@ HCI – Division for Human-Computer Interaction,
Techno-Z Salzburg Bauteil V, Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8, 5020 Salzburg
TALK:
Rebecca Merlic’s subnetTALK „co-creative Worldbuilding“ will focus on inclusive worldbuilding through game engines, exploring the representation of marginalized communities. Merlic’s projects, GLITCHBODIES and Kissaten Vienna, use digital tools to foster diverse, co-creative environments. GLITCHBODIES is a “Virtual Pleassure Drama Art Game” featuring non-heteronormative identities in a safe, dynamic space of transformation. Kissaten Vienna brings Austrian and Japanese coffeehouse cultures to life, preserving cultural heritage while bridging worlds through immersive play. Together, these projects exemplify how digital representation can open portals to new, inclusive perspectives and intercultural connections.
SPEAKER:
Rebecca Merlic (b. 1989, Germany) is a digital artist, architect, and senior scientist at Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts. She creates virtual spaces to explore identity, political struggle, and collective experiences, grounded in decolonial and feminist practices. Merlic has won awards like the 2023 DKB VR Art Prize and the 2020 Marianne von Willemer Prize, as well as the Theodor Körner Preis for Art and Science. Her work has featured internationally, including at Ars Electronica, SLAMDANCE, Kunsthal Charlottenborg and the Belvedere Museum.
Rebecca on Social Media.
Language: EN
Picture credit: Juraj Vuglac
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subnetTALK 2024 on the topic of „community“.
Insight and dialogue in the field of tension: art, research, technology. www.subnet.at
subnetTALK is a cooperation between the Division for Human-Computer Interaction (University of Salzburg) and subnet.