Art in Second Life

What is art? One definition is that a 'piece of art' is a human creation that evokes an emotional response or shows beauty.

There are many artists in Second Life, and their creativity is expressed in many forms: painting, photography, sculpture, dance, machinima, fashion, music, architecture, created experiences, writing, etc.... I also consider fashioning the environment, (land and weather), to be an art. Certainly avatar appearance and fashion can be an art, as is interior decorating. I have even read that one of your first acts when entering Second Life, choosing a name, can be an art in itself.

Some second life artists create mirror images of the real world as art - they take a picture of a real life work and digitally recreate it, but other Second Life artists are not hindered by the realities of gravity, entropy, a shortage of raw materials, or even logic.

I remember the impact of the first 'out of the box' art I encountered in Second Life. It was an installation called "Kolor Fall" by Patrick Faith. I can still remember how amazing it was to fly through an immense landscape of floating shapes as they swirled and changed color.  The region is no longer active, and Patrick Faith has moved on, but you can still see some examples of his work on https://www.youtube.com/user/patrickfaithart/featured. You can also watch a short machinima "Clouds and Remembrance"which includes music and dance.

For what is here, in Second Life, now, I found myself floundering to sort out 'the best' from a list too long to put on one page. I have already blogged about Patrick Moya and Earl Dinkins in previous posts.

 Bryn Oh is an important Second Life artist, and Cica Ghost is another. See photos of her work on flicker. Be sure to visit their installations when they are open.
Bryn Oh's "Skybox" is in the lobby of her current installation. You can walk on all the surfaces.

Nostalgia by Cica Ghost in Second Life

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mysterious%20Isle/112/113/27 At the exhibit you can get a free ventilator hat almost like Cica's B...