Allow me to introduce today’s pick with a quote by the famous Kazimir Malevich, Russian constructivist: “Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.” Tomssuli, author of Climate Change – FOR THE WIN!, has taken these words to heart, and created a constructivist multiplayer action game that is as drastic in its truth as it is economical of sincerity.
The story outline: An association of environmental activists, calling themselves THOC (”The Heat Of Change”), invites the leaders of the G7 countries (with Russia left out!) to a conference where they should discuss the global warming issue. Once those seven gentlemen get there, THOC pump sleeping gas into the conference room, kidnap all seven of them and put them on a steadily melting ice floe in the arctic, equipped with nothing but some bags of salt that came with their last meal, to battle it out – because they are all held responsible for this very melting ice floe that could now be the end of them! The one to survive this battle to the freeze will then be in charge of the fight against global warming, assuming he has learned his lesson.
Definitely pioneering work in the field of constructivist eco-propaganda games, and at the same time a hot-seat battle for up to seven leaders of the world!
One Comment
1 Ben Chandler wrote:
It is only right that we take a proper gander at this wonderful propaganda!
Pens and swords are mighty, yes, but I come armed with naught but salt and a will to change for the better!
There is no promise of anything save for heightened degrees of salinity during this battle, but I am willing to sprinkle my condiment with reckless abandon in order to prove my worth!