Homo Ludens Ludens

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HOMO LUDENS LUDENS is an exhibition that looks into the expressions of play in the life and culture of our digital times and examines the formations of the contemporary magic circles. Focusing on play, rather than games, the exhibition sets a setting that embraces different forms of works who address, describe or criticize today's play. Play is being reversed and reformed; being able to embody social and political acts and issues, it becomes a tool for critique and social change; connecting the virtual and the real, it brings new dimensions for social encounters; approaching other disciplines, it gives birth to new art and play forms; But at the same time, play is being exploited becoming a terrain for labour where the player is asked to be a creator or else a worker. What are the opportunities and what are the risks that need to be balanced in such a context? The exhibition is an examination and speculation about Homo Ludens Ludens -the contemporary playful man- and the new playgrounds (s)he is invited to join and to respond to.

Curated by:
Erich Berger, Chief Curator, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón Laura Baigorri, Independent Curator, Barcelona
Daphne Dragona, New Media Arts Curator, Athens

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• Laboral
• Homo
• Ludens
• Spain
• Videogames
• Art
• Rioja