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Tom Gerald Roseingrave ("swimmingwitheels" in SL -- that's his avatar at right) is a grad student at London's prestigious Goldsmith's school, and he's interested in interviewing London-based SLers in-person for an ambitious radio project he's producing. He's also promised to let me broadcast some of it on NWN!

"I'm hoping it will be quite a personal portrait of the SL player," Tom tells me, "and I'll do some sound design-y things to make it sound good." Sounds good to me. If you're interested and fit that bill and want to talk to Tom, e-mail me, post a comment below, or send an IM directly to Tom.

More on his project:

"The theme of my doc is this - I'm interested in the inspiration behind the avatars, landscapes and buildings that people create in Second Life," says Tom. "I'm wondering whether these are fantasies, projections of their real life, or perhaps just random workings of their imagination. Second Life to me seems like a wonderful use of the internet to create a place where people can express themselves less self-consciously than they would IRL. To find out where the creations come from, I'm would also like to get to know the personalities of the interviewees.

"The main thing to say is that I in no way intend to patronise any Second Life users. I think the creations on Second Life can be totally beautiful and I want to find out where they come from! For me, our lives are made up of various simulations - virtual and 'real' - Second Life being one of many."

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