We Are Fine, We'll Be Fine

Sometimes, even innocent questions can make people feel like the "other"...

We Are Fine, We'll Be Fine is an auditory and tactile experience played on a wooden game board exploring people's stories about marginalization, oppression and the navigating hope for the future. Participants unravel stories of struggle and hope by holding hands with each other while touching the board. As they progress towards the center of the board, more stories emerge.

This project was made possible through the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Center's Critical Hit: Games Collaboratory at Concordia University in Montreal, QC, Canada.

CREDITS

Team Sagittarius (Raoul Olou, Hope Erin Phillips and Nicole Pacampara)

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Utopia

Utopia is a four-player game about personal experiences with oppression and injustice, and the navigating hope for the future. To play it, four people gather in a circle around a projection on the floor. Each person sticks on two conductive stickers to their body in a place they are comfortable with, or in a place near their body. The game is activated by a person touching someone else’s sticker, which in turn activates a video or audio clip of someone talking about their experiences with sexism, racism, mental illness, poverty — or other factors that make life unbearable.

This project was made possible through the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Center's Critical Hit: Games Collaboratory at Concordia University in Montreal, QC, Canada.

CREDITS

Raoul Olou
Owen Bell
Nicole Pacampara
Kara Stone Video