We are super excited to have Kaho Abe over from New York as our special guest for this Playful Arts Festival!

Kaho is a designer based in NYC interested in improving social and personal experiences through the use of technology, fashion and games.



At "A Performance Night Out" during the Playful Arts Festival on Saturday night, Kaho will show her game Hit Me! for the first time in The Netherlands. The game was an Indiecade 2012 finalist  and has been shown at various festivals and events throughout the world, among them "Joue le Jeu" in Paris, Athens Plaython in Athens, and Babycastles in New York. 



With Hit Me! Kaho "utilizes wireless technology and incorporates the concept of the metagame, Hit Me! encourages face-to-face real-world interactions, not only by the players but also by the spectators".



At Playful Arts Festival participants will be able to play this physical snapshot game but will also be able to join a workshop by Kaho, where she explores together with participants how physical interfaces can be made for games using Arduino.



There are still some spots open for this Arduino workshop! More info and sign-up on the workshop page.



Come play together with us and Kaho Abe at the Playful Arts Festival!
 



 

Kaho Abe is currently the Artist in Residence at the Game Innovation Lab at NYU-Poly where she researches and builds games that utilize technology to bring people together face to face.

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Some of her projects include Hit Me!, Mary Mack 5000 and Ninja Shadow Warrior. Her projects have appeared in shows and conferences in NYC, Boston, San Jose, the UK, Greece, China and Japan, and have been discussed in various publications including I.D. Magazine, Kill Screen Magazine, CNET News, NBC, NY1 and the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun.

Kaho Abe