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2007-06-06 22:32:57
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Mark Bard
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04/19/07
95 words posted by <b>Mark Bard</b> at 11:19 AM
The Librarians of <i>Second Life</i> have constructed a virtual memorial on Info Island to commemorate the victims of Virginia Tech. Pictures of the victims are displayed on a wall, and when visitors click on the picture they are directed to short biographies. There is also a pillar with a list of names and a place to leave virtual flowers.
The memorial can be found right next to the Second Life Info Island Welcome Center. For those not yet on Second Life, I took some pictures, which are available on the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alawash">ALA Washington Office's Flickr page</a>.
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Original Source: ALA District Dispatch Blog
<a href="http://blogs.ala.org/districtdispatch.php?title=virginia_tech_memorial&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1">http://blogs.ala.org/districtdispatch.php?title=virginia_tech_memorial&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1</a>
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Second Life Virginia Tech Memorial
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2007-05-07
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IMAGE: Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island in Second Life. Shrine by Perefim Cao.
"FOR VIRGINIA (updated)" by Wagner James Au
Story and image provided courtesy of nwn.blogs.com
<a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/04/for_virginia.html">http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/04/for_virginia.html</a>
Most weeks I run coverage of real world-related events and projects in Second Life only on Mondays, but some days, reality refuses to remain confined. And yesterday, most tragically so. Last night there were many shrines and memorials to the innocent victims of Virginia Tech's savage massacre throughout Second Life, and in the coming days, likely to be more.
At the moment, at least one is still ongoing-- sponsored by Info Island (<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/95/111/33/?img=http%3A//nwn.blogs.com/nwn/images/2007/04/17/info_island_memorial.jpg&msg=Virginia%20Tech%20memorial">direct teleport at this link</a>), there is a dispenser where you can take, light, and leave a candle, and be with other Residents from around the world who have also come to grieve. Some leave flowers, or even sculptures in rembrance-- impromptu and sorrowful acts of creativity, converting grief to a more tangible expression that can be shared by all.
Perefim Cao is a professional builder in Second Life, and knowing he could never reach Virginia Tech in person, created the memorial above, and made it free to all. He lingers at the shrine himself when he can, and talks to the Residents who stop by. "And then they tell me stories," he says, "about either something close to VT, or stuff that their friends went through at VT. Just chatted with a guy whose girlfriend's sister was killed... and like talked to another user who was a survivor at the Montreal shooting in Canada awhile back." He seems surprised at how this digital representation of a memorial could make plain such interconnections of sorrow. "Didn't think I would establish the connections with some of the people that I have," he tells me. [Updated 5:40pm]
There is talk of whole regions and estates that will be kept in permanent darkness tonight, the world itself adjusted to suit the occasion, setting a space for candle vigils and other acts of collective mourning.
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Detail of sculpture by Darrien Lightworker in Second Life. Located at Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island. Lightworker's description reads: "One blood tear for each soul lost in Virginia Tech"
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2007-05-07 08:15:23
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Sculpture by Darrien Lightworker in Second Life. Located at Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island. Lightworker's description reads: "One blood tear for each soul lost in Virginia Tech"
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