asses.masses (Portland, OR)
A 7+ hour video game about unemployed donkeys designed to be played by a live audience in a theatre.
Portland , OregonExperience hosted by asses.masses
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 video game designed to be played from beginning to end by a live audience. This is gaming as theater: an immersive, cheeky, and highly original work about labor, technophobia, and sharing the load of revolution. Audience members cheer on and coach brave spectators who choose to 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. asses.masses is Animal ... Show More
Audience Role
Audiences take turns as players using the controller, as spectators help make decisions, offer suggestions, and cheer them on as the story unfolds! You do not need to be good ... Show More
Content Advisories
Flashing lights
Graphic violence
References to drug use
References to police brutality
References to suicide
Strong language
13 +
Interaction Advisories
No physical contact with performers
Mobility Advisories
No mobility advisories
Event is wheelchair accessible.
Sexual Advisories
Simulated sex with donkeys. Simulated sex with humans.
Location
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