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Location: Kula 1 Sim
Somewhere around here is/was supposed to be Brian Eno’s multimedia exhibit, 77 Million Paintings. I’m a huge fan of Eno’s music, and leave it up to him to come up with a perfect “mixed reality” event. During his opening show, a parallel show opened in Second Life, and Eno himself briefly logged on with an avatar.
Armed with a recently designed Eno T-shirt from his album (remember those?) Before and After Science (but with the shirt’s back reads “Where is Brian Eno?“ ) plus a steaming cup of coffee, I set out to find new work by one of the most prolific and enigmatic musicians of recent decades.
Dianna Defiant logged on briefly, but first-life allergies quickly drove her into bed for some needed sleep. I interrupted my Eno-search for a few minutes to chat with Di about Cary Grant’s suit in North By Northwest, one of my top 20 films. It’s a film that stays with you, like Eno’s music. Four or five of Eno’s recordings are in my top 20. If I had only one recording on a desert island (or in Second Life, were I stuck forever, like Pappy Enoch) it would be Another Green World, one of Eno’s finest efforts that creates a virtual world of its own in sound. It’s hard to explain but Eno figured something out long before computers enabled us to build virtual worlds; his ambient recordings in particular create believable yet fantastic worlds aurally.
Then it was back to Eno. I’m on a grail-quest, readers…I’ll keep you in the loop. I’ve already tried a driving tour, wrecking both black motorcycle and space-buggy in the process (I drove both into deep pits and became stuck). SL is not made for vehicles, but it is made for Eno. We’ll see…even if I don’t find Eno’s artwork, the Kula region is full of creative sorts invested in the “Creative Commons,“ the idea of sharing rather than restrictive copyrights. And I hate copyright and the fat companies invested in locking down ideas. So something cool will turn up as I ponder and wander.
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