Do-It-Yourself: Game Of War Weekend
Posted by Furtherfield on 14.11.08
Event Dates: 28-29 March 2009 12-5pmThe Situationist Raoul Vaneigem famously wrote "There are no more artists since we've all become artists."
In this tradition, HTTP Gallery and Class Wargames present two days of making and playing Guy Debord's The Game of War. Debord, leader of the Situationist International, developed the game while in exile after the May '68 Revolution, and came to regard it as his most important project. Come along on Saturday to learn the intricacies of the game by making your own board from recycled materials. Then come back on Sunday to play the game and participate in a discussion between political theorist and author Richard Barbrook of Class Wargames and author and programmer Alex Galloway, developer of Kriegspeil, an online version of the Game of War, who will participate digitally from New York. For Debord, The Game of War wasn’t just a game - come learn how to fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society!
