Blithe and Ivan have spent most of lock-down moving their object-based practice onto a virtual platform. This has included the importing of Blithe's found object sculptures into a ‘point and click’ adventure game, while Ivan’s photographs of sad objects have been given speech and become the backgrounds or ‘rooms’ for Blithe’s object interactions. The two artists have also written and composed the soundtrack, which runs throughout.

The game features an unconventional narrative and unique mechanics, where the player will balance and stack the objects into different formations in order to drive the story forward.

Ivan has learnt the programming language for Adventure Game Studio, a 20-year old game engine, to achieve this.

The game is still under construction, but a working demo will soon be available on the Slade Shop.

Blithe Germ and Ivan Kashdan
MA/MFA Fine Art

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