Comments on: Anatomia

By: FoI

FoI — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:43:07 +0000

[...] with virtual worlds for quite some time, even made two installations about the subject. One (anatomia) which took the subject from a first person vantage point, that is a reluctance to come face to face [...]

By: “… but the output to RL is very tiny” | Alpha.Auer

“… but the output to RL is very tiny” | Alpha.Auer — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:27:52 +0000

[...] created in Second Life and as such is not suitable for this event”. The work in question was Anatomia. And no, I am not going to tell you the event that I had applied for, but it was one of the biggest [...]

By: Val

Val — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:00:21 +0000

Your work is pretty amazing. Dazzling actually. I have referenced you in my Digital Creation Databank and will talk about your work in my conferences. Please, get in touch with me.

By: alphaauer

alphaauer — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:06:02 +0000

Thank you so much Jennette… I am so glad to hear you say this. In fact, I am thrilled!

I recently read that around 90% of the immersive experience in VEs has to do with sound. You having noticed the sound inside the sphere seems to substantiate that theory. I do not really know my way around sound in Second Life too much and also I have a feeling that the system does not provide too many choices/alternatives in this regard even if I were an absolute wiz at it. As an example, as far as I know, you cannot upload MP3 files and have to make do with those tiny little WAW slivers. So, I did what I could, which isn’t all that much. Thus, I am doubly glad that it worked for you.
:-)

By: JennFor

JennFor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:58:54 +0000

Just spent several hours in Syncretia, wearing Anatomia and listening to the heart pulse. This is simply the most remarkable experience that I have had to date in Second Life. I feel that I am truly with these drawings and also very aware of their power and beauty.

Thank you so very much.

By: alphaauer

alphaauer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:36:50 +0000

Thank you so much! You just made my day with this really generous comment!
:-)

By: Mahaneesh chandra

Mahaneesh chandra — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:41:36 +0000

wow. great posts. by the way from where do you get such nice ideas and contents. I love the way you post.

By: alphaauer

alphaauer — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:26:41 +0000

ooops… sorry AlterEgoTrip! I completely missed this until just now.

Yes, that is the conundrum: On the one hand are these utterly beautiful anatomical drawings and on the other one the unimaginable cruelty which is quite inevitably a part of the process of creating them… That split is probably the main reason for my being so obsessed with them… They horrify me. Much as I acknowledge their beauty, they nonetheless do. Maybe even precisely through their beauty…

And especially the ones by Vesalius. Check those out when you have moment:
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/vesaliusgallery.htm

By: AlterEgoTrip Svenska

AlterEgoTrip Svenska — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:43:10 +0000

OMG, that is fantastic..I guess the reason why I say so is because I have long had a love for those detailed anatomical drawings of Leonardo DiVinici and others who had followed this quest to be the eyes and hands of documentation during a time where there were no cameras..

I myself wished to go into medical drawing, but as soon as I found out that the course for anatomy and physiology used a once living animal and had it killed (not just a left over or one which died a natural death) I abandoned that goal because it was not ethical for me to participate in such things.. but at the same time it was important to me to examine the structural under the surface when taking Life Drawing.. and felt that if only I had more time to study the underneath properly, I would have trained myself into the artist I could have admired being- rather than the unstructured hazy lens that sees everything but doesn’t have the practice and dicipline to really excute the structure I sense.

so you see for me, this is the ultimate project.. I love it and I think its such an ambitous undertaking for anyone.. very detailed and patient!