Artist Mode
Gaming as Artistic Practice
With allapopp, Chloê Langford (Fantasia Malware), Lenn Blaschke
Moderation: Marcus Boxler
Part of “PLAYMODE.EXE”
- Dialogue
English /
60 mins.
Accompanying the performances of Fantasia Malware, an installation and discourse programme on the dynamic fusion of performance, art and gaming culture will take place in cooperation with the DKB Foundation and Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin. Gaming is more than entertainment – it is a form of artistic expression, a mirror of society and a defining visual culture all at once. The programme shows how artists transform gaming aesthetics and mechanisms into a visual, socially critical language. HAU3 transforms into an experimental playground where visitors not only watch, but also immerse themselves in playable worlds.
How do artists integrate the aesthetics, logic and mechanics of digital games into their artistic practices? To what extent do games function as an aesthetic vocabulary for world creation? The panel participants will discuss these questions, starting with visual strategies relating to avatars, interface designs and game engines, and moving on to playful structures such as non-linearity, loops and interactivity. The focus is on artistic work that does not imitate game mechanics, but transforms them. The panel shows how a hybrid artistic language is emerging at the interface between art and games, one that renegotiates our perception of reality, identity and image production.
allapopp is an interdisciplinary artist. allapopp's queer and non-binary perspective focuses on tech-positive visions of the future and decolonial perspectives in digital technologies. allapopp works with digital and social media, performance and sound, machine learning, interactive live phygital formats and experiences in VR, AR, XR and on the web. allapopp is also co-founder of TATAR KYZ:LAR. HAU has realised numerous projects with allapopp, including “The House of Monstress Intelligenzia” (2023), “Hyperlove” (2024) and “AŞ” (2025), as well as productions in collaboration with the collective dgtl fmnsm.
Fantasia Malware is an experimental video game collective consisting of Jira Duguid, Chloê Langford and Gabriel Helfenstein, based in Berlin. Together they develop and publish video games, live performances and software. Their most recent collective projects include “SEX! At Alexanderplatz”, “The Life of Saint Fiona Bianco Xena” and “Orchid Collecter”. Since 2024, the collective has been collaborating with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, jointly realising, among other things, the video game performance series “Fever Loop Fountain”.
Lenn Blaschke is an interdisciplinary media artist living and working in Berlin. His work focuses on virtual reality, installations, games, and the metaverse. As an observer of the virtual world, he comments on current (political) events through multimedia conceptual art. Blaschke is co-founder of the media collective THIS IS FAKE and founder of Little Brother e.V., an association dedicated to privacy, autonomy, and art. His work has been shown at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Kunstverein Bielefeld, and at festivals such as DOK Leipzig and ANIFILM. He currently works at the Institute for Democratic Culture (IdK) at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences.
Dates
Past
Price: 5 €
Credits
A cooperation between HAU Hebbel am Ufer, CAA Berlin, and DKB STIFTUNG. Co-curated by Peggy Schoenegge (peer to space).
Location
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinHAU3 unfortunately is not barrier-free. Access to the theatre is via a stairwell (3rd floor). If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or email us at tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
