Beyond Screens: Alt-Ctrl interview with Yann Seznec

Yann Seznec is an artist whose work focuses on sound, music, physical interaction, games, and building new instruments. He moved to Maryland in 2019 after living in Scotland for 13 years. Much of his work involves building custom instruments such as musical pigsties, slinky instruments, candle-based sound installations, electromechanical mushroom spore reactors, and more. He is founder of the award-winning creative studio Lucky Frame. In December 2015 he received the British Composer Award for Sonic Art for his 2014 Edinburgh Art Festival work “Currents”. He is currently the Game Designer in Residence at the MICA Game Lab in Baltimore.
http://www.yannseznec.com

IndieCade’s Twitch show exploring work that pushes the boundaries of, or comes entirely off the screen. Genres covered will include participatory theatre, alternate reality and live action roleplaying; escape rooms; Big Games; and alternative controllers. Each hour-long episode will feature an in-depth conversation with creators of these genre-defining games.

Airing noon Pacific on Wednesdays, weekly shows will be co-hosted by organizations and creators in monthly rotation as follows:

• First Wednesday – Playable Theatre – Hosted by the Playable Theatre Project
• Second Wednesday – Escape Rooms – Presented by Room Escape Artists
• Third Wednesday – Big Games – Presented by Come Out and Play
• Fourth Wednesday – Alternative Controllers –  with Tatiana Vilela dos Santos and Alistair Aitcheson