“Voluntary Attempts to Overcome Necessary Obstacles” Exhibition

EFA Project Space

poster for “Voluntary Attempts to Overcome Necessary Obstacles” Exhibition
[Image: Robert Yang "The Tearoom" (2017) Video Game]

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Curated by Nicholas O’Brien

EFA Project Space presents Voluntary Attempts to Overcome Necessary Obstacles, a group exhibition of artists, designers, and developers exploring the boundaries of games as an artistic medium. The exhibition attempts to sidestep the reactionary debates of whether “games can be art “and instead highlights works that have already put an end to this question. By bringing these works together, curator Nicholas O’Brien points out how games are actively creating and supporting conversations about politics, society, history, and identity in nuanced poetic and critical ways. Read more

Participating artists: Pippin Barr, Jeremy Couillard, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Nathalie Lawhead, Everest Pipkin, The Escape From Woomera Collective, Studio Oleomingus, Angela Washko, Robert Yang

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from September 23, 2022 to October 29, 2022

Opening Reception on 2022-09-23 from 17:00 to 20:00

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