Ripon
by Troy Richards and Knut Hybinette
38 Park Row @ City Hall Park
FREE
http://www.ripongame.com/

June 8 - 30
Thurs-Sat | noon-6pm

 Opening Reception: Tuesday, June 12 | 6-9pm
 
Created by artists Troy Richards and Knut Hybinette “Ripon” is a series of
installations integrating an original video game with large-scale digital
prints that use the setting of a violent dystopic society to upset the
conventions of gaming culture. Named after and located in Ripon, Wisconsin,
a small town founded on the writings of the French Utopian writer Charles
Fourier that would later become the birthplace for the Republican party,
Ripon is meant as something more akin to “happenings” or events with the
different iterations of the game played only once. Each is designed for
multiple monitors and projections that allow up to ten people to
simultaneously “play” the game. The digital prints depict the world of the
game and surround the projections to flesh out the installation and provide
an immersive experience.