The video game allows the viewer to roam through an empty gallery space, while encountering various artworks and reading their labels by clicking on them. The work refers to the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on the cultural sphere, which lead to increased consumption of art online, to an inflation of virtual gallery tours and a renewed discussion of the digital mediation of art. “Island Museum”, situated on
a deserted island which is populated solely by
art (and a monkey gallerist), is a half parody half empathic attempt to relate to the current state of art.
art (and a monkey gallerist), is a half parody half empathic attempt to relate to the current state of art.