Memorial in Second Life: 6th Anniversary of 9/11
As mentioned in my main blog,
Yesterday, September 11, 2007, marks the 6th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, New York (NY).
But that’s not the topic I’m discussing today. It’s about the memorial created in Second Life and Mr. Liam Kanno.
Six years ago, Mr. Liam Kanno was in downtown Manhattan when the sky ripped apart. He was three blocks from the World Trade Center when the planes went scything in, and as the buildings and ended lives collapsed around him.
Shortly after 9/11, he quit his high paying advertising job, abandoned his luxury apartment several blocks from Ground Zero, and returned to school, to study humanities.
He traveled the country, visiting remote monasteries, and painted.
Liam submitted a design in New York’s official memorial competition, and though the winner was selected in 2004 the real world site was nowhere close to being finished.
There was another call for designs, this from Winfried Ferraris and Sundra Petrov, who had just taken ownership of an SL (Second Life) island they called World Trade Center, and were looking for a memorial to host there.
The video is a very imperfect glimpse of the memorial.
Liam created a new design, and this one was built - stark, elegant, and austere.
It is a large square marble monument that has water in the middle.
The names of the victims of 9/11 are listed around the square on the walls of the monument. In one corner you can enter a walkway that displays all of the pictures of the victims.
Sundra Petrov and Faction Starostin
P/s: Winfried Ferraris and Sundra Petrov say they intend to make this a permanent memorial, and there is a donation box at the location, to help fund its hosting.
