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The New (Ab)normal: Everyday Life as Interactive Experience

Thu 26.06., 19 – 21h l MQ Raum D l free entry
with Claudia Molinari Co-Founder We Are Muesli, Milan

No registration required, come as you play! Admission is always free thanks to our partners. 

Fantastic settings, heroic protagonists called to save the world, memorable feats: why do video games seem obsessed with such narrative ‘maximalism’? Why not (also) try to “capture the splendor of truth”, and tackle real-world, here-and-now societal issues? Why not explore the path of a possible fresh and innovative ‘interactive neorealism’, based on values of empathy, social impact and the transformative potential of game design?
Let’s discuss this, starting from We Are Mueslis current experience developing the narrative video game “In Their Shoes”, a collection of slice-of-life, stereotype-breaking short stories set in the daily life of a city of contrasts and diversity like present-day Milan.

Biography

2D artist, illustrator, and visual-teller with extensive experience in creative direction, Claudia Molinari is co-founder and producer at independent game studio We Are Muesli. Her projects, talks, teaching, and curatorial work emphasize promoting cultural heritage and diversity through games. Among her projects are “Venti Mesi” about italian resistance and the escape room “Ludmilla” about Italo Calvino.

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien 
Gefördert von der Stadt Wien Kultur
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung vom Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung der Universität für Weiterbildung Krems