A multichannel documentary installation. A group of players venture beyond the boundaries of the videogame Red Dead Online (Rockstar Games, 2019). Peeking behind the curtain of the game’s virtual world they discover a captivating and ethereal space that reveals the humanity and materiality of digital creations.
Role - Director
Commission - Now Play This and Somerset House
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Pitch Deck
Original multichannel installation premiere at ACMI (Melbourne 2022). Over 50,000 visitors, the most popular exhibition in the museum’s Gallery 3 space to date.
“the glitchy event horizon of Rockstar’s virtual-western epic”
- Lewis Gordon, the Guardian
Original installation layout for Now Play This at Somerset House in 2020. Cancelled due to Covid-19.
Official Selection
Paradocs - IDFA (Amsterdam, 2021)
London Short Film Festival (London, 2022)
Milan Machinima Festival (Milan, 2022)
Fantastic Fest (Austin TX, 2022)
AFFR (Rotterdam, 2022)
Now Play This (London, 2023)
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany 2023)
-The Grannies -
Marigold Bartlett, Andrew Brophy, Ian MacLarty, Kalonica Quigley & friends
-Director-
Marie Foulston
-Editor-
Luke Neher
-Music-
Luke Neher, Sam Gill
-Sound Design-
Sam Gill
-Producers-
Nick Murray, Marie Foulston
Commissioned by Now Play This festival.
Supported by Somerset House & Games London