Playable Documentaries: In Conversation with Heart Street

Saturday March 8, 1-3pm 

In-Person/Online at twitch.tv

Free/$10 suggested donation

Heart Street (Yuxin Gao, Lillyan Ling, Gus Boehling, John Bruneau) is a loosely structured collective created by indie game artists in New York City. Their playable documentary Out For Delivery (featured in the exhibition SEQUENCEBREAK//) has received prestigious awards including Indiecade’s Impact Award and the GSA BAFTA Immersive Award and has been exhibited at the Museum of Pop Culture (Seattle, WA) and at Now Play This (London, UK).

On Saturday March 8, VSW will host an artist talk/panel discussion with members of Heart Street facilitated by VSW Assistant Curator Nilson Carroll. Joining us both in-person and online, the artists will speak about the inspiration that sparked Out for Delivery, and how the game blends various genres to create a wholly original experience.

Out For Delivery is a 42 minute interactive documentary shot with a 360-degree camera. The slice-of-life experience follows a food delivery courier in Beijing on January 23, 2020, the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve, and the day Wuhan shut down due to COVID-19.

 The gallery will also be open for attendees to experience Out for Delivery for themselves.

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.