Hugh Davies
@hughdavies.bsky.social
Artist, Curator, Media and Games Researcher
President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association
https://www.hughdavies.au/
President of Chinese Digital Games Research Association
https://www.hughdavies.au/
I am intensely proud of my wife Yoko who has just had her book published! Next Wednesday, Yoko will be book signing at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Please book a seat and come along if you are in town. tinyurl.com/bdfxrs9z
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I am intensely proud of my wife Yoko who has just had her book published! Next Wednesday, Yoko will be book signing at Kinokuniya in Sydney. Please book a seat and come along if you are in town. tinyurl.com/bdfxrs9z
Deadline extended! Following popular demand, we have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to the Video Games in Museums event in Shanghai this November. New deadline is August 12th. chinesedigra.org/934-2/
August 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Deadline extended! Following popular demand, we have extended the deadline for abstract submissions to the Video Games in Museums event in Shanghai this November. New deadline is August 12th. chinesedigra.org/934-2/
That article is an ouroboros
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
That article is an ouroboros
This photo of Albo and Wong as they officially announce Australia’s support for US’s illegal bombing of Iran today. A visual reminder we are not a country, we have no leaders. Until we separate from the US, we're like an 93rd state with no voting rights.
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This photo of Albo and Wong as they officially announce Australia’s support for US’s illegal bombing of Iran today. A visual reminder we are not a country, we have no leaders. Until we separate from the US, we're like an 93rd state with no voting rights.
New full length paper presented at the International Symposium of Electronic Art in Korea.
Unearthing ancient genealogies of QR code design, this paper examines how these operational images can be read technologically , culturally, and prognostically.
Unearthing ancient genealogies of QR code design, this paper examines how these operational images can be read technologically , culturally, and prognostically.
June 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
New full length paper presented at the International Symposium of Electronic Art in Korea.
Unearthing ancient genealogies of QR code design, this paper examines how these operational images can be read technologically , culturally, and prognostically.
Unearthing ancient genealogies of QR code design, this paper examines how these operational images can be read technologically , culturally, and prognostically.
Marked 35 student works then visited an insect museum.
May 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Marked 35 student works then visited an insect museum.
Exciting new publication out this month in which I discuss the Japanese Virtual Influencer ‘Imma’ exploring her liminal presence between reality and imagination, virtual and actual, East and West, commodity and authenticity. Ping me if you want a pdf. shorturl.at/dION4
March 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Exciting new publication out this month in which I discuss the Japanese Virtual Influencer ‘Imma’ exploring her liminal presence between reality and imagination, virtual and actual, East and West, commodity and authenticity. Ping me if you want a pdf. shorturl.at/dION4
February 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Khaled Sabsabi, Syria, 2012, created between Australia and Syria, dual-channel video installation exhibited as part of 9th Shanghai Biennale, Reactivation, Sydney Pavilion, China
February 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Khaled Sabsabi, Syria, 2012, created between Australia and Syria, dual-channel video installation exhibited as part of 9th Shanghai Biennale, Reactivation, Sydney Pavilion, China
Discussing Black Myth Wukong as a lens on Chinese game development ecologies at DiGRAA2025 in Adelaide.
February 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Discussing Black Myth Wukong as a lens on Chinese game development ecologies at DiGRAA2025 in Adelaide.
The predictability of asking DeepSeek about Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and Winnie-the-Poo is the literal equivilent of typing 5318008 into an old calculator and turning it upside down. Magnificent use of AI. Bring it on.
January 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The predictability of asking DeepSeek about Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and Winnie-the-Poo is the literal equivilent of typing 5318008 into an old calculator and turning it upside down. Magnificent use of AI. Bring it on.
Can confirm. It is literally "little red book".
January 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can confirm. It is literally "little red book".
Summer front garden
January 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Summer front garden
My 2024 paper interrogating the intersection of AI, future forecasting, and games is now freely available online. "this paper reveals and critiques the unannounced spiritual mysticism surrounding contemporary AI and its increasing embrace within late-capitalist future forecasting". bit.ly/4h9JLLH
January 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My 2024 paper interrogating the intersection of AI, future forecasting, and games is now freely available online. "this paper reveals and critiques the unannounced spiritual mysticism surrounding contemporary AI and its increasing embrace within late-capitalist future forecasting". bit.ly/4h9JLLH
Revitisiting an article I wrote five years ago on "Religious Devices: A Survey of Technologies of Worship" for a new article on technologies of pilgramage. Still holds up.
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
December 20, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Revitisiting an article I wrote five years ago on "Religious Devices: A Survey of Technologies of Worship" for a new article on technologies of pilgramage. Still holds up.
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
Not much employment this year but a lot of garlic grown
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Not much employment this year but a lot of garlic grown