In this interactive session with game designer and play researcher Konstantin Mitgutsch, participants will use their phones to collaboratively create a new planet, experiencing firsthand the power of cooperation and creativity. Through this fun and challenging experiment, we will discover how reimagining life as a more cooperative and fair game can reignite our sense of agency and hope. The talk concludes with a reflection on the game-life analogy and a call to action, urging participants to rethink the „games“ they play in life and work toward a fairer, more hopeful world.
Bio
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Photo: Lea FabienneKonstantin Mitgutsch
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Konstantin Mitgutsch is a researcher, author and game designer specializing in transformative learning experiences and digital games. He is the founder of the Viennese game design agency Playful Solutions, which develops playful experiences with meaning for organizations and educational institutions. He worked at the MIT Game Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and was a visiting professor at the University of Vienna. Mitgutsch is a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the field of experience and game design. He also writes a column for Der Standard on the subject of Play & Work and his publications include books such as Schauplatz Computerspiele, Sports Video Games and Lernen durch Enttäuschung.
Presented in the context of the Studiotopia project. Studiotopia is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
