The Shenzhen-based artist’s VR sculptures have entered a browser-based game. Their appearance in a virtual amusement park raises questions about how collecting changes our encounter with sculpture. At the entrance to SPACE M, a transparent container holds dozens of purple boxes. Visitors can “OPEN A BLIND BOX”
Waldenstein 1 and Waldenstein 2 Waldenstein 1 single-channel 3D animation, 6 min 21 sec, filmed inside theHunter: Call of the Wild, Dear Esther, Miscreated, and Asemblance, 2018, United States of America Waldenstein 2 single-channel 3D animation, 6 min 18 sec, filmed inside Farming Simulator 17, Final Fantasy XV,
Pixelated: Mike Whiting September 3 2026–June 5, 2027 Utah State University’s Logan and Price campuses. The exhibition is free and open to the public. On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Whiting will lead a guided Walk and Talk tour of the Logan installations, beginning at 12:15 p.m.
PLAYERS. Games, Videogames, Culture and Society M9 – Museo del ’900 Venice Mestre, Italy, 14 October 2026–14 February 2027. Curated by Fabio Viola, with Michelangela Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Cosenza and Damiano Bordoni. An original Computer Space arcade cabinet from 1971 and Media Molecule’s Dreams (2020) belong to the same
Beyond The Endgame - Nine Artists from Paris September 26–November 14, 2026 Curated by Martina Köppel-Yang Qualia Contemporary Art 229 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA, 94301, US From labyrinths to LEGO sculptures, the Chinese artist examines the visual conventions through which digital culture gives form to personal experience. An
The transparent factory / La fàbrica transparent Curator: Marc Villanueva Mir Artists: Marta Azparren, Alán Carrasco, Raquel Friera, Roc Parés, Mónica Rikić, Total Refusal, Ezequiel Soriano, Festival Panòptic Venue: Muxart, Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis, Plaça de les Hores, Martorell, Catalonia Dates: 2 October 2026–10 January 2027 Admission: Free
Let’s Play I Am Old and Tired, Total Refusal & Theater im Bahnhof HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin Wednesday 28 October 2026, 19:00, and Thursday 29 October, 20:00. German and English Tickets: €15, reduced €9 The first performance will be followed by a German-language artist
Awakening Armageddon Plan digital video/machinima, color, sound, 12 min 06 sec, 2026, Hong Kong created by Wai-Keung Hui vral.org In 2025, newly declassified British government files disclosed a contingency plan drawn up in 1989 to evacuate millions of Hong Kong residents before the 1997 handover. Officials called
F(R)ICTION: art et jeux 8th ELEKTRA International Digital Art Biennale Curated by Lynn Hughes and Ida Toft October 15–November 15, 2026 Arsenal art contemporain Montréal 2020 rue William, Montréal, Québec The exhibition is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday
essential information Escape > Control > Play: The Art of the Video Game Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University Curated by Talia Greene, Mark Stockton and Christopher Grant URBN Annex, 3401 Filbert Street, Philadelphia October 13–December 12, 2026 Opening reception: October 15, 5:00–7:30 p.m Admission is
Space_invaders.exe video and video game-based moving image, colour and black-and-white, sound, single screen, 11 min, The Netherlands / Syria, 2024 created by Malaz Usta space_invaders.exe places the visual grammar of arcade threat alongside the bureaucratic demand that displaced people account for themselves. The film
Dreamland: Reconstructing Absent Presence Curated by Wang Xiaoyong and Ren Yue Central Art Museum, Hangzhou September 16–November 16, 2026 Central Art Museum, Hall A, L3, Hangzhou Center 150 Zhanlan East Road, Gongshu District, Hangzhou Rhett Tsai’s Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification (2026)