A cultural art exhibition using game contents created by local developers and indie game developers will be held.
Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Hyung-Jun) and Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency (CEO Jung Mun-seop) are the Shinsegae Gallery (CEO Son Young-sik), Orange Planet Startup Foundation (Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun), and Busan Indie Connect Festival Organizing Committee (Chairman Seo Tae-gun) together with ‘Play Splash’, a game planning exhibition using game contents from Busan developers and indie game developers at Shinsegae Gallery on the 6th floor of Shinsegae Centum City for 81 days from June 30 to September 18.
This exhibition is a new attempt to expand game contents to the cultural and artistic realm as a unique exhibition in which game contents are presented as works in galleries beyond PCs and mobile devices. In particular, a total of 11 game contents, including 6 Busan games including ‘Little Witch in the Forest’, which ranked first in early access sales on Steam in the global game market, and 5 selected works from the ‘Busan Indie Connect Festival’ will be displayed.
Information on exhibits and producers
Little Witch in the Woods (Sunnyside Up), Me and the Fairy’s Nest (Provis Games), Nyan Spa (Zombie Mate), ROOMS: Toymaker’s Mansion (Handmade Game), Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games), Mother Solo (Indie Kava Interactive), Death Guard (Rootless Studio), Yonder (Prideful Sloth), Life Game (Studio Wheel), Cat Jump (Sea Play), Rally on the way home from work (Soeun Game)
The ‘Play Splash’ exhibition views the genre of games, which has attracted attention as an alternative means of communication during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a work in which narrative, image, and music are comprehensively combined, and the human It pays attention to the intellect, creativity, and spirit of challenge.
In addition, the possibility of games, social values and meanings are looked at as individual creations that deliver a message beyond simply playing a role of entertainment. Admission to this exhibition is free.
Jung Moon-seop, head of the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency, said, “Following the game music concert ‘League of Legends: The Orchestra MSI Busan’ held in May, this exhibition focused on the message in the game, so that even citizens who are not familiar with the game can enjoy it together. We planned the exhibition,” he said.
