Thursday, April 9th
12:30 pm ET
T. Edward Temple Building (Temple) Room 1160
901 W Main St
Free and open to all
objectsandmethods.net
Join the Department of Graphic Design in welcoming the newest visiting artist participating in the Objects + Methods lecture series. Paolo Pedercini’s work deals with the relationship between electronic entertainment and ideology. He often works under the project name “molleindustria” producing video games addressing various social issues such as environmentalism, food politics, labor and urbanism.
His games are enjoyed by millions of non-art oriented people over the net and have been exhibited in art and non-art contexts all over the world. Paolo teaches media production and experimental game design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and has lectured extensively in venues ranging from the oldest squat in Italy to the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Paolo’s work has received wide international coverage by major media including The Guardian, El Pais, BBC, Liberation, Der Standard, New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Playboy Brazil, ARTE’ TV, Wired, Vice among the others. Paolo is the director of LIKELIKE, a arcade/gallery devoted to independent games and playful art in Pittsburgh, PA.
