Eight hours a day, five days a week, a period of five years, dedicated to doing one single thing: According to the so-called “10,000 Hour Rule”, this is how to achieve a mastery that can be seen as the agents’ becoming one with their material – a form of immersion which Richard Sennett examined in … Continue reading INTO WORLDS. The Craft of Blurring Boundaries
IMPORTANT! Due to illness, the event has been postponed to January 21st. Join us for a special event, organised as part of the PainGame exhibition. The afternoon will feature a talk by Sabine Harrer, followed by a Q&A with the audience. On this occasion, it will also be possible to see the PainGame exhibition curated … Continue reading Sabine Harrer: The Pain of Loss – talk + Q&A (POSTPONED TO JAN 21)
The gamesweekberlin from April 23–29, 2018, is the leading cross-industry communication and networking platform for games business, development and culture in Europe. Over seven days, the umbrella brand combines multiple events for industry representatives and game enthusiasts alike. In 2017 about 15.000 international and German game developers, publishers, investors and representatives of public institutions and … Continue reading Games Week Berlin 2018
THE UNDISCIPLINED Bora Akinciturk, Harm van den Dorpel, Mirak Jamal, Martin Kohout, Jonas Lund, Sarah Ancelle Schönfeld, Özge Topçu, Anna Uddenberg, Daniela Kneip Velescu, Anne de Vries On view : June 1st - 24th, 2018 Mon - Thu 4 - 8 pm and by appointment “Sometimes when we‘re alone we stand in our backyards in … Continue reading Opening: The Undisciplined
In the society striven for by the Situationist International, Homo ludens, or playing humans, supplant Homo oeconomicus. As part of The Most Dangerous Game, on two evenings HKW is taking playing seriously: The lobby will become a playroom and the exhibition will be open until 11 pm. The Invisible Playground network invites visitors to take … Continue reading The Most Dangerous Game Night
In the society striven for by the Situationist International, Homo ludens, or playing humans, supplant Homo oeconomicus. As part of The Most Dangerous Game, on two evenings HKW is taking playing seriously: The lobby will become a playroom and the exhibition will be open until 11 pm. The Invisible Playground network invites visitors to take … Continue reading The Most Dangerous Game Night
VR NOW Con & Awards – Europe’s premier conference for Immersive Media. Started in 2016 as a way to bring the international community of VR creatives, business developers and technological masterminds to Berlin and Potsdam, the most exciting region in the world. Forgive us the bias. In 2018, the VR NOW Con & Awards becomes … Continue reading VR NOW Con
For the first time in the world, the queer history of video games will be explored in a major exhibition: RAINBOW ARCADE at Schwules Museum features a wide variety of exhibits spanning over 30 years of media history, including 12 playable titles, concept drawings, modifications written by fans themselves and documentations of online communities. RAINBOW … Continue reading Vernissage: Rainbow Arcade – Queer Gaming History
*** Exhibition and Cafe Holiday Hours 2018/19: 24.12: closed 25.12: open (2pm-6pm) 26.12 – 30.12: open (regular hours) 31.12: closed 1.1: open (2pm-6pm) *** For the first time worldwide, the queer history of video games will be explored in a major exhibition: RAINBOW ARCADE will open at Schwules Museum Berlin in December 2018 and features a wide … Continue reading RAINBOW ARCADE – A queer history of video games 1985-2018
In einer lockeren Gesprächsrunde sprechen die Kuratorinnen Adrienne Shaw (SMU) und Mascha Tobe (Computerspielemuseum) über verloren geglaubte Meilensteine der LGBTIQ* Videospielgeschichte und deren möglichst spielbare Bewahrung. Das Wissen über Spiele mit positiv dargestellten LGBTIQ* Lebenswelten wurde vom Schwulen Museum mit archäologischer Neugierde zusammengetragen und dabei kamen Schätze zum Vorschein, die verloren geglaubt waren. Der immer … Continue reading Queere Videospielschätze und ihre Erhaltung