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Gaming from Dice to Pixel

May 15, 2024 - April 27, 2025, Zeppelin Museum

The exhibition at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Germany, explores the phenomenon of games. It explores game spaces of identity, examines how games reflect power relations between propaganda, war and resistance as well as their contribution to shaping the future and the emergence of new communities.

Zeppelin games from the museum's own technology collection from the early 20th century to the present are contrasted with works by contemporary artists and gaming classics from game boards to consoles and critically categorized. In the style of role-playing games, visitors decide on one of five characters – explorer, scientist, journalist, hacker or child – which influences their tour through the exhibition. In addition to the individual solo adventure, the exhibition focuses on discourse, immersion and, of course, gaming itself.

The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen offers a multimedia experience of innovations in technology and art, and invites visitors to engage in an interactive dialog. Interdisciplinary, discursive, participatory and inclusive, it is dedicated to historical, current and future social developments and debates.

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17.05.2024 – 27.04.2025
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
Seestraße 22, 88045 Friedrichshafen, Germany

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Einstieg in die ausstellungsbegleitenden Pen-&-Paper-Soloabenteuer von Orkenspalter TV / Start into theexhibition-accompanying pen & paper solo adventuresofOrkenspalter TV. © Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter
Einstieg in die ausstellungsbegleitenden Pen-&-Paper-Soloabenteuer von Orkenspalter TV / Start into the exhibition-accompanying pen & paper solo adventures of Orkenspalter TV
© Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter
LuYang, LuYang NetiNeti Arcade, Commissioned and produced by Zabludowicz Collection, 2022 © Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter
Zeppelin-Spiele aus der Techniksammlung sowie spielbare moderne Brettspiele wie Frostpunkim Hintergrund. / Zeppelin games from the Technology Collection as well as playable modern board games such as Frostpunkin the background. © Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter
Escape-Room. Die Jagd nach den geheimen Zeppelin-Plänen imZeppLab desZeppelin Museums. /EscapeRoom. The Hunt for the Secret Zeppelin Blueprints in the ZeppLab of the Zeppelin Museum. ©Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter
Szenografie im zweiten Obergeschoss der Ausstellung / Scenography on the second floor of the exhibition. ©Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto / Photo: Markus Tretter

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Bar Zim Toy Mfg. Co., Inc., Graf Zeppelin Game, 1928, New York (NY, USA)
Geschicklichkeitsspiel / Skill Game
© Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Foto /Photo: Tretter (CC-BY-ND)
Afrah Shafiq, Where Do the Ants Go?, 2023– fortlaufend/ongoing
Interaktive Drei-Channel-Installation / Interactive Three-Channel Installation
© Afrah Shafiq
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LuYang, Arcade Liverpool, FACT Liverpool, 2023 Installationsansicht / Installation View
© LuYang, Foto / Photo: Rob Battersby
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von LuYang, FACT Liverpool und Société, Berlin. / Courtesy of the Artist, FACT Liverpool and Société, Berlin
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LuYang, NetiNeti, Zabludowicz Collection, London, 2022
Installationsansicht / Installation View
© LuYang, Foto / Photo: David Bebber
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von LuYang, Zabludowicz Collection und Société, Berlin. / Courtesy of the Artist, Zabludowicz Collection and Société, Berlin
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Keiken, Morphogenic Angels, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2023
Installationsansicht / Installation View
© Keiken
Keiken, Morphogenic Angels, 2022–23 Spielansicht (Still) / Game View (Still)
© Keiken
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Künstlerinnen. / Courtesy of the Artists.
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Larry Achiampong, Frieze London 2023
Installation
© Larry Achiampong, Foto / Photo: Reece Straw
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Künstlers und Copperfield, London / Courtesy of the Artist and Copperfield, London