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The Presence of Absence: Observing the Political in Play
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THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE Observing the Political in Play Mohini Dutta @freyadutta
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Can any medium exist outside of the political? Looking at media theory, cognitive theory, philosophy and personal stories to understand games and some of their community problems.
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THE PRESENCEOF ABSENCEObserving the Political in Play Mohini Dutta
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GAMES
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IT WAS ALL SO NEW TO ME.GAMES COULD DO POTENTIALLYANYTHING. IT WAS INTOXICATING.
GAMES
image/ M.C. Escher: Metamorphose
GAMES PROVIDE
A TERRAIN FROM
WHICH MEANING
CAN EMERGE
@freyadutta GAMES
image/Archigram: Walking Cities
NOT THE NOSTALGIA
I FELT THE LOVE
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A DARK MORALITY
TALE ABOUT PIECES THAT
DIDN’T FIT IN, AND SO
DESTROYED SOCIETY AS
WE KNOW IT
TETRIS@freyadutta GAMES
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GAMES FOUND ME AT
WHEREANYTHING GOES
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SYSTEMS DESIGN OPTIMISES THE CHANCES OF MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN PLAYERS & THE SYSTEMS THEY INHABIT
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image/Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich.
image/Bottleneck @ CoAP@helloAntidote
@helloAntidote image/Sandwich Shop @ the UN
WE PUSH BOUNDARIES WHEN WE PLAY
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WE PUSH BOUNDARIES WHEN WE PLAY...HOW IS THAT NOT A POLITICAL ACT?
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IS PLAY POLITICAL?
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PLAY DISRUPTS THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE
image/May Day's Grecian Dance [Postcard 1917]
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PLAY RE APPROPRIATES
SPACE
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image/ Painted video game cabinet by Nick Kuszyk @ Babycastles | 3D PacMan
PLAY RE APPROPRIATES
SPACE
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image/ Painted video game cabinet by Nick Kuszyk @ Babycastles | 3D PacMan
DIGITAL PLAY: CREATING SPACES BY PLACING PARAMETERS TO DEFINE IT
ANALOG PLAY: CHANGING THE RULES AND
BOUNDARIES OF EXISTING SPACES TO ALLOW FOR NEW
INTERACTIONS
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GAMES CREATE A VIRTUALITY INSPIRED BY A “REAL” BUT DO SO BY BREAKING DOWN & RE-MAKING THE VALUE SYSTEMS OF THE “REAL”
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A COPY THAT IS MORE REAL
THAN THAT WHICH IT COPIES
SIMULACRA
HYPERREAL
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GAMES CREATE A VIRTUALITY INSPIRED BY A “REAL” BUT DO SO BY BREAKING DOWN & RE-MAKING THE VALUE SYSTEMS OF THE “REAL”
MORE “REAL” THAN THE “REAL”, ARE GAMES HYPERREAL OBJECTS?
image/ Jean Baudrillard | WoW Funeral Raid
@freyadutta GAMESSIMULACRA OBJECTS NOT BASED IN
A REALITY OR HIDING IT, INSTEAD CONCEALING
THE IRRELEVANCE OF REALITY TO OUR LIVES
SIMULACRA
image/ Gilles Deleuze | Triad & Lesbian Spider Queens of Mars by Anna Anthropy
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A NEW SPACE WHERE THE ACCEPTED IDEAL CAN BE CHALLENGED & OVERTURNED
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BAUDRILLARD SEES ENTROPY IN THE SIMULACRA
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BAUDRILLARD SEES ENTROPY IN THE SIMULACRA
DELEUZE SEES
POTENTIAL
WHAT ABOUT GAMES THEN?
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THE OUTSIDE IS NOT A SPACE ONE CAN OCCUPY TO BE OUTSIDE SOMETHING IS TO OCCUPY SOMETHING ELSE FROM WITHIN
image/ Elizabeth Grosz
GAMES MIGHT EXIST OUTSIDE OF A POPULAR POLITICAL SPECTRUM
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GAMES MIGHT EXIST OUTSIDE OF A POPULAR POLITICAL SPECTRUMTHEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE A POLITICS THAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED YET
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GAMES MIGHT EXIST OUTSIDE OF A POPULAR POLITICAL SPECTRUMTHEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE A POLITICS THAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED YET
BUT THEY CANNOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF POLITICS
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image+ quote / Elizabeth Grosz | Illustration by Tom Leytham
“BODIES ARE ABSENT IN ARCHITECTURE, BUT THEY REMAIN ARCHITECTURE'S UNSPOKEN CONDITION”
THE ABSENCE OF SOMETHING IS ANOTHER FORM OF PRESENCE
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THE ABSENCE OF THE POLITICAL IN POPULAR GAMES CULTURE REVEALS THE PRESENCE OF A DEEPLY CHARGED POLITICS
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image + quote / Jean Baudrillard
“THE GENERATION OF MODELS OF A REAL WITHOUT ORIGIN OR REALITY”
GAMES CREATE A WORLD WHERE REALITY IS REPRESENTED AS AN UNREALISTICALLY PERFECT IDEAL
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DO OUR CHOICES IN GAMES MATTER?WE ARE TOLD THEY DO...
SUPER-HONED FEEDBACK LOOPS
REASSURE US WHEN IN DOUBT.
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OVERSTIMULATION IS A REPLACEMENT FOR EMPATHY
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GAMES DO NOT NEED TO PARSE KNOWLEDGE, BUT MUST PERPETUALLY ADD DATA TO THE SYSTEM TO EXIST
image / Twine tech tree
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THE COMMUNITY AROUND A COMMODITY IS ALWAYS A CAPITALISTIC ENTITY
image + quote / Jean Baudrillard
WHAT POLITICS CARRY FORWARD
INTO A COMMUNITY BORN OUT OF & SUSTAINED BY A
COMMODIFIED ENVIRONMENT?
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image / GTA V release queues in Walsall
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THE FORM OF GAMES IMPACTS THE NATURE OF GAMES [AND THEIR INHABITANTS]
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AS LONG AS GAMES ARE LIMITED TO A SINGULARITY OF FORM, THE COMMUNITIES AROUND IT WILL REMAIN STATIC
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DECLARING UNIQUENESS IS NOT THE SAME AS BEING UNIQUE
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GAMES ARE NOT UNIQUE, AND NEITHER ARE THEIR PROBLEMS
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THE TRUTH OF GAMES IS LIMITED TO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
@freyadutta GAMES“The “possible” is an already performed version of the real while the “virtual” promises something different to the actual it produces; and always contains in it, the potential for something other than the actual.”
image + quote / Elizabeth Grosz
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GAMES CAN BE SO MUCH MORE ...ONLY IF WE DEMAND MORE
IT IS INTOXICATING.
@freyadutta GAMESWILL THE POTENTIAL OF GAMES SURVIVE THEIR CRUTCH OF STATICITY?
OR WILL ENTROPY CONSUME OUR MEDIUM TOO?
MOHINI DUTTA
@helloAntidote
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