projects from the first architecture
competition held within the explosively popular Internet community
known as Second Life. Chosen for their inventiveness
and aesthetic excellence, these structures—a cloud that can be
inhabited; a meta-museum; an interactive sound scape; and a
"snow palace" of discarded objects—illustrate the mindbending
possibilities of digital design. In the book's final
section, media artists share their real-time experiences
conceptualizing and creating projects for the virtual world.