States of Play: Roleplay Reality

2018
Playable Visual Identity of an Exhibition.

Exploring how the roles we play expose our true realities, this exhibition design has been captured and composed into a video game reflecting critical views on the entertainment industry. No longer understood merely as a place of escape, the game realm and the ‘real world’ have collided. The roles we play both on-and-offline reflect and shape our realities. Roleplay Reality considers how roleplay can be used as a tactic to move beyond real-world power structures.

  • States of Play: Roleplay Reality: a real-world figure, purple letters cut a pixel hole to an astronaut in the game realm
  • States of Play: Roleplay Reality: black exhibition banner, purple letters cut a pixel hole to an astronaut in the game realm
  • States of Play: Roleplay Reality: exhibition poster, purple letters cut a pixel hole to a bald CGI face marked 'SURVIVOR'
  • States of Play: Roleplay Reality: exhibition poster, purple letters cut a pixel hole to a gunner wading a video game marsh
  • States of Play: Roleplay Reality: purple letters cut a pixel hole to a low-poly video game realm of white lilies and animals