Paolo Pedercini is the guest of the fifth episode of the podcast series I did with artists who 1. are among my absolute cultural heroes and 2. have exhibited at Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art in Ljubljana.

Molleindustria, The Best Amendment

Paolo Pedercini is a game developer, an artist and an Associate Professor in Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art in Pittsburgh — where he is also running LIKELIKE, a space for independent games and playful arts. He is the mind behind Molleindustria, a radical video gaming project. Commenting on his games, Pedercini wrote that he “unintentionally convinced many people that his games are art” and indeed, Molleindustria games address issues such as environmental justice, religion, the military, gun violence, mass incarceration, pedo priests, immigration and even the anthropocene.

Molleindustria, The New York Times Simulator

Molleindustria, Dogness

I hope you enjoy the episode here or on Spotify!

Previous podcast episodes: Tactics&Practice [podcast]: The Future Behind Us. Episode 1, Trevor Paglen, Episode 2, Nora Al-Badri, Episode 3, UBERMORGEN, Episode 4, Jill Magid.

Tactics&Practice [podcast]: The Future Behind Us was produced for PXXP•XXV: Speculation and Decay, the programme curated by Aksioma for the 25th edition of Pixxelpoint – International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices which will take place in Nova Gorica/Gorica on 7 to 17 November 2024.