Playgrounds of Power
What does Indian game-making look like when you step behind the loading screen?
Over the past few months, we spoke with designers, developers, founders, educators, and community organisers across the country. People spoke about the small openings, the barriers, the unnoticed labour, and the gendered dynamics that influence who participates, who advances, and how creative work unfolds.
On 13 December, we’re opening the doors to the first public showing of this work before we release the report:
a) An exhibition of lived experiences, structural patterns, and future imaginaries by Lagori Collective
b) A grounded conversation with practitioners unpacking how gendered dynamics shape entry, collaboration, and creative practice inside India’s studios, featuring Poornima Seetharaman, Yadu Rajiv, and Shalaka Rawat
c) An experimental live sonic performance by multidisciplinary artist Kaldi Moss, inviting audiences into a spatial, atmospheric and textural set synthesised live using two custom-built compositional instruments
d) A small mixer to meet others imagining a more inclusive future for Indian game-making over some food and drinks.
Serious questions, good people, great energy, eclectic sounds and a chance to see research, stories, and sound sit together in one room. If you care about games, creative work, equity, or how new cultural industries take shape, this one is for you.
Sat, 13 December | 3–7 PM | Lagori Collective, Cooke Town
Free entry • Limited seats
Playgrounds of Power is supported by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.