My House

My House (2005) is the first video game level I’ve created for a gallery space. Using a modified version of the Unreal computer game, I’ve modeled a detailed recreation of my childhood home as fully-navigable computer-generated environment. Having called upon an amalgamation of dog-eared family photos and thirty-year old memories for reference, I’ve tried to re-construct, in a dream-like manner, a 3-D environment for the viewer to explore. As a central icon I focused on my 7th birthday party, which you can see prepared in the kitchen, and I created a number of drawings, arcade graphics, and a custom chenille letter with this logo. The game level is playable via a custom-made arcade machine.