Playing to Lose: Gameplay in Art and Finance (video)

Artists are increasingly adopting game design as a methodology to interrogate and subvert complex financial and political systems. From simulations of fictional companies to live action role-play games, a diverse range of situated methods is emerging to expose social and political infrastructures. This discussion will explore to what effects gamification and digital simulation are useful for organising socio-political activism. Is responsible, community-oriented life in contemporary society a ‘skill’ that can be learned in a game-like environment? If the performance of financial investments can be simulated, can we also simulate the disruption of capitalist systems? How can such simulation become reality?

​With Andy Morales Coto, Kei Kreutler, Stephanie Polsky and The Demystification Committee 
Moderated by Brett Scott
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Recorded at Somerset House in London on 20th January 2018

Watch the video below:

Playing to Lose: Gameplay in Art and Finance from Institute of Network Cultures on Vimeo.