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.
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.
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, a multidisciplinary artist, explores the intersection of film, interactivity, and digital media, pushing the boundaries of perception and expression through innovative techniques and technologies.
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.
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.
Artist Lauren Eckert bridges the physical and digital worlds through her innovative metalwork and jewelry designs, drawing inspiration from video games, religious art, and science fiction to create pieces that transcend traditional craftsmanship.
Through virtual reality, photography, and digital installations, Nigerian artist Uzoma Orji examines how technology can reconnect us with ancestral practices and reimagine African futures.
Sam and Andy sat down with us to speak about their 3D modeling software from childhood, why improv comedy is seminal for their practice, and the game they’re designing—fingers crossed, the first of many.
March 25, 2021 / Interview by Alex Westfall | Photography courtesy of Rosalie Yu
For Rosalie Yu, the enclosing feeling of a hug was something she wanted to digitize. The Taipei-born artist utilizes photography techniques—
Salome Asega told us about her hyper-real upbringing in Las Vegas, the trials of working within the uncharted territory of art and tech, and the power for participatory work to destabilize the long-held role of the artist.
Indian artist Gayatri Kodikal speaks with us about the simultaneous specificity and freedom that comes with working in games, disrupting western notions of time and progression, and how the concept of shapeshifting guides her work.
Yasmin Elayat tells us about how working in a museum space led her to spatial and volumetric filmmaking, demystifying the role of creative technologist, and what it’s like to run a tech company fueled by creativity—one that continually redefines itself alongside its community.
We speak with Nicole about what distinguishes the industry of video games and that of creative technology, the particularities of one’s voice as a method to activate technology, and how behind every digital project is a living, breathing human.
Art collective Keiken creates speculative futures in Unreal Engine, examining digital identity and climate change through magical realist CGI narratives and virtual performances.
British-Egyptian artist Kareem Ettouney translates fine art sensibilities into interactive systems, transforming Dreams into a canvas where technology meets Mediterranean warmth.
Studio Oleomingus founder Dhruv Jani discusses how architectural training, postcolonial thought, and Indian political history shape his experimental approach to game design.
We spoke to Lea Schönfelder, a game designer on Monument Valley 2, about the differences between games and experiences, the difficulty of designing something easy, and how limits foster elegant design.
Making beautiful work at the intersection of magical realism and Americana: Jake Elliott of Cardboard Computer, the studio behind Kentucky Route Zero; and Joseph Fink, creator of the podcast Welcome To Night Vale.
Davey Wreden flipped the post-modern switch with a fourth-wall breaking effort that evoked Cervantes and his favorite director Charlie Kaufman. We talked to Wreden about his design process, why games need an emotional core, and why film school isn’t for everybody.
Fernando Ramallo crafts experimental interactive experiences that blur the boundaries between music, visual art, and play, challenging conventional ideas about game design and artistic tools.
Writer Paula Rogers discusses crafting Neo Cab's emotional survival gameplay, where players navigate a future city as a human rideshare driver in an AI-dominated world.
Artist Zach Gage moves fluidly between gallery installations, mobile games, and conceptual art, exploring how interactive systems shape human behavior and experience.
Artist Theo Triantyfillidis merges virtual and physical realms through interactive installations and mixed reality performances that question digital embodiment and spatial boundaries.
