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ARCADE @ BFI London Film Festival 2024


  • BFI Southbank Belvedere Road London, England, SE1 8XT United Kingdom (map)

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

ARCADE is the latest immersive audio experience from DARKFIELD, but this isn’t an ordinary arcade and these are not ordinary arcade machines. Every machine offers you the chance to enter the world of the game and choose your own unique journey. As you guide your avatar through a world ravaged by endless war, there are many routes you can take and there are many different outcomes.

Using the nostalgic 8-bit aesthetic of 1980’s video games, ARCADE’s interactive narrative explores the evolving relationship between players and avatars. This choose-your-own-path experience will fully immerse players in alternate environments in a completely dark shipping container, using 360 degree binaural sound and sensory effects. Players will be asked to address deep existential questions about free will and consciousness in a world where some may win and some may lose…

Duration
30 mins

Age Suitability
16+

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