"I enjoy the spaces of everyday life whether they be real or virtual. These include landscapes and domestic spaces. Every new space is ideal, because it has its own logic and its own story." - SARA LUDY

Sara Ludy's Bouquet comes from a series called "Projection Monitor" in which she documents scenes from Second Life, a 3D virtual world. After signing in and assuming her avatar, Ludy roams the virtual landscape until she finds something of interest, and then photographs it with her iPhone. By bringing a physical camera to the screen, as opposed to taking a screenshot, Ludy asserts her subjective experience and aligns her physical and online identities. In the process of taking and printing the photograph, occasionally certain artifacts emerge that reveal insights about the virtual environment. Of particular note in Bouquet is the axis on top of the flowers, a subtle yet significant group of pixels left over from another user’s creative process. "The artifacts speak to the nature of Second Life," Ludy says. "There's a desire to create something beautiful and human, but always within the limitations of the environment." (Text by Paddles ON! curator Lindsay Howard)