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Never Forgetti

a didactic live-gaming performance about dying women across video game history

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Video duration
00:43:28
Language
English
Abstract
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Never Forgetti <br>
lecture performance, 2018 <br>
multiplatform game, <br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/imdrivingfast/sets/never-forgetti-ost"> soundtrack </a> & <a href="http://janberger.info/texts/nf_guide_web.pdf"> strategy guide </a> <br> <br>
Never Forgetti is a didactic live gaming lecture about the deaths of female video game characters and how their normative framing prevents them from developing agency to avert their fatal destiny. The performance investigates on power relationships between lecturer and audience to reflect on how models of subjugation are established in media and our current social realities. Taking on the persona of Jenny Vorfahrt, a mysterious character that exists both outside and inside the gaming realm, I provide attendees with showcase of gameplay and theoretical knowledge about life and death of popular heroines, as well as the symbolism of classical game design. In reality, however, Jenny is pursuing her own secretive agenda...

Talk ID
9526
Event:
35c3
Day
2
Room
Dijkstra
Start
5:30 p.m.
Duration
00:40:00
Track
Art & Culture
Type of
performance
Speaker
JAN BERGER
Talk Slug & media link
35c3-9526-never_forgetti
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