sometimes i wish i were an alien

** Please re-run the game to start over if you are seeing this from an exhibition **

** updated with mobile support you can now play it on your phone! **

** use arrow keys to move and follow the butterflies, the game can take from 15 to 25 mins to explore **

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“Because we’re born on different sides of the border, that makes our bodies different. Because I moved from one side of the border to another, that makes me a migrant forever, equally rejected by both sides. If you tell me “You can be anything you want”, why do the rules apply to me differently, why am I viewed differently? If I refuse to assimilate, does that make me a loser? Does my difference make it exciting, or threatening? 

For those with powerful passports, the border is a symbolic reaffirmation of a surplus of rights, but for me, it is a solid barrier, a force to separate, alienate and generate differences, becoming omnipresent inside me. So, how the f*ck can I possibly get free? Enter the game world filled with gibberish from a ‘legal alien’ and meditate on topics around migration, displacement, (losing) home, and freedom.

This game is for those who are haunted by the border.” 

showcasing in the Damn Soggy Oat Patch exhibition [Goldsmiths Digital Arts Computing Degree Show] from 4-7 May, 2023