games for performance
collective experiences
social transformation
STUDIO FUNFUG is a Canadian interdisciplinary art studio dedicated to supporting work at the forefront and intersection of performance, multimedia, interactive design, and games. We support the creation and touring of playful experiences that challenge formal notions of what is and is not defined as art. Our projects are diverse in scale, ambitious in form, and invite national and international dialogue on contemporary social and political issues.
AVAILABLE FOR TOURING
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asses.masses
by Patrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim
an 8-hour video game designed to be played live by an audience from beginning to end — about a Herd of donkeys on a farm who stage their first protest to try and get their jobs back.Touring in multiple languages including:
EN, ES, FR, IT, PT, DE, TR, NL, CA, KO, JP, CN -
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culturecapital
by Milton Lim + Patrick Blenkarn
a competitive card game for 2-4 players about how value is determined within the arts economy—featuring everything from public archive to informal game nights and tournaments, to showdowns between key members of your cultural landscape.Versions have been made for Vancouver, Edmonton-Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Barcelona
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2021
by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson
a live narrated video game about the bureaucracy of dying in our digital age, the data we leave behind, and caring for those we fundamentally disagree with.
produced by Guilty by Association
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FUNFUG FORUM
by Patrick Blenkarn + Milton Lim
FUNFUG FORUM is an escape room - scavenger hunt intervention to public institutions and the rules that govern them. Created in collaboration with local youth, players self-organize to complete the challenges are conjure as much ‘FUNFUG’ as possible—before time runs out.
2027
Oct 24 | asses.masses, TBA, Karlsruhe
Aug 28 | asses.masses, TBA, Riga
Aug 22 | asses.masses, TBA, Tallinn
May 22 | asses.masses, TBA, Hannover
Apr 12-23 | DRAGONS, BC schools touring, Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)
Apr 9-10 | DRAGONS (premiere), Théâtre la Seizième, Vancouver, CA (FR)
Feb 25-28 | 2021, ArtsEmerson, Boston, USA
Jan 30 | asses.masses, Théâtre Le Grrranit Scène Nationale, Belfort, FR, (FR)
2026
Nov 14 | asses.masses, Beta Festival, Dublin, IE (EN)
Nov 12-14 | 2021, Wirtz Center for the Performing and Media Arts/Northwestern, Chicago, USA
Nov 8 | asses.masses, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (EN)
Nov 7 | asses.masses, VIERNULVIER, Ghent, BE (NL)
Oct 24-25 | asses.masses, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Lisbon, PT (PT)
Sep 12-13 | asses.masses, ACT Festival , Shanghai, CN (CN)
Jun 3-4 | 2021, STAGES Festival, Dartmouth, CA
May 23 | asses.masses, Istanbul Fringe x Paribu Art, Istanbul, TR (TR)
May 22 | culturecapital, Globe Theatre, Regina, CA
May 16-17 | asses.masses, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Utrecht, NL (EN/NL)
May 8 – Jul 10 | culturecapital, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, CA
April 30 | Publication, culturecapital:barcelona, Santa Mònica, Barcelona, ES
Apr 11 | asses.masses, Inkonst, Malmö, SW (EN)
Mar 28-29 | asses.masses, Espoo Theatre, Espoo, FI (EN)
Mar 21 | asses.masses, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK (EN)
Feb 14 + 21 | asses.masses, ICA Boston, USA (EN)
Feb 7 | asses.masses, Center for the Art of Performance @ UCLA, Los Angeles,USA (EN)
Jan 24-25 | asses.masses, Sydney Festival, Sydney, AUS (EN)
Jan 23-24 | 2021, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, CAN
Jan 9-17 | 2021, MITU580 x Under the Radar, New York City, USA
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Nov 15-16 | asses.masses, Peek Fest, Victoria, CA (EN)
Nov 7-8 | asses.masses, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Seoul, KO (KO) — Korean language premiere
Nov 1-2 | asses.masses, IF Barcelona x Fundació Joan Brossa, Barcelona, ES (CA) — Catalan premiere
Oct 26 | asses.masses, Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow, UK (EN)
Oct 4 | asses.masses, NYU Skirball, New York City, USA (EN)
Sep 28 | asses.masses, IMPACT Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo, CA (EN)
Sep 27 | asses.masses, Teatro Municipal, Porto, PT (PT) — Portuguese language premiere
Sep 20 + 21 | asses.masses, Istanbul Fringe Festival, Istanbul, TR (TR) — Turkish language premiere
Sep 13 | asses.masses, Zones Théâtrales, Ottawa, CA (FR)
Sep 7 | asses.masses, FringeArts, Philadelphia, USA (EN)
May 24-25 | asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, CA (EN+ES)
May 18 | asses.masses, auawirleben, Bern, CH (EN)
Apr 12-13 | asses.masses, Battersea Arts Centre + London Games Festival, London, UK (EN)
Apr 5 | asses.masses, Bradford UK City of Culture, Bradford, UK (EN)
Mar 29 | asses.masses, PAMCUT + Risk/Reward, Portland, USA (EN)
Feb 15-16 | asses.masses, UMS (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, USA (EN)
Feb 2 | asses.masses, Mois Multi, Québec City, CA (FR)
Jan 12 | asses.masses, Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster, DE (DE)
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Nov 17 | asses.masses, Campania Teatro Festival, Naples, IT (IT)
Nov 10 | asses.masses, Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster, DE (DE)
Oct 26 | asses.masses, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, DE (DE) — German language premiere
Jun 18 + 20 | asses.masses, INTEATRO Festival, Ancona, IT (IT) — Italian language premiere
May 25 + Jun 2 | asses.masses, Festival TransAmériques + Centaur Theatre, Montréal, CA (FR+EN) — French language premiere
May 18-19 | asses.masses, Mayfest, Bristol, UK (EN)
Jan 20, 27, + Feb 3 | asses.masses, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver, CA (EN)
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Sep 22-24 | asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, CA (EN)
Sep 12-16: FARCE, Zones Théâtrales, Ottawa
Jun 6 + 9 | asses.masses, International University Theater Festival (FITU)/UNAM, Mexico City, MX [ES]
Jun 9 | asses.masses, STAGES Festival, Halifax, CA (EN)
Jun 8 | asses.masses, FOLDA, Kingston, CA (EN)
Mar 2-4 | asses.masses, Buenos Aires International Festival (FIBA), Buenos Aires, AR (ES) — Spanish language premiere
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Nov 18: Workshop: culturecapital, Queen’s University, Kingston
Jun 5-11: Residency: FUNFUG FORUM, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
May 12-14: asses.masses Episodes 1-4, Hybrid by Design, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
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Nov 17-24: FARCE, CAPACOA Conference
Aug 23 - Sep 12: Residency: asses.masses, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
Aug 23: Spotlight Canada, Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh
Jul 1-31: Residency: asses.masses, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver
Jun 18: Artist Talk, LMDA 2021, Mexico City
Jun 1: “Dramaturgy—from the Bottom Up: exploring strategies for bridging videos games and live performance in asses.masses”, LMDA 2021, Mexico City
Mar 2-4: asses.masses Episode 1+2, Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires (FIBA), Buenos Aires
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Oct 27: culturecapital:online, Match 4, HowlRound.tv
Sep 30: culturecapital:online, Match 3, HowlRound.tv
Sep 2: culturecapital:online, Match 2, HowlRound.tv
May 20: culturecapital:online, Match 1, National Theatre School of Canada + HowlRound
Feb 28: asses.masses Episode 1+2, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
Feb 9-13: culturecapital, Expanse Festival/Chinook Series, Edmonton
Jan 21: Workshop: culturecapital, Concordia University
Jan 15-16: Workshop: culturecapital, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary
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Nov 25-30: Residency: culturecapital, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton/Calgary
Nov 22-24: asses.masses Episode 1, Digital Summit, Banff
Nov 20: asses.masses Episode 1, to the AWE #6, Calgary
Nov 1-10: Residency: culturecapital, SummerWorks, Toronto
Aug 12-14: culturecapital, SummerWorks, Toronto
July 31: asses.masses Episode 1, soft/WALL/studs, Singapore
Jun 28-30: asses.masses, Risk-Reward Festival, Portland
Jun 6: culturecapital, Magnetic North Festival, Vancouver
Jun 3: culturecapital, Canadian Association for Theatre Research 2019 @ UBC, Vancouver
in development
ALL SUPPORTED projects
RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT
STUDIO FUNFUG travels the world to conduct research residencies, playtests, and to lead workshops in game design, performance creation, and collaboration.
our team
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Milton Lim
Creative Director
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Laurel Green
Creative Director
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Patrick Blenkarn
Creative Director
