VIRTUAL DRAG

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Virtual Drag features 3D scans of drag queens and kings, created by queer new media artists Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, and Mark Payne. Encounter the larger than life drag personas of Philmah Bocks, the divine Art Simone, Jackie Hammer (a bit of a hot mess really), and the Transylvanian Gypsy Kings, all in a fantasy world that explores 'queer' digital spaces.  

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OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR 2016 SUMMER SHOWCASE
Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell
Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell
OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR 2016 SUMMER SHOWCASE
Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell
Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell

Project included in Official Selection for Kaleidoscope's 2016 Summer Showcase.

Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell
Knives, Adam Cosco, Quba, The Pull, Fragments, Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano, Simon, James Hedley, Tango with San Francisco, Jayson Tang, The Invisible Man, Hugo Keijzer, Future of Music, Ronen Tanchum, Greg Barth, Does Not Exist, Chris Timpson, John Hendicott, New Wave, Samir Mallal, Sonar, Philipp Maas, Traces, Wicked Kind, Skye Von, Longing for Wilderness, Marc Zimmermann, Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, VR Noir, Nathan Anderson, 6x9, Lindsay Poulton, Francesca Panetta, Transition, Mike von Rotz, Joost Jordens, Virtual Drag, Mark Payne, Alison Bennett, Megan Beckwith, Drawing Room, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Blarp, Isaac Cohen, Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Cosmic Trip, Eddie Lee, Playthings, George Michael Bower, Playthings VR, Fabulous Wonder.land, Ollie Lindsey, Mare, Rui Guerreiro, Toxic Tour, Benjamin Roffee, Light, David Lobser, Gawain Liddiard, Dominik Stockhausen, Josephine Wiggs, Karen Dufilho, Tanya Leal Soto, Toño Cabanelas René Pinnell
 

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ALISON BENNETT
vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell
vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell
ALISON BENNETT
vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell
vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell

Alison Bennett works in ‘expanded photography’ where the boundaries of photography have shifted in the transition to digital media and become diffused into ubiquitous computing.

vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell
vr creators block 1 Virtual Drag, Alison Bennett René Pinnell
MARK PAYNE
vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment
vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment
MARK PAYNE
vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment
vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment

Mark is a visual artist working in 3D. He employs the process of photogrammetry to capture the world around him.

vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment
vr creator block 4 Mark Payne, Virtual Drag René Pinnell Comment
MEGAN BECKWITH
vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell
vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell
MEGAN BECKWITH
vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell
vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell

MEGAN BECKWITH combines live performance & multi-media to develop works that explore the relationship between the physical & virtual.

vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell
vr creator block 4 Megan Beckwith, Virtual Drag René Pinnell

DETAILS

RUNTIME
10 Minutes

FORMAT
Real-Time Experience

COUNTRY
Australia

PLATFORMS
Rift

René Pinnell

As a filmmaker & designer, René produced the acclaimed comedy show Backpack Picnic, directed the feature documentary The King of Texas, sold a TV pilot to MTV, designed 5 products & founded 2 companies.

Featured Projects
EX\STATIC
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Ex\Static, Quba, Peter Stopschinski, Volume Two, Block 2 René Pinnell
INDEFINITE
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
gear vr Indefinite, Volume Two, Darren Emerson, Block 2 René Pinnell
THROUGH YOU
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr, Oculus Rift Lily Baldwin, Saschka Unseld, Through You, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
CHOCOLATE
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift, vive Chocolate, Volume Two, Tyler Hurd, Adam Rogers, Block 1 René Pinnell
DEAR ANGELICA
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Volume Two, Dear Angelica, Saschka Unseld, Block 1 René Pinnell
BLARP!
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
vive Isaac Cohen, Cabibbo, Blarp, Interactive, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 1 René Pinnell Comment
DRAWING ROOM
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
Oculus Rift Drawing Room, 2016 Summer Showcase, Jan Rothuizen, Juul Spee, Harm van de Ven, Sara Kolster, Experimental, Block 2 René Pinnell
PEARL
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Pearl, Cassidy Curtis, 2016 Summer Showcase, Patrick Osborne, David Eisenmann, Animation, Karen Dufilho, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
PLAYTHINGS
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
vive Playthings, Interactive, George Brower, 2016 Summer Showcase, Block 4 René Pinnell Comment
LE TEMPS PERDU
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
gear vr Le Temps Perdu, Zohar Kfir, 2016 Summer Showcase, Experimental, Josephine Wiggs, Block 3 René Pinnell
TRACES
gear vr Gabriela Arp, Traces, Live Action, Documentary, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr Gabriela Arp, Traces, Live Action, Documentary, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr Gabriela Arp, Traces, Live Action, Documentary, Volume Two, Block 6 René Pinnell
gear vr Gabriela Arp, Traces