VSW Salon Salon Spring 2025
March 27: Archival Authenticity: In Conversation with Philip Mallory Jones
- Screenshot from "Time Machine: Bronzeville" (2024) by Philip Mallory Jones
Archival Authenticity: In Conversation with Philip Mallory Jones
Thursday March 27, 7-9pm
In-Person/Online at twitch.tv
Free/$10 suggested donation
Philip Mallory Jones is internationally recognized as an innovator and educator in the media arts, with a career spanning more than half a century. Jones was co-founder and Director of Ithaca Video Projects (1972-1984) and the Annual Ithaca Video Festival (1975-1984), and is currently the Creative Director of Alchemy Media Publishing Company.
On March 27, Jones will speak about his work on Time Machine Bronzeville, featured in the exhibition SEQUENCEBREAK//, a narrative-driven video game that “explores the stories, cityscape, and legend and lore of Chicago’s South Side circa 1940.” In particular, Jones will discuss how his work is influenced and fueled by research, the “archival authenticity” of Time Machine Bronzeville, and the importance of the everyday stories told through historical African-American newspapers like The Chicago Defender.
After, Jones and VSW Assistant Curator Nilson Carroll will be in conversation about the possibilities of artists’ games, and discuss how the role of video games can be expanded for artists, historians, and players.
SEQUENCEBREAK// is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the William & Sheila Konar Foundation.