THE HISTORY OF SL ART SERIES
STARAX THE LEGEND
As AngelGate Director I am immensely privileged-as I believe visitors to this exhibit are- to participate in celebrating the great art of Starax.. I cannot think of a more spectacular birth than for Celestia to be accompanied by the creations of Starax.
AngelGate values the creative potential for transformation individually and collectively.
A treasured element of this is for “creativity unbound“.
The history of rl art is beset with the desire to monopolise the meaning, access and importance of creations by the few for the many.
An interesting question is:Is this happening within sl?
I personally consider a high level of participant involvement in art is one of the great possibilites of creativie exploration here. Rather than ownership dictating the ability to display and dominate meaning structures:- all people equally can construct and de-construct when such power hierarchies are removed-where those who “Own” ( sl is a medieval hierarchy) fully share and so in truth deed these experiences as a collective identity. Rather than Narcissus reflecting themselves.
White Lebed has taken a bold step in embracing freedom and access for the wider community . I would like to affirm AngelGate as a place where meaning in controversy can be welcomed as an opportunity for dialogue.
I thank Jeri Rahja who is both inspirational as a collector and for all else she is and facilitates in SL.l. I thank all at AngelGate for standing behind these values. Any collectors interested in creating access to their unique “view”of creativity here is extremely welcome to explore that space with us at AngelGate.
Thankyou
Sophiajane Alcott
AngelGate Director.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Very lovely and eloquent post Sophia, thank you not only for providing the space of this important art to be shown, but also your continued support for art in Second Life. Your altruistic and compassionate nature is recognized by many!
I also believe it should be on public display. If we all worried about copybots or ‘love of the ego’ to the point that we are living or creating inside of fear isn’t that contrary to free form creative expression?
Also, if you look at the former rezzable sims, much of Light Waves works were out all over. Why would they not have worried about this?
I have just posted extensively on this topic on my blog: To Show or Not to Show Virtual Art
Again, thank you Sophia, White Lebed and especially Jeri Rahja
September 13th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Amen Gary, you said it well. How can someone in their right mind say that these works need to be protected by HIDING them? Really the ONLY way to stop a copybotter is to delete the original. If you don’t do that, then there’s just no sense in freaking out every time you rez it.
People need to be aware of the magic “inspect” command and USE it when purchasing an expensive item (or ANY item!) 2nd hand to avoid buying a copybotted version. It can EASILY be used to make forgeries painfully obvious. If 99% of the prims in your potential purchase are made by someone OTHER than who you expect, then guess what? It’s a forgery! Don’t buy it and immediately abuse report the person that tried to sell it to you!
If you buy a sculpture and don’t check it out, and wind up with a forgery, well you have no one to blame but yourself, especially when it’s SO easy to find out before you buy. I just don’t see how copybotters are going to make a whit of difference in the value of the legit copies, no one is going to buy an easily spotted fake! They’ll be busted and abuse reported for copybotting. With illegal copies so hard to resell, I just don’t buy the argument that there’s any real danger to copybotting here.
Go enjoy the art! It’s just way too good to hide away! People need to see this stuff, it’s part of the historical record of art in SL and needs to be seen, despite the minor and overblown dangers of people selling illegal copies. Kudos to SophiaJane, White, and Jeri for making this all possible and putting up with the senseless crap over their good intentions.