The Sound of Silence -Framed postcard

Artwork made by Bande a (p)Art - David Peyton
Large size images are watermarked in MP for copyright purposes but watermarks do not appear in world.
The postcards come framed to show both sides. (see pics)

What if V. Woolfe, O.Wilde, G. O’Keefe, D. Riveira and even Napoleon lived in SL...and wanted to send love letters because IMs didnt exist? That is the concept behind this series of vintage postcards, taken in the most beautiful places in Second Life.

Each of those posters features a unique picture taken in sl, often edited with poems, signed by the artist and is framed in a white 60's retro frame created by Salt & Pepper.

Items are transfer, for you to gift them to your friends, and Mod for you to resize them to your liking or change the frame color.

Visit our in world Gallery to see more or have your own CUSTOM version made, with your own text and love letter (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloha%20Sea%20Star/220/17/22)

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THE CONCEPT

Kisses on a postcard is a a series of vintage postcards made with HQ pictures taken in sl and edited one by one. Each will have a unique verso with a text chosen by the buyer, a different stamp for each sim i took a picture of. All postcards are dated, located, signed, numbered in limited editions of 20.

I produce them one by one and will edit the verso with a message and an "address" given by you. All those information have to be sent to me by NC so that i can reproduce a handwritten text on your postcard.

I wanted to play with the concept of communication in SL, since we all IM and chat so easily...a postcard is by definition the extreme opposite of these communication methods...and the project here mixes photos taken in SL, dated and located just like a real life postcard (but with SL coordinates) and a very RL vintage aesthetic and communication support that was, for decades, the only way for people to have distant communications.
The idea of confusing senses between virtual reality and RL old habits captivated me, to blur worlds and wonder how sl would be if real life rules applied and we all lived before the era of emails and internet.

In their aesthetic form, these postcards are an homage to the Detroit Publishing Company Postcards, which originated in 1898 to promote a new color printing process in the United States and to capitalize on the public's interest in sending inexpensive pictorial greetings. They used the trade name "Phostint" for their patented color reproduction process.