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The Cleaner by Penumbra Carter
One of the many jobs my mother had was a cleaner, so I always notice cleaners about, the silent workforce. Protecting us from dirt and disease. The pandemic has made them even more mute by wearing a mask. Staying masked to protect themselves and their livelihood, which is fragile, against a world who barely notices they are there but are dependent on them. The cleaning caste system in the western world; who see cleaners as servants.
I decided to make a machinma of cleaning Hotels, Motels and other public spaces of Second Life because I find them extremely tedious. In a world where you can do anything, they build an empty hotel, you can tell they do have hopes of filling them up. Cleaning them could only be tedious, I thought; but it turned out to be quite a relaxing activity to do during a time when it was not possible to venture outside your own home for anything other than the essentials. I also got a sense of being helpful in an odd way, contributing something to virtual humanity. I stayed with my uniform of a pinny and a mask while I cleaned. What was a surprise was encountering these new–I call them Static-Real-LIfe-Statue-People–hanging around, so I cleaned them as well. I also found them a bit disturbing, I was masked up and cleaning and they were just going about their day in their Second Life way.

About Penumbra Carter
“I arrived in Second Life in 2007, with no computer skills. Initially, I annoyed many people, “How do I cut and paste, how do I put on shoes, is click the same as touch”? I am glad to be here all these years, messing around in my head, making things, traveling about Second Life and filming, making machinima. I could never have figured how to make machinima without the help of Chantal Harvey, I am forever grateful to her. I love my Second Life friends, especially Dekka Raymaker, who knew the difference between click and touch and shared that with me.”