Boom Crash Candy Crush

Exhibition at the Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica in Barcelona that starts from the compulsion loops of video games, specifically the game Candy Crush, to examine their relationship with bodies, technology and the military-industrial complex.

The proposal takes as its starting point the compulsion loops, a common device in video game design for creating repetitive habits in players, linked to rewards that stimulate the release of dopamine. The title refers to Candy Crush, one of the most widespread gaming apps in history.

In the game, the repetition of finger gestures, the tilt of the body and a fixed gaze shape postures that recur in urban spaces of pause, such as metro carriages or waiting rooms. The exhibition sets this aesthetic of shiny sweets against the extraction of user data, such as location, by large technology companies, some with direct contracts with the defence industry.

The exhibition explores the collision between bodies, the everyday, technology, capital and the global military-industrial complex. It is presented at the Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica, an exhibition space in Barcelona, within the field of design and fashion.