Hans Ulrich Obrist curates the Fifteenth-Anniversary Exhibition on Gaming and Art.
STURTEVANT, Pacman, 2012. HD-Video, 1′15′′, Farbe, Ton. Videostill. © Estate Sturtevant, Paris. Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London/Paris/Salzburg/Seoul.
The exhibition features works by Peggy Ahwesh, Rebecca Allen, Cory Arcangel, Ed Atkins, Meriem Benanni, David Blandy & Larry Achiampong, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Ian Cheng, Cao Fei, Basmah Felemban, Institute of Queer Ecology, Rindon Johnson, Keiken, Lawrence Lek, Gabriel Massan, Sondra Perry, Jacolby Satterwhite, Frances Stark, STURTEVANT, Suzanne Treister, Lu Yang.
Computer and video games have found their way into popular culture and nearly every part of society. This group exhibition examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art. Early works from Julia Stoschek’s holdings will be shown with more recent works, some of which were commissioned especially for the exhibition.
This juxtaposition will provide an archeological view of video games and art that bridges the past and the present. Recent developments in moving images as well as the potential of interfaces between computer games and art will be considered. The anniversary exhibition will constantly change over the course of its one-and-a-half-year run and will be accompanied by a varied program, both online and on-site. A comprehensive exhibition catalog will investigate various perspectives on the phenomenon of gaming.
The exhibition will be on view from the 5th of June 2022 until 10th of December 2023. For more information, please visit the Julia Stoschek Foundation.
