the shape of worlds to come (2022)​

The shape of worlds to come is a short branching-narrative game that serves as a tool to think about the shape of clouds, rail crossings, and death. Journeying through multiplanar realms and conversations, the protagonist muses on the conditions of life under a game-like realism.
Produced with support from Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art.
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DOWNLOAD
for PC / CLICK HERE
for MAC / CLICK HERE

To play, unpack the zip file, and click the clouds_vn.exe file to launch the game.

↓ Sample play-through of one of the possible routes in the game featuring special narration readout and a somewhat janky live 2D avatar
https://vimeo.com/952898071?fl=pl&fe=sh 

0UR 6H05T5, 0UR 5H3115 (Our Ghosts, Our Shells)
​Pilot (2025)
​David Blandy and Petra Szemán

Pilot at  Seventeen, London. 1-31 May 2025
 
​In their collaborative game Our Ghosts, Our Shells, part 1, Blandy and Szemán share layered references to games of their youth, nostalgic artefacts and anime inspirations in a pixelated landscape of memory.

​Lucid game structures, immersive storytelling, and nonlinear narratives allow the works to invite a navigation into speculative futures and alternate pathways of existence.

​Blandy and Szemán work within the realms of identity and selfhood, reality and simulation. This works builds on their previous exhibition, Alternate Presence at Seventeen.

Exhibition schedule:
Seventeen, London;
FACT Liverpool;
Two Queens, Leicester
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Curated by Rebecca Edwards

0UR 6H05T5, 0UR 5H3115 (Our Ghosts, Our Shells)
​2nd iteration (2025)
​David Blandy and Petra Szemán​

Second iteration at FACT, Liverpool.
Coming soon...

0UR 6H05T5, 0UR 5H3115 (Our Ghosts, Our Shells)
​3rd iteration (2025)
​David Blandy and Petra Szemán​

Third itertion at Two Queens, Leicester.
Coming soon...