Performance artist Jordan Wayne Long plans to be while playing Lord of The Rings Online. Although he will be accessing the Internet, this cramped, week-long journey will be very solitary as he will only be connecting to it to play that game.
Traveling from Bald Knob, Arkansas to Portland, Oregon, Jordan Wayne Long's friend Bradi Roberts will be driving him across the States to reach his destination. So he won't actually be going through any formal or official postal services. Instead, he will be traveling in her truck. Although he won't have any connection from the outside, he will update follower on his progress through Twitter.
Jordan Wayne Long claims the project relates to his study of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and related coping mechanisms.
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- Virtual Performance Art
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