I tweeted in your direction, but it was only my second tweet ever, and I don't know if it went through. This e-mail appeared in my inbox: "AM Radio here. Two years later, a mutual friend met him at South by Southwest, and knowing I was there too, encouraged him to reach out. More key, he'd made it plain many times that he wanted to keep his real and virtual identities apart. It left his fans with no easy way to find him. I received no reply.ĪM Radio's fame came despite the fact that the wider Second Life user community didn't know his real identity. Since I'd written about his Second Life art many times for a metaverse blog, I had his email address. The mystery of his disappearance lingered for a couple years. AM Radio suddenly disappeared from Second Life. Now, five years past the apex of his fame, he still attracts thousands of visitors with every single Second Life installation - 12,000 in the last year.Īnd then, in 2011, something else happened to heighten his allure. Women constantly followed AM Radio around Second Life the way you imagine ladies from another time trailing after a Parisian painter - sometimes they even propositioned him sexually with real nude photos of themselves. Two people who met as avatars in the middle of his most famous art installation wound up getting married in real life. Some of his most avid admirers told him that his work saved them from suicide. Players often see works by grassroots creators on popular platforms that allow user-generated content, like Minecraft and Skyrim - and that brings the creators a measure of fleeting internet fame.ĪM Radio's acclaim, however, was in another category altogether. But more than that, his work drew a passionate following in the game itself. The New York Times Magazine featured his Second Life work, as many other outlets have.
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But where the British street artist is famous for his sardonic graffiti mysteriously appearing around the globe, AM Radio is famous for creating artwork in Second Life, the user-created virtual world packed full with rich experiences.Įven years after the height of his renown, AM Radio is probably Second Life's most famous artist. If the world of MMOs has a Banksy, it's AM Radio.
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