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.


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      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. 

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