A Future Worth Playing For
What are the worlds we are creating through play? Play gives us permission to explore our collective imagination in experimental ways. What are the narratives in our games? How does play and the way we design it help generate the future? How are we creating rule systems in relationship to our bodies, traumas, histories, and cultures? Exploring the ways that interactive narrative and technology entangle us within tapestry of our world, this talk asks how we can rethink our creative work and lives to generate a world worth living in.
Featured Talks
What do creative coding toolkits of the future look like?
In this video, Zach Lieberman, head of the MIT Future Sketches Lab, welcomes Phoenix to MIT to discuss her research on developing machine learning tools for artists, enabling them to integrate embodied knowledge into video games.
Indiecade Europe Interview
In this interview, I discuss my teaching, the alt ctrl game Bot Party, and my activism with the Code Liberation Foundation. I explore the value of creating with students, the challenges of showcasing alt ctrl games publicly, and the foundation's impact and future plans.
Soft Code
Perry reflects on the challenges of growing up gifted and the pitfalls of isolating gifted students, as well as her own experience of burnout in Silicon Valley's demanding work culture. She shares how these experiences inspired her to found the Code Liberation Foundation and advocate for making coding accessible to everyone.
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