QUEUE is a participatory XR experience for multiple participants. Inspired by Samuel Beckett's novella The Lost Ones, which depicts an eerie world shaped by endless queueing, QUEUE's virtual landscape is both a game and and a mirror to a collapsing (capitalist) reality. But what is "real", and what is a memory of a disappearing past?

How does it work?

Six people at a time can enter QUEUE's environment via VR-headsets. Inside, they take on the roll of avatars trapped in an oversized, eerie cylinder. Individually, in pairs, or in groups, the players can experiment with different ways of escaping the cylinder - if that's even possible.

QUEUE combines elements of a multiplayer game with the atmosphere of a radio play and a drone concert, all within an immersive environment. The result is a virtual space in which audiences can experiment with individual agency, group cooperation, and the uncanny logic of hybrid worlds.

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OBLIQUE SENSATIONS is a Berlin-based label for media, performance and sound art, as well as experimental music theatre. Under the artistic direction of Christoph Wirth, Oblique Sensations creates interdisciplinary work through collaborations at the interface between analog and digital, and between scenic, social, and virtual spaces. The label develops immersive XR and VR experiences, as well as hybrid performative installations, interactive sound installations, staged concerts, and conceptual art for both stage and gallery. A particular thematic focus is the exploration of technological history, the politics of perception and attention, and forms of collectivity and affect.

QUEUE TEAM
Christoph Wirth: Project Lead, Artistic Lead, Composition, Text
Fehime Seven: Lead Developer
Markus Wagner: VR Design & Interaction Design
Sarah Buser: Creative Technologist
Ole Graf: Technical Advice