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Making Magic: The Malaysian Artists Decolonizing Fantasy Gaming

25 Feb 2021 11 min read tabletop games

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.

Gayatri Kodikal excavates the ruins of history, time, and play

19 Jan 2021 1 min read podcast

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.

Carson Lynn: Sculpting with virtual light

10 Dec 2020 16 min read virtual photography

Artist Carson Lynn interrogates the boundaries of photography by capturing and manipulating virtual light within game spaces, creating works that question conventional definitions of image-making while exploring queerness in digital landscapes.