Become a NPC
Date: 2024
Medium: Leaflet
‘Become a NPC’ is a fictional invitation to become a part of a constructed society. Through research into how architecture mock-ups use speculative 3D imagery to demonstrate their appearance and what kind of people will visit the place. I experimented with Photoshop generative fill tool to predict what people would occupy the space in the arts centre I work at in Barnsley. It created an uncanny representation of myself going to work- without any specific prompts to. The application of the generative fill reminded me of the presence of NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in games. I then began to draft a fictional societal structure where people could guarantee their own comfortable quiet life by becoming one of these background characters in real life. In these leaflets I promoted the life of an NPC to fill space in a constructed world narrative decided by 'The Creatives.' I had the leaflets printed so they could be handed out as if they were a part of a campaign.