Desert Rain has become a significant work in the world of performance and new media. It is a game, an installation and a performance placing particpants in a collaborative virtual environment and sending them on a mission into a virtual world. The piece is influenced by Jean Baudrillard's assertion that the Gulf War did not take place because it was in fact a virtual event.
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Desert Rain has become a significant work in the world of performance and new media. It is a game, an installation and a performance placing particpants in a collaborative virtual environment and sending them on a mission into a virtual world. The piece is influenced by Jean Baudrillard's assertion that the Gulf War did not take place because it was in fact a virtual event.