Artists Statement
This collaborative urban installation brings together multi-user virtual environment research within a site-specific Second Life urban intersection, designed and constructed for presentation at the Waterfront Plaza in Belfast. By reflecting on the ironies of contested spaces, and stereotypes in multi-user virtual environments, this project exposes the cultural identity, gender roles, digital consumption and virtual desire within this augmented world.
- Peter Appleton is a Reader in Creative Technology in the School of Art and Design. [sic]
- Charlote Gould is a Lecturer in Digital Media at the Research Centre for Art and Design, The University of Salford, UK.
- Paul Sermon is a Professor of Creative Technology at the Research Centre for Art and Design, The University of Salford, UK. paulsermon.org
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