Ars Electronica Festival · 2026
Dancing Plague
by 2girls1comp
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2026
“Dancing Plague” by 2girls1comp received an Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2026.
Dancing Plague is a video work based on a custom modification for the video game Grand Theft Auto V . The mod overwrites the workings of Los Santos—a fictional city based on the real world Los Angeles—with a simple alteration in the game mechanics: when the player presses the H key, all male NPCs are forced to dance…
About 2girls1comp
2girls1comp is a modding duo founded in 2023 by Marco De Mutiis (IT) and Alexandra Pfammatter (CH). Their work changes the logic of video games as an act of creative counter-play, revealing the social and economic fabric in which they are immersed: from…
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