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A Travelogue of Morphing Bodies

is a VR multiplayer game for the Oculus Quest 1+2, as well as for Windows and Mac. The game explores body norms within a meritocracy from a queer-feminist perspective. It immerses players in different worlds, each designed to embody mechanisms and generate questions about the  quantification, optimization, and mechanization of social bodies. Finding themselves in a constant state of transfiguration, conditioned by oscillating levels of movement and constraint, players are prompted to reflect on their own bodily perception, social experience, and sense of agency.

In an extended version, the multiplayer VR game incorporates real-time data from players' bodies through wearable sensors and actuators. As a hybrid art format, the project contributes to research that combines digital technology and performance to enable social interaction and collective experiences.

CREDITS

Artistic director, concept: Janne Kummer /
Technical director, interaction design, physical computing: Anton Krause/
Gameplay, Level design, Text: Steph Holl-Trieu, Janne Kummer, Philisha Kratz / Dramaturgy: Steph Holl-Trieu, Philisha Kratz /
Development and Digital Media Production (HTW Berlin): Leonid Barsht (Lead Developer), Laura Magdaleno Amaro, Ekaterina Losik, Manja Wischer, Katrina Rizakova, Anton Krause, Janne Kummer, Maja Stark (Projektleitung XR_Unites) /
Co-development of the third person application: Lena Biresch /
Suit design: Cody Körner /
Sound design: Johannes Aue /
Voice GLAM: Virginia Hartmann /
UI design: Marijn Degenaar /
Production: Patrick Kohn /
Publication published by: Steph Holl-Trieu, Maja Stark, Janne Kummer /
Graphic design publication: Lion Sauterleute

Production: Janne Kummer, Anton Krause & Steph Holl-Trieu. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR. Supported by: BOL – Berlin Open Lab, grant XR_Unites from the INKA Research Group, Berlin University of Applied Sciences, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the programme “Stärkung des Innovationspotenzials in der Kultur II” with the support of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

GLAM - The guiding Entity

INTRO The Maelstrom / The Postmordial Lobby

LEVEL 1 *The Vitruvian*

LEVEL 2a *JAWS I - THE GRINDER* / LEVEL 2b *JAWS II - Bloody Body without Organs*

LEVEL 3 *The Monstrous Spa*

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PUBLICATION

The Expanded Playbook

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4uzcciu54kksu8y/RGB%20EXPORT_27-12-final.pdf?dl=0