Leo Castañeda: Camoflux Recall Grotto
Whitney Museum of American Art, Gansevoort Street 99, 10014 New York, Manhattan
About
Leo Castañeda: Camoflux Recall Grotto is a web-based game commissioned for the 2026 Whitney Biennial, presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Colombian-born multimedia artist and video game designer Leo Castañeda created it, first prototyping it during the Game Jam Lab of Museo La Tertulia in Cali, Colombia. Players take the perspective of an organic drone in a primordial landscape inspired by the Brazilian Amazon and South Florida Everglades, collecting water and sunlight to nourish otherworldly 'cyberflora' that reveal holographic memories from past and future worlds. The game resists typical rapid progression, instead simulating a meditative loop that speeds up only when organisms multiply beyond sustainability.
Written by a model, sources: whitney.org
Venue
Whitney Museum of American Art is in New York City’s Manhattan.
Gansevoort Street 99, 10014 New York
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