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The Art Wire

A gold extra podcast about game design, innovative theatre, digital storytelling and new forms of narration. "The Art Wire" is created and produced by gold extra. www.goldextra.com

  1. BRIEFS Special: Fantastic Annihilation // Aleksandra Jarosz

    MAY 9

    BRIEFS Special: Fantastic Annihilation // Aleksandra Jarosz

    In this episode, host Evgeni Pozankov talks with Aleksandra Jarosz, the lead designer of Fantastic Annihilation, a subversive and intense “action-clicker” game made for Briefs 2024: Death. Developed with collaborators Thomas Feichtmeir and Alejandro Rodriguez Ramallo, the game challenges players to systematically eradicate all life on Earth— not as an idle diversion, but as a demanding, real-time experience. Aleksandra discusses the game’s philosophical roots in Peter Wessel Zapffe’s “The Last Messiah” and her inspiration from conceptual art exploring ecological destruction. The gameplay riffs on idle genres like Cookie Clicker, but turns them on their head: instead of passively waiting, players must actively and aggressively click, sterilize, upgrade, and annihilate, facing a relentless struggle against organic reproduction and time. The game’s standout feature is its dark, finite ending: players are ultimately forced to kill their ever-cheerful guide “Annihilation-chan”—a nihilistic cheerleader quoting existential philosophy—and finally, themselves. It’s a deliberate, unsettling closure that reflects on ecocide, ego, and the human desire for control, presented through grim humor and genre-bending design. This episode dives deep into game design as narrative, balancing mechanics with message, and flipping conventions in both storytelling and player reward. A true clicker with an end, Fantastic Annihilation is a radical experiment in existential gameplay.  Fantastic Humans are: Alejandro Rodriguez Ramallo, Aleksandra Jarosz, Thomas Feichtmeir, Hexenkraft BRIEFS: https://www.goldextra.com/en/briefs-a-microgame-series

    52 min
  2. BRIEFS Special: Death to Venice // Studio Lichene

    APR 4

    BRIEFS Special: Death to Venice // Studio Lichene

    In this episode of ArtWire, host Evgeni Pozankov interviews Eva and Andrea of Studio Lichene, the creative duo behind Death to Venice, a visually rich Twine game developed for Briefs 2024: Death. Studio Lichene—named after the symbiotic organism “lichen”—embraces themes of mutualism over competition, which echo throughout the game. Death to Venice is a hybrid of interactive fiction and visual novel, depicting a near-future Venice in ecological and social collapse, seen through six poetic vignettes told from the perspectives of humans, animals, a plant, an AI, a glass object, and even prisoners. The team explores death in layered ways: ecological decay, cultural loss, social isolation, and forgotten memory. Each district (sestiere) of Venice is rendered with real photographs and manipulated visuals, creating a surreal yet grounded sense of place. Eva and Andrea reflect on the creative challenges, including managing agency across non-human protagonists and creating interactivity without traditional puzzles. They also discuss lessons learned from their previous Briefs game (Parallelepipedon) and the deeper clarity and emotional resonance they aimed for this time around. https://www.goldextra.com/en/briefs-a-microgame-series

    1h 21m
  3. BRIEFS Special: Pearl on the Road / Soph Podestá

    MAR 7 · BONUS

    BRIEFS Special: Pearl on the Road / Soph Podestá

    In this episode of ArtWire, the Gold Extra podcast, host Evgeni Puzankov speaks with Soph Podestá, the developer behind A Pearl on the Road, a narrative-driven driving simulator created for the Briefs 2024: Death microfund. Soph shares insights into the formation of her team, Cameria Art Games, and their development journey. The game follows an old trucker navigating through the Sierras of Córdoba, facing a choice: stop to reflect on meaningful moments or push forward to outrun an inevitable storm. The narrative explores themes of life, memory, and the inevitability of death. Soph discusses the challenges of game development, including switching to Unreal Engine, long build times, and team coordination. Despite the struggles, she expresses gratitude for the experience and the opportunities Briefs provided. The episode wraps up with reflections on game jams vs. Briefs, and advice for future participants: just apply and start early. Check out A Pearl on the Road and other Briefs-funded games via the links in the show notes.

    42 min
  4. Sarah Fitterer - about art, AI, activism and a lot more

    11/27/2024

    Sarah Fitterer - about art, AI, activism and a lot more

    Note: This episode includes discussions of explicit sexuality, adult themes, and violence in the context of art and creative projects. We explore unconventional materials and themes, which may be sensitive or uncomfortable for some listeners. Please be advised that this content is intended for mature audiences only. About the episode: On a lovely early-summer day, Sarah and I (Sophia) sat down at the steps outside of St. Virgil conference center in Salzburg. We met at the conference "AI between responsibility and innovation" where Sarah was part of gold extra's panel "AI an Art, Culture and Media". In this podcast episode we talk about Sarah's art projects, including "So tell me, GPT" and "Fan Fiction Wishing Well". Sarah even shares some inside information about her art project about an alter ego named "Horst" and his sexual relationship to chicken. Furthermore, we dive into the topic of fan fiction, AI and humankind and a lot more. Did you know, that "50 Shades of Grey" started as a fan fiction about "Twilight"? Me neither. So enjoy the episode!

    44 min
  5. Putins Media Playbook in the US: 2024-2048

    11/06/2024

    Putins Media Playbook in the US: 2024-2048

    In this special episode of The Art Wire, we delve into the unsettling parallels between Russia’s media transformation under Putin and concerning trends in the U.S. Drawing from my research in digital and AI literacy, recent talk feedback, and a detailed analysis of Putin’s tactics, I explore how small steps toward media control could gradually reshape democracies in the West. This AI-driven dialogue, grounded in my comprehensive document—which references the so-called Project 2025, Bob Woodward's recent book War, and many other sources—examines how "Putin's Media Playbook" might influence the future of U.S. media and society. For deeper insights, check out the supporting document here. Join us as we explore the line between influence and control.

    17 min
  6. Total Refusal - Leonhard Müllner: Beneath the shiny surface of textures

    08/14/2024

    Total Refusal - Leonhard Müllner: Beneath the shiny surface of textures

    This episode somewhat an AIxperiment: Picture this: I’m at "Fantoche", this funky animation festival over in Switzerland. Not so random this time, because both Leonard Mülner from the Total Refusal collective and I were invited to showcase our works and sit on a panel to discuss them. All was so spontaneous and comfy, I only realized afterwards I had recorded the whole thing in German. So what to do now, throw it all away? ooor turn this into an AI experiment? So, I decided to clone our voices, run the interview through some text-to-speech magic, and voilà—an English version! The result however was, let’s say, a bit on the "wooden" side. Turns out, using reading samples instead of conversation samples wasn’t the best move. Nevertheless, give it a listen: Explore the worlds of digital subversion with Leonard, a key member of the activist art collective Total Refusal. In this spontaneos interview Leonard reveals some insights to the creative processes and motivations behind their work, and how they define the boundaries between art and activism. From exploring virtual landscapes to challenging societal norms through digital mediums, this episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology, art, and resistance. Tune in to hear his thoughts about dystopias, brain-appetizing game concepts and some glimmering rays into an utopian future: Solarpunk. (By the way, you can find the german - unedited - interview attached at the end: 44:10 )

    1h 50m
  7. AR Communities - Talk with Litto and Jascha from SystemKollektiv

    11/23/2023

    AR Communities - Talk with Litto and Jascha from SystemKollektiv

    What is an Artifical Musem? What is Artivism? What does all of this have to do with Augmented Reality? In this 90-minute episode you can dive deep into the world of augmented reality, art and activism. Find out how artworks can be made immortal and how to get from Toronto to the moon (and much more, of course) This podcast episode was produced as part of the research project "AR Communities". Host of this episode is Sophia, project collaborator at AR Communities. Links: https://www.goldextra.com/en/ar-communities https://thesystem.at/ https://artificialmuseum.com/#z=6&lat=49&lng=14.7&s=about //Photocredit: mandi knospe

    1h 30m
  8. AR Communities - Talk with Irina Paraschivoiu

    11/14/2023

    AR Communities - Talk with Irina Paraschivoiu

    Augmented Reality - technology or philosophy? Sophia Reiterer and Irina Paraschivoiu chat about Augmented Reality as a philosophy and as a tool for games and everyday life. Besides many other topics like reverse engineering or the game "Escape Fake", Irina talks about her experiences at the game developing company "Polycular" and her academic research about AR. This podcast episode was produced as part of the research project "AR Communities". Host of this episode is Sophia, project collaborator at AR Communities. Links: https://www.goldextra.com/en/ar-communities https://www.polycular.com/ https://escapefake.org/ https://uni-salzburg.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/irina-elena-paraschivoiu-5

    56 min
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A gold extra podcast about game design, innovative theatre, digital storytelling and new forms of narration. "The Art Wire" is created and produced by gold extra. www.goldextra.com

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  • Creator
    gold extra
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © gold extra
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    The Art Wire

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