Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) V" (2011)
Baden Pailthorpe, "Formation (difference and repetition) V, digital video, 2011
"Made using an Afghanistan-based video game, Baden Pailthorpe’s 'Formation' series, explores the aesthetics and dynamics of opposition. In the work, two opposing forces of US soldiers and Taliban combatants follow invisible waypoints side-by-side. Oblivious to each other’s presence thanks to a hacked game setting, the usual violence of this relationship is transformed into a poetic, uncanny rhythm that repeats and amplifies the avatars’ movement." (Baden Pailthorpe)
Link: Baden Pailthorpe
Submitted by Matteo Bittanti