A ludic pop-up exhibition

by Experimental Game Cultures students, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Wed 09.04. l MQ Raum D

13h: Ludic Method Matinée: McKenzie Wark & Ariadne Randall

A conversation about games and play, the ludic and the ludicrous, the body's agon and agony. Ms. Wark and Ms. Randall will try to bring together some strands of McKenzie Wark´s books Gamer Theory (2007) to Raving (2023), situating the experience of gender transition in the context of the social-technical worlds of games and play.
For further information visit experimentalgamecultures.uni-ak.ac.at

17h: performances & play sessions

21h: aftershow party

 

In the one-day exhibition emerging game designers and artists are showcasing their research, interactive artworks, performances and playable prototypes. From serious and political games that challenge systems of control, custom ludic interfaces that rethink interaction, to speculative vaporware visions, the exhibition showcases a range of critical and experimental approaches to game-making and storytelling. The digital and the tangible merge in interactive installations that explore agency, new forms of game mechanics and nonhuman control - to open new perspectives through play.