Martin Gabriel

My subject are video games and Computer generated world, plus anything that sort of relates to it. I chose this subject because I like to play video games and explore them. I believe that responsive virtual reality is going to be very important entertainment and social tool in the near future and unavoidable after the year 2050. I like to explore the limits and differences of the digital world. Since young age I was interested in video games. I was never a big gamer that would dedicate to one game but I liked to explore many different once. Besides the narrative I was always interested in the space and limitations of video games. I often explored the boarders of a the world and tried to go as far as I could or managed to find an opening to jump out of a game area. The medium goes with it hand by hand, for some subjects of my research I like to choose 3D models (sculptures) as that allows me to work in very physical way, I like to try to bring the digital 3D models in to reality with all their aesthetically appearance and properties. The medium of painting allows me to depict time, flatness and emptiness of 3D worlds. Video works are always side specific in my work. I like to create my own 3D spaces and later make an animation out of it. I also make pictures and videos from my models that gives them 1st person perspective. Recently Im starting to be also interested in the human community surrounding video games, for instance the Twitch.tv, to address the very strange and extremely interesting subject of live game streamers. Video games are my most desirable medium but they are very difficult to create. I am most interested in creating simple 3D environment, nature like or with architecture where the player is able to access the normally blocked spaces, such as behind the walls or boarders, above the sky and below the ground. I want to encourage the player to explore.