Reworlding: Meanjin

So, you want to imagine a different world? Start with urban play.

Troy Innocent

Reworlding: Meanjin is an immersive role-playing game set on the streets of Meanjin/Brisbane in 2050. You are invited to join artist and academic Troy Innocent on a three-hour journey through the inner-city, working with your group to imagine a Meanjin of the future. Along the way, take part in a series of tabletop role-playing games that encompass augmented reality, video and sound. At the end of your journey, return to the Museum to share your findings.

'Reworlding' is a form of speculative and relational world-building. To 'reworld' is to nurture and develop existing patterns in culture, nature and society – evolution over revolution. Reworlding embraces actions for change, do-it-yourself skills and speculative design to answer the question: when one world collapses, how do we build the next?

The project expands on Reworlding: Play The World We Want, presented in Naarm Melbourne by RMIT future play lab during Melbourne Design Week 2023. The game design is informed by consultation with Indigenous Elders, urbanists, designers, artists, policymakers and game makers.

Presented with support from Museum of Brisbane and ISEA 2024
This residency is part of the 29th International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2024)
MoB's Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC