The Cat The Reverend and The Slave

The other night the Trax culture magazine on Arte channel presented a documentary made by  Alain Della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita.

These two artists have been working on and exploring virtual universes and SL in particular, in order to study the way RL and its pixel reflection can mix through the life of its users.

Their last piece of work, The Cat, The Reverend and The Slave focus on members of three specific communities, the furries, the goreans and the evangelical christians, both online and in RL.

As I didn’t see the whole film I won’t review it but definitely hope that this is not another “look at them freaks” type of documentary. The fact that the authors seem to express a genuine interest in the virtual world phenomenon leads me to consider their work with a positive attitude. They have been studying and exploring SL for a few years now and already made two other films about it : “Enlarge Your Practice” about newbies first steps in SL and “Neigborhood” showing how people can meet online thus building up relationships that overcome geography and distance obstacles.

The Cat The Reverend and The Slave / France / 2009 / by Alain Della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita / produced and distributed by Capricci Films

Extracts can be seen on youtube