MASK: 70 SECOND LIFE AVATARS IN 4 MINUTES (Robbie Dingo)
Posted on May 8th, 2008
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(From James Au's New World Notes Blog...www.nwn.blogs.com )
Robbie Dingo, SL machinima auteur (and "artist in residence" for Millions of Us, a sponsoring partner of New World Notes), put out an odd and unexplained request for numerous avatar screenshots. Now we know why: for this sweet and mesmerizing machinima exploring avatar-based identity through the appearance of some 70 Residents. Watching it reminds me of something Hunter Linden, one of the world's founding creators, told me about avatars for my book:
“I always liked the idea that if you saw somebody, and they were an eight foot Gundam robot, you knew that was a costume, and inside there was someone who looked just like you.” Instead, the Linden team consciously made it so that everyone who joined Second Life would have the same DNA, so to speak, no matter how strange and diverse each of them eventually became.
My perspective, at least. Watch Dingo's video, than read on, for the creator's own perspective on its inspiration, on its development, and just as important, the full cast of players.
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james au
July 2008