Hand Eye Society Arcade at Kazoo! Fest in Guelph
Hand Eye Society is excited to announce that we will be curating the indie game arcade for Kazoo! Festival in Guelph! Why does it rule? Well, it’s a rad non-profit festival dedicated to supporting emerging musicians, as well as video art, zines, craft, sound/installation art, and more. And of course, weird awesome videogames like the ones we’ve handpicked below!
Kazoo! Festival and Exhibit (April 10 — 14)
Exhibit Reception + Chiptune Dance Party
Kazoo! HQ (127 Woolwich St, Guelph ON)
April 13
4 to 6 PM
FREE!
Check their full schedule for other happenings, performances, and ticketed events elsewhere in the area.
The Games!
Oceanarium by Paloma Dawkins (Montreal)
Have you heard the quote, “We know more about deep space than we do about the ocean”? This is a game inspired by that. It doesn’t seem fair if you ask me, the ocean is full of undiscovered aliens. Have you seen the Gulper eel? Seriously, Google it.
Have we given up on our own planet and are looking to jump ship? It’s not the time to give up.
GIGCO by SpekWork (Halifax/Toronto)
You find yourself in the bowels of GIGCO, a sprawling superpower in online retail. Your nemesis is the automated shipping robot, ready to take your job at the given chance. Maneuver around the robots, one conveyor belt to the next, to complete your task before the lights dim; and the warehouse becomes fully automated machine-vision.
Art Sqool by Julian Glander (New York City)
🖌 Can a video game make you more creative?
🖼 Can Artificial Intelligence replace a human art professor?
✨ Can you draw a horse?
U r a froshmin at 🅐 🅡 🅣 🅢 🅠 🅞 🅞 🅛. Ur assignments are generated & graded by an A.I.
Shred yr bad art after! Feel good about yourself!!
A Short Hike by Adam Robinson-Yu (Toronto)
sometimes you just wanna play a game where you get to explore a big mountain and fly around it ok!!
HES Arcade curators: @AlennMakes (Lenn Predko) / @neurochems (Brendan Lehman)
