After several months of attending SecondLife’s virtual community known as "Colombiamor", identifying several issues related to the avatar’s identity inside the metaverse became inevitable, specifically that of Colombian users. Idealization of Colombian male and female beauty abounds in the avatars that frequent this site. The identity of the pre-pago (expensive prostitute), the traqueto (drug dealer), the coleto (yonki), the paraco (paramilitary), the bandit, the papacito (hot guy), the mamacita (hot girl), among others social archetypes, are some of the aesthetic objects which this documentary uses as an artistic discourse.

La idealización de la belleza del hombre y la mujer colombiana abunda en los avatares que frecuentan la comunidad "Colombiamor" dentro del metaverso de Second Life. Los arquetipos de la prepago, el traqueto, el coleto, el paraco, el bandido, el papito, la mamacita, entre otros, son el factor común para la construcción de identidad virtual. Ser_online es un machinima-documental que da cuenta de este fenómeno en los nuevos metaversos emergentes en el ciberespacio.
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After several months of attending SecondLife’s virtual community known as "Colombiamor", identifying several issues related to the avatar’s identity inside the metaverse became inevitable, specifically that of Colombian users. Idealization of Colombian male and female beauty abounds in the avatars that frequent this site. The identity of the pre-pago (expensive prostitute), the traqueto (drug dealer), the coleto (yonki), the paraco (paramilitary), the bandit, the papacito (hot guy), the mamacita (hot girl), among others social archetypes, are some of the aesthetic objects which this documentary uses as an artistic discourse. 


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ser_online

Machinima 720p / Duration: 9 m 29 s

2010-08-01