Who would have thought that a independent
Sierra-style game based on a performance art work would be
downloaded by over 90,000 people worldwide? And all so they could virtually queue up for hours on end to sit opposite an eight-bit Marina? And yet that’s what has happened to Pippin Barr's game
The artist is present. There have also been hundreds of blog posts, tweets (including one from the big MoMA herself) and stories in the
Village Voice,
Der Spiegel,
Slate and
The Huffington Post. The opportunity for a second life for exhibitions on the internet will come with its own questions, but clearly there's potential there. Game on.
Image: the end of the line, a virtual visitor gets to be present with Marina Abramovic.
You can see a week of the game site download stats here
