LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

The ongoing series explores a selection of captured images from the evolving landscapes of Second Life, preserved and observed through the perspective of a hacked and fragmented avatar. These digital terrains, ephemeral by nature, shift and disappear as users modify, abandon, or transform them, highlighting the tension between the act of creation and the inevitability of decay. The series emphasizes the avatar’s fragmented perspective, where visual glitches and distortions become part of the aesthetic, embodying the fragility of these spaces.

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This exploration, both archival and interventionist, introduces a new kind of digital preservation, capturing virtual ecosystems that are constantly in flux. Seductive and alien, these landscapes mirror the aesthetics of digital decay, where synthetic flora and fauna grow in tandem with the evolving technologies that construct them. The observer is invited into a realm where the boundaries between user and machine, creator and observer, are blurred, revealing the paradox of permanence and transience within virtual worlds. By hacking the avatar as a tool for documentation, the project aims to raise questions about agency, surveillance, and the role of the observer in shaping the legacy of virtual environments.