alter-egos

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nutsack oregon, soft tacos, and that area between your crotch and asshole…topics of conversation at the new monday nite wings. word yo…i think ill be wide awake for the rest of the week now. there was also supposed to be coinciding monday nite football, but they apparently dont turn on the projectors outside at croxleys anymore, since theyve had complaints from neighbors of the noise it generates (from the patrons, not from the actual game). cockballs to that.

anyhoo, i came across this interesting article today from the bbc about online avatars. the alter ego photography exhibit by photo-journalist robbie cooper documents the characters that populate various mmorpg’s and the people they represent in real life. curious to see whether the avatars resembled their real-life counterparts, cooper went thru europe and america to photograph the people behind the polygons…from the wheelchair bound kid with muscular dystrophy who is an armoured warrior in star wars galaxy, to the mother of two who is represented by a half-naked avatar.

the exhibit actually reminded me in many ways of the anime .hack//sign, where the main characters were actually virtual avatars in a computer game that represented some aspects of the people who controlled them in the real world. interesting anime (if not a little repetitive and boring)…if you ever get the chance.

> robbie coopers alter-ego exhibit | the proud gallery, london, uk | oct 8-28