Artist talk – games, technology, and the future of theatre

How do games shape the future of storytelling? What technologies are being used to shape contemporary performance in and outside of the theatre? How do the ways we play together impact how we live work and build culture? What is our crucial role as designers?

We will share insights from their solo and shared projects—live experiences across a variety of mediums designed to provoke active decision-making hold space for conflict and inspire social transformation. Participants will hear about practical frameworks and learn about their processes of bringing ideas from idea to presentation.

Milton Lim (he/him, b. 1989) is an award-winning Canadian game designer, digital media artist, technologist, programmer, and performance creator. His research-based practice entwines publicly available data, interactive digital media, and gameful performance to create speculative visions and candid articulations of social capital. Milton holds a BFA (Hons.) in theatre performance and psychology from Simon Fraser University and, at Concordia University, he is pursuing his PhD focussing on subversive games and counter tactics in the context of AI-driven smart cities. He is a creative director of STUDIO FUNFUG, a co-artistic director of Hong Kong Exile, an artistic associate with Theatre Conspiracy, and a creative developer on the Innovation Team at Moment Factory. He is one of the co-creators of asses.masses, the video game performance.