game design
Rui Hu: The infinite futures of games
Artist Rui Hu blends game engines, installation art, and memory to examine how virtual spaces infiltrate our physical world.
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interaction design
Lana Z Porter: Interaction revolutionizes connection
As Creative Director of R&D at The New York Times, Lana Porter harnesses emerging technologies to create novel ways for readers to connect with journalism, from 3D-modeled environments to AI-powered news interfaces.
motion capture
The Rolfes Brothers put the live in livestream
Through real-time digital performances that meld VR and motion capture, brothers Sam and Andy Rolfes craft visceral experiences that transform how bodies move between physical and virtual spaces.
indigenous history
Skawennati: Nurturing Indigenous imagination in virtual worlds
Mohawk artist Skawennati pioneers Indigenous presence in virtual spaces through groundbreaking projects like TimeTraveller™ and CyberPowWow, while leading initiatives to empower Indigenous youth in digital storytelling
Performance
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley creates game worlds from excessive and autonomous archives
Artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley creates multilayered game experiences that adapt based on player identity, building autonomous digital archives that center and protect Black trans narratives.
tabletop games
Making Magic: The Malaysian Artists Decolonizing Fantasy Gaming
Malaysian creative duo Mun Kao and Zedeck Siew blend Southeast Asian folklore with tabletop gaming through their illustrated zine series A Thousand Thousand Islands, reimagining fantasy beyond Anglo-European traditions.
Virtual Reality
Rachel Rossin: Entropy to Infinity
Brooklyn-based artist Rachel Rossin investigates the tensions between technological infinity and human impermanence through a practice spanning VR, painting, and holography, drawing from her early experiences with programming and underwater exploration.
game design
Mario Mu: Transforming Political Reality into Playable Space
Croatian artist Mario Mu investigates the intersection of gaming, politics, and social dynamics through experimental projects spanning LARP, game development, and participatory art, examining how game mechanics shape contemporary culture.
fashion
Gareth Wrighton: Breaking Fashion's Virtual Reality
Fashion designer Gareth Wrighton bridges digital and physical realms through projects like The Maul - a post-apocalyptic virtual shopping center that challenges traditional retail while exploring the inherent virtuality of fashion itself.
game design
Colombian heritage shapes Leo Castañeda's gaming universes
Artist Leo Castañeda bridges painting and game design in his project "Levels and Bosses," creating innovative gameplay mechanics that challenge colonial structures while drawing from his South American artistic heritage.
game design
Gayatri Kodikal: Excavating the ruins of history, time, and play
Artist Gayatri Kodikal transforms an archaeological mystery of a severed hand into an immersive game installation that challenges Western notions of time and history while weaving together colonial narratives, resistance stories, and South Asian perspectives.
immersive journalism
Zahra Rasool: Immersive stories through justice and journalism
hrough AJ Contrast, Zahra Rasool leads Emmy-nominated immersive journalism that centers marginalized voices. Her groundbreaking work "Still Here" examines incarceration and gentrification through collaborative storytelling with formerly incarcerated women.