TY - GEN
T1 - The submissive speaks
T2 - Sandbox Symposium 2006: ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium, Sandbox '06
AU - Bardzell, Shaowen
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The paper explores the mutually-constituted relations between avatars, space, and artifacts depicted in players' profile portraits in a Second Life BDSM community. The significance of these images is not simply their representation of the lifestyle; they also convey the entertainment and interactive significance of virtual BDSM fantasy play. Through 3D game technology and photographic conventions, participants of Second Life BDSM community collectively construct a grammar and symbolism of power and submission through institutional structures (BDSM communities and lifestyle practices), enforced roles (dominance and submission, master/mistress and slave), and virtual photographic technologies (in-game instant snapshots). In the process, the spectator consciously and unconsciously participates in the power dynamics that these portraits depict.
AB - The paper explores the mutually-constituted relations between avatars, space, and artifacts depicted in players' profile portraits in a Second Life BDSM community. The significance of these images is not simply their representation of the lifestyle; they also convey the entertainment and interactive significance of virtual BDSM fantasy play. Through 3D game technology and photographic conventions, participants of Second Life BDSM community collectively construct a grammar and symbolism of power and submission through institutional structures (BDSM communities and lifestyle practices), enforced roles (dominance and submission, master/mistress and slave), and virtual photographic technologies (in-game instant snapshots). In the process, the spectator consciously and unconsciously participates in the power dynamics that these portraits depict.
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U2 - 10.1145/1183316.1183330
DO - 10.1145/1183316.1183330
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34748846188
SN - 1595933867
SN - 9781595933867
T3 - Proceedings - Sandbox Symposium 2006: ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium, Sandbox '06
SP - 99
EP - 102
BT - Proceedings - Sandbox Symposium 2006
Y2 - 30 July 2006 through 31 July 2006
ER -