PLAY22

The PLAY - CREATIVE GAMING FESTIVAL invited all enthusiasts for gameculture and interactive arts from October 31 - November 6, 2022, to explore the creative potentials of games in a hybrid form online and on site in Hamburg. Workshops, exhibitions, shows, the Creative Gaming Awards and playful community formats offered a week of participation, discussion, programming, exploration, and, of course, gaming.

Breathe in. Exhale. This time the whole festival revolved around the theme TAKE A BREATH, focusing on games and forms of play that make us stop, stand still and reflect. What leads us to these moments and helps us to find what we need for a satisfied, relaxed and happy life, to set goals and to focus? Together, we considered how everyday pressures can be faced and how working and living conditions have an impact on the topics, messages and environments of interactive media and art.