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25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

Released Monday, 16th September 2019
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25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

Monday, 16th September 2019
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In this episode we try out a new format. I talk remotely with LaTurbo Avedon, an online avatar who has been active as an artist and curator since 2008. Her responses have been run through a speech synthesizer.   Recently we've seen a wave of next-gen virtual stars rise up, from Lil Miquela in the west to pop-stars like Kizuna AI in the east. As real-time avatar representation becomes more accessible, what emergent behaviors will we see and what will our virtual relationships look like? LaTurbo was early to exploring these questions of identity and experimenting with telepresence. She has shape-shifted across media types, spending time in everything from AOL and chat rooms, to MMOs, virtual worlds and social media platforms. She shares her thoughts on how social networks have breached our trust, why a breakup is likely, and how users should take control of their data. We get into the rise of battle royale gaming, why multiplicity of self is important, and how we can better express agency and identity online.

This episode was produced by Adriene Lilly. Full transcript with links on Medium.

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