“For the fifth year A MAZE. is welcoming african and international independent game developers, artists, forward thinkers, vr designers and digital activists in Johannesburg to exchange tools, skills and ideas in the fields of independent games and playful media. This year we like to create positive chaos!" --- Thorsten S. Wiedemann, founder and director of A MAZE.
A MAZE. / Johannesburg is also a public event. Open arcade with the best selection of amazing independent videogames and alternative games with weird controllers. We bring together what belongs together. Games, music and people.
A MAZE. / Johannesburg is an annual evolving platform for african and international playful media artists. Also a playground for everyone who wants to experience the magic of the Human-Human-Machine interaction.
A MAZE. provides an intensive 3-day program with talks, workshops, panels, hypertalks, screenings, artistic games, VR experiences, playful installations, concerts, av performances and party in the heart of Johannesburg, Braamfontein.
Since A MAZE. is the first festival of that kind in Africa we have the responsibility to create a platform that grows from inside to secure the longterm goals like a national funding systems, more and effective international collaborations between universities, institutions, cultural agencies, studios and creatives
Thanks due the funding by the City of Johannesburg we’re also able to create one A MAZE. Pop up in Soweto.
10 x 5 min super fast talks about a broad range of topics.
Current topics - Attention Deficit --- Did You See That?, Jakub Koziol- -Francois Van Niekerk - Why I'm fascinated by boardgames, Megan Hughes - Creating emotion with mechanical motifs, Ben Myres - Politics of Sex games, Richard Pieterse -Crash course in game literacy, Jonatan van Hove - Promoting STEM Education Through Educational Games and K-12 Market. The Tripod of Success in Mobile Games Industry in Nigeria and Africa, Abiola Adeagbo
Saturday September 3, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 SAST
Founder's Square41 Juta Street