interactive art
Why Risa Puno's Games Ask You to Be Vulnerable in Public
Artist Risa Puno transforms familiar games into intimate spaces for emotional processing, stripping away fantasy to confront feelings directly.
Jamin Warren
Jamin Warren founded Killscreen. He produced the first VR arts festival with the New Museum, programmed the first Tribeca Games Festival, the first arcade at the Museum of Modern Art, won a Telly, and hosted Game/Show for PBS.
artificial intelligence
Sahej Rahal's AI Instruments and Cooperative Creatures
What happens when artificial intelligence becomes a site for reimagining collective consciousness? Sahej Rahal creates speculative creatures and AI simulations that challenge Western notions of individual consciousness while drawing from centuries-old Indian philosophical traditions.
Kevin Peter He's Embodied Game Engine Performance
He is part of a group of filmmakers and artists who are transforming the movement of human bodies into something we can watch and ultimately dance alongside.
kara stone
Everyone Loves the Sunshine
By powering her games with solar energy, Kara Stone isn't just making an environmental statement—she's unlocking new aesthetic possibilities in game design through conscious constraint.
digital art
Shakers, machines, & desert Pigs: Vinny Roca's devotional designs
Vinny Roca transforms everyday objects into digital devotional beings through game engines, exploring the intersection of religious labor, industrial processes, and virtual ritual.
Podcast
Exploring the material culture of games with metalwork, jewelry, and a little bit of horror
Whether through wearable pieces or digital triptychs, Lauren’s projects make a space where past and future, alchemy and technology, collide.
Podcast
How to design political games with a broken heart
We spoke with Mario about his design process of games and live-action role-play experiences, how he incorporates research on politics and labor into his creative practice, and how he is shifting from commercial work to personal practice in the fine-art world.
Media Art
Eddo Stern: Experimentation is valuable
Eddo Stern, a pioneering game artist and Founding Director of the UCLA Game Lab, discusses the interplay between art and game design, his ongoing project Vietnam Romance, and the importance of experimentation in his creative practice.
UCLA Game Lab
A peek inside UCLA’s Game Lab
The UCLA Game Lab fosters innovation in game design and interactive art, encouraging students to push boundaries and explore new forms of expression through gaming.
Dalena Tran
Creating in real-time with Dalena Tran
Dalena Tran, a multidisciplinary artist, explores the intersection of film, interactivity, and digital media, pushing the boundaries of perception and expression through innovative techniques and technologies.
Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Dreaming up a digital swamp
Danish-born, New York-based artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen blends gaming technology, environmental research, and immersive art to create Berl-Berl, a massive digital installation at Berlin's Halle am Berghain exploring the city's swampy origins.
game design
A.M. Darke: Games interrogate and explore power dynamics
Critical game-maker A.M. Darke examines the intersection of power, race, and interactive media through projects like 'Ye or Nay?' and the Open Source Afro Hair Library, challenging conventional gaming narratives while fostering meaningful dialogue about representation.