Oil Refinery

A VR World combining a queered construction of a toxic space with voice overs from the artist's mother about her 30 years working in an oil refinery.

DATE

2022

CONTEXT

Created in the Winter 2022 Virtual Reality and Worldbuilding (Desma 172), taught by Jenna Caravello

MEDIUM

Unity

PEOPLE

Nat Decker  :  Game Design, Concept, Visuals, and Programming

My mother, Toni Roark, worked at the Whiting, Indiana Oil Refinery for over 30 years. As a queer woman entering a male-dominated industrial job in the 1970’s, her experience represents a unique perspective on labor history.

By combining an abstract virtual space and voice over, this project bridges her memories with my own queered construction of a toxic space.