Untitled (Dragon Warrior glitches)

Event Info

Date start	07.19.20
Date end	08.09.20
Start Time	12am
Format	Exhibition
Medium	Digital Art Net.art Media Art Interactive Video Video Games
Location	Online at welcometomyhomepage.net
Admission	Free

Involved

Event artist	Nilson Carroll
Presented by	Welcome to my Homepage
Funded by	Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department
Associated Program	Welcome to my Homepage

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Welcome to my Homepage presents Untitled (Dragon Warrior glitches) by Nilson Carroll.

Project Description

Untitled (Dragon Warrior glitches) is an evolving HTML hypertext collection of captured handmade hex glitches from the NES titles Dragon Warrior II, III, and IV paired with prose poems that explore game mechanics, narratives, and genre legacies, queering each through the glitch process. Themes questioned include heteronormativity, binary thinking, colonization, and the neoliberal values inherent in these and all games’ mechanics and goals. Not only are the games’ digital/physical boundaries broken and expanded, but the implied ones, too. The myth of the hero is shattered, the protagonist finally made vulnerable.

Artist Bio

Nilson Carroll (he/him) is an MFA candidate at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY. A barista-ROM hacker, Nilson explores 16mm expanded cinema, video projection performance, and makes queer video game installations. He is a champion and curator of anti-fascist, feminist, pro-affection games and art. In 2019, he founded the DIY queer art games collective swampbabes.

Viewing Details

On view online (desktop only) at welcometomyhomepage.net.