The art of Second Life and other virtual worlds
October 21, 2008 - January 7, 2009
Museum of Natural History at the University of Florence, Via del Proconsolo, 12, Firenze

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Con la mostra "Rinascimento Virtuale", curata da Mario Gerosa, vogliamo creare un contrasto culturale tra l'etnografia, l'antropologia e le testimonianze creative preistoriche, con le avanguardie artistiche contemporanee che nascono e vivono solo nei Social Media. Lo scopo è portare nel "mondo reale" quello che altrimenti adesso sarebbe fruibile solo in virtuale/digitale facendo emergere gli esempi più significativi dell'arte in Second Life.

The exhibit, organized by Fondazione Sistema Toscana, is the brainchild of curator Mario Gerosa, a journalist and author of books on virtual realities as well as the founder of Synthtravels the first travel agency which organizes tours in the virtual universe. Virtual Renaissance seeks to create a cultural contrast between the ethnography, anthropology and creative artifacts of primordiality, and the contemporary, artistic avantgarde active in social media and the virtual world. The aim is to bring these virtual/digital experiences into the real world, identifying the more significant examples of artistic expression in Second Life. Florence is an ideal location for an exhibit of this new Renaissance, considering its role as the birthplace of the first, great Renaissance and the staging ground of some of the most important revolutions in the history of art.