No Matter: a virtual world/real life hybrid art project
December 17th, 2008 
Art, Virtual Worlds 
Paul Fayngersh
No Matter is an art installation exploring mythical and other imaginary objects and how they interplay with physical reality. Unreal, often whimsical objects such as Pandora’s Box, Philosopher’s Stone, Schrodinger’s Cat, and my favorite, Widget, are created in Second Life and then ported into this world as paper sculptures. They are simultaneously displayed in Second Life as well as the Huret & Spector Gallery in Boston.
Schrodinger's Cat
“No Matter reflects the tension between the SL virtual economy and real economics by:
(1) commissioning 25 builders and artists to produce 40 imaginary objects in Second Life space;
(2) paying them in Linden dollars at an equivalent scale of $1.50 to $12.00 per object;
(3) extracting the objects from Second Life — a closed system where 3D models cannot be exported;
(4) reconstructing these objects as 3D paper replicas in physical space.”
No Matter website
No Matter in Second Life
Also see: Brooklyn is Watching, a Popcha!-sponsored SL/RL art venture
Tags: Art, Brooklyn is Watching, No Matter, Second Life, Virtual Worlds
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