From Wayfinder to And I saw a new heaven.
Video games are not strangers to museums and galleries.
Over the last few years games have landed in places like the V&A and the MoMA.
made it less of a barrier and offered a degree of agency.
It wasn’t just Shinobi.
“I wasn’t that much into reading,” Achiampong says.
Wayfinder follows a young woman known only as the Wanderer as she journeys across England from North to South.
“So I wanted to challenge a set of myths with another kind of myth.”
But what do these paintings have to do with the games being displayed alongside them?
Others, like Bayonetta 2 feel somewhat more tenuous.
“There is definitely a critique going on within the show in which I’m pulling in gaming.
They’re not just a set of references but also conversation around implication as well.”
“My son’s been really excited about it, he’s been replaying Breath of the Wild.
I’m so hyped!”
Achiampong’s most recent show was atFrieze Londonthis October.
