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Podcast

The Cicada Does Not Know Summer [Podcast]

An arcade cabinet in Tokyo writes a stranger's life from census data, and the artist who built it explains why you are allowed to go back exactly once.

Rising

Tomo Kihara Will Not Sit Comfortably in One Chair

A cabinet in Tokyo runs a language model that writes a stranger's life from census data, and its maker is still deciding what to call the work he does.

Podcast

The Backrooms Were Always About Games [Podcast]

Plus getting lost in Goa and a blob of petroleum animates

grief

Jonathan Coryn's Good Grief

Jonathan Coryn spent six years building a game where you caress grieving figures—and somehow made touch feel like the most radical mechanic in art.

war

What Happens When You Can Do Nothing in a War Zone?

Alan Kwan's new game, Scent, offers you a role not as a soldier, but as a lone dog wandering a desolate war zone. You are simply a witness without power.

media theory

Long games and the pursuit of lost time

Games demand too much time, creating cultural moats that prevent shared experience and meaningful discourse. What if brevity could unlock their potential?

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.

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.

public art

Chlöe Bass: Without participation, the public falls apart

Through installations like "Wayfinding" and "The Book of Everyday Instruction," multidisciplinary artist Chloë Bass examines how public participation and intimate encounters shape our understanding of shared spaces and human connection.

Virtual Reality

alpha_rats: Virtual reality is a dream state

Through VR experiences like Celestial Reactors, artist alpha_rats examines humanity's relationship with technology and nature while drawing inspiration from Soviet space race aesthetics and ecological concerns.

game design

Prashast Thapan: To live and die

Through his upcoming game "1000 Deaths," designer Prashast Thapan examines mortality and perspective by having players cycle through multiple lives in condensed 15-minute experiences.

digital art

Will Robertson and Alfredo Salazar-Caro: Transcending the confines of a museum

Two art school friends transformed their frustration with traditional institutions into DiMoDA, a groundbreaking virtual reality museum that challenges conventional exhibition spaces while showcasing cutting-edge digital art.