A World Without You (EN)

ENGLISH version of "Un mundo sin vos"

*"A world without you" (that means "Un mundo sin vos" in Spanish), is a minimalist pixel art style video game of short duration. To play it you first have to click on the screen and then interact with the arrows keys.  If you press the square button in the bottom right corner, you can play it in full screen.

**This game poem portrays a very affectionate cat's search for the whereabouts of her human, who disappeared in the context of the last military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. Its story starts during the preparations for the  1978 FIFA World Cup that was hosted and won by Argentina. It is an interactive chronicle, a micro fictional-story about a path of inquiry lived from a non-human point of view, in which animals, plants and objects have a voice.

***The project was developed in the framework of the "Ex-Esma Jam: the first jam for human rights and memory" organized by  Women in Games Argentina,  Centro Cultural Haroldo Conti and Espacio por la Memoria.

****Finally, during the last time, I have been working on the development of a playful installation as way of inhabiting and interacting with the game to bring our soul back from  the realm of algorithms. This special setting to play the game includes a plushy toy cat and a rose as transitional objects to play and connect us with the story by means of love, embodied connection and gentle gestures such as caresses.

CREDITS:

Art, Programming and Production: Laura Palavecino.

Alternative Controllers: Laura Palavecino & Raúl Palavecino.

Music: Edvard Grieg, Solveig´s Lullaby from Peer Gynt (1867).