Installation as part of massive retrospective of computer games. Show opened in London in 2002 and continues to travel the world until this day.

Walk On explores one common factor in even the simplest form of computer game: memory. All of Scanner’s work explores the hidden resonance’s and meanings within the memory and in particular the subtle traces that people and their actions leave behind. A very primitive form of this is the computer game ‘Simon’ where as the player you had to remember which light shone in what order on a very basic touch screen object and literally hammer it to retrace the steps. Walk On as an immersive environment similarly follows the traces of visitors.

In this work, the trail of every participants’ steps is recorded in real time, each participant becoming a player in an enormous memory game. As each new step is taken so the previous one will fade. Thus a record of the ghosts of each participants presence is heard for a moment and then fades away, assembling a momentary forgotten past in our digital future.

Game On is the first major UK exhibition to explore the vibrant history and culture of computer games. Focusing on key developments between 1962 and the present day, it takes an in-depth look at gaming’s fascinating past and limitless future.

From the colossal PDP – 1 of the early sixties to the GameCube in 2002, Game On examines the technologies that have revolutionised the games we play. With over 125 playable games including Space Invaders, Sonic the Hedgehog and Metal Gear Solid 2, and the ten most influential consoles – you can experience them all.

Shown at:
National Science And Technology Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 18 Jul - 31 Oct 09
State Library of Queensland, Australia 17 Nov 08 - 15 Feb 09
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia 6 Mar - 13 Jul 08
Cyberport, Hong Kong, China 21 July – 7 Oct 07
Science Museum London, UK 20 Oct 06 - 25 Feb 07
Pacific Science Centre, Seattle, USA 26 May - 31 Aug 06
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, USA 1 Feb – 27 Apr 06
The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California, USA 30 Sep 05 - 2 Jan 06
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, USA 4 Mar – 5 Sep 05
Eretz Israel Museum , Israel 26 Sep 04 – 1 Jan 05
Lille Festival of Culture 2004 France 19 May – 8 Aug 04
Helsinki City Art Museum , Finland 18 Sep – 14 Dec 03
Tilburg Art Foundation, Holland 28 May – 24 Aug 03
The Royal Museum at the National Museum of Scotland, UK 17 Oct 02 – 2 Feb 03
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK 16 May -15 Sept 02