With schools, the idea of taking such a common and well-known area and reproducing it for gaming pleasure is not uncommon. Many amateur game designers work from their school and create 3D environments from which to stage online battles with their classmates.
These paintings were a way in which to touch on the blurring line between harmless entertainment and how computer game engines are being updated every day to the point of becoming a form of reality in their own right.
Of course, there is no evidence to support the relation between school violence and computer games but the links are there and the fact that the source imagery comes from amateur computer game levels implants these uncomfortable ideas into the mind of the spectator.
With schools, the idea of taking such a common and well-known area and reproducing it for gaming pleasure is not uncommon. Many amateur game designers work from their school and create 3D environments from which to stage online battles with their classmates.
These paintings were a way in which to touch on the blurring line between harmless entertainment and how computer game engines are being updated every day to the point of becoming a form of reality in their own right.
Of course, there is no evidence to support the relation between school violence and computer games but the links are there and the fact that the source imagery comes from amateur computer game levels implants these uncomfortable ideas into the mind of the spectator.
