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“GLITCHBODIES” is an interactive computer game as well as an immersive experience in virtual reality (VR). Here, Merlic draws on the structures of video games, a widespread form of digital entertainment. The artist does research into new forms of feminism, LGBTQ+, and drag communities. Using 3D scans, she makes digital avatars off of real people, which are then embedded into virtual landscapes.

She creates intimate and sensitive images of different individuals, and taken together, they give rise to a diverse society in virtual space. Individual identities become a collective body, a network, which turns the avatars into politically charged bodies. They are contrasts to the heteronormative and binary avatars that are usually encountered in classic video games. Instead, “GLITCHBODIES” takes us on a journey through realities of people who share the notion of “queer” as a political attitude

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UNITY DEVELOPMENT: Vivien Schreiber

Sound Design: Manuel Riegler

Editing: Jana Libnik

3D-Modelling: Rebecca Merlic, Vivien Schreiber, Anna Rüth, Jakob Philippsen

Credit Design: Sarah Pobelsek

Cast: 10XFlames, Adrianna Knouf, Alexandru Coscarca, Aliya Davletova, Amazonsun, Anja Jennel, Anna Rüth, Annemarie Arzberger, Anthea Schranz, Antone Pong, Ari Ban, Danielle Pamp, David Pritz, Donatella Stracciatella, Ed Roemer, Ekaterina Kormilitsyna, Gamerror, Hannah Jöch, Hans Schmidt, Harald Stojan, Hayden, Judith Kranz, Klitclique, Margarete Jahrmann, Marie Luise Lehner, Moni Freinberger, Morrigan, Natasa Novak, Nuh Peace, Panlert Bent, Pat Brozena, Ploy, Rebecca Merlic, Sailor Leviathan, Salem Haze, Sarah Hauber, Sarah Merlic, Selina Huber, Sheezus Christin, Snackjack, Susie Flowers, Tin Tunsopon, Tony Renaissance, Valentino Grassi

Producers: Federal Ministry Republic of Austria – Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports, ORF III, Vienna Business Agency

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Event presented in German, English and Thai

Original title: GLITCHBODIES
Austria, Germany, Thailand
The Austrian Season