Weird Hope Engines live brief
I've been invited to create some work for an upcoming exhibition, Weird Hope Engines, at The Bonnington Gallery.
I'm not a huge digital gamer, but I do enjoy board games.
A group of students and I have agreed to collaborate on a zine and maybe print some images onto tshirts and other objects for sale.
I'm going to start generating pieces over the half term break.
So far the idea that appeals to me most is rooted in the (slightly incorrect) dev workaround fact below. It's absurd and funny, but also speaks so loudly of human ingenuity and creativity.
Here's a bit more detail:
I think this concept would be great as a sculpture. The college has just gotten a new larger 3D printer, so I'm going to try and create the components using that and then create a silicone jacket mold that I can cast.
I'm also wondering on a subverted version that references this gaming lore; maybe someone wearing Thomas the Tank Engine or a weird hop engine with a kangaroo underneath instead of a human.
Whatever my final choice, I'd like to do a run of screenprinted t-shirts using it as a source image.
Change of tack.
I've also got a copy of War on Terror, which is a deliciously irreverent board game by TerrorBull Games. I'd love to work with that in some way because it was so unbelievably, and depressingly, ahead of its time geopolitically. Also, it's rare, because they only printed a handful and they only did one print run.
The game sometimes requires players to wear this balaclava. Which is fun. I'm thinking maybe a photographic project using that as a starting point.
You can find out more about the game at:
