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ARTIST
MEILO MINOTAUR
Meilo Minotaur is an established artist
that many of us have come to know
and appreciate with Delicatessen.
EFFECTS ON PERSONALITY
AND CHANGES IN
REAL LIFE RELATED TO
EXPERIENCES IN VIRTUAL
WORLDS
SAMM QENDRA,
PROFESSIONAL SINGER IN
The unmistakable voice of Samm
Qendra has excited and involved her
audience for several years.
Second Life
MR. GAUS
P hotography
The portraits of Mr. Gaus look
like the mirror of real faces.
Expressiveness and talent are among
the main characteristics of this Italian
photographer.
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CONTENT
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Do
MIND AND
VIRTUAL
REALITY
virtual worlds
affect our minds?
And if so, in what
way? Let’s deepen
together.
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Arkon
ARKON
is a new
destination
that could be
called a virtual
representation of
“light art.”
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Born
COCOON
for role-playing,
Cocoon has a
cyberpunk setting
reminiscent of
Cyberpunk 2077.
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Meilo
MEILO
MINOTAUR
Minotaur is
a well-known and
appreciated artist
in SL. We make her
acquaintance in this
exclusive interview.
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One
SAMM
QENDRA
of the hottest
and most persuasive
voices in SL’s music
scene is Samm Qendra.
We interviewed
her to find out more.
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Let’s
AIM AGENCY
explore the
fashion agencies,
knowing one of the
best ones.
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Is
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MR. GAUS
it virtual or real?
Would
The border between
real and virtual
is thin in these
incredible images of
Mr. Gaus. We make
his acquaintance in
this interview.
PROFESSION
YOUTUBER
you like to
be a Youtuber? The
Youtubers of Second
Life are very popular;
let’s get to know
them better.
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Spectacular
CHOSEN ON
FLICKR
images
found on Flickr.
We explore new
artists.
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Welcome to issue 1 of 360 GRADI MAGAZINE.
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MEILO MINOTAUR SAMM QENDRA MR. GAUS
The artist is known
and appreciated in SL.
Everyone remembers
Delicatessen.
A warm voice and perfect
intonation characterize
Samm Qendra, a live
singer in SL.
The portraits of Mr. Gaus
enchant his followers
on Flickr. Let’s make his
acquaintance.
WELCOME
Welcome to issue 1 of the magazine.
In this second issue, 360GRADI
introduces Degoya Galthie, head of
“Brain, Mind and Virtual Reality.”
We will also explore incredible
destinations, meet Mr. Gaus, a
photographer who gives astonishing
realism to his portraits.
We will explore the art of Meilo
Minotaur in all its facets and listen to the
beautiful voice of Samm Qendra.
I invite you to be an active part,
telling us your impressions and ideas/
suggestions.
Enjoy your reading!
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TEAM
LADMILLA VAN MISOINDITE
ART HEAD
COLUMN
MUSIC HEAD
COLUMN
FASHION HEAD
COLUMN
Artist and THE EDGE
Gallery Owner.
Dj , Designer and
Architect Planning.
Model and Fashion
Events Accountable.
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JARLA
VIOLET
DEGOYA
PHOTOGRAPHY
HEAD COLUMN
MARKETING
HEAD COLUMN
BRAIN, MIND AND
VIRTUAL REALITY
HEAD COLUMN
Photographer.
Social Media
Marketing Expert.
Psychiatrist.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTES
We have reached the second issue of 360GRADI Magazine.
The main novelty,
very welcome, is
the entry into the
360GRADI Magazine
team of Degoya
Galthie as head of
the “brain, mind
and virtual reality”
sector. Degoya is a
psychiatrist in real
life, and I believe he
is the most qualified
person to play this
role.
What is the news about this new issue?
The main news, very welcome, is the entry into the 360GRADI
Magazine team of Degoya Galthie as head of the “brain, mind
and virtual reality” sector. Degoya is a psychiatrist in real life, and
I believe he is the most qualified person to play this role. A small
caveat for the reader: Degoya’s articles are very interesting and
have a scientific edge, from which his professionalism emerges.
Put another way: they are not easy to read. So I invite the reader
to take some breaks, maybe to resume reading later, but to read
it until the end. The added value that his articles give to the
magazine is high, so... let’s take advantage of it!
In this issue, we also introduce two new sponsors, Camp Italia and
Lundy Art Gallery. I invite you to read Asia Connell’s interesting
reflection on the importance of remembering events such as the
Nassiriya massacre and how she is involved in this project. As for
the Lundy Art Gallery, which many of you already know, it is one
of the most renowned and extensive Second Life art galleries. It
is a vast art exhibition curated with passion and perseverance by
Lee Olsen.
As always, our editors present their insights into fashion
houses, photographers, singers, and artists. In particular, we
can appreciate Jarla Capalini’s first article about an Italian
photographer Gaus that I’m sure you will appreciate very much in
this second issue.
As for the destinations, a subject edited by me, I would like to
bring your attention to Cocoon, a cyberpunk destination that
reminds a lot of the game setting of Cyberpunk 2077, the new
upcoming game. To date, Cocoon is the most detailed and
carefully created region for easy loading that I have ever seen. For
those who love role-playing games, it is a real boon.
Enough talk, I’ll leave you to the reading, and I’ll give you an
appointment for the next issue that will be out at the end of
January.
WELCOME
360GRADI is an interactive magazine
available on both YUMPU and
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Communication is one of the most
important aspects of life.
Communicating means reaching
people’s hearts and minds.
- Oema
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ART PROMOTION ON FACEBOOK
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VIOLET BOA
My responsibilities include planning, implementing, and managing PR
strategies and organizing and managing various PR activities.
I use different channels to optimize the outreach and success of a
campaign, with a customer-oriented focus and assured delivery that I
represent unequivocally. I carry out the interests, wishes, needs, and
expectations of my clients.
Violet Boa,
MARKETING
Head Column
A natural part of my work involves arranging interviews and
coordination, researching and collecting opportunities for
partnerships, establishing and maintaining relationships with
journalists, influencers, and bloggers, and supporting the team
members of my client in communicating and running a campaign.
Through years of experience with social media management, which
always requires excellent communication, presentation, leadership
skills, and excellent organizational and time management skills, I
have become self-critical and am still interested in new impulses.
Learning, be it self-directed or through knowledge of apt sources, is
part of the daily process.
Observations and reflections (self-reflection) of the external and
internal situations give me the chance to recognize problems and
change them positively.
I am a positive but also critical thinker and analytical problem solver
who - with a lot of empathy - accepts conflicting interests, personal
(in) tolerance, and others’ opinions. I am very adaptable and willing
to compromise to get positive alternatives that make everyone happy
and lead to the desired success.
My top ten topics of interest are fine art, photography, design, digital
art, music, performing arts, literature, science, mindfulness, and a
positive attitude.
I feel very honored and proud of the trust that Oema has placed in
me and invited me in my role as PR to act for magazines from the first
publication of their classy, stylish and elegant 360 GRADI Magazine.
We have an exciting and excellent task ahead of us, and I am looking
forward to it!
Violet
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IN MEMORY OF NASSIRIYA PROJECT
“In Memory of Nassiriya Project” was born
in 2007, not to forget the Italian Fallen,
military and civilians, and the Intelligence
services, who lost their lives in the
International Peace Support Missions and
developed both in virtual worlds so-called
real ones.
“In Memory of Nassiriya Project” travels
hand in hand with the desire to remember
the Fallen of the terroristic attack of
November 12, 2003, in Nassiriya but also
all the Italian Fallen in peacekeeping and
intelligence missions.
Their sacrifice is not forgotten and was
not in vain, so that war becomes more
and more an unsustainable weapon and
because new paths of peace can be planned
and built.
Also this year, as every year since 2007, the
Fallen of Nassiriya and all the Italian Fallen,
military and civilian and of the Intelligence
services, who lost their lives in the
International Peace Support Missions are
remembered with a sober ceremony that is
carries out in the Second Life platform that
the proprietary company, Linden Lab, and
its users have transformed into the most
technologically advanced three-dimensional
web present on the Internet today.
“It was the year following my registration
and creation of my avatar in Second Life
that, right from the start, it was clear to
me that 3D could become rich in content,
a platform for exchanging and creating
projects in the so-called real world: a real
and just a bridge to unite people in the
construction of paths in the most varied
fields, from education to civil protection
exercises (they do it in the States after
Katrina), from making communities with
full immersion modalities to the realization
of treatment projects for some pathologies.
And this to name the most evident in the
evolution of the last decade which has seen
a development of projects and creativity
in the fields of art, education, etc. “, thus
Carmela Modica, aka Asia Connell in
Second Life, who created the project to
honor the memory of the Fallen.
“It is clear that everyone decides whether
to register and be part of it or not -
continues Carmela Modica - but I like to
remember how the bridge that connects
virtual worlds (even Facebook is) makes
it possible to stay in the same place even
when you live far away : something we
have been experiencing since the Cov-Sars2
pandemic began ».
“I also like to remember how the US
Veterans groups and the DoD itself (United
States Department of Defense) built entire
areas dedicated to memory in the Second
Life platform and where support projects
for those suffering from post-trauma
disorders have worked for years and with
optimal results ».
“My wish - he concludes - is that this”
bridge “is created so that Italians can learn
to work and create communities in virtual
environments that are developing with ever
greater and excellent results in all fields of
human knowledge.”
The ceremony takes place every year. This
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SPONSOR
year it took place at the Memorial Garden
in Camp Italia.
In addition, the event saw the extraordinary
participation of Ambassador Giulio Terzi,
who promoted it on his Facebook Page. The
ambassador participated in the important
commemorative event by signing up for
Second Life for the occasion.
References
Official Website
Facebook Event
Facebook Group
Flickr Group
Ambassador Giulio Terzi’s FanPage
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LUNDY ART GALLERY
LUNDY ART GALLERY IS A CREATION OF LEE1 OLSEN AND PERIODICALLY
HOSTS NEW ARTISTS.
THE GALLERY BOASTS A VERY LARGE EXHIBITION SPACE, ALLOWING THE
VISITOR TO APPRECIATE NUMEROUS WORKS OF ART.
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ARTISTS EXHIBITORS
Deyanira Yalin
Moya Patrick
Etamae
Ilyra Chardin
Adwehe
ZackHermann
Sandi Benelli
Jessamine2108
Steele Wilder
Adelina Lawrence
Magda Schmidtzau
TELEPORT TO LUNDY ART GALLERY
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DEGOYA GALTHIE
Since the beginning of his appearance in the world, man has tried to
represent and tell his experience with different tools such as drawing,
photography, and cinema; at the base of this incessant search is
the desire to describe one’s inner world with ever greater levels of
fidelity. In our post-modern society, the most advanced frontier of
this research is represented by virtual reality. This technology allows
us to “immerse ourselves” in a computer-generated environment, in
which it is possible to move and interact as in reality.
Degoya Galthie,
Head Column
BRAIN, MIND AND
VIRTUAL REALITY
Virtual reality has numerous applications ranging in different fields
and represents an advanced communication interface that allows
people to interact naturally at a distance. It is now a technology
growing in popularity in the entertainment industry, where it finds
applications and the video game sector, cinematography, theme parks,
and museums. Social networks, e-commerce, education, sport are just
some of the many areas that virtual worlds promise to revolutionize.
In the medical field, virtual reality is demonstrating excellent
potential with applications in neuroscience and psychotherapy.
In light of these premises, the goal I set myself in this section of the
magazine is to tell the “virtual revolution” through a perspective
that highlights the transformative impact of this technology on
the brain and human experience. In particular, I will investigate the
effects of virtual experiences on one’s real-world and highlight the
opportunities that virtual technologies can offer, and highlight the
potential risks they imply through a survey of the most advanced
research in psychology and neuroscientific field. Finally, I will try
to explain how simulation technologies are changing how people
communicate and interact, analyzing the opportunities and challenges
implied by the emergence of virtual worlds.
Degoya
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EFFECTS ON
PERSONALIT
AND CHANGES IN REAL
EXPERIENCES OF VIRTU
Written by DEGOYA GALTHIE.
Images by JARLA CAPALINI.
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LIFE RELATED TO
AL WORLDS
What are the effects that virtual worlds produce
on the mind? Let’s try to clarify.
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EFFECTS ON PERSONALITY
AND CHANGES IN REAL LIFE
RELATED TO EXPERIENCES
OF VIRTUAL WORLDS
A theme that has fascinated me since my entrance into the virtual worlds
has been related to how individual differences modulate the effects of virtual
activities on real behaviors.
Since the beginning of the Internet era
and with particular reference to virtual
worlds, a topic of considerable interest
concerns whether and to what extent
virtual experiences and relationships
can affect one’s personality and real
personal life. With the spread of
virtual social media, one of the most
frequently asked questions concerns
how the perception of the distinction
between the real and the virtual
can change over time and how this
perception affects human behavior
both online and offline. Several factors,
such as technological characteristics,
social context, and individual
differences between people, shape the
perception of how virtual environments
relate to the material environment.
A theme that has fascinated me since
my entry into virtual worlds has
been that relating to how individual
differences modulate the effects of
virtual activities on real behaviors
and led me to reflect on the question
of how individual personality style
can make people predict effects
of social virtual worlds on the real
lives of people involved in these
environments.
Social virtual worlds are complex
multi-user online applications that
simulate 3D environments through
which people navigate and interact
with other individuals by means
of customizable avatars. Among
these worlds, the main source of my
reflections is Second Life. Unlike the
game environment of other virtual
worlds such as World of Warcraft
or Everquest II, the Second Life (SL)
environment does not impose any
specific interaction framework and
users are instead provided with the
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SL can have
effects on
personality and
real life?
tools and components
to create any type
content, activities and
communities they desire.
I have examined a series
of studies carried out on
Second Life avatars and
which have analyzed the
relationship between the
personality factors of the
“Big Five” questionnaire,
experiences in the
virtual world and
relationships with
changes in real life
deriving from virtual
experiences. These
studies showed that
the strength of users’
relationship with the
virtual environment,
identification and
similarity with their
avatars favored changes
in real life; these three
factors influenced
the personality traits
measured by the Big
Five (Agreeableness,
Extraversion, Intellect
/ Mental closure,
Conscientiousness and
Emotional Stability /
Neuroticism) and the
consequent changes in
real life.
Characteristics of the
sample
The real age of the
participants in the
studies examined ranged
from 18 to 71 years with
a mean age of 35.7. 54%
were female and, for the
majority of cases, the
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sex of the avatars corresponded to
the real sex; 55% of males, however,
reported having female avatars as well.
Respondents attended Second Life
for between 127 and 2,813 days, and
most of the respondents had had their
accounts for just over 3 years. They
reported spending an average of 33
hours per week in SL, and 68% of this
time was spent on social or recreational
activities (eg, making friends, going to
parties, listening to music), 22% on
activities task-oriented (eg, taking or
teaching a course, a retail business) and
for the remaining time to various or
specialized activities such as learning
the use of the SL scripting language.
Consistent with how they split their
time on SL, 79% of participants
reported that the overriding motivation
for joining SL was related to social
purposes, while only 12% reported
that their primary motivation it had
been linked to the performance of a
task.
Theoretical framework
Much research has shown that
experiences in virtual worlds influence
attitudes, perceptions and behaviors
in the real world and vice versa;
for example, self-concept can be
influenced by the way other people
respond to online self-presentation.
Virtual social activities can affect real
relationships with family, friends and
community organizations; people
often recreate real-life experiences
in virtual environments and may
experience physiological, emotional
and behavioral changes, both positive
and negative, as a result of certain
online experiences. Your personality
style emerges as an important factor
that can explain individual differences
and how people are affected by the
use of the Internet in general and
immersive virtual worlds in particular.
The data examined does not allow
me to distinguish between positive
and negative changes and therefore
examining that difference could be
another fruitful direction for research.
Firstly, due in part to personality,
people differ in their predisposition
to be influenced in their real life by
virtual experiences and, secondly, the
different environmental characteristics
of virtual worlds activate different
personality traits, which leads to
diversity in the way people experience
the virtual world; finally, virtual world
experiences can produce different
effects on personality by varying the
probability of experiencing changes in
real life.
The three factors relating to virtual
experiences at the center of my
reflections are: (a) the relationship with
the 3D environment, which incorporates
the concepts of presence, absorption
and immersion; (b) identification with
the avatar, which includes dimensions
of perceived closeness, attachment,
sympathy and attraction for the avatar;
and (c) person-avatar similarity, which
refers to the degree of perceived
self-similarity across dimensions of
behavior, attitudes, personality, and
physical appearance.
Relationship with the environment
A person’s relationship with a virtual
environment is multifaceted, made up
of feeling transported within, present
and immersed in the environment,
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of being absorbed by activities and
interactions with the environment and
of being emotionally attached and
involved with the environment. These
facets are related to each other and
some of the terms, such as presence
and immersion, are often used
interchangeably.
However, the distinctions must be
taken into account. The most important
of these distinctions focuses on
the definition of presence as an
experience limited to the time a user
is connected to a virtual environment
which then ends when the user goes
offline. On the contrary, I argue that
feelings of attachment and emotional
involvement and thoughts related to
the environment can persist in the
user long after a person has closed the
application, a phenomenon facilitated
in part by the fact that virtual
environments are persistent.
The immediate experience of
presence, immersion and absorption
experienced while online will
affect the likelihood that the virtual
environment will leave psychological
traces in a person following exposure
to the virtual environment. My concept
of relationship to the environment
includes both proximal effects
experienced online (eg, presence,
immersion, absorption) and distal
effects that remain after exposure
(eg, attachment and emotional
involvement). In short, I assume the
development of a strong relationship
due to an environment characterized
by high experience of presence,
immersion and absorption and
strong emotional involvement and
attachment.
The type of relationship with a virtual
environment has been shown to
affect behavior in the real world.
The relationship with a virtual
environment can act on the user’s
sense of self and on real social
encounters to the extent that the
boundary between the virtual and
the physical world is blurred and
the experiences of the virtual world
are more likely to be transferred to
experiences offline.
The Avatar
Two factors appear related to
avatars: (a) identification with the
avatar and (b) the degree of similarity
between the user and the avatar.
Identification with avatars includes
the notions of assimilating the avatar’s
characteristics to self-image, moral
and emotional attachment to the
avatar and the adoption of its goals,
skills, resources and impediments
as one’s own. It has been observed
that how people identify with their
avatars affects their satisfaction with
experiences in the virtual world,
but at the moment the empirical
evidence on how avatar identification
affects offline behavior is limited.
Some researchers have reported data
suggesting that membership in virtual
groups can sometimes be assimilated
into the offline self-concept,
especially when this membership is
deemed important to the user. Based
on these albeit limited results, it
seems reasonable to speculate that
identification with the avatar in the
virtual world could lead to a variety
of behavioral alterations in the real
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world. Although related to avatar
identification, avatar resemblance
is a distinct aspect of users’ virtual
experiences. For example, someone
might be highly identified with an
avatar who is very dissimilar (an avatar
with a non-human form).
Research still carried out shows that
there is a general correspondence
between users and their avatars in
both personality and behavior and that
exceptions to this trend are related
to specific goals or motivations. It
has been seen that the divergence
between the real self and the avatar
identity is important to many Second
Life users and that the social aspects
of identity are more relevant to their
avatars than to their real self. For
example, avatars are often significantly
more outgoing than their real selves in
a social networking context.
Regarding the relationship between
user-avatar similarity and changes
in real life, some researchers
reported that people who attributed
personality profiles to their avatars
similar to their real characteristics
showed positive effects on their
reallife satisfaction. Other authors
have suggested that people who
perceive their avatar as more attractive
than themselves and closer to their
idealized self-image report more
frequently that their avatar affects
their health and appearance offline. It
therefore seems reasonable to expect
the avatar-user similarity to have
effects in the real world.
Personality
Among the multitude of models
focusing on a theoretical approach
to the study of personality, the one
commonly applied in research on the
use of the Internet is the “Big Five”
(Goldberg, 1993; McCrae and Costa,
2008); the authors of this model
postulate 5 large dimensions or traits
(Big Five) of personality:
• Extraversion Introversion: the
extent to which a person is
predisposed to the outside world.
Talkative, assertive and active are
common words used to describe
extroverts;
• Agreeableness Unpleasantness
(Friendliness): the extent to which
an individual is kind, trustworthy
and affable;
• Conscientiousness Negligence:
the extent to which a person is
perceived as organized, complete
and reliable;
• Emotional stability Neuroticism:
the extent to which a person is
relaxed, not easily upset and able
to bear unexpected events with
serenity;
• Intellect Mental closure (also called
Openness to Experience): the extent
to which a person has imagination,
curiosity and creativity.
These dimensions have been
identified starting from psycholessical
studies, according to which man
has encoded in verbal form all
the experiences significant for
the community including, in this
case, words that refer to individual
differences: the 5 dimensions listed,
therefore, they would correspond
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to the macro-categories most used in
language to describe the differences
between individuals. The evaluation
of personality through the Big Five
model can take place by filling in a
questionnaire by the subject, or by
evaluating her behavior in a simulation
context.
Research has shown that personality
predicts, in general, the way the
Internet is used and, in particular,
people’s motivations for using virtual
world applications. Personality has
also been observed to correlate with
specific behaviors that users display
online. Evidence for the influence
of personality on the relationship
between online and offline experiences
comes mainly from the literature on
violent online games. For example,
some researchers reported that a
hostility trait partially explained the
increase in aggressive offline behavior
following online gambling, and that
trait empathy increased feelings of
guilt after committing unwarranted
virtual violence.
Based on what has been said so far, it
seems clear that based on personality
various aspects of Internet use can be
predicted and that its use can cause
changes in real life beliefs, emotions and
behaviors. Very few studies, however,
have examined the entire causal chain
from how the personality predisposes
people to use the Internet in different
ways, to the experiences of using
it, and the effects of their use and
experience in offline life.
It is my belief that the three factors
of experience of the virtual world
described above (i.e., relationship with
the environment, identification with
the avatar, and similarity between the
user and the avatar) mediate how the
personality determines the ways in
which the virtual world generates real
life changes. The demonstration of
this assumption can be derived from
the theory of trait activation which is
based on the fundamental premise
that virtual environments differ in
their relevance for the expression of
different personality traits.
Activating Personality Traits in Second
Life (SL)
Although personality is relatively
stable over time and contexts, it is
nevertheless widely recognized that
the expression of personality traits
varies in different situations. According
to the theory of trait activation, people
are inherently motivated to express
their traits and likely do so when
situational cues provide the opportunity.
For example, to a person with a high
level of Conscientiousness, a cluttered
environment provides a cue that likely
triggers cleaning behavior; the same
situational feature could activate
different traits in other individuals.
Another example, a business meeting
can trigger sociability in an extroverted
person and cooperation in a person
with pleasant traits. The multiple
aspects of a complex environment such
as Second Life activate different traits
in the expression of personality among
users.
I now turn to some reflections on how
SL offers opportunities to express the
predominant personality traits that
then shape users’ experiences of the
virtual world (i.e., the strength of their
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elationship with the environment,
identification and similarity with their
own avatar) and in turn how these
experiences affect real-life changes.
Agreeableness Unpleasantness
(Friendliness)
Second Life is essentially a social
environment and it has been found that
social motivations are at the top of
the list of reasons people participate
in SL. The social nature of SL should
therefore facilitate the expression of
both pleasantness and extraversion
traits and, therefore, activate interest
in other people and a pro-community
orientation. The Agreeableness trait
should lead to a strong connection
with the virtual social environment and
identification with avatars. However, I
don’t expect the Agreeableness trait to
predict the similarity between avatar
and user, although empathic people
are likely to create avatars that are
pleasant and attractive to other people
this does not imply that avatars are
similar to themselves.
The theory of trait activation offers
a possible explanation of how the
strength of the situation affects the
prediction of individual behaviors.
Situational strength refers to
environmental characteristics that
exert strong demands (through
high rewards or punishments) for
manifesting certain behaviors. In SL,
the rewards for friendliness are high and
reasonably predictable, thus creating
a strong environmental demand for
pleasantness. Consequently, low interindividual
variation in the expression
of this trait would be expected, and
agreeableness would therefore not
strongly predict differences in behavior.
Extraversion Introversion
Extroverts are expected to have
a strong relationship with the SL
environment and their avatars because
the many opportunities to meet and
interact easily with other people
offer the possibility to express the
sociable facets of the Extroversion trait;
however, there are equally convincing
arguments and empirical evidence to
support that introverts also feel a strong
connection with the environment and
with their avatars.
A positive relationship between
presence and introversion was shown,
as introverted people in virtual
environments can easily control
the pace of interactions. Therefore,
extroverts and introverts can be
expected to be similar in the tendency
to relate to the environment and to
identify with their avatars, albeit for
different reasons. I expect, however,
that the Extroversion trait is positively
correlated to the similarity between
users and avatars due to the simple
observation that the extrovert is more
socially desirable than the introvert.
Consistent with this reasoning, it
has been observed that user-avatar
similarity is more frequent in extroverts
and, furthermore, that the most
attractive avatars of users in their
real life were also extroverts. For the
extroverted person, the avatar is the
means to express social characteristics
triggered by the essentially social
nature of Second Life. At the same
time, introverted people are motivated
to create avatars that are a little more
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extroverted than themselves, largely
due to generalized social pressures that
favor extroversion.
Intellect Mental closure (also called
Openness to Experience)
Second Life offers numerous
opportunities for intellectual
pursuits (e.g., lectures, lectures, and
discussions), for creative expression
(e.g., musical performances,
construction of structures, clothing
design), and for exploration and
experimentation (e.g. , avatar
personalization, having “impossible”
experiences like being inside an atom).
These possibilities should provide an
opportunity to activate the Mental
Openness trait. The empirical evidence
is consistent with the expectation that
people with a high level of intelligence
have a strong connection with a
virtual environment. Users’ tendency
towards immersion (an attitude
closely related to open-mindedness)
predicts the experience of presence.
Users with a high level of intelligence
should also identify with their avatars
because customizing an avatar offers
the opportunity for creativity and to
explore inner aspects such as identity.
However, I don’t expect the Open Mind
trait to predict similarity between
users and avatars. Although the
customization possibilities of avatars
may involve a wide variation in avatar
characteristics among people with
a high level of Open Mind, this does
not imply great differences between
individual users and their avatars.
The Mental Openness trait positively
affects real life changes through
strong emotional involvement with
virtual world experiences. This is
also consistent with expectations
based on trait activation theory that
the unstructured nature of Second
Life, combined with the availability
of multiple tools for creating new
content, activates the propensity of
people with high levels of this trait
facilitating creativity and exploration.
Emotional involvement can reasonably
be expected to result from the ability
to express these aspects of the
personality.
Conscientiousness Negligence
The virtuality of Second Life itself
is the main reason why I argue that
the Conscientiousness trait can have
both direct and indirect effects on
real life. Since the connection with
this environment is mediated by a
computer, real life is at least influenced
by the explicit choice of accessing and
planning the real-life adjustments
necessary to organize the time spent
interacting with the virtual world.
Various researchers, for example, have
argued that the Conscientiousness
trait is particularly important in virtual
work environments, where the absence
of direct interaction with colleagues
can reduce motivation to work. No
matter how absorbed they may be
in SL, people with a high level of
Conscientiousness maintain a higher
degree of awareness of how that time
affects real life and are motivated
to organize their lives (physical
and virtual) accordingly. Due to this
planned and organized approach, I
expect conscientious people to report
fewer real-life changes resulting
from their participation in a virtual
environment. As far as we know, a
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trait on changes in real life due to
the involvement of the virtual world
has not, at this time, been empirically
tested. I argue that part of the
strategy for controlling the effects
of the virtual world on real life is to
maintain some psychological distance
from the virtual world. This implies
that the Conscientiousness trait is
negatively related to the strength of
the relationship with the environment
and identification with the avatar
and I expect it to be positively
related to the user-avatar similarity.
In maintaining social bonds within
the virtual environment, a high-level
Conscientious person focuses on ways
to develop interpersonal trust and
confidence. This can in part be achieved
by maintaining a high similarity
between the user and the avatar. While
not all details of real life identity can
be revealed, it has been shown that
letting people know that your avatar
is similar to your real self is a factor
in developing trust in relationships
within Second Life. In summary, the
Conscientiousness trait predicted fewer
changes in real life related to virtual
world experiences.
Conscientiousness seems to exert its
effects primarily through the degree
of similarity between people and
their avatars. A high resemblance to
the avatar can be a convenient way
to express conscientious motivation
for transparency and honesty. At the
same time, I also found a modest but
significant direct path that indicates
that conscientiousness tends to
prevent changes in real life. The role
of Conscientiousness in regulating
people’s boundaries between the
virtual and the real world would be
a useful avenue to pursue in future
research, particularly in relation to
people’s ability to overcome taboos
online.
Emotional stability Neuroticism
The unstructured and open nature
of Second Life, combined with its
reputation for “all is well”, provides
situational cues that activate aspects
of the Emotional Stability trait. While
there are terms of service policies,
these rules are not designed to prevent
extreme behavior, but rather serve
to prevent extremes from affecting
those who do not want to be exposed
to it. However, there is a relatively
high probability of accidentally
encountering potentially emotionally
disturbing content or behavior (for
example, seeing someone with
slaves on a leash while shopping for
clothes in a store). I argue that the
unpredictability of the environment
with respect to such encounters
activates the need for calm and
balanced temperament, main aspects
of emotional stability. One way to
maintain emotional balance may be to
limit the extent of emotional investment
in the virtual environment, which can
involve fewer feelings of immersion
and presence and weaker identification
with one’s avatar. Regarding useravatar
similarity, there is empirical
evidence to suggest that overall life
satisfaction, an aspect of emotional
stability, is positively associated with
similarity and that neuroticism predicts
unrealistic online self-presentation.
Therefore it seems reasonable to
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for user-avatar similarity. Finally,
I expect that due to the general
emotional volatility and reactance
associated with the Emotional Stability
Neuroticism dimension, regardless of
the strength of the relationship with
the environment or the identification
and similarity with the avatar,
emotional stability directly predicts the
low probability of experience changes
in real life. For example, Internet
experiences have been observed to
be associated with general well-being
more strongly for people with a high
level of neuroticism than for people
with a high level of emotional stability.
In summary, the results examined
therefore suggest that high stability
can be associated with a relatively
low emotional investment in SL, thus
creating a real-life buffer.
Conclusions
All the studies examined confirm the
hypothesis that individual differences
in personality traits underlie any
changes in people’s real lives due
to virtual experiences and measure
their ability to report how much
virtual experiences change their real
lives. The strength of the relationship
with the virtual environment, the
identification and similarity with the
avatars mediate the effects of the
traits of Agreeableness, Extroversion,
Open Mind, Conscientiousness
and Emotional Stability. A careful
analysis suggests that the degree of
emotional involvement with the virtual
environment and the user-avatar
similarity are the main ingredients
among those that characterize the
experiences in SL; all personality
traits are modulated through one or
both of these factors. I stated earlier
that a strong relationship with the
environment factor presupposes
that the relationship extends beyond
the specific period in which one is
physically connected to SL. The two
sub-factors of emotional involvement
and absorption support this reflection:
although absorption ends when people
disconnect, they take their emotional
involvement away from the computer
screen. This suggests that emotional
involvement is the more important
factor in determining the likelihood
of experiencing real-life changes than
absorption while physically online.
In fact, emotional involvement is the
strongest predictor linked to changes
in real life. Admittedly, absorption and
emotional involvement are closely
related, but absorption plays a less
central role due to its short-term
effects.
The other key mediator is avatar
resemblance; personality style is more
inferable from avatar resemblance than
from avatar identification, although
avatar identification has shown a
strong relationship with real life
changes. From the perspective of the
activation of traits I can hypothesize
that a wide range of signals, applicable
to multiple personality factors, trigger
the identification of the avatar, but the
user-avatar similarity is more specific
for certain traits. I have noticed that
although the personality style preaches
both behavioral and physical similarity
to avatars, only behavioral similarity
predicts the possibility of changes
in real life; the ease of changing
physical appearance is why this is less
predictive of any changes in real life.
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Although SL’s environment can trigger
frequent changes in the appearance
of avatars, among people with certain
personality dispositions only the most
lasting changes associated with the
behaviors would tend to spill over
into real life. Another fruitful direction
for future research would be to
further examine the impact of various
dimensions of avatar-user similarity on
the boundary between people’s virtual
and real life.
Among personality traits,
conscientiousness and emotional
stability are the strongest predictors
of people’s ability to report changes
in their real life as a result of Second
Life experiences. The emotional
aspects of SL experiences, in turn,
are the strongest direct predictors of
real-life changes and fully mediate
the effects of emotional stability.
The appearance and behavior of the
avatar are easily visible external signs
relating to people’s experiences of
the virtual world, while their degree
of attachment to the environment
and identification with the avatar
have been internal and therefore not
directly observable. I also argue that
Conscientiousness and Extroversion
manifest themselves with a set of
relatively specific observable behaviors,
with respect to Agreeableness, Mental
Openness and Emotional Stability.
For example, conscientiousness is
typically associated with planning,
organizing, and completing activities
behaviors, while emotional stability
is defined in terms of a state of
inner calm. Although it is possible to
observe that someone is calm, contrary
to Conscientiousness there are no
specific behaviors associated with
that state. Like conscientiousness, the
extroversion trait tends to be defined in
terms of specific observable behaviors,
such as talkativeness and activity.
The hypothesis that the Extroversion
trait correlates with the observable
environmental aspect of the avatar but
not its internal states can be explained
with a similar reasoning. It is therefore
hypothesized that environmental
experiences associated with internal
states (e.g., identification with avatars)
may more strongly activate personality
traits also associated with internal
states (e.g., emotional stability), and
that environmental experiences
associated with behaviors Specific
observables (e.g., Avatar Appearance)
may more strongly activate traits
associated with observable behaviors
(e.g., Conscientiousness and
Extroversion). This speculation is
consistent with arguments derived
from trait activation theory that
personality prediction can be improved
by focusing on narrow facets of the Big
Five and points to the need for further
research into the interaction of specific
virtual environmental characteristics
and the expressions of personality
traits.
The age of SL (length of time from
opening the SL account) and SL’s
activities (business, social or otherwise)
did not affect any of the variables of the
virtual world experience or changes in
real life. The amount of time per week
spent in SL (SL Time) significantly
predicted the type of relationship with
the environment, behavioral similarity
and identification, but it was found
that changes in real life are not simply
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due to the amount of time spent in
SL. There is growing interest in the
factors that lead to user practices of
reproducing real-life experiences and
events in virtual environments. It would
be important in future research to look
more closely at the directionality of
influence between people’s material
and virtual lives and the effects of
individual difference factors. The
data examined do not allow me to
distinguish between positive and
negative changes, and therefore
another fruitful direction for future
research would be to examine that
difference. Despite some limitations,
the results of the studies examined
show the mechanisms by which
personality can explain differences
in people’s experiences in virtual
environments and add to the growing
evidence that Internet experiences
have implications for people’s real life.
Deepening and Testing
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relationship with the virtual world of
Second Life?
Fill out the questionnaire and read the
results!
Questionnaire in the English language
IMPORTANT: You must register to
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ARKON
Arkon is one of the last entries among Second Life
destinations.
IN
Written by OEMA.
Images by JARLA CAPALINI.
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ARKON
A DANCE OF LIGHTS
Arkon is one of the last entries among Second Life destinations.
It is an original project, undoubtedly different from many other
new entries in the destinations guide.
Arkon was born as
a game of lights and
colors,
a journey in exploring
refraction to give the
visitor a subjective
experience.
Arkon is one of the latest entrances to
Second Life destinations. It is a homestead
owned by the homonymous group “Arkon”
and created by Atlan Blade and his partner
Stellastern7.
This one is an original project, undoubtedly
different from many other new entries in
the destinations guide.
Arkon was born as a play of lights and
colors, a journey into the exploration of
refraction to give the visitor an experience
to live subjectively.
This is an original project, undoubtedly different
from many other new entries in the destinations
guide.
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You can visit
using the
convenient,
guided tour.
Arkon gives me the
exploration of “Light Art,”
that is, that form of visual
art in which light is both
the means of expression
and the end of the work.
We know that Light Art was
born around the middle
of the 20th century and is
confirmed as an art form
thanks to the results of Dan
Flavin and James Turrell.
The typical feature of Light
Art is that light must be the
means of expression and
the end. Over time, people
mistakenly classified many
minimalist installations
as Light Art, where light
represented only a means of
expression, but not the end.
As is known, Light Art breaks
away from conceptual art
and minimalism to become
an autonomous art form
in the following decades.
This confirmation of an
independent way of art
comes with great artists
of the caliber of Lucio
Fontana, who, in 1951 on
the occasion of the 9th
Milan Triennale, exhibited
the installation of neon
tubes entitled “Arabesco
Fluorescente.” Nor do we
want to forget Bruno Munari
with his environmental
projections and neither
László Moholy-Nagy, whose
installations light interacts
with the surrounding space.
The visit to Arkon allowed
me to return with my mind
to Light Art, exploring its
infinite creative possibilities.
The demonstration of this
endless creative chance is
Arkon itself. What would the
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I recommend that you accept the region’s light
settings and activate light and shadow with all
projections.
first Light Art artists have thought
in knowing that it would even find
expression in a virtual world?
At the point of arrival, Arkon offers
its visitors the opportunity to accept
the guided tour: there are also
three tours: I confess I have done
them all, as it seems to me that it is
the most effective way to visit the
region. Guided tours are not the
only way to explore this outstanding
installation of Light Art, as in
different points of the area, some
teleports allow an easy connection.
Of course, I recommend accepting
the region’s light settings and
turning on lights and shadows with
all projections to appreciate the
authors’ creative effortfully.
REFERENCES
Arkon (SLURL): http://maps.
secondlife.com/secondlife/
Gemini%20Paradise/30/148/2368
Arkon Flickr: www.flickr.com/
groups/arkon
At different points of the region, some
teleports allow an agile connection.
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COCOON
Cocoon is the most fascinating and wellcrafted
destination I have ever seen. It hosts
a very active role-playing game and offers
endless possibilities for distraction and fun.
IN S
Written by OEMA.
Images by JARLA CAPALINI.
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Cocoon is a
masterpiece
among the
destinations in
Second Life.
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The creator is Cece (Cocoon Cloud), who has created an
elaborate cyberpunk environment. Anyone familiar
with this setting will find similarities with Cyberpunk
2077
COCOON
IN SECOND LIFE
Cyberpunk
STRUKTURO
Emblema della
destrutturazione
mentale
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IL GIOCO DI RUOLO
COCOON was born for role-playing. The reader who wants to
join must read the narration around which the story of COCOON
takes place and answer the questions accordingly. To join the
group, you must register on the site and submit your answers.
Cocoon is created for role-playing, and the
lightness of loading and the realism of the
cyberpunk setting is an essential part of
Cece’s masterpiece.
If today I know Cocoon,
I have to thank Misako
Maimus that I met thanks
to my Youtube channel.
Cocoon is a full-sim 30K
prims exploited to the
last, without weighing
down the visitor
experience. I believe
that to realize such a
skillful work, both in
architectural terms and
in terms of lightness
in loading, the right
amount of knowledge of
Second Life’s functioning
is necessary. On the
other hand, Cocoon
is created for roleplaying
and lightness in
loading together with
the cyberpunk setting’s
realism, an essential
part of the masterpiece
created by Cece (Cocoon
Cloud).
I fell in love with Cocoon
at first sight, so much so
that I wanted to make
a detailed video that I
propose again at the end
of the article.
The cyberpunk region
offers so many attractions
that I don’t know where
to start in the narrative.
To give the reader an idea
of the setting, as soon
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point, I felt like I was
inside the new upcoming
game Cyberpunk 2077.
For those who don’t
know it, this is a highly
anticipated game that
offers remarkable realism
and the possibility to
customize your character.
Of course, the setting
is cyberpunk, and the
narrative develops in a
post-apocalyptic context
where people are looking
for a rebirth despite the
squalor of the prevailing
illegality.
Cocoon also has its
narrative around, which
develops the role-playing
game that fascinates
many roleplayers. It is
possible to deepen the
knowledge of the story
directly on the Cocoon
website. In summary,
here is the storytelling
around which the
role-playing game is
developed.
“It is the year 2490,
and an event called War
of Transcendence has
devastated much of the
Earth in the distant past;
humanity has gone to
floating cities and orbital
stations to continue
living. The conventional
governments of the
people and for the
people have long
since disappeared. The
megacorporations rule
supreme as de facto
governmental entities,
led by a massive entity
known as New Geneva,
which governs above
the megacorporations
and Sol’s currencies.
Freedom is redefined
by what New Geneva
and these corporations
deem appropriate. They
always follow their
interests first, leaving
what remains to society,
citizens, trade unions,
and gangs.
Will your character align
with both sides? Or will
he fight to save himself
and those he loves?”
The visitor who wants
to explore Cocoon
must understand
to what extent this
region can interact
with the avatars. This
is not just the obvious
consideration that,
being a vast destination
takes several hours to
explore it all. Instead,
it is to understand that
Cocoon is not a landscape
to admire but to live, to
play, to interact with, in
short.
The easiest way to make
sure you don’t miss
anything during your
exploration is to move by
cab. Every time the visitor
sees a taxi, he must
know that it is a bridge
connecting with other
regions’ points. Clicking
on the cab opens a panel
that allows you to choose
your destination.
Instead, the lunar shuttle
allows access to the
lunar environment, an
autonomous structure
with its own architectural
and narrative style.
In addition to the cab
and the lunar shuttle,
you can find connecting
bridges that allow you
to pass from one place
to another, living an
immersive teleportation
experience (you must
accept the experience)
in different points of the
region.
Those who are part of
the Cocoon RP group (i.e.,
those who play rule on
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to several benefits,
including calling a
vehicle to move from one
point to another. The cars
are charming, realistic,
and using them to move
around in this context is
nothing short of exciting.
For a while, you forget
you’re in Second Life and
immerse yourself in a
video game environment
to the point where you
want to be active, invent
your own story and
develop the narrative
around your character.
The best way to do this
is to ask to be part of
the group, answering
questions on Cocoon’s
website and reading the
rules of the role-playing
game.
The reader who wants
to join the role-playing
game should read the
narrative around which
Cocoon’s story develops
and answer the questions
in a way that is consistent
with this narrative. All
this keeping in mind that
the context is cyberpunk.
References
Teleport to Cocoon
Web Site
Role Play Guide
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LADMILLA MEDIER
Ladmilla Medier,
ART
Head Column
“Art does not reproduce what is visible but makes
visible what is not always visible.”
(Paul Klee)
I don’t think that there is an absolute definition of
Art. Still, this short, famous quote represents the
path that I will propose in this section dedicated
to Art: together we will know the artists active
in Second Life and their works, we will discover
the study, the conceptual elaboration, and the
artistic technique that gave rise to the creations;
each of us will be able to listen to the whispering
stories, awaken dormant memories and provide our
interpretation, find the essence that goes beyond
the visible.
I am sure it will be a fascinating journey!
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MEILO MI
It is impossible to confine Meilo’s art in a specific
style or technique: it would be reductive.
A
Writter by LADMILLA MEDIER
Images by LADMILLA MEDIER
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MEILO MINOTAU
THE ESSENCE OF DR
“I do not like to define myself and my
art. I am not interested in.”
Meilo Minotaur, an artist
very sensitive to social
and environmental
topics, has experimented
with artistic projects in
Second Life for many
years. When I observe her
artworks, I feel immersed
in a dream, so I hope she
will forgive me if I dare to
call her art… the essence
of dreams, even if I know
she does not like to
define herself and her
creations in any way:
«I don’t like to define
myself or define my art. I
do not care.»
Sometimes she works
in a team with her
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EAMS
collaborator and
daughter CapCat
Ragu, and they are an
incredible duo:
«We do not always work
in a team, we love to do
it, but it is not always
possible. We have very
close ideas and feel things
in a very similar way. It
has already happened
that we are thinking about
the same topic of work
without having talked
about it previously. We are
a mother and a daughter,
and working together is
very rewarding.»
She worked in sculpture,
first in Real Life and
then in Second Life,
experimenting every time
new things and learning
more and more; this is
art… experimenting,
trying, daring, thinking
out of the box:
«Art in a virtual
environment opened a
different path for me. I
really enjoyed working
with SL prims first and
then venturing into 3D
programs. Since I joined
DELICATESSEN
SL, I have never stopped
working. In SL, technology
is developing and presents
us with more significant
challenges.»
It is not possible so
to confine Meilo’s art
to a specific style or
technique; it would be
reductive:
«I would not like to be
constrained by any artistic
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style; as for the technique,
I still have a lot to learn,
always.»
The experiences of
her childhood and
adolescence influenced
her imagination and
are the background
of her artworks. Her
name has that origin,
too; it is lovely how she
talks about her name,
awakening her memories.
She lets us think of her
in the past as a child
walking freely in a nature
populated with the
fantastic characters she
could imagine:
«Meilo is the name
everyone used to call me
when I was a child, and
while I lived on a farm, I
have the best memories of
it. I had all the freedom to
walk where I wanted and
do what I wanted. There
was only one forbidden
place… the river.
It wasn’t a river, it was a
stream, but it took over
my imagination forever.
One day I will do it in
Delicatessen, with all the
fantastic characters that
populated it.
When I was old enough
to go to high school,
my parents took me to
the city, and I was never
treated by Meilo again.
My imagination has a lot
to do with my childhood;
I was fortunate to
meet an old miller
storyteller. His stories
and the landscape
with lots of trees and
water developed my
imagination. I lived my
adolescence under a
dictatorship that brought
up other issues and
other priorities, other
struggles: all that formed
my way of being and
working.»
Delicatessen - Tell me
a story is an artistic
installation made by
Meilo and her daughter
CapCat Ragu; the
artist set it in Second
Life, in her region. It
is interactive cause,
instead of telling a
story, calls visitors to
tell their own stories;
she built all to offer an
immersive experience.
Indeed the characters
do not have names,
and at the entrance,
visitors can find the
characters’ avatars to
wear for living their own
stories connecting the
various scenes of the
installation:
«“Tell Me a Story” was a
gratifying work.
Visitors did a very, very
good job on it: photos,
stories, and machinimas.
I was delighted with
everyone’s work.
I exhibited this work at
CRU Galeria in Porto.
My grandaughter Rita
Eustáquio read the stories
that were recorded and
presented there; with
CapCat, we chose photos
that illustrated the stories,
Machinimas also were
shown.
Anyone who wanted
could enter SL and visit
Delicatessen. The avatar on
hand was one of the girls
from “Tell Me a Story.”
It was exciting to see
people’s reactions,
especially children who
did not want to leave the
computer.
“Tell Me a Story” won’t
be staying much longer,
“Delicatessen” will close
for a while and will open
again with a work by
CapCat.»
We will be all sad and
miss that magnificent
installation, so who has
not visited it yet has to be
fast to go there, before it
disappears, but we look
forward to enjoying the
new coming creation.
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The sensitivity of Meilo
to the women situation
is shown in her artistic
creations that give us
feelings and lead us to
reflect:
«Gender equality is not a
reality; women continue
to be discriminated,
abused, raped. Each
place, each culture has
a different way of doing
it, in some areas worse
than elsewhere, but even
where there are equality
laws, they are not always
applied, and worse, in
dictatorships, they can be
changed. Some countries
may be are moving
towards this. In general,
my works express this,
some in a more explicit
way and others less.»
As examples, I might
cite the installation The
Overwhelm by Meilo, the
past installation Liquid
Song created by her and
CapCat Ragu for 2LEI, and
their beautiful poem:
“For I am mist
For I am frost
I want to go back to my
liquid form.
I want to melt
I want to drop
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I want to go back to my
liquid form.
For I am mist
For I am frost
I want to go back to my
liquid form.
I want to rain
I want to river
I want to go back to my
liquid form.
For I am mist
For I am frost
I want to go back to my
liquid form.”
Meilo is also very
sensitive to social
themes; we can feel her
view of society and life
behind her art; I like
to cite about that the
past installation The
Dreamers, created by her
and her daughter CapCat
Ragu; so also the actual
tragedy of pandemic that
is changing almost the
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whole world does not
leave her indifferent:
«The current situation of
pandemic, the rise of the
influence of nazi-fascism,
and the ecological
catastrophe in which
the planet finds itself
makes me feel stifled. I
am currently doing an
installation where that
feeling is evident, I will
show it shortly, but I don’t
want to talk about it.»
We are looking forward
to enjoy her new coming
creation; I am sure it
will involve the visitors
in an oniric dimension
where the real topics will
change in the dreamlike
atmosphere that her
artworks always offer:
those stylized mysterious
characters that make
you stop and think, the
surreal environment
and the magic mist that
envelops the scenes and
the visitors.
Thank you, Meilo, for your
art!
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VAN LOOPEN
Van Loopen,
MUSIC
Head Column
If I were not an architect in life, I would probably be a
musician.
I think in music.
I live my daydreams in music.
I see my life in terms of music.
Since 2009 in Second Life, I try to share this emotion
with others.
As editor and music consultant for 360 GRADI, I would
like to shed light on an often underestimated world, but
which is instead one of the main activities in the “second
life.”
The message in music arrives more efficiently at its
destination, touching the most intimate and personal
chords, without the need for other intermediaries in
communication.
In the variegated musical world of Second Life, I will
deal with emerging artists and those who are now well
established and often do not know each other well
enough.
I take advantage of this space to give some point of
reference in the music scene of Second Life because
“people consume music as if it were a handkerchief for
the nose.”
(Zucchero)
Van
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SAMM QEN
LIV
Technically Samm is
perfect.
Empathically it is
upsetting.
Written by VAN LOOPEN.
Images by JARLA CAPALINI
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E SINGER
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SAMM QENDRA
LIVE SINGER
With considerable strength and
energy to sweep everything away,
even the inevitable “heaviness” of
everyday life, Samm takes over the
music scene with great respect and
without intrusiveness.
Just listening to the first lines
of a song, that atmosphere
that warms the heart and soul
becomes clear.
Friends of 360GRADi, I’m talking
about the singer in SL, Samm
Qendra.
With considerable strength
and energy to sweep away
everything, even the inevitable
“heaviness” of everyday life,
Samm appropriates the music
scene with great respect and
without intrusiveness.
It is always essential to
understand the singer’s
approach during her
performance because they are
the first to reveal what she wants
to communicate with others and
her concept of “musical art.”
In her voice, this approach is
revealed in her sensitivity in
modulating intonations, in her
ability to make the verses that
give a particular thrill his own,
to breathe word by word and
then find herself at the end with
bated breath.
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And maybe that’s her
secret: the absolute
detachment from every
purpose and end.
She sings because she is
passionate about music.
After all, she likes it
because she cannot do
without it.
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I have witnessed many
evenings of Samm,
around in SL, and I
can say with extreme
sincerity that each of her
interpretations emanates
emotional participation.
Technically, Samm is
perfect.
Empathically it is
upsetting.
During the interview
kindly granted to
360Gradi, she states
that she never thought
of singing to conquer
a “place in the sun”
among the SL singers
and was almost surprised
when I told her that she
represents an essential
interpreter in the inword
music scene.
I was astonished, also by
the other answers, of this
sincere unawareness of
hers, and I did not know
her disarming humility
and simplicity, almost
as if she had fallen from
the sky catapulted into a
sea that often has to be
navigated daily even with
a certain difficulty.
Her vision of lightness,
not to be confused with
naivety, is a must that
always accompanies
her during her work as a
singer-interpreter in SL.
And perhaps this is
precisely her secret:
absolute detachment
from any purpose and
end. She sings because
she is passionate about
music. After all, she likes
it, because she can’t do
without it.
Her strong point is the
emotional participation it
instills.
When she sings, she
emanates warmth; each
verse is a stone that sinks
into her heart.
Personally, I believe that
she could quickly pursue a
professional career as a radio
speaker.
I’ll tell you a secret, hoping
not to attract criticism:
for the tone of the voice,
listening to the intonations
and modulations, also helped
by her physical “corporality,”
I immediately associated her
with a famous English singer,
Adele.
She has highly tuned
nuances of a bass lyric
soprano, timbral warmth,
fullness, richness, and
sweetness, which modulates
together with ease and
panache.
But then listening carefully to
the various vocal passages,
I also feel a solid gospel
coloring, which black singers
can bring out.
You may be amazed by this,
but it represents a heritage
of SL and for SL.
And she doesn’t know.
Van: Samm, as usual, we ask
the artist for a description
of herself. Personal origin,
where you live, hobbies, work
... tell us about your daily life
to let everyone know you
better.
Samm: Ahh, Yes, Samm
Qendra is a simple and
ordinary girl who is so
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passionate about music,
laughter, and life. Where
I come from is not
important; one day 10
years 3 months ago she
was invited by a friend of
mine to join me in Second
Life and from then I’m a
live artist.
Van: When did you start
singing in RL, and how did
it happen?
Samm: It really is a
coincidental story, I was
just sitting in my middle
school park and started
singing in front of my
friends, and everyone
was silently surprised
that they could sing,
even I was surprised
that I could sing, lol. So
yeah, this is the start of
my RL chant. I joined
an R&B band during my
high school time and
competed against other
high schools, and stopped
singing in college to focus
on my study. I met SL,
and it was my platform
musically.
Van: You are among the
best singers in SL at the
moment. Is this success a
goal for you, a stimulus, or
are you not interested in
obtaining consent?
Samm: I never see myself
as one of the best SL
singers right now, my
goal is to make people
willing to devote their
time have an enjoyable
time at my SL concert, a
time to be away from RL
for a while ‘and honestly
receiving their feedback
on my singing, helping
their health is the best
feeling. Performing in
Second Life gives me a
platform to practice my
musicality and also how
to communicate with
people, so I imagine my
goals for success
they are constantly
evolving, and it is an
incentive for me to
continue giving them the
best.
Van: So, what message
do you want to convey
to others through your
interpretations?
Samm: I would say, I’m
not going to sound like
the original singer or
artist. I like to make every
song my own as much as
possible.
Van: Your repertoire
is vast, and, as far as I
could hear, it changes
according to the land you
sing in. What are your
musical influences and
knowledge?
Samm: Life is my musical
influence. Also the input
from my dear listeners
which inspires me to
learn new songs, even if
my heart is always in the
new age / Celtic genre,
learning new music is
always great.
Van: Would you like to
sing along with two or
three other established
singers in SL? If so, with
whom?
Samm: Obviously! with
each of them!
Van: Is SL a game for you,
an opportunity to express
your talent or something
else?
Samm: SL is not a game
for me. Also a platform
of my skills and my
platforms to model
3d models while also
decorating SIM.
Van: Your vocal setting
and your timbre seem, at
times, a soprano. Did you
do specific studies, or did
you start as a hobby?
Samm: I have never had
vocal training, everything
is learned by listening
to other artists and
observing what their
breathing techniques are
like and really looking
vocal “coash” tips and
tricks to keep my voice
healthy.
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Van: The verse of a song
from your repertoire that
tells you best.
Samm: «When she was
just a girl She expected
the world
But it flew out of her reach
and the bullets caught
between her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so
heavy
The wheel breaks the
butterfly every tear a
waterfall
In the night of the stormy
night she will close her
eyes
In the night, the stormy
night, she flew ...»
(Coldpaly - Paradise - ed)
Van: Samm, we thank you
for your availability.
Finally, we ask you what
you think of the current
musical world in SL.
Does it satisfy you, or, in
the end, how would you
improve it?
continue to support them
in every possible way.
This is what I would like to
somehow help improve,
research to support venue
owners who give their
love of music to keep live
music alive in SL.
I have met great people
through my involvement
in Second Life live music
and will forever be
grateful.
For those who want to
follow the evenings of
Samm, I indicate his
calendar always updated:
Samm Qendra Events
Calendar
Soundcloud: https://
soundcloud.com/sammqendra
Samm: From my point of
view, the SL Live Music
community is changing
rapidly and I love to see
new artists sharing their
passion for music in SL
but if I may wish for one
thing, I would like us to
pay more attention to
places where literature
is the heart of the music
industry in SL and
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MISOINDITE ROMANO
Misoindite Romano,
FASHION
Head Column
I’ll make a short presentation of myself without wanting
to bore anyone.
I thank Oema and Van for giving me this space in their
Magazine.
Misoindite Romano, Miso for everyone (or almost), a
model I think since always, I’ve never done anything but
modeling and fashion show.
Many people smile about this work in SL, unaware that
a world of people and linden is going around on this
activity. Stylists and agencies of various nationalities
would not exist if there were no models or bloggers.
I have 12 years of Second Life behind me, a lot of
passion, and accurate work on my personality and my
avatar, which I try to represent in the best way.
My task will be to keep you informed, perhaps making
you want to accompany me in the field of fashion in SL.
Miso
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MODELING AGE
Written by MISOINDITE ROMANO.
Images by JARLA CAPALINI.
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NCY
Amazing Impressions Modeling Agency gode di
un’indiscutibile reputazione come una delle più
antiche e prestigiose case di produzione di moda di
Second Life.
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AIM
AGENCY
Amazing Impressions Modeling
Agency enjoys an undisputed
reputation as one of Second Life’s
oldest and most prestigious fashion
production companies.
Hi Bonnie, thanks for accepting. I
have decided that these will not
be interviews but conversations
between people who use the
same medium to make their
virtual dreams come true.
First, let me present the agency
to our readers:
Amazing Impressions Modeling
Agency (AIM Agency) enjoys
an indisputable reputation as
one of Second Life’s oldest
active and most prestigious
fashion production companies.
BonieFacio founded the
Amazing Impressions Modeling
Agency in 2012 and remains the
CEO.
Through his consistent
leadership, disciplined
standards and innovative vision,
AIM provides high-quality
fashion events and runway
shows employing experienced
top models, promising new
models, and quality technical
staff members. ESSY Luv is
the Co-Owner and COO of AIM
Agency. Together BonieFacio
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Amazing Impressions
Modeling Agency in 2012
and remains its CEO.
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and ESS satisfy the
hottest demands of
Second Life designers
with new and updated
productions.
I want to explain that
founding a modeling
agency is not easy for
those unfamiliar with
this topic. It must have
credibility, seriousness,
and patience. Bonie can
better explain what it’s
like to be in charge of all
this.
Miso: Going back in
time to when you first
joined SL, would you
do the same things,
or would you change
something as it relates to
your relationship to the
fashion sector?
Bonie: If I do see what
all did change, I wouldn’t
even start again in the
fashion industry. I would
probably be a dj and
relax. Although I still
like to walk the stage, I
sometimes wonder what
the audience thinks
when watching a show.
I adore fashion, like to
style, but I don’t think
it’s a hard business. If I
am honest, sincere, at
this point, doing runway
doesn’t bring me so much
joy anymore as before.
Second life changed so
much, and the outside
world seems to have lost
interest in a virtual world.
I am an RL dj since I was
18, and recently I started
to produce my techhouse
tracks. So music
still is there; music brings
ppl together.
Miso: not all our readers
know your work; please
explain why they should
see a fashion show at
least once, maybe one
of yours, and what they
should pay attention to;
help them understand
the challenges. Too many
people still have the idea
that it is easy to get on a
catwalk and walk.
Bonie: I heartily endorse
going to a Second Life
fashion show where you
will have the opportunity
to see live models
wearing, moving, and
posing on a runway
in the actual designer
creations. Most fashion
shows are entertaining
and educating at the
same time. Looking at an
item in a picture or on a
vendor doesn’t give you
a “real” representation
of the item because
let’s face it, photos are
always edited. That is not
possible when it is live.
A runway model’s
job is to make their
assigned item something
you, the consumer, want
to own. They do this by
using the item and how
they present it to the
audience using walks
and poses. While it may
look easy from where
the audience sits, it takes
practice and skills to do it
well. Knowledge, a sense
of style, and training to
piece together a fabulous
look so that virtually the
model can even persuade
you a paper bag looks
great.
Miso: Your Co-Owner Essy
Luv supports you; do you
want to introduce her
too?
Bonie: Thanks to Essy, the
sim owner, landlord, and
co-owner of the Agency,
Aim agency is still around
the grid. She is my right
hand, but we should have
nothing but an empty
shell without our staff.
She is a sweet though
correct person. She is an
inspiration to so many
with how she Carry’s
herself and projects
the image of someone
strong and independent.
She is good-natured,
cheerful, and pleasant to
be around, especially at
stressful periods of my
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She has everything
every woman wishes for:
good looks, a wonderful
personality, and great
wisdom. I’m truly blessed
to be close to her and
share my life with her.
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Here end the interviews
with those who work in
SL with fashion. I wanted
to introduce you to the
passage between stylist
and agency. Still, it is evident
that there is an infinite
number of stylists,
agencies, and models,
and to present them all
would be impossible.
Next time I will talk about
a fascinating topic. We
will do a tour between
fairs and groups that
allow you to buy at reduced
prices, clothes, jewelry,
shoes, etc.
I am here to introduce
you to the fashion industry.
A fond greeting to the
readers!
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Jarla Capalini,
PHOTOGRAPHY
Head Column
Writing with light, from the Greek φῶς, φωτός, “light” and
γραϕία, “writing”, this is “photography”.
Now I know that talking about photography in Second
Life will surely make purists curl their noses or smile at
the most benevolent professionals and enthusiasts. Still,
once there were film and exposure meter, then came
digital cameras and files today. We also use phones to take
pictures, and thanks (maybe) to them, photography is now
within everyone’s reach.
Here then is that a “viewer,” with all its peculiarities
techniques can become a perfect means to “write” with the
virtual “light” the encounter between the subject and the
eye of the photographer, from which a new possible vision
is born.
The imagination of reality, albeit virtual.
This one we will do in our journey among the
photographers of Second Life: we will talk about
technique, composition, inspiration and
passion, hoping to convince skeptics that our images,
although depicting a world of pixels,
can rightly be considered “photography.”
Jarla
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PHOT
GAUS
Mr. Gaus is a long-standing second lifer. Creativity
and talent have characterized his path in the virtual
world and today is one of the most accredited
photographers of Second life.
Written by JARLA CAPALINI.
Images by GAUS.
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THE THOUSAND WOMEN OF
GAUS
Gaus has photographed fashion and
hobbies, from clothes to landscapes,
exhibiting his work in various art
galleries.
Mr. Gaus is a long-time second
lifer. Creativity and talent
characterized his path in the
virtual world, and today he is
one of the most accredited
Second Life photographers.
He photographed for fashion
and as a hobby, from clothes to
landscapes, exhibiting his works
in various art galleries, until,
shot after shot, he became an
undisputed master of male, but
above all, female portrait.
You can fall in love with his
women: they are authentic,
beautiful of inner beauty, human,
that comes to life through
lights and shadows expertly
calibrated to enhance the most
peculiar aspects of the different
personalities. They are faces
that capture even the most
distracted look, which remains
trapped in the magic of soft hair,
voluptuous lips, amber skins,
and eyes that speak to the soul.
But let’s find out a little more
about him and his photograph.
Jarla: Thank you for agreeing to
answer our questions.
Gaus: Thanks for the invite.
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One can fall in love with his
women: they are real, beautiful,
inner beauty, human, that live
through lights and shadows that
enhance the most peculiar aspects
of different personalities.
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Jarla: You’ve been on
SL for 13 years and a
half; how long have
you been interested in
photography, and how
did you get started?
Gaus: Uhm, let’s see: I
think it’s the fault of the
vendor I had to do when
I had a clothes shop even
before the sculpties,
that’s how I started. Then
I discovered Photoshop’s
layers, and it was like
discovering the wheel,
and I continued finding
out and learning new
things.
Jarla: So you
photographed for
fashion, but on your
Flickr, there are also
landscapes and almost
exclusively portraits in
recent years.
Gaus: yes, I would say
that one was my path:
I started with fashion;
I also worked for a
magazine at that time.
Landscapes are more
a thing of when I came
back after a long break.
Jarla: very beautiful
those too.
Gaus: yes… I like to go
around and shoot some
small details… computer
permitting.
I did my first exhibition
with landscapes. The
portraits came later for
fun; I wanted to regain
consciousness of mesh,
and with all that was new.
“ I would like
to have more
options to control
the lighting”
Gaus
Jarla: What about
photography in real life?
Gaus: I like photography
as well in SL, although
it can be an expensive
hobby if you throw
yourself into it head-on. I
wanted to go around with
the camera in my hand,
mostly when I lived in the
States: insects, people,
roads, anything was an
inspiration, even merely
the yellow stripes on the
asphalt, a new experience
for me, since in Italy I
have always seen them
white...
Jarla: Apart from the
apparent diversity of
media and techniques, in
your opinion, are there
any other differences
between RL and SL
photography?
Gaus: hum... tricky
question! They are two
different things also due
to the limitations of SL,
but you can very well
apply some of the socalled
“basic rules” in SL
photography, especially
in matters of light.
Jarla: Composition?
Frame?
Gaus: Well, yeah, in these
aspects, they can be two
very similar things.
Jarla: What is the biggest
challenge in taking an SL
photograph?
Gaus: apart from waiting
for things to the rez?
(Laughs) I would like to
have more options to
control lighting, different
light types.
Jarla: Which is the viewer
you use?
Gaus: Firestorm, you have
so many tools collected
in one place; it is very
convenient.
Jarla: how does one of
your photo has created?
Gaus: first, I make the
base of the model; once
that phase is over, I go a
bit where the wind takes
me; it can be a pose, it
can be the combination
of makeup/dress, it
depends. Let’s say that
this part still amuses me
today.
Jarla: In your shots, you
can express feelings and
sensations better than
many words. What does it
take to do that?
Gaus: uh, I don’t know.
Sometimes while
playing with lights and
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“expressions,” you feel
a little shiver down
your spine and shot...
I guess it’s doing what
inspires you and making
that whoever looks at
the result has the same
feeling. Besides, I have
the luck and the privilege
of having so much quality
stuff, which allows me to
get a little more realism,
from head to eye, and all
the small details to bring
out editing.
Jarla: What impact does
the audience have on
your shots?
Gaus: eh eh… have I to
answer?
Jarla: I mean… do you
think about it when
taking a photo?
Gaus: no. However, I take
most of my shots for
promotion, so, in that
sense, yes ... the audience
has its importance. In the
past, maybe I used to give
more weight to consent,
today honestly, that
weight is no longer there.
I do it for my pleasure ...
of course, appreciation is
good for my ego.
Jarla: Do you feel free
to express yourself, or
would you like to dare
more and somehow
present product cages to
you?
Gaus: I’m lucky enough
to choose the products to
work with, so all in all, I
feel free!
Jarla: When you are not
in the mood, what do you
do to take a nice picture?
Gaus: good question.
Well... it helps a lot that I
am always myself in my
photos, man or woman. I
always try to put a lot of
effort into it; then maybe
the inspiration comes; all
the same, I try to give my
best anyway, regardless
of whether I want it or
not. It would be different
if I had to photograph
another person, so I no
longer do it for money.
Jarla: Do you think you’ve
found your style, or your
evolution continues?
Gaus: there must always
be evolving. Otherwise,
you get bored; further,
the nice thing about
editing photos is that
there are tons of ways to
get the same result, so
you try them all.
Jarla: how much does the
state of mind affect this
process?
Gaus: it can affect a lot,
but not much for what
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I do: focusing attention
almost exclusively on a
face is more comfortable
than putting together
a scene, for example,
so it allows me a bit of
“aseptic,” otherwise I
would post a photo every
thousand years!
Jarla: How would you
define your “#Selfies”
in a sentence or, even
better, in a word?
Gaus: Uhm ... let’s say
“my way of being Gaus
while having different
faces every time”… I don’t
think somebody can
reduce this concept to a
single word.
Jarla: that’s fine. What is
the biggest surprise you
have had since being a
photographer on SL? If
you have had any…
Gaus: just getting into
photography, probably.
Years ago, the thought
would not have touched
me in the least, but it
allowed me to meet
people from all over the
world, which is why I love
SL in general, it is the
thing that attracted me in
the beginning, and even
today it continues to have
its charm.
Jarla: Would you like to
share with us a “secret”
about photography on
SL? You can also say no if
you prefer.
“Using the Firestorm
Viewer.
It is convenient to
have many tools
collected in one place.
It is very convenient”
Gaus
Gaus: I don’t know if
there’s a “secret”. Some
time ago, I would have
said that the glow behind
the figure gave a specific
effect “technically” today,
I would not know. Maybe
not hurry and try to have
a good shot already in
the world, to have clear
in mind the direction
you want to take in postproduction...
that helps a
lot, at least for me.
Jarla: I noticed that,
sometimes, in postproduction,
the photo
can take a completely
different direction.
Gaus: Mhm... it happens,
that’s why I say that
selfies make everything
more comfortable; in
my case, it is often
a detail of the skin,
a wrinkle, the skin’s
pores, the reflection of
the eyes, small things
that, however, make the
difference.
Jarla: and what a
difference!
Gaus: if the result is good,
for sure.
Jarla: Your “best” flaw?
Gaus: Uhm… I’m stubborn,
so I insist until I get what
I want (or I delude myself,
that is that)
References
Gaus’s Flickr Photostream
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YOUTUBER
Not everyone knows that Second Life users are very
active on Youtube as well.
The number of people learning to use video
recording and editing tools is increasing.
PR
A beautiful photo of Bolly Coco taken from
her Youtube channel.
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FROM THE OFFICIAL SL CHANNEL
Second Life Destinations - The
Apartments
Not everyone knows that
Second Life users are
very active on Youtube
as well. The number
of people learning to
use video recording
and editing tools is
increasing.
Videos represent a
privileged form of
communication, as they
allow better interaction
with the image, allowing
the viewer to appreciate
the scene vastly and
satisfyingly.
In this article, I would
like to focus the reader’s
attention on some
particularly active
YouTubers that do an
essential information
service. Simultaneously,
if the reader has a Gmail
box, I suggest following
these channels, as they
expand the knowledge
of Second Life in a
significant way.
The first channel I
recommend to follow
is, of course, the official
Second Life channel. It
is continuously updated
with new destinations,
tutorials, guides, and
useful information.
In this article, I would like to focus the
reader’s attention on some particularly
active YouTubers who do an essential
information service.
SL Official Channel
The second channel that
I suggest is that of Meela
Vanderbuilt that grows at
a remarkable speed and
can count on 9590 (so, it
will be 10000 soon). Why
do you like it so much?
It is informative and fun
at the same time, so it
enriches without boring.
A superior added value, I
would say. Below I leave
the video in which he
gives tips on how to clean
your inventory.
Meela Vanderbuilt
Channel
Draxtor Despres, the
third channel, is certainly
informative and full
of official Second Life
events organized by Drax
himself. Below I leave
one of his videos on “The
Second Life Book Club.”
Draxtor Despres Channel
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FROM MEELA’S CHANNEL
Clean Your Inventory!! Second Life Q&A &
Inventory Cleaning
FROM DRAXTOR’S CHANNEL
The Second Life Book Club presents:
Telling it Like it’s Lived
DRAXTOR
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The fourth channel that
I suggest to the reader
is Justdd, which is in
Spanish. It is easy to
understand for Italians,
but for all those who do
not understand Spanish,
I suggest to activate the
automatic translation of
subtitles. I propose below
one of her videos:
Justdd Channel
The fifth channel that
I include in my list of
favorites is Bolly Coco. The
Bolly channel is both in
English and French, so it
is easily understandable.
Anyway, automatic
translation activation will
be of great help to those
who do not know any of
these languages.
FROM JUSTDD CHANNEL
NEWS NOVIEMBRE ~ SECOND
LIFE ~
Bolly Coco Channel
Finally, if you want
to follow an Italian
language channel, I
suggest you mine! I try
to be informative and
follow the advice of
followers on the topics
that interest them most. I
indicate below my video
about the introduction to
photography using Black
Dragon Viewer.
Canale di Oema
What do you think of
these Youtubers? Do you
think the proposed videos
are useful? Let me know!
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CHANNEL
Meet the NEW me, je vous révèle la nouvelle Bollycoco UPDATE
FROM MY CHANNEL
BlackDragon Viewer
Introduzione alla fotografia
OEMA
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living life for the
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“Everything
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Rachel
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.: Luxe Nails
Mercure:.”
Mina Arcana
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“#229”
Lidiane Miller
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“Falling
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Alba Silverfall
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“Untitled”
Lilith Geordie
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“. i’m kissing
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Cuore
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“Hunting High
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Rachel
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“SGangsta’s also
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Jennesta Von
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“Sun”
Patty
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“Kiss Me”
Choise Clip
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“cuore”
Sunny
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Jennesta Von
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“No More
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Alba Silverfall
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“Darkness and
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Pleasure
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Anto haiku
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“KILLERS
Productions
- Snow Arch
Bench”
Elaine Lectar
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Heidi Rewell
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“POSE USTED
SEXY LEGS
BENTO 004”
Santra
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T E E J
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Noel
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