Enlightened visitor number 324

During the Virtual Moves exhibitions i have counted all unique avatars that have reached the Tagging Art platform. That means all the visitors at the National Museum of Art have been counted as only 2 unique avatars. This is intentional. I wanted to see how many would venture in to Second Life in the shape of their own avatar. This is interesting since the users of Second Life have already mastered the media, and are more prepared to perceive the artworks. These people have not just wandered by perceiving it as if it was any other Picasso on canvas, nor have they been consumed by the possibilities of the new media. Possibilities that are more often than not irrelevant to the specific artworks. To illustrate we can imagine someone who have never perceived a painting before being consumed by the possibilities in looking, the process of opening your eyes and turning your head in specific directions, rather than being indulged in actually looking at the picture. In other words one would be more concerned with the method rather than the message.I am not implying it is wrong to be concerned with methods, but in coherence with the message or purpose of a artwork it might be a irrelevant perspective. Considering this; 324 unique avatars is quite a good amount of people who is likely beyond understanding the method and ready to perceive the message. Virtual Moves has however largely been an investigation of the method, from the artists perspective. It has been my experience that the extend in which the artists have been able to cognize the method have been key to the quality of the final idea. We can be certain that Virtual Moves have investigated new media or in a broader term new methods. However if someone was enlightened beyond this, they are likely among the 324.