asses.masses (Vancouver) Immersive Event

asses.masses (Vancouver)

A 7+ hour video game about unemployed donkeys designed to be played by a live audience in a theatre.

Vancouver ,   British Columbia

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The unemployed donkeys have one demand: the humans must surrender their machines and give all donkeys their jobs back. But revolution is never easy! asses.masses is a custom-made video game about labour, technophobia and sharing the load of revolution, designed to be played from beginning to end in a live theatre. This is gaming as performance; an immersive, cheeky and highly original work. Brave spectators take turns at the controller to lead the herd through a post-Industrial society, where asses are valued more for their hides than their potential. Confronting automation driven job loss, nostalgia as a barrier to progress, and the role of technology in adaptation, we are encouraged to find space between the work that defines us and the play that frees us. asses.masses is Animal Farm meets Pokémon meets Final Fantasy: as exciting in form as it is in content. No previous gaming (or donkey) experience required. asses.masses is a durational experience that is not intended for audiences to come and go. Like binge-watching a series, missing sections of the show means that you will miss significant portions of the narrative. There will be breaks with food and a bar available for the length of the show. Latecomers are allowed but encouraged to get there on time or they will miss the introduction.... Show More

Audience Role

Game player. Game player.

Content Advisories

  • Adult language

  • Flashing lights

  • Simulated donkey sex

  • Violence

  • 18 +

Interaction Advisories

  • No physical contact with performers

Mobility Advisories

  • No mobility advisories

  • Event is wheelchair accessible.

Sexual Advisories

  • Simulated donkey sex.

Tags

Comedy
Durational
video games

PWYC

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asses.masses

Hosting immersive events on EI since August, 2023

asses.masses is a video game designed by place from beginning to end by a live audience. Created by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, it's a 7+ experience following a herd of unemployed donkeys determined to get their jobs back in a world set on leaving them behind. For more information about the artists, visit: assesmasses.work patrickblenkarn.com miltonlim.com asses.masses is a video game designed by place from beginning to end by a live audience. Created by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, it's a 7+ experience following a herd of unemployed donkeys determined to get their jobs back in a world set on leaving them behind. For more information about the artists, visit: assesmasses.work patrickblenkarn.com miltonlim.com