So this multimedia artist Hunter Jonakin creates a video game to make a statement about the art world’s foolishness. That make sense. For those that don’t know, Jeff Koons is one of those artists that people either love or hate. Between the blown-up images of sex with his porn-star wife, the kitsch objects he recreates, and the fact that he doesn’t create his own art, Koons has become a definite target for hate. Of course the hate comes easy when you realize that he’s made huge amounts of money. HUGE.

From Hunter Jonakin’s website:
“The game is set in a large museum during a Jeff Koons retrospective. The viewer is given a rocket launcher and the choice to destroy any of the work displayed in the gallery. If nothing is destroyed the player is allowed to look around for a couple of minutes and then the game ends. However, if one or more pieces are destroyed, an animated model of Jeff Koons walks out and chastises the viewer for annihilating his art. He then sends guards to kill the player. If the player survives this round then he or she is afforded the ability to enter a room where waves of curators, lawyers, assistants, and guards spawn until the player is dead. In the end, the game is unwinnable, and acts as a comment on the fine art studio system, museum culture, art and commerce, hierarchical power structures, and the destructive tendencies of gallery goers, to name a few. “

Is that life imitating art again? I mean, this is how rap rivalries get started. It could be something like that. I wonder what MetaCritic has to say about this.

Hunter Jonakin’s website via Juxtapoz

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