Virtual Factory

Virtual Factory is a major series of online artworks inspired by the architecture and the ambition of The Factory, a new cultural space located in the heart of Manchester (UK).

We Dwell in Possibility is a queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape. It was made over several months in collaboration with illustrator Eleanor Davis and musician aya. Some people may be familiar with my past work: uncanny CG beefcake sex games that toy with hardcore gamer aesthetics, which only run on laptop/desktop computers. For the longest time, I've wanted to make a gay mobile game, but I was unsure how to get my queer politics past Apple and Google's anti-sexuality censors. Browser games celebrate the open…

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