Serious Games: Harun Farocki
Art AsiaPacific, Mar/Apr 2015, no. 92
A review of the last exhibition of the late filmmaker Harun Farocki, who died at the age of 70 in July, 2014. The artist explored the ways in which images are used in communication, and the technologies that underpin sociopolitical issues. In one work of Farocki's "Serious Games" series, the artist explored the use of video games to both train and rehabilitate soldiers in the United States.
ITEM 2015.020 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Interface – Harun Farocki
Inextinguishable Fire – Harun Farocki
Serious Games I – Harun Farocki
Serious Games II – Harun Farocki
Serious Games III – Harun Farocki
Serious Games IV – Harun Farocki