On the Red Square in Second Life Moscow SaveMe Oh invited tonight all avatars present to take part in a protest again the war. She reached out Yellow and Blue particle walkers to paint the Red Square in Yellow and Blue.
SaveMe Oh: I really have no clue. Its already a year or so like this
Fau Ferdinand: Wow yes, but she has been away
SaveMe Oh: As she has unfriended me I cant see if she is in or out and as I am not a troll or stalker I did not bother. I only don’t know what is the problem. And she doesn’t want to tell me what is the problem.
Fau Ferdinand: There was a movie
SaveMe Oh: From her or from me?
Fau Ferdinand: From you, nothing I can do about it
SaveMe Oh: That makes everything clear…there was a movie
Fau Ferdinand: The I can’t breathe one
SaveMe Oh: I cant remember ever making a movie about I can’t breathe. You have a title?
Fau Ferdinand: No, she watched and freaked out.
SaveMe Oh: I don’t think I ever did a movie about that subject so I am very curious which one upset her so much.
Fau Ferdinand: You area white, right?
SaveMe Oh: As white as you girls
Fau Ferdinand: I’m not that white dear, I’m a filthy jew
SaveMe Oh: White anyway
Fau Ferdinand: Ok
SaveMe Oh: And what has colour to do with her freaking out?
Fau Ferdinand: A white man can’t breathe that she watched right when there was the policemen killing a black guy who couldn’t breathe
SaveMe Oh: I know what happened, but what has that to do with me?
Fau Ferdinand: don’t know
SaveMe Oh: Me neither, thats the point
Fau Ferdinand: She watched that movie where you said you can’t breathe, right then
SaveMe Oh: I did not made a movie were I say I cant breathe
Fau Ferdinand: That’s all I know SaveMe. Please, you can break her and mine friendship. I ask you not to do that
SaveMe Oh: I made movies against Trump, Hitler, Erdogan, religion, Mussolini, fascist, the refugee crisis, but not about the I cant breathe subject. False allegations are hard to deal with.
Fau Ferdinand: I’m not normal, I accept it, she accepts me
SaveMe Oh: Until you are banned everywhere and banned by friends is difficult to accept
Fau Ferdinand: Please don’t break liz
SaveMe Oh: And did you ask her not to break me? So its not this movie I assume:
Fau Ferdinand: I didn’t know this one, does she know it?
SaveMe Oh: Of course. I asked her permission for using the music. You all don’t know a thing, just that somebody with a banbutton gets upset, and that’s ok. No questions asked.
Fau Ferdinand: You can’t talk to Liz when she is upset and she gets upset whenever you are mentioned
SaveMe Oh: She is upset for more then a year without giving me a clue what is the problem, and you all accept it because she is upset
Fau Ferdinand: I was upset with you too
SaveMe Oh: So?
Fau Ferdinand: For international woman day event we made
SaveMe Oh: Lets all make art that doesn’t upset?
Fau Ferdinand: I felt bad today because none of Penumbra’s friends were there. Only a few rl ones.
SaveMe Oh: I feel bad that a place were I thought I would never be banned did.
Fau Ferdinand: Odyssey
SaveMe Oh: Yes, which I supported always. And without knowing why, (and I still have no clue). Ah yes, I am white!
Fau Ferdinand: hehe. All I can suggest is what’s the word for it, hail her, flatter her.
SaveMe Oh: Do you have the slightest idea why I am banned here?
Liz Solo didn’t answer, she only start banning and ejecting me from Odyssey, the sim I worked on and supported for so long.
I decided to ask Penumbra Carter, who was there too
SaveMe Oh: Do you have the slightest idea why I am banned here?
Penumbra Carter: I do not, when I started to build here , you were not banned, then, I said to them, why not have Save do a performance, and that is when they said , she is banned now…. I have no idea why
SaveMe Oh: They? Who?
Penumbra Carter: you should talk to the people here and ask them, I have no idea why
SaveMe Oh: I do. Its Liz Solo, but I really have no clue why
Penumbra Carter: I did not ask , I thought it fruitless, but I did say I did not like it
SaveMe Oh: I guess I have to think really really hard what I did wrong
Penumbra Carter: I have absolulty no idea, you should talk to them, I was very surprised when they told me that, it happened after I started building here
SaveMe Oh: I have no idea either but she is banning and ejecting me, she must be pissed
Penumbra Carter: I am new to these people , so I have no idea what they think and do here, if that makes sense. Somehow, you should be able to speak to them. I can ask her to speak to you? she is right here. But I really do not know her.. I am all for communication
SaveMe Oh: I send her a IM too, but she doesn’t answer, only you and Fau answer.
Penumbra Carter: Fau was surprised too, I believe
SaveMe Oh: Yes, think so too
Penumbra Carter: well I am off, I do hope this can be resolved , take care SaveMe
I decided to ask Fau Ferdinand, who was there too
SaveMe Oh: Do you have the slightest idea why I am banned here?
Fau Ferdinand: Not me. Glad you are here.
SaveMe Oh: Liz is doing it but I really have no clue
Fau Ferdinand: But you are here
SaveMe Oh: Yes, behind banlines, as usual
Fau Ferdinand: You rejoined? There was a quiet party, very nice, but…
SaveMe Oh: There is always a but….
Fau Ferdinand: I know Penumbra and Dekka wanted you here…that’s the but
SaveMe Oh: Fun thing is I have no clue what bothers Liz but it seems I deserve long time punishment
Fau Ferdinand: She thought something you did was racist
SaveMe Oh: And now I have to guess what?
Fau Ferdinand: I don’t argue with her, I love her
SaveMe Oh: Thats already better than what she does with me, she doesn’t answer
Fau Ferdinand: Ok, not much I can do about it
SaveMe Oh: You can love her
Fau Ferdinand: Yes, all I can do. And I love Penumbra as well
SaveMe Oh: We all seem to love each other except Liz doesn’t love me any more. She is very busy banning and ejecting me.
Fau Ferdinand: Now?
SaveMe Oh: Yes, since the moment I arrived here. I am flying around in the corner of the sim
Fau Ferdinand: 😦
SaveMe Oh: and Penumbra has no clue either. Liz has unfriend me, here and on the socials. I really have no clue why but I must be very guilty. The guys in Guantanamo Bay must understand the feeling. Guilty without knowing why
Fau Ferdinand: Tried, nothing I can do. She says mute
SaveMe Oh: Friendship is everlasting, in good and in bad times
Tansee: True, it is not so difficult
SaveMe Oh: And I don’t have to unfriend people as I don’t have to punish people
Tansee: its not about punishing, its about respect, boundaries, art
SaveMe Oh: Just respect my honesty then.
Tansee: I always do but it is something that should be directed to the person you intend
SaveMe Oh: Sanction things is something else than respect
Tansee: Not through embarrassment, private comments. You are not singled out on this, it applies to anyone.
SaveMe Oh: Not at all, that’s why I wish this freedom for everybody
Tansee: Everyone has the freedom, but there is discretion, that is where the respect comes in.
SaveMe Oh: Discretion is a choice, not a part of freedom
Tansee: I respect everything about you until it hurts others publicly. I will never try to change you. I will always be your friend
SaveMe Oh: Ban people is a way to change people, as is to lock up people without a trial
Tansee: In the future, if you want to do a show with Glasz, Echo or any of the others, please let me know. Its simple
SaveMe Oh: For knowing me so long you should know I don’t DO shows, I am an artwork, always. Simple indeed.
Tansee: 🙂 you know exactly what I am saying, then do your thing with people you do your thing with. Just give me a heads up.
Also I consider what you do a show. It is a positive word
SaveMe Oh: They try to put me in schedules, events, calenders, make a separation between audience and performer. But when you are the artwork yourself its just a case of being there. And some let me
Tansee: This is the perfect place to express yourself
SaveMe Oh: Yes
Tansee: And I would love for that to happen
SaveMe Oh: You don’t hear me complaining
Tansee: Just cut me some slack. I am not different than you or anyone
SaveMe Oh: I hope so
Tansee: Just trying to help others expose the art
SaveMe Oh: I know. I dont question that
Tansee: Help me then
SaveMe Oh: I help you
Tansee: You know I love you
SaveMe Oh: Always. Making noise is also promoting the arts, hippies forget that always
Tansee: Making noise respectfully. I totally agree with you on that
SaveMe Oh: Art should never be respectful, then you have missed the meaning big
Tansee: It can be all of the above. Being respectful to the people around you in different situations is important.
SaveMe Oh: It should be bold, cruel, shocking, disturbing, questioning etc, next to being a bridge, emotional, tender and mind blowing.
Tansee: there are tons of regions you can go to and convey that message and it would be welcome, right> and I agree with you
SaveMe Oh: Luckily regions are everywhere. You don’t hear me complaining
Tansee: So we can keep trying to work this out somehow
SaveMe Oh: Try to focus on excitement instead of respect, you are not a church.
Centred on the artist as avatar, she builds, breaks down, gestures, cries, dissolves. Colour passes over her monochromatic existence. At all times somebody and nobody. An exercise in the minimal.
Filmed at a performance by SaveMe Oh in Second Life, 7 January 2022.
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