MO Museum hosts Lithuania’s first video game exhibition
MO Museum’s new exhibition GamePlay is Lithuania’s first interactive video game exhibition dedicated to this influential contemporary medium. Organised in collaboration with ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, the exhibition showcases works by talented artists and independent creators who blend various art forms and challenge traditional video game conventions.
According to the curatorial team — Agnė Kuprytė, curator at MO Museum, and Laura Schmidt, curator at ZKM — “GamePlay” invites visitors to view video games as a form of visual culture with its own distinctive language and unique history.
Visitors of the exhibition can experience 22 video games by independent creators and artists. These games are highly creative, experiment with form, explore political issues, shed light on underrepresented social groups, and allow players to experience the world through someone else’s perspective.
“Video games are among the most influential media of our time. Since their emergence 70 years ago, they’ve become a part of pop culture, entertainment, and art, playing a significant role in many aspects of modern life. Yet they are still often seen as mere leisure activities. With this exhibition, we aim to challenge that perception — to show how games can inspire, drive social change, and offer new ways of understanding the world and one another”, says Kuprytė, the curator of the exhibition.
“GamePlay” is an adaptation of the highly acclaimed game exhibition zkm_gameplay. the next level from the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe. It is also the first exhibition at MO Museum where visitors can engage interactively with every exhibit — from a game that simulates democratic decision-making to one that sensitively portrays the fading memories of a person with dementia.
Ada Mockutė-Jaime, Chief Marketing Officer at Nordcurrent — Lithuania’s largest game studio and the exhibition’s main partner — highlights the opportunity “GamePlay” offers to expand public understanding of the cultural and artistic value of video games.
“Video games are increasingly recognised as a cultural phenomenon and are more than entertainment — they enhance problem-solving skills, foster creativity, and even strengthen social abilities. A recent public opinion poll commissioned by Nordcurrent revealed that nearly half of the respondents, 48%, see video games as an important part of contemporary culture, and over a third agree that video games can be considered an art form,” says Mockutė-Jaime.
Exhibition “GamePlay” is open at the MO Museum through 16 November.
