Robbie Barrat

Finally started work on a project I have wanted to do for years. I'm reverse engineering + modifying a Big Buck Hunter cabinet (hunting game from 2000), working towards a nonviolent simulation of wildlife with infinitely generating landscapes, using only the original game assets.

finally have a studio set up and am working in it. it's in West Virginia, in an old grave store where headstones were carved/sold (the frescoes are from when it was in business). I'm working a lot on Big Buck Hunter: Restoration again (I had to take a break to graduate school)

My first solo show is opening at @avant_galerie this upcoming Friday, the 24th.

It includes a range of work from 2021-2024 (landscapes, L-system pieces on e-ink, tapestry), but will have a special focus on Big Buck Hunter: Restoration and Counter-Strike: Afterstory.

Big Buck Hunter: Restoration is nearing completion. All the landscapes here are procedurally generated after the game's 'midwest' levels as a reference. The cabinet continually generates new landscapes and follows a 3 day (autumn/winter/spring) cycle.

Tomorrow I am giving a talk with Robert Norton at @GazelliArtHouse - discussing past work, my pieces currently on display in the show there, and in-progress or future work like the Big Buck Hunter Restoration project. Please RSVP if you can make it - bit.ly/TuesdayTalkRob…