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Exhibition “SecondSquat”

SecondSquat
Spatial Utopia for a 3D-Internet
Game Art, interactive installation, 2009
by Corinne Studer and her avatar Fuzzy Janus

Overview Exhibition

SecondSquat is an interactive installation that reflects, using the example of “Second Life”, spatial planning and the possibilities of movement within a three-dimensional Internet.

In this 3D-online-world, flying – the human dream – belongs to an essential possibility of an experience-driven locomotion. Yet, this is hardly considered at the planning, design and usage of this virtual world. “Second Life” is built up more densely, which leads to restricted mobility and exacerbates the discovering of individual sections.

Drawing from these experiences SecondSquat projects a new spatial Utopia. SecondSquat’s model of this Utopia is designed to remove the usual barriers that prevent free flight within such online worlds. The installation offers a playful way of experiencing virtual space and for actively participating within this utopia.

SecondSquat - spatial utopia for a 3D-internet

“SecondSquat” consists of a game and a spatial utopia for a 3D-internet, which was realised within Second Life. For more information: download pdf

Special thanks to:

John Shave, programming support
Leo Peschta,  electronic support
Max Moswitzer, sl-land support

SecondSquat will be shown at the exhibitions:

18.6.09 “Digital Traces”, Vienna

25.6 – 15.7.09 “Essence 2009″ , University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Vordere Zollamtstrasse 3, Vienna

25.6 – 12.7.09 “Alice in Wonderland”, Freiraum / quartier21, im Museumsquartier MQ, Vienna,

26.6. – 15.8.09 In “Second Life”: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Angewandte/76/96/54