We’re celebrating Art Week LA with a night of live performance, walkthrough demos, collective gameplay and live music — Join us at Rip Space for the opening reception of OPEN WORLD, a weekend-long exhibition bringing you work by artists who imagine through the tools of gaming platforms, robotics, and AI to build emergent narrative forms. Doors open at 6:00 // live program starts at 7:00. Each artist will present a performance or walkthrough demo of their work, followed by a reception and opportunity for guests to play-through games on the LED screen. The works will be exhibited through the weekend via gallery hours Sat + Sun 1:00 - 6:00 RIP SPACE, DTLA Friday, February 21 Doors Open: 6:00 PM Performances & Live Demos: 7:00 PM Gallery Hours: Sat & Sun 1:00 - 6:00 PM FEATURING Yuehao Jiang | Spider Lily – an atmospheric adventure game set in the afterlife Kira Xonorika | performance experimenting with sculptural form, Indigenous Futurism and robotics John Threat | Geil Zeit – collective gameplay, climate futures & cooperative decisions Huntrezz Janos + Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou | Dentaxuvia – interspecies collaboration, and post-apocalyptic coexistence PLEAS RSVP HERE: https://partiful.com/e/DWZ8YzwVjkCmJbWIC2eu