Last week I rented a store in the town center on Marblehead in Second Life New England. I knew what I wanted to call the store, Yordie’s Excellent Adventures and the concept is something I’ve been thinking about for awhile. I even created a Facebook page for it last year. And there’s a Second Life group by [...]
Tag Archives: Avatar Identity
VB43 – Cast
Animal Avatar Pride Parade 48 avatars participated in Saturday’s Animal Parade in Sydney Harbour. Starting in front of Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s legendary Sydney Opera House (started 1959, completed 1973) we walked 3 loops of a course that took us across the Harbour Bridge (1923 – 1932) from the Sydney central business district (CBD) to [...]
VB42 – Cast
Avatar Pride Parade 34 avatars participated in yesterday’s 8-region, 5-university pride walk starting on the Eastern United States coast at Long Island University, then walking up the California coast from Long Beach State through Stanford and San Jose State, then through a couple of library regions and finishing finally near Chicago at the Bradley [...]
S&TVC – The Girlfriend
It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about the new direction I was planning for my second life, a step into Second Life’s sex culture. I was attracted to the idea of a “date auction” but hadn’t really thought about how I’d get there or where this would lead. I simply jumped into the adventure expecting I’d discover what I [...]
Second Saturday: Avatar Pride Parade
VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade Saturday 12 Jan ’13 SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, Sunday 6 January – at yesterday’s Avatar Pride Parade dress rehearsal here, we encountered tremendous “resistance” (lag) to our parade. Some said it was the worst typhoon since ’07, others said it was worse than passing through the eye of a SaveMe [...]
My Interview With A Vampire
You don’t have to look too far to notice that Second Life has a highly evolved realm for vampires and lycans, a world I’ve had glimpses into but never understood. I Was Really Frightened It may sound silly but for me, vampires have always been truly frightening. As a child I saw vampire movies way too [...]
Thicker than water? Exploring Second Life Families – Part 2
How do Second Life families start? How do they get together? How do they grow? Let’s say one wanted to be part of a family in Second Life – a daughter, mother, auntie or sister – how would one go about doing that? Take my friend Gwen and me for instance: We love each other [...]
Thicker than water? Exploring Second Life Families – Part 1
Some visitors to this blog may know that I was recently the maid of honour at my friend’s wedding. Among many new discoveries, one of the most remarkable things about that experience is that the bride has a huge family in Second Life. And, her family is complete with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins… [...]
Becoming Someone Else – Part 2
Second Life can be like MMORPG games in many regards, there are “players” who role play exclusively. There are regions that have training and rules for role play, even combat, but many SL players don’t see themselves as players at all. In fact, this is a dividing line for some, they refuse to be anyone other than the [...]
Becoming Someone Else – Part 1
This salon has professional authors with qualifications in education, psychology and other professions who explore identity and virtual identify. I read their posts with great interest. There’s little question in my mind that most people who enter virtual worlds end up making choices that lead them into their identities. Ravanel started a series called, “Avatar & Identify – Introduction”. [...]
Open call to participate in a study on avatar identity through USC!!
A friend of mine at USC in California is doing an avatar identity study. He only needs 4 more avatars and you can make 1000L Please read the info below and contact him if you are interested Thanks so much ) This is an open call to members of Second Life who have used their [...]
Avatar & Identity – Introduction
Ever since Vaneeesa invited me over to write a guest post for iRez, I’ve been thinking about what gaming means to me and how to start this damn article. Fact is, I’m a strong believer in online identities, and I believe everyone is expressing themselves in some way or another, even when just playing an [...]
My Second Life Romance – Part 3
Unlike the end of Part 1 and Part 2, I sorta know how this piece will end. I think Second Life old timers and newbies will both find something to hang onto, even. 1) He Made Me Feel Like Dancin’ 2) He Filled My Life With Hope 3) Protecting Your Heart It seems ages since the end [...]
Extreme Makeover: Virtual Edition
SAINT-ÉTIENNE, LOIRE, 8 August – Here today, at the birthplace of performance artist Orlan, we announce Extreme Makeover: Virtual Edition. Drew Daniel of Matmos once said, Who needs Orlan when you’ve got Extreme Makeover? It was a cheeky, yet insightful observation that what was once the conceptual domain of edgy performance art had, in the [...]
Virtually Ethical
As a qualitative researcher, one of my primary areas of concern when conducting research in a RL or virtual environment setting is ethics – in other words, ensuring that participants are treated ethically and with the respect they deserve. Ethics has also been, interestingly, the primary barrier when conducting my research. As many of you [...]
Enter a 3D Virtual World in Less than a Minute
If you’re using Chrome or Firefox, this link will take you directly into my Pixels and Plastic art exhibit in Cloud Party. No program to download. No plug-in to install. You can either authenticate with Facebook or enter anonymously. Even in beta, Cloud Party is an amazing virtual exhibition platform for 2D artists. Check it [...]
Mixed Reality Video From 2008
I made this video just a few months after being born in Second Life. The special effects are kinda cheesy, but it foreshadowed my eventual focus on Transworld identity. The song is by my musical alt fourworlds.
Cherrybomb: The Band That Never Was
Some people don’t see a connection between truth and fiction. I get that. But the truth is, the only reality a fictional character’s got going for herself is integrity. I got the idea of putting together a virtual band a couple of years ago. A cross between the Archies and Gorillaz. I enlisted a [...]
No one can steal my identity (in heaven)
This is a strange little surrealist trip juxtaposing fluid avatar image deconstruction with a gospel song about identity. I shot the image shot in Second Life, then effected it on iPad with PhotoCopier, VintageHD, PhotoStudioHD and Autodesk Fluid FX. The track is by Marshall Patrick.
Playing 20 Questions with Meandr@vatar
EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, 5 May – Meandra has asked VR residents to answer 20 questions, about life in virtual worlds, so here goes mine… MEANDRA: 1. Since when and how did you become a SL member? VANEEESA: I was invited by Esparanza Freese to create a performance work for a VR art exhibition her graduate [...]
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Vaneeesa Blaylock oh gawd, those were dark times. She was really mea
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Monerda /me does a "spit take" of my latte! &quo
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Apmel Great article!
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Lizzie Gudkov Pulling too! lol Two "Ls"... a lot more
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Vanessa Bartlett VB this is hilarious. I'm sure focusing on in
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LEA11: Quest for Virtual Haptic
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The Crappy Job of Being Banksy’s Girlfriend
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Happy Grandmother’s Day!
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#vb131
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!
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Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD!
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Memory Box Workshop @LEA11
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How to stage a dance production in Second Life
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Slapping My Snotty Sister
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Memory Box Workshop
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Technology and Mental Crisis: E-Mental Health at NHS South East and Cinema and Psychosis at The Barbican
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Poem Readers Wanted!
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What’s in a Meme?
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Meeting Donna Haraway
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Haiku Speedbuild #2
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The Minority Report on SaveMe Oh
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 2 – City Break
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Previz #68 – Avatar Pride Parade
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Yordie Sands
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My Second Life Romance – Part 2
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Prep School
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What If Rod Was One Of Us (Parody song & Video)
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The Hitcher – Part 1
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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 1
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 3 – Leisure and Spa
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We’ve Been Scraped!
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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 2
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Previz #67 – Charlotte, Forever
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Gimme Six!