‘Play II” by Connor Gottfried - at StolenSpace

Step into a world where art and childhood memories collide in Play II, an exhibition of aluminum wall sculptures embedded with working retro gaming screens. These pieces are more than static objects, they’re invitations to interact, blending physical craftsmanship with digital play to explore how technology shaped our creativity, identity, and shared cultural memory.

For a generation raised alongside evolving tech, video games weren’t just entertainment, they were digital companions that mirrored our growth. Play II prompts us to revisit that relationship: Can play reconnect us with lost parts of ourselves? In an automated world, is play still purely human, or do we now share it with machines?

Each sculpture acts as a tactile portal, merging glitch aesthetics, vintage graphics, and hands-on engagement. This isn’t art you simply observe, it’s art you play with, challenging passive viewership and reigniting the joy of interaction.

A meditation on nostalgia, consumerism, and human-machine collaboration, Play II bridges past and future, asking how play might redefine creativity in the digital age.

Exhibition runs until 31 August… come power up. 

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