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Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Paolo Pedercini

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March 3, 2027 | 7:00 pm – 8:50 pm

Screenshot-style artwork titled “The New York Times Simulator,” showing bold newspaper-style text over a collage of black-and-white news imagery with a green “Run game” button.

Date & Time
Wednesday, March 3, 2027 (7–8:50 p.m.)

Location
Virtual

Paolo Pedercini is an Italian game designer known for making Flash videogames based on socio-political points of view, on topics such as labour market flexibility and queer theory, in explicit opposition with the mainstream video game industry. He is known under the pseudonym Molleindustria, the name of his website. He created games such as Queer Power, Faith Fighter and the McDonald’s Video Game. The games are often offered as freeware under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial license.

Throughout the fall and spring semesters, the Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series welcomes a diverse group of nationally and internationally recognized artists working across traditional, hybrid and emergent disciplines. Join us to explore and expand boundaries of creative visual practices alongside others with an interest in contemporary visual art.

Visit Paolo Pedercini’s website.

Livestream Details

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Zoom Meeting ID: 517 317 5108

Zoom Passcode: 974465

The Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series is supported in part by the UWM Black & Gold Committee and Differential Tuition funds, Frederick R. Layton Fund, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund, The Queer Curatorial Fund, Center for 21st Century Studies, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists, Print Club, Focus, and OBJECT.