Video games are one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world and have an enormous reach – but can they also be used to address political and societal issues?

The official opening will take place Friday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. with the opening of the interactive digital games exhibition Games and Politics developed by Goethe Institute and ZKM, followed by the cutting-edge performances of Andreas Lutz [de], Lecomte de Bregeot [fr] and Psihodrom [ro].

For "Abstract Language Model", an artificial neural network was trained with the entire charactersets represented in the Unicode Standard. The resulting complex data models (latent space) contain the translation of all available human sign systems as equally representable, machine-created states.

The merge between Lemarian, 150 Stoka and Vj Bürger represents a clash of styles and personalities that try to define another face of the contemporary hybrid in order to encourage cultural explorations of transdisciplinary fields.

In Lecomte de Brégeot's compositions, the formats are tightened, the sound is hot, electric and aerial, the bass lines elastic, but he also knows how to infuse the nervousness of the rave in his rhythmics.

The exhibition 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, has been shown around the world and presents the variety of computer games as a politically and socially relevant medium.

This interactive digital artwork offers a space of expression and abstraction that allows to create amazing relationships between people, situations, objects by producing virtual energy.

A monumental fresco between graphic arts, augmented reality and video game experience. The large playable mural Eau Vive, pays tribute to the element of water, which by circulating, soothes and nourishes the living.

This selection of printed digital artworks brings forth female characters from the game development industry in an attempt to inspire the mind and nurture the soul.

PSIHODROM's MULTIVERSE is a generative digital installation that proposes an interactive incursion in parallel universes using the reactivity of sound and abstract images.

Lights Contacts is an interactive artwork perceptible by two people or more. This sensory installation is tactile and sonorous. It proposes an original and interactive staging among spectators’ bodies.

Rencontres imaginaires (Imaginary meetings) presents a staging which creates an ambiguity between a real physical space and a virtual space.

Based on a semiotic system of 81 binary states, the kinetic sculpture Soft Takeover transfers abstract statements to visually perceptible sequences by occupying an unpainted white canvas frame as its medium.

People are the basic component of anycity, which together with various urban elements, public spaces and activities form a complex system.

Our lives on social media are increasingly defined by our membership and integration into a series of 'bubbles', whether we want to or not. These are simultaneously ways of opening up to the world, but also of locking ourselves into certain cognitive, social and ideological configurations.

Wrong Time Wrong Planet has set the mood at almost 50 parties in the past 9 years, and is continuing to grow and evolve. The main goal is to unleash a well curated electronic playlist, ranging from incisive synth-driven moments to profound soundscapes, normalizing any elements that may seem out of p

The exhibition 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, has been shown around the world and presents the variety of computer games as a politically and socially relevant medium.

This interactive digital artwork offers a space of expression and abstraction that allows to create amazing relationships between people, situations, objects by producing virtual energy.

A monumental fresco between graphic arts, augmented reality and video game experience. The large playable mural Eau Vive, pays tribute to the element of water, which by circulating, soothes and nourishes the living.

This selection of printed digital artworks brings forth female characters from the game development industry in an attempt to inspire the mind and nurture the soul.

PSIHODROM's MULTIVERSE is a generative digital installation that proposes an interactive incursion in parallel universes using the reactivity of sound and abstract images.

Lights Contacts is an interactive artwork perceptible by two people or more. This sensory installation is tactile and sonorous. It proposes an original and interactive staging among spectators’ bodies.

Rencontres imaginaires (Imaginary meetings) presents a staging which creates an ambiguity between a real physical space and a virtual space.

Based on a semiotic system of 81 binary states, the kinetic sculpture Soft Takeover transfers abstract statements to visually perceptible sequences by occupying an unpainted white canvas frame as its medium.

People are the basic component of anycity, which together with various urban elements, public spaces and activities form a complex system.

Our lives on social media are increasingly defined by our membership and integration into a series of 'bubbles', whether we want to or not. These are simultaneously ways of opening up to the world, but also of locking ourselves into certain cognitive, social and ideological configurations.

The exhibition 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, has been shown around the world and presents the variety of computer games as a politically and socially relevant medium.

This interactive digital artwork offers a space of expression and abstraction that allows to create amazing relationships between people, situations, objects by producing virtual energy.

A monumental fresco between graphic arts, augmented reality and video game experience. The large playable mural Eau Vive, pays tribute to the element of water, which by circulating, soothes and nourishes the living.

This selection of printed digital artworks brings forth female characters from the game development industry in an attempt to inspire the mind and nurture the soul.

PSIHODROM's MULTIVERSE is a generative digital installation that proposes an interactive incursion in parallel universes using the reactivity of sound and abstract images.

Lights Contacts is an interactive artwork perceptible by two people or more. This sensory installation is tactile and sonorous. It proposes an original and interactive staging among spectators’ bodies.

Rencontres imaginaires (Imaginary meetings) presents a staging which creates an ambiguity between a real physical space and a virtual space.

Based on a semiotic system of 81 binary states, the kinetic sculpture Soft Takeover transfers abstract statements to visually perceptible sequences by occupying an unpainted white canvas frame as its medium.

People are the basic component of anycity, which together with various urban elements, public spaces and activities form a complex system.

Our lives on social media are increasingly defined by our membership and integration into a series of 'bubbles', whether we want to or not. These are simultaneously ways of opening up to the world, but also of locking ourselves into certain cognitive, social and ideological configurations.

For "Abstract Language Model", an artificial neural network was trained with the entire charactersets represented in the Unicode Standard. The resulting complex data models (latent space) contain the translation of all available human sign systems as equally representable, machine-created states.

The merge between Lemarian, 150 Stoka and Vj Bürger represents a clash of styles and personalities that try to define another face of the contemporary hybrid in order to encourage cultural explorations of transdisciplinary fields.

In Lecomte de Brégeot's compositions, the formats are tightened, the sound is hot, electric and aerial, the bass lines elastic, but he also knows how to infuse the nervousness of the rave in his rhythmics.

Wrong Time Wrong Planet has set the mood at almost 50 parties in the past 9 years, and is continuing to grow and evolve. The main goal is to unleash a well curated electronic playlist, ranging from incisive synth-driven moments to profound soundscapes, normalizing any elements that may seem out of p

This interactive digital artwork offers a space of expression and abstraction that allows to create amazing relationships between people, situations, objects by producing virtual energy.

A monumental fresco between graphic arts, augmented reality and video game experience. The large playable mural Eau Vive, pays tribute to the element of water, which by circulating, soothes and nourishes the living.

PSIHODROM's MULTIVERSE is a generative digital installation that proposes an interactive incursion in parallel universes using the reactivity of sound and abstract images.

Lights Contacts is an interactive artwork perceptible by two people or more. This sensory installation is tactile and sonorous. It proposes an original and interactive staging among spectators’ bodies.

Rencontres imaginaires (Imaginary meetings) presents a staging which creates an ambiguity between a real physical space and a virtual space.

Based on a semiotic system of 81 binary states, the kinetic sculpture Soft Takeover transfers abstract statements to visually perceptible sequences by occupying an unpainted white canvas frame as its medium.

People are the basic component of anycity, which together with various urban elements, public spaces and activities form a complex system.

Our lives on social media are increasingly defined by our membership and integration into a series of 'bubbles', whether we want to or not. These are simultaneously ways of opening up to the world, but also of locking ourselves into certain cognitive, social and ideological configurations.

The exhibition 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, has been shown around the world and presents the variety of computer games as a politically and socially relevant medium.

This selection of printed digital artworks brings forth female characters from the game development industry in an attempt to inspire the mind and nurture the soul.

Video games are one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world and have an enormous reach – but can they also be used to address political and societal issues?

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