Artist Betty Tureaud recently debuted her latest creation, The City. In
true form, The City is a bright array of colors and includes many hidden
areas. Windlight was able to sit down and interview Betty to discuss
her current and future art projects in both worlds:
WM: You have exhibited extensively in Second Life and have given us
many immersive experiences to look at. Tell us how did you first
discover Second Life? Why did you choose to create art here?
BETTY: I went to a 3D Conference in Copenhagen and there were four
people from Linden Labs, who had a session. I only remember two of
the people, one I think was John Lester (Pathfinder Linden).
So I went home and downloaded Second Life and went into SL for the
first time. This was back in 2007 and I have never left!
First I started to build funny gadgets and I presented them in a show
and tell. Later I made a shop to sell these gadgets in. These items paid
for my SL back then, including my residence. Later I discovered some
art galleries and a guy invited me to show my art work. So my first
exhibit was on the mainland, in the Copper Nest Gallery.
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