“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
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
SONGCREDITS:
"AUTO", performed and written by Klitclique, produced by Mirza Kebo (2019)
"S.P.A.M.", performed and written by Anthea, produced by Philipp M. Maier, mastered by Alexandr Vatagin (2021)
"Lost Islands", performed and written by Tony Renaissance, mixing by Mataya Waldenberg, mastering by Dino Spiluttini (2021)
Producers: Federal Ministry Republic of Austria – Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports, ORF III, Vienna Business Agency Event presented in German, English and Thai
Duration: 30min Date of premiere: 22.06.2025
Original title: GLITCHBODIES Austria, Germany, Thailand The Austrian Season
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