German filmmaker Harun Farocki’s four-part video installation Serious Games examines the way we use technology and simulation to prepare American soldiers for missions in the Middle East and Afghanistan and to debrief them after returning from active duty.
Filmed at different army training centers in the U.S., the work presents us with four scenarios where the line between reality and fiction becomes disconcertingly blurred.
By charting the seamless integration of computer-simulated environments into training programs—and the substitution of a virtual environment for the real and the real for the virtual—Farocki forcefully impresses on the viewer our emotional and psychological investment in the make-believe scenario.
Part I: Watson is Down offers a glimpse into a computer-simulated scenario during army training.
Part II: Three Dead is a real-life training exercise in the California desert.
Part III: Immersion showcases the use of virtual technology in treating trauma.
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Seattle Art MuseumWells Fargo Center1300 FIRST AVENUEWA 98101Seattle, Vereinigte staatenSeattle Art MuseumWells Fargo Center1300 FIRST AVENUEWA 98101Seattle, Vereinigte staatenGerman filmmaker Harun Farocki’s four-part video installation Serious Games examines the way we use technology and simulation to prepare American soldiers for missions in the Middle East and Afghanistan and to debrief them after returning from active duty.
Filmed at different army training centers in the U.S., the work presents us with four scenarios where the line between reality and fiction becomes disconcertingly blurred.
By charting the seamless integration of computer-simulated environments into training programs—and the substitution of a virtual environment for the real and the real for the virtual—Farocki forcefully impresses on the viewer our emotional and psychological investment in the make-believe scenario.
Part I: Watson is Down offers a glimpse into a computer-simulated scenario during army training.
Part II: Three Dead is a real-life training exercise in the California desert.
Part III: Immersion showcases the use of virtual technology in treating trauma.
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