State of Play / Tara Habibzadeh, Harriet Davey, Mati Bratkowski, Photo: State of Play: شهر بازی Team
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State of Play: شهر بازی

Tara Habibzadeh (IR), Harriet Davey (GB), Mati Bratkowski (PL)

Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8K
Thu 5. Sep 2024 18:30 – 19:30

When you enter the space, make sure that you find a good spot to sit or stand.

State of Play: شهر بازی is a deconstructed interpretation of seven labors of Rostam, the lonely warrior of Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the long epic poem written between 977-1010 CE by the Persian poet Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi.

State of Play: شهر بازی deconstructs the conventions of the game industry, boss fights, Persian mythology and poetry, and new media.

In this participative performance, the audience is provided with a set of storylines that lead to an interactive journey. During this, the audience has ultimate control over the story’s further development through their interactions and narrative choices.

A commentary game master will help the audience to interact with the piece and make decisions.

Language: EN, other
Ticket: FESTIVALPASS+, FESTIVALPASS, ONE DAY PASS
Registration: required, please register below

THU Sept. 5
SAT Sept. 7

Special Requirements:
Child-like curiosity and/or critical thinking
This body of work is suitable for everyone from age 6 to 106 y/o.

Please note: Limited capacity, registration required – in addition to a valid ticket, you need a (free) ticket reservation for the respective event in advance. Reservations for Deep Space 8K events must be scanned on-site no later than 15min before the programme starts.

Bios

  • Photo: Lucas Garvey

    Harriet Davey

    GB

    Harriet Davey is a 3D artist and art director based in Berlin. Through the exploration of gender non-conforming virtual avatars, Davey restores and reclaims the bodies extorted by a male-dominated gaming industry. Obsessed with questioning what it means to be fluid and human in a digital world: their work examines and interrogates the ugly and the beautiful; the maximum and the minimum; the online and the offline.

  • Photo: Artus Nowicki

    Mati Bratkowski

    PL

    Mati Bratkowski (b. 1997) is a digital artist and game developer specializing in digital performance, virtual reality and immersive experiences. He collaborated on tour visuals for Madonna’s World Tour and has worked with artists like the Keiken collective and Gabriel Massan. His work has been showcased globally, including in the UK, Germany, France, Japan, China and throughout Europe at venues like the 21st Century Museum in Japan, HAU Theatre in Berlin, and Somerset House in the UK.

  • Photo: Jessica R Hauser

    Tara Habibzadeh

    IR

    Tara Habibzadeh’s practice thinks in refined yet impulsive evidence of ambiguous audiovisual dialectics beyond self. Born and raised in Tehran with an academic background in film, mathematics, law and philosophy, Habibzadeh’s works think in analogies and metaphors for complex systems and layers in the simplest dialectic visuals and language using the mundane trivial while challenging the Euro-centric colonial and orientalist binaries with scientific and universal methods. Their varied works include video, painting, installation and words. They live and work in Tehran and Berlin.

Credits

This work has been developed in the framework of the SHARESPACE project.

SHARESPACE has received funding from the European Union’s research and innovation program Horizon Europe under grant agreement No 10192889