Ars Electronica Festival · 2023
IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS
by Bassam Issa
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2023
In 2023, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS” by Bassam Issa (Computer Animation) with an Award of Distinction.
IT ’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS, a 30-minute-long CGI film, is the second part of an imaginary video game which follows an ambiguous “hero” undergoing numerous metamorphoses. The film challenges the amped-up constructed masculinity that video game avatars embody as well as the associated idealistic connotations…
About Bassam Issa
Bassam Issa (IE) works across digital animation, painting, sculpture and textiles creating visions of resistance, transformation, and queer possibility. Recent solo exhibitions include: IT ’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE!
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.