“No Matter” is an installation
of “imaginary objects” made both
in Second Life and physical space.
It explores
the tension between the virtual and real economies
by (1) commissioning 25 builders and artists
to produce 40 cultural artifacts in Second Life
space; (2) paying them in Linden dollars at an
equivalent scale of $1.50 to $12.00 per object;
(3) extracting the objects from Second Life — a
closed system where 3D models cannot be exported;
(4) reconstructing these objects as 3D paper
replicas with high-quality printed textures in
physical space.
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