Doom Room

Doom Room’s extensive list of trigger warnings give the impression of a shocking, scary or volatile evening, but the work is thankfully more contemplative and thoughtful than it might appear.

I’ll strive to avoid spoiling anything too much, but the event is essentially split into two parts. A lengthy ritualistic prologue sets the scene in stark, dark fashion: a painted nude person staring intently into your eyes for some time certainly lingers in the memory.

The VR element itself is highly accomplished, with the most impressive production values I’ve ever seen in a VR event, resulting in a viewing experience that feels considered and well crafted. One is plunged into a gleefully barmy Kubrick-Lynchian world of colour and excess: a striking and singular vision for both the artists’ postulations on a bawdy afterlife, and the possibilities of theatrical VR experiences.

20 September 2018, The Old Market

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