Flower

Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago, Flower, 2007, video game for SONY PS3, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of thatgamecompany, 2013.70, © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment American LLC. Flower is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany.

Artwork Details

Title
Flower
Artists
Date
2007
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment American LLC. Flower is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany.
Credit Line
Gift of thatgamecompany
Mediums
Mediums Description
video game for SONY PS3, color, sound
Classifications
Highlights
Object Number
2013.70
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2013.70

Artwork Description

The videogame Flower places participants in the role of the wind as they traverse a vast landscape and touch their surroundings. Choice and physical motion in play affect both color and sound as the environment responds in kind. Creators Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago render an unexplored land for the player to feel and transform. Flower was conceived as an “interactive poem” in response to tensions between urban and rural space, encouraging participants to weave aural, visual, and tactile sensations into an emotional arc, rather than a narrative one.


Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015

Works by this artist (12 items)

View all artworks
Felipe Archuleta, Fish, 1974, carved and painted tree limb and plywood, wood pulp, and adhesive, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.230
Fish
Artist
Date1974
carved and painted tree limb and plywood, wood pulp, and adhesive
On view
Felipe Archuleta, Squirrel, 1974, house paint on cottonwood with rubber and grass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.46A-B
Squirrel
Artist
Date1974
house paint on cottonwood with rubber and grass
On view
Felipe Archuleta, Bottlecap Snake, 1975, mixed media: bottlecaps, carved wood, inner tube, wire, ink marker, paint, wood pulp, and adhesive, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1988.74.1
Bottlecap Snake
Artist
Date1975
mixed media: bottlecaps, carved wood, inner tube, wire, ink marker, paint, wood pulp, and adhesive
On view
Felipe Archuleta, Fish, 1974, carved and painted tree limb and plywood, wood pulp, and adhesive, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.380
Fish
Artist
Date1974
carved and painted tree limb and plywood, wood pulp, and adhesive
On view

Videos

Current Time 0:00
Duration 0:00
Loaded: 0%
Stream Type LIVE
Remaining Time 0:00
 
1x
    • Chapters
    • descriptions off, selected
    • captions off, selected

      Flower Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC This video is one of 80 displayed in The Art of Video Games exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

      More Artworks from the Collection

      Browse All Artworks
      Leroy Archuleta, Javelina, 1988, latex paint on cottonwood, bone, glass, and straw, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.47
      Javelina
      Artist
      Date1988
      latex paint on cottonwood, bone, glass, and straw
      Not on view
      Johnson Antonio, Embracing Couple, 1992, acrylic on carved cottonwood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.43
      Embracing Couple
      Artist
      Date1992
      acrylic on carved cottonwood
      Not on view
      Johnson Antonio, Woman With Papoose, 1985-1992, acrylic and watercolor on cottonwood; yarn, plaster fill, ink, cloth, metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.45.3
      Woman With Papoose
      Artist
      Date1985-1992
      acrylic and watercolor on cottonwood; yarn, plaster fill, ink, cloth, metal
      Not on view
      Johnson Antonio, Navajo Woman, 1986, carved and painted cottonwood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1987.62
      Navajo Woman
      Artist
      Date1986
      carved and painted cottonwood
      On view