In just under two weeks, on September 5th, I’m going to be presenting my recent post-Western research and talk about the “deframing power” (via Deleuze and Guattari) of The Last of Us Part II.
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Gaming the Aftermath
Featuring: Reza Negarestani, Alexandre Monnin, Matt Colquhoun
September 5th 18:30 CET Online and Link Will Be Shared and Distributed
Surveying the current landscape, this series of workshops strive to unpack the role of gaming in the wake of disruptive Climate Change, developments in Artificial Intelligence and Simulation Modeling, and socio-political upheavals. Respectively, these workshops will investigate into what becomes the role of gaming as a vehicle to potential develop strategies that work in tandem against a present reality of crisis and engage with specific examples to explore how we can utilize them to conceive of alternative world-building or as a way to becomes resilient in the face of further catastrophe.