Fibreculture Journal (Jan 2008)
Art and (Second) Life: Over the hills and far away?
Abstract
This article will consider possible connections between the emerging art practice, environment and economy of DC Spensley (aka Dancoyote Antonelli) working in Second Life, with particular colonial art histories documented over the last 150 years in order to consider emerging features of new spaces for art.While the main centre for development and discussion surrounding Second Life appears to be San Francisco, USA, this paper considers how examining an online art practice may provide a tool to better understand the role of artists in new places. Can emerging art practices in online environments such as Second Life point out gaps in the ways that we think and talk about art? Or are traditional theoretical and methodological values surrounding art reproduced?
