Rocky Horror Picture Show - Second Life-A-Long 1st of March at The Office/Second Life 12 PM SLT or Stora Gasquen, KTH, Stockholm 21:00 (doors open 19:30) in collaboration with the Pirate Cinema "What happens when Second Life meets the actual physical world?" Rocky Horror Picture Show - Second Life-A-Long is an experiment where an interactive screening of a film simultaneously happens in Second Life and in the physical world. During two hours the virtual world gets the opportunity to create a place in the physical world. How that place will be experienced depends on who and what is in Second Life at that specific moment. The qualities of the virtual world such as its ability of constant change and of surprise are taken advantage of in order to create two hours of architecture. The Office SLurl.
The virtual world is constantly becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. Today we spend a large amount of our time in the virtual world. The internet and computer games effect and take up more and more of our lives. With Second Life a world has been created which is more or less a copy of our physical world but in a virtual form. The difference is that this world is floating on top of and inside of our own world with the physical distances abolished. Today, Second Life has more than 3,5 million users/inhabitants which is comparable to a small country. The world becomes a substitute to or an escape from reality, where you can be whoever you want to be. You are an individual but can choose your looks, you can buy a house but you do not need to sleep, you can walk but you can also fly. You are yourself but only if you want to.
What happens when this virtual version of the world meets the actual physical world? What happens when these two worlds overlap? What happens when you can be in both worlds at the same time? How will Second Life be affected by the physical world suddenly appearing? How will the physical world be affected by Second Life appearing in a larger scale? What happens if the anonymity of the virtual world disappears?
Finally, how can we create this meeting in the physical world?
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Second Life-a-long is an experiment where an interactive film screening simultaneously takes place in Second Life and in the physical world. The screening which is in Stockholm is being filmed and instantly aired in a virtual “cinema� in Second Life. In the physical world the actual film and the virtual screening are both being projected. The audience in Stockholm can view the film both in real life and through the eyes of their Second Life avatars. In Second Life anyone can come and see the film through the eyes of the audience in Stockholm.
During two hours the virtual world gets the opportunity to create a place in the physical world. How that place will be experienced depends on who and what is in Second Life at that specific moment. The qualities of the virtual world such as its ability of constant change and of surprise are taken advantage of in order to create two hours of architecture.