Not exact matches
Mario Kart Arcade GP VR isn't a
game that you can buy, but a virtual
reality installation in Bandai Namco's VR Zone attraction in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
The
installation — which the artist has interpreted as a metaphor for time, where the trail of all memories is condensed on a single point in space — synthetizes the core points of the artist's research, that is, the presentation of suggestive situations whose narrative must be completed by the viewer; the simultaneity of different temporalities; and the
game between
reality and representation.
The video
installation Factory of the Sun by Hito Steyerl adopts the metaphors of a computer
game and of a motion capture studio to represent concepts like
reality, freedom, immateriality and information in the contemporary society.
Vaillancourt's
installations evoke a deliberate sense of intrigue; attempting to render illusion more real than
reality itself, he draws the spectator into a
game of «hide and seek with
reality».
These may range from virtual
reality projects to cross-platform films, websites, multi-media
installations,
games and apps.
For his second solo exhibition at angels barcelona and in Spain, Harun Farocki presents his last work Serious
Games composed by 4 video -
installations: Immersion (2009), Watson is Down, Three Dead and A Sun with no Shadow (2010), he explores the connection between virtual
reality and the military — how the fictional scenarios of computer
games are used both in the training of US troops prior to their deployment in combat zones, and in psychological care for soldiers suffering battlefield trauma upon their return.