Barnard’s "complicated and intriguing multimedia project" Virtual Iraq "examines the use of interactive media by the US army to recruit, train and treat military personnel before and after they embark on a tour of duty to the Middle East. It [ . . . ] explores the relationship between the US army, virtual reality and the Gaming industry" in their Flatworld project. Barnard filmed it at the Institute for Creative Technologies, "a research centre also funded by the military to create training applications using virtual reality in advanced technologies." Gordon MacDonald, reviewing Virtual Iraq in Photoworks Biannual, said "Barnard’s project does not aim to direct you towards the ridiculous aspects of Flatworld or to point out the serious moral questions its existence raises. It achieves more than this by simply removing Flatworld from its context and holding all of its contradictions still to be viewed."