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Friday, May 10 • 11:45 - 12:30
Making Enchanted Controllers

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This year’s A MAZE. / Berlin features Enchanted Controllers - a special exhibition on the practice of creating alternative controllers - or alt.ctrl. The controller as an input device is our tool to interact with the game world. It shapes our idea of what a game is and what it means to play. In this panel four artists from Enchanted Controllers speak about their experience, inspiration, challenges and hopes on making alternative controllers.

Have a look at the Enchanted Controllers line-up on this page.

Other Enchanted Controllers artist talks & conversations:
- Claire Kwong: Playing with Touch & Intimacy: https://sched.co/1cp3V
- Emma Wood & Julia Makivic: Labyrinth - entangling worlds - a conversation with the artists: https://sched.co/1coWZ

Moderators
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Marie Janin

Sickhouse
Marie Janin is co-director of Sickhouse, a playful art space and the multidisciplinary festival The Overkill, located in the Netherlands. Sickhouse and The Overkill look into the impact of digital culture on the evolution of our society. As a curator she creates exhibition bringing... Read More →

Artists
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Robin Baumgarten

Robin Baumgarten (he/him) is an experimental hardware game developer based in Berlin. Coming from an AI and commercial game dev background, he is now building interactive installation art and award-winning experimental custom controller games, such as Line Wobbler and Wobble Gard... Read More →
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Emilie Breslavetz

Emilie Breslavetz is a French independent game designer and playful artist based in Paris. She mixes electronics like Arduino sensors, arcade controllers or other atypical components with crafting material such as wood, plastic, fabrics, etc… to make alternative controllers, interactive... Read More →
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Gus Boehling

Augustus Boehling is the visual art and hardware fabrication arm of Common Opera, a game studio based primarily in New York City and Los Angeles creating elaborate games with a DIY sensibility.
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Matt Bethancourt

M Bethancourt develops experimental games and interactions under the name Mouse & the Billionaire. He is interested in situated play, alternative controllers, ambient experiences, procedural sound, sonification, nostalgia, and reflection. Much of his work invites people to do silly... Read More →


Friday May 10, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
SG Betonhalle Stage Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany