Big Reality at 319 Scholes
#Essays/Reviews / PUBLICATION Artforum (Critic's Picks on Artforum.com) / DATE March 22, 2012 / URL artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=30541&view=print / PDF https://cecimoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/“big-reality”-artforum.com-archive1.pdf
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Daniel Leyva, Save Point, 2012
Daniel Leyva, Save Point, 2012

Excerpt / Curated by Brian Droitcour, this group show of twenty-six artists examines the reach of fantasy role-playing games in everyday life, carefully balancing geeky fandom with a critical stance. The negotiation of identity in RPGs is one of the central themes of the show, and, as Droitcour explains in the catalogue, this personal exploration within a structured system often extends to other platforms––such as social media sites. Hence, in a nod to Joseph Beuys’s well-known maxim, Droitcour declares: “Everyone is a gamer.”

— “Big Reality at 319 Scholes” Artforum (Critic’s Picks on Artforum.com), March 22, 2012

 

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Big Reality at 319 Scholes
#Essays/Reviews
PUBLICATION Artforum (Critic's Picks on Artforum.com)
DATE March 22, 2012
URL artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=30541&view=print
PDF https://cecimoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/“big-reality”-artforum.com-archive1.pdf

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