Natalia Alfutova, Yaroslav Kravtsov / Artcore

About the Project

This interactive project within Roblox is an homage to Aristarkh Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin’s Artomat, where every viewer had the opportunity to create their own art objects in a digital space and “place” them in the greatest museums in the world. Artcore offers a similar opportunity, moving a gaming narrative into the matrix of modern technologies with maximal engagement of the viewer-player. WIthout changing the principles of creating art objects, the artists go further by creating a simulacrum of the art market, where works can be more than exhibited—they can also be bought and sold.

For the exhibit, a condensed version of the game was made where each visitor can try on the role of the artist without getting lost in the complex mechanisms of the art market.