Participatory performance;
2 PS4 Pro consoles with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) installed, 2 PS4 controllers, 2 monitors, PS webcam, speaker, gray overall, chalk.

“Simulacrum” is a performance in which the visitors are invited and challenged by the artist to a 1v1 match on Rust, one of the most famous maps in Call of Duty – the first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision.

The work’s intent is an inquiry into the nature and relationship between reality, representation, and simulation, specifically that of war and violence, and the role that the consumption of and exposure to such scenes might play in the social fabric. The performance is then broadcasted live on Twitch, documenting the event.

Photographies by Daniel Walcher.

Special thanks to GAME GROUND and GameStore Bolzano for the collaboration, the support, and for providing the required equipment.

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