RUNNERS: Everquest
RUNNERS: Everquest is a networked computer installation presenting three projection screens, each depicting a character operating within a separate area of EverQuest, a sophisticated virtual reality game. Using a custom-made “triple mouse,” players can, and must, control all three characters simultaneously, forcing them to make a decision about which character to embody and which to abandon, while a live web-audience follows the performance.
Online game performance/ interactive computer installation
TRT - 180 days
RUNNERS is a networked computer installation presenting three projection screens, each depicting a character borrowed from and operating within the virtual space of EverQuest a highly sophisticated virtual reality game (the 1999 version used the game Dark Vengeance). Using a custom made “Triple Mouse” participants can, and must control all three characters, who simultaneously navigate a separate area of the game world, respectively. The player is forced to make a decision about which character to embody and which to abandon, while a varying live web-audience of thousands follows his or her performance within the online game.
LINKS:
Everquest - http://everquest.station.sony.com/
"A Touch of Medieval" on magic and computer games - http://www.c-level.cc/~eddo/Stern\\_TOME.html
SummonstoSurrender - http://stern.aen.walkerart.org