EVENT: DESIGNING THE INFINITE: VIRTUAL WORLDBUILDING IN ART AND GAMING (DECEMBER 6 2025–APRIL 12 2026, ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA)
Designing the Infinite: Virtual Worldbuilding in Art & Gaming
December 6, 2025–April 12, 2026
California Center for the Arts Museum
At the California Center for the Arts, Escondido
340 North Escondido Boulevard
Escondido, California 92025
Designing the Infinite: Virtual Worldbuilding in Art & Gaming brings together an international group of artists who use game engines, digital platforms, and interactive technologies to imagine new worlds and ways of being. Through VR simulations, browser-based universes, generative systems, and machinima, the exhibition highlights how contemporary artists use digital tools to create immersive storytelling ecosystems.
Drawing inspiration from global cosmologies, Designing the Infinite invites audiences to reflect on how we build worlds, how we navigate them, and how virtual spaces can help us rethink identity, community, and connection. Throughout the exhibition, visitors will encounter immersive installations, interactive works, and environments that blend art and technology in unexpected ways, as well as machinima, including David Blandy and Larry Achiampong’s seminal series FF Gaiden (2016-2017).