"Gender", tiny SL-photography show @ Pride Festival 2009
Thanks to Eric Quimby, who donated the space, i’m running an small SL-photography show at Second Pride Festival 2009. Images by Silverdrake Sparrow, Lacie Babenco and myself about some visions about “Gender” as a human issue. I’d like to paste here part of the notacard for the show:
Gender is one of the most important human topics. It defines us, personally and socially, and sometimes it can be hard to combine this two sides of it. What happens when the social and personal sides are not fitting? What if you accept your gender but not the social stereotypes?
In this space three SL-photographers tried to show some visions about Gender. Silverdrake Sparrow with her images about the stereotypes, asking why the heroine can’t save the boy instead of the tradition in culture. Raul Crimson talks about the social limits of gender with characters using crossed attributes or attitudes. Lacie Babenco with the power of gender to define us deeply and simply, the naked truth.
Gender is still an issue in a virtual world, even we all have the freedom to choose here the issues remain or even get bigger. Be free to be yourself, choose who you want to be and ask respect for your election.
It was opened on May 23rd and will be there for one week, while Second Pride Festival is running. I’d love if you visit it and share your opinion here, here you are the SLurl.
This year Second Pride will support the work of Amnesty International and their work against homophobia in the world, specially but not only in China, Middle East, Africa and Eastern and Central Europe. Is a good time to remember there are some countries were being homosexual is illegal and has penalties from being some months in jail, life in prison or even death penalty. Take a look at the Wikipedia for more information about this.
This year Pride Festival is six sims, two comercial ones and four with rides and other events, go and take a look:
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Loved it! Some of those images will stay in my head for a long time and I keep chuckling at one of yours. Beautiful! Well done the three of you!
I’ll take more time later and visit the rest of the festival – but I’m glad I saw the Gender exhibit.
Congratulations!
That sounds cool! I should pass along the exhibit info to some SL friends of mine who are very interested in gender studies.
Thanks a lot!
Sadly the space is not big so there was not the possibility of showing more images without overwhelming the space. Anyway this is a project i’d love to make bigger some day.
I’d feel honoured if you send some friends to the space and they share their opinions, as i said, is not as complete as i’d like it to be, but any comment or opinion will help to make the project bigger and better for the future.
I’m honored to be alongside you and other artists. Gender is our essence of what we are. It’s a profound desire to share that feeling of what makes a man a man and woman a woman and how we relate. So many things exist between us all and the ability to express and understand is never ending. Bravo for this idea.