Real Games
Games are generally defined through agreements—rules, within the framework of which, a certain degree of freedom reigns, but also compelling constraints. Many of these conventions are not explicitly identified as such, for example, how earnest one should be, or how much inner distance to keep. And a game does not at all define the more precise (individual, social, etc.) characteristics that participants should display in order to be among the players. For that reason, it is incredibly perplexing to see the adults in Borjana Ventzislavova’s Gesellschaftsspiele / Real Games in relations of play that we generally dismiss as puerile....
Orig. Title
Gesellschaftsspiele
Gesellschaftsspiele
Year
2020
2020
Countries
Austria, Bulgaria
Austria, Bulgaria
Duration
16 min
16 min