Power:Play installaties
Overview of films
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The House of Osama Bin Laden
The House of Osama Bin Laden is a multi-media installation, that resulted from a research mission, granted by the Imperal War Museum. The artists went to Afghanistan and thoroughly investigated the last house that Osama bin Laden used as his official address. Now, with a joystick in the hand, the visitor of the installation can […]
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Slave Unit
‘Slave unit’ is a notion which indicates the status of network equipment. In photography it denotes the power of flash installations; a distinction is always made between dominant and subjected. In the video by Cel Crabeels, the idea is applied to a setting with two dancers, a director, the camera, video equipment, the stage and […]
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Bushmechanics
Warlpiri Media Association’s mission is to provide broadcasting and information services from and to Aboriginal people. The reaction to the first Bush Mechanics broadcast on Aboriginals fixing cars their own way in 1998 was amazing. Then they turned it into the Bush Mechanics webgame where everyone can test their own skills. Due to cultural constraints, […]
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Apart Game Console
A piece of hardware that makes it possible for you to play a computer game and board game in one, combining the best of both worlds in a challenging physical, social and attractive game similar to puzzles. Thanks to its dimension and simple interface, this originally designed game console is easy to use. The Apart […]
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Tiny Signs of Hope
In the period after September 11, 2001, the pacifist collective Downloadpeace designed all kinds of anti-war posters. A selection of ‘daykus’ (short poems) and an extensive list of informative links complete this site.
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Crosser & La Migra
Crosser confronts the player with the challenge of crossing the Rio Grande between Mexico and the United States. The idea is to get hold of a green card once you’ve crossed. On arrival, you are given the option of returning to Mexico to visit your family, but the return to the US is just as […]
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Afghan War Carpets
In the popular culture of the West, computer games nowadays provide the most detailed accounts of recents wars. Elsewhere, high-tech military exploits are visualised in a much more traditional way. Carpets have always been one of the chief ways in which stories are told in Afghanistan. In the past, carpets illustrated the symbols of life; […]
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SuPerVillainizer
Like many nations, Switzerland tries to keep all e-mail traffic under close surveillance. SuPerVillainizer creates profiles of villains and scapegoats, equipping them with real e-mail accounts at a Swiss provider, uniting them into conspiracies and thus infiltrating the carefully planned surveillance system with more and more disinformational e-mails every day. Be the author of your […]
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The Maria Sisters
Maria has just emigrated to the USA. At the plant where she works, she is exposed to hazardous chemicals, an unsympathetic foreman and other calamities. Can you help Maria make it through the working day? This game appropriates the gameplay of Mario Bros. When Maria renders her bosses helpless, they are knocked out of their […]
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In the Field of Players
The central part of the exhibition space in TENT. is commonly called ‘square’ (plein) because the building in fact used to be a school, and that location was originally the playground. Winters/van Heeswijk will add coloured lines and surfaces to this space. Just as in a sports arena, these lines have no meaning beyond the […]
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Naturalmystic (Tomahawk #2)
The work first appears like a very luxurious set: a fine LCD screen, on a shining metal pole. Everything seems hi-tech and perfect. But what you see is not what you get. Through the headphones comes a whirring sound, that seems to start from far away, getting closer and closer until your head is shaken […]
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Anti-wargame
Experience first hand how damned difficult it is to fight a war and at the same time to keep media and business interests happy, to calm pacifists on the homefront and to remain popular. If you perform badly, you risk an international uprising, deadly viruses and terror attacks. Then it is wiser to visit the […]