HOW TO PLAY

 

HOW TO PLAY: 
Sep 10-Oct 18
University Art Gallery
Presented by the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Department of Art & Design

HOW TO PLAY: is an exhibition that explores game play as a form of creativity and making — making spaces, making community, and making new worlds. Games can happen spontaneously, with few rules and little equipment — such as childhood games that evolve from found materials (rocks, sticks, rope) and imagination. Or they can be formally constructed, radical explorations of storytelling that allow players to leave with physical traces of the world they build — such as A Mending by Shing Yin Khor. Artists' books extend this playful spirit, using ludic formats and modes of interaction to reveal the exploratory character of artistic practice. HOW TO PLAY: seeks to interject the everyday with a different kind of learning and joy, showing how playing can build empathy and support curiosity and changing perspectives. 

A Playful Worldbuilding and Game Design Workshop
Led by Shing Yin Khor
Fri, Oct 16

Exhibiting artist Shing Yin Khor leads a hands-on workshop about collaborative worldbuilding, design, games, and physical artifacts. Drawing from playful models of creation, such as TTRPGs, LARP and board game design, participants will create small games, engage in quick writing exercises, and construct props within a collaborative universe in order to develop a shared community lineage and history.