Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?

Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?

This article will consider possible connections between the emerging art practice, environment and economy of DC Spensley (aka Dancoyote Antonelli) working in Second Life, with particular colonial art histories documented over the last 150 years in order to consider emerging features of new spaces f...

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Main Author: Caroline McCaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Humanities Press 2008-01-01
Series:Fibreculture Journal
Subjects:
Second Life
online art
Online Access:http://eleven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-070-art-and-second-life-over-the-hills-and-far-away/
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spelling doaj-12ed66f4fe09406e9c121cc9a3976c3f2020-11-24T23:48:49ZengOpen Humanities PressFibreculture Journal1449-14432008-01-0111Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?Caroline McCawThis article will consider possible connections between the emerging art practice, environment and economy of DC Spensley (aka Dancoyote Antonelli) working in Second Life, with particular colonial art histories documented over the last 150 years in order to consider emerging features of new spaces for art.While the main centre for development and discussion surrounding Second Life appears to be San Francisco, USA, this paper considers how examining an online art practice may provide a tool to better understand the role of artists in new places. Can emerging art practices in online environments such as Second Life point out gaps in the ways that we think and talk about art? Or are traditional theoretical and methodological values surrounding art reproduced?http://eleven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-070-art-and-second-life-over-the-hills-and-far-away/Second Lifeonline art
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Second Life
online art
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title Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
title_short Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
title_full Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
title_fullStr Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
title_full_unstemmed Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
title_sort art and (second) life: over the hills and far away?
publisher Open Humanities Press
series Fibreculture Journal
issn 1449-1443
publishDate 2008-01-01
description This article will consider possible connections between the emerging art practice, environment and economy of DC Spensley (aka Dancoyote Antonelli) working in Second Life, with particular colonial art histories documented over the last 150 years in order to consider emerging features of new spaces for art.While the main centre for development and discussion surrounding Second Life appears to be San Francisco, USA, this paper considers how examining an online art practice may provide a tool to better understand the role of artists in new places. Can emerging art practices in online environments such as Second Life point out gaps in the ways that we think and talk about art? Or are traditional theoretical and methodological values surrounding art reproduced?
topic Second Life
online art
url http://eleven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-070-art-and-second-life-over-the-hills-and-far-away/
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