Past Projects
Videogames:
Design/ Play/ Disrupt
curation creative direction
“A spectacular breakthrough in exhibiting games”
- The New Yorker
Brief
Curate a headline exhibition pioneering innovative approaches to exhibiting videogames. Bring young audiences and first time visitors the V&A.
Overview
A headline V&A exhibition focused on ground-breaking videogame design, featuring never-before-seen insights into the design process of leading game designers and studios. Featured projects included Nintendo, From Software and Naughty Dog.
From large-scale immersive installations, to DIY punk arcades, this exhibition redefined the playbook for digital design exhibitions. Design/Play/Disrupt gathered 5 star reviews from the Guardian and Time Out.
Client
V&A
Project Partners
Pernilla Orshtedt Studio, Squint Opera, Julia, Coda To Coda, Factory Settings
The Grannies
curation creative direction
Overview
A multi-channel documentary installation featuring a group of players venturing beyond the boundaries of the videogame Red Dead Online (Rockstar Games, 2019). Peeking behind the curtain of the game’s virtual world they discover a captivating and ethereal space that reveals the humanity and materiality of digital creations.
The film premiered as part of the official selection at IDFA (Amsterdam) before screening at a host of festivals internationally. A full installation of the work premiered at ACMI (Melbourne), welcoming over 67k visitors and becoming the most visited exhibition in the history of their Gallery 3 space.
Client
Now Play This, Somerset House
Project Partners
Luke Neher, Sam Gill, Now Play This
Play UK
executive producer creative direction
Brief
Design, programme and produce a six-month virtual programme supporting and celebrating the work of emerging videogame creatives across the Western Balkans.
Overview
The programme consisted of a fortnightly speaker salon series, a mentorship programme, an online conference and the design and development of a brand new virtual exhibition and event space.
PlayUK welcomed leading experts from organisations including Manchester International Festival, Mediatonic and Framestore.
Client
The British Council
PlaySFMOMA
research strategy
Brief
In preparation for SFMOMA’s 3 year closure for remodelling, the museum was interested in exploring modes of public engagement outside the museum.
Overview
This resulted in the commissioning of foundational research making the case for exhibiting, commissioning, and researching artist-made games.
PlaySFMOMA is an initiative that encourages the development of avant-garde and experimental games. Through research projects, workshops, and live game events, the program explores games as a creative medium and a means of audience engagement. PlaySFMOMA provides an arena for artists working in games, and introduces museum audiences to the exciting expressive potential of this medium.
Some of the PlaySFMOMA programs include pop-up exhibitions in 2013 and 2017, an Augmented Reality Game Jam supported by Google, and multiple symposia dedicated to games and play.
Client
SFMOMA
Rolls-Royce Dream Commission
content production senior producer
The Brief
Support Rolls-Royce in delivering and managing their Dream Commission in collaboration with the Serpentine Galleries and Fundacion Beyeler.
Overview
The Dream commission is a celebration of international moving-image works created by emerging and mid-career artists. There were 4 incredible artists on the program’s shortlist: Sondra Perry, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Martine Syms, and Zhou Tao. Each artist was funded to create a short-form artwork to be exhibited at the Serpentine and Fundacion Beyeler, with the opportunity to receive funding for a large-scale project.
The work included supporting the artists as they developed their short-form projects, and leading production on a series of documentaries, live events, and web marketing materials.
Client
Rolls Royce Motor Cars
Project Partners
Serpentine Galleries, Fundacion Beyeler