THE MAINTENANCE GAME is a self-running computer simulation set inside a deteriorating architectural labyrinth. Its inhabitants spend their lives tending to a structure that continually produces new problems. Liquidators scrub contaminated surfaces, Friends prepare for social gatherings, and Planners redraw the organization of a world that refuses to stay organized.
The work unfolds in real time without a player. Small acts of repair become the daily rhythms of a society whose continued existence depends on keeping its failures in motion.
This work is part of ARIA ENGINE, a collection of interconnected installations that can be presented individually or combined into a single immersive environment.
Watch a sample here.
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TECHNICAL INFO
- software (color, sound) for screen or projector
- dimensions variable
- duration variable
- software (color, sound) for screen or projector
- dimensions variable
- duration variable
EXHIBITION / SCREENING HISTORY
-2026- Ars Electronica, Deep Space. Linz, AT
-2026- EMPAC. Troy, NY
-2026- Roulette. Brooklyn, NY
-2026- Resonant Gallery. Kalamazoo, MI
-2026- Onassis ONX. New York, NY
-2026- Gene Siskel Film Center. Chicago, IL
-2026- Somerset House. London, UK
-2026- Kinomural. Wroclaw, PL
-2025- Onassis ONX. New York, NY
-2025- Stevens Institute of Technology. Hoboken, NJ
-2026- Ars Electronica, Deep Space. Linz, AT
-2026- EMPAC. Troy, NY
-2026- Roulette. Brooklyn, NY
-2026- Resonant Gallery. Kalamazoo, MI
-2026- Onassis ONX. New York, NY
-2026- Gene Siskel Film Center. Chicago, IL
-2026- Somerset House. London, UK
-2026- Kinomural. Wroclaw, PL
-2025- Onassis ONX. New York, NY
-2025- Stevens Institute of Technology. Hoboken, NJ
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS
- sound by Chris Parrello and Warren Lee
- technical direction by Oren Shoham
- sound by Chris Parrello and Warren Lee
- technical direction by Oren Shoham
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