'A State of Un-Play'
What does game playing become after the innocence of childhood imagination? We are often confronted with playing games subconsciously as the controller or the player whereby we have our own rules, routines and rituals. A number of international artists exhibit their work at Atelier 35, Bucharest, Romania to visually explore an avenue of mind games, strategy and philosophical investigations. Curated by Diana Ali.
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Concept
Game is defined as adopting goals, rules, challenges and interactions but as the philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein claims, games can be a misconstrued meaning of language and the mind.
Because we misunderstand language we use indirect communication, thought experiments and mind games to get a sense of one-upmanship to empower or demoralize. What extremes can we go to for feeling recognition, wanting, acceptance and achievement?
Featured artists explore the work ethic of game playing considering tactics, strategy and philosophical investigations as well as aesthetic work which deals with layout, intrigue and an appeal to take part. The exhibition includes, video, film, photography, installation, interventions, painting and drawing.
Papamali Christiana.
Athens, Greece.
Irina and Silviu Szekey.
Collage / photomontage on book cover / 26 X 22.5 cm unframed
UK
Jonathan J. Kelham.
35 mm Slides & Slide Projector.
Bristol & London, UK
Simon Farid.
Katy Wallwork.
“The focus on work as the arena in which the individual can, with the proper self-discipline, will his or her own self-development and transformation continues to be affirmed today … The worldliness of, for example, unruly bodies, seductive pleasures, and spontaneous enjoyment poses a constant challenge to the mandate for such focused attention to and diligent effort in properly productive pursuits”
Kayla Parker.
Benjamin Poynter.
US.
Allen Coombs.
Bonnie Lane.
James Moore.
Simohammed Fettaka.
5 min 12, Collage animation, 4/3,color, stereo. No dialogue. (2012)
Morocco.