Fever Loop Fountain #2: Vomitverse

15.08.2024, 19:00
@transmediale studio
Gerichtstr. 35

10€ entry
BYO späti drinks
Accessibility details

Vomitverse is a performance and video game evening curated by Fantasia Malware and featuring guest artists alpha_rats, wherethehasbeen and yeongrak.

The Vomitverse is corporate tech's nauseous twin - a ghost world rendered in hyper-saturated strokes of bile. An aesthetic of hyper-saturated, maximalist worlds, the abandoned plastic and cgi of the internet’s history has become sentient. Birthed from nausea, these shrines formed from pieces of themselves, like a statue of David carved from döner kebab.

Vomitverse is part of Fever Loop Fountain - a four part event series exploring video games and performance.

alpha_rats is a digital transgoblin creating video games and visual art from the vomit world dimension. alpha_rats will perform Quantcept - a video game performance about a call-center operator acting as a bridge between the audience and entities such as corporations & ghosts through the esoteric art of market research.

wherethehasbeen (b. Nicosia 1987) is a digital artist (@wherethehasbeen) and musician (@isitcoldinchurch_lxiv) living in Amsterdam who makes videos, games, installations and performances using game engines. wherethehasbeen will perform Hole in the Vault, a video game about souls that drift in loops and black holes and those that seek to capture them.

yeongrak is a soup music artist from linclon, nz. yeongrak will show a series of videos featuring playthroughs of mods and texture overhauls the artists has made of pre-existing games such as Stalker, Mount & Blade and Eye Divine Cybermancy. The playthroughs are soundtracked by yeongrak's own music - muddy, slippery and slurry.

Fantasia Malware is an experimental video game label & collective based in Berlin. Together they develop and publish video games, performances and chaotic, corrupt software. Fantasia Malware is Jira Duguid, Chloê Langford and Gabriel Helfenstein. Their collaboration has grown out of the fizzing underbelly of video games - a late capitalist medium wrenched free from the grasp of the marketing team to make boundless alien dream worlds.

Fever Loop Fountain

Event #1: The Life of Saint Fiona Bianco Xena. Fantasia Malware. 11.05.2024 @ HAU2

Event #2: Vomitverse. alpha_rats & wherethehasbeen & yeongrak. 15.08.2024 @ transmediale studio

Event #3: The Abyssal Diplomat. Gabriel Helfenstein, Emily Barbelin & Les Attitudes Spectrales. 09.01.2025 @ HAU3

Event #4: Overstimulation Propaganda. Jira Duguid, Chloê Langford & Zane Hettinga. 06.02.2025 @ HAU3

Accessibility

VENUE: The venue is entered via a staircase. An elevator is available for those with limited mobility. As this elevator is usually not open to the public, it unfortunately must be operated with assistance from the venue staff. If possible, please contact us before the event via email (mail at fantasia-malware dot net) to organise access. Alternatively, we will publish a contact phone number on our instagram on the day of the event.

SEATING: There will be fold out chairs and beanbags available but not for the entire audience (some people will stand). If you have specific seating needs, please speak to the person at the ticket desk.

SENSORY STIMULI: The event will feature some loud sound. During projections the lighting will be off, meaning the room will be dimly lit. The space may be crowded. The video game performances contain some effects that may cause mild nausea or be dangerous for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Please be aware that the games may include bright lights, stroboscopic visuals, intense visual movement and fast-paced sequences.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: There is some sexual references and computer generated depictions of blood.

LANGUAGE: The event will take place in English. Where possible, dialogue and texts spoken out loud during the video game performances are also visible on screen.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions about the event, please contact us at mail at fantasia-malware dot net. If you have any questions or need any support while attending the event, please speak to the person attending the ticket desk.