Worldbuilding

In 2021, 2.8 billion people – almost one third of the world’s population – played video games, turning a simple pastime into the biggest mass phenomenon of our times. Many people spend hours a day in a parallel world and live a multitude of different lives. Video games are to the 21^st century what films were to the 20^th century and novels to the 19^th. Developed in partnership with the Julia Stoschek Collection in Dusseldorf, Worldbuilding. Video games and the digital era examines the different way that artists have got involved in video games and turned them into a real work of art. From single-channel video works to specific, immersive and interactive environments, the exhibition will be deployed in some 30 digital rooms, including some that will be created for the occasion.