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Come curious.
Leave connected.

Playing Around: Games and the Larger Systems at Play

The exhibition will explore a variety of analog games, from tabletop to card games, that will help us understand various systems of oppression. These games are meant to expose and understand the various powers currently at play in the real world, as well as engage the audience with different utopian and dystopian speculative imaginaries. They show how histories have repeated themselves, how these systems can be dismantled and combated, and how alternatives have emerged in which these systems have not been put in place.

Free Event

Time + Location

UCSC Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery

Playing Around: Games and the Larger Systems at Play

11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

Mon - Sat 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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