VGA Gallery welcomes Alm Chung and Kristin McWharter for a special episode of VGA FIRESIDE! Chung is a researcher and publisher of zines and games, while McWharter is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores the entangled relationship between competition and intimacy.

Together, their collaboration is culminating in Football Practice, an experimental software simulation that imagines a speculative future for the sport American Football. The work is constructed through a workshop series in which the audience can actively contribute to the development of the work. Workshops will take place throughout the 2021 season, and VGA is honored to be a part of one this winter!

Streaming live via Twitch and YouTube on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 at 4 PM CST

VGA Fireside is an artist speaker series that presents the stories and work of video game creators and writers. Presented online, the series also functions as a growing archive of those who make and think about video game art and how it responds to their current moment of history.

VGA Fireside is presented in partnership with the Media Arts area of the University of South Carolina School of Visual Art and Design, the Independent Game Developers Association Chicago Chapter, and the Media Arts and Game Design Module in Radio/TV/Film in the School of Communication at Northwestern University.