GO GIRL! The first queer positive interactive pinball machine.
Step into a pair of oversized red high-heeled metal shoes and play
GO GIRL! Watch in awe as a cross dressing Ken doll spins wildly
in circles as the chrome ball is shot into play. See the wild ball
roll through zones of queer history and knock down evil homophobes
as celebrity Drag Queens egg you on with snappy comments like,
"She is on fire!", “Oh honey, your lipstick’s smudged!” and "I love
to
feel your hands on me, flip my flippers…". Thrill as you flip your
ball
up the Castro Cruise as Pride Parade footage flashes on the video
monitor above. Use your ball to spell "G-E-T I-T G-I-R-L"
by
striking illuminated targets on the playfield to enter "Wig Mode".
Shreik with delight as you accesorize on video, trying on a variety
of
delightful digital hair-dos, lipsticks and eyeshadows! Following your
fashion frenzy you can go on line and see yourself on the world wide
web. All this and so much more for only two bits!
CRITICS RAVE about the "maniacal" (Roche--Bay Guardian)
GO GIRL! The pinball machine!!
"If Elton John is pinball's wizard, Michael Brown is it's queen."
(Susan Carpenter--LA Times)
"As to screaming, the exhibition ["Obsession"], thanks to
Michael Brown's altered pinball machine, could be subtitled "Go Girl!"
A multimedia encyclopedia of drag queen cliches, it offers a constant
accompaniament to the show..."Go Girl!" serves as regular punctuation
marks so insistently that you are almost driven out of
the gallery!"(David Bonetti--SF Examiner)
GO GIRL! is the creation of artist Michael Brown, in collaboration with
designer Rex Ray, computer whiz Chris Walker, and composer m.c. Schmidt.
GO GIRL! is partially funded by grants from the
San Francisco Arts Commission and New Langton Arts.
GO GIRL! can be found on the world wide web!:
http://www.exo.net/michaelb/gogirl/gogirl.html
Look for the GO GIRL! Across America Tour, coming to a town near
you sometime this century!!
"I'll never play Terminator™ again!! Ever!!"-- satisfied player