Ars Electronica Festival · 2021
Why can’t we do this IRL?
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2021
Megan Broadmeadow's “Why can’t we do this IRL?” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2021, category Computer Animation. Megan Broadmeadow has 1 more work in this atlas.
Video games transport us to new worlds. We can fly, travel to new planets, and become a completely different character. But as video games develop to become more open and realistic, the potential to shock by posting videos of in game violence grows too. But it’s fine as long as it’s not in real life…right?
About Megan Broadmeadow
Megan Broadmeadow (UK) (1978) is a visual artist of Welsh heritage, who lives and works in Bristol. She makes immersive exhibitions which include video, VR sculpture, performance and digital installation technologies.
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