A Crimson world

This is a question that really makes me sad, so i’ll go directly to the center of the theme itself: Hundreds of men and women are are being beaten, tortured, murdered and executed every day somewhere in the world because their sexual orientation. For me, being homosexual is something just hard to accept, but is true and is sad. You just need to take a look at the laws about homosexuality in the world.

Arahan Claveau talk about this in his new installation at Arthole gallery (you can arrive through this SLurl). When you arrive there some notecards give you information about this. The exhibition is centered in the execution in Iran of two guys just for being gay. This two guys were around 18 years old when hanged.

As always Arahan pushes us to contact the pain in reality in that world of escapism that is Second Life, where (almost) nobody cares about an earthquake in China but we all start the biggest drama for a not announced shutdown of the grid. Arahan’s artwork is provocative (what i think is good), and at the same time show the possibilities of Second Life as a creation and expression platform.

This artwork can be considered a continuation of what Arahan started with “Super Fun Happy Club”, an older installation that had some censorship problems with Linden Lab some time ago. Find some images about SFHC here.

Maybe you know Arahan too for “Small Story“, a beautiful tale made with SLphotography.

Arahan is not only someone i’m proud to call a friend, is a great creator, an artist that enlights our (second) lifes showing us the light and the shadows of our (first) lifes… or maybe is in reverse?

Some more blogs related to art in SL commented about this work:

• Not possible IRL
• Brooklyn is watching