Exhibition at The Poly Falmouth, October 2016
Exploring the overlap between game design and more traditional art practices.
An exhibition featuring the works of State of Play, Amanita Design, David Blandy & Larry Achiampong, Ian Gouldstone, Oliver Sutherland, IOCOSE & Matteo Bittanti, @ThoseMetaMakers and Alan Meades
This the exhibition brings together five contemporary artists, two collectives of artists and two-game studios into one space, to pay tribute to the new and exciting pathways that subvert the ideas of what you may consider games to be.
With their mysterious, charming and characterful creations, predominantly hand-made and inspired by organic forms and natural materials, the games of State of Play and Amanita Design are also important works of art.
These hand-crafted games are balanced against the highly technological artworks made using game technologies of Ian Gouldstone, Oliver Sutherland, David Blandy, Larry Achiampong and Alan Meades, along with the work of @ThoseMetaMakers and IOCOSE that challenge the stylistic and technological conventions of traditional videogames.
These artists are creating new frontiers, inspiring us with their immersive and imaginative worlds. Not only challenging the stereotype of what videogames can be they also excite our senses and confound our perceptions. Sometimes using the familiar in an unfamiliar way, sometimes creating new narratives and characters, but always seeking to compel the audience to look again.
Samorost 3, Amanita design 
sketch for Lumino city, State of Play
Under the Map, Alan Meades 
No second chace, @thosemetamakers 
Cruise control 2020, Ian Gouldstone
Untitled (Loosing it) Oliver Sutherland 
Finding Fanon, David Blandy & Larry Achiampong