In June 2021 I started work as a Curator at the National Videogame Museum in Sheffield, UK. Here I worked as part of a larger team to conceive, design, and construct exhibitions, events, and programmes at the museum, as well as writing interpretation and helping care for the larger NVM collection.

2021

• Luigi Time Bundle: Game display based around celebrating the ‘other brother’ in Mario Bros.

• Halloween Bundle: Haunted House game display focused on 1980s Horror videogame pioneers.

• Gangbeasts Takeover: Large object-based exhibit looking at the creation of Boneloaf’s Gangbeasts, featuring never-before-seen objects from developers.

2022

• Generations Display: Largescale object display showcasing the chronological history of videogames from the 1970s to 2010s.

• Sports Bundle: Large hybrid display discussing the genre of Sports in videogames & our position as players/viewers.

• National Videogame Gallery: Project development, looking at the use of traditional art practices within contemporary and historic videogames, funded by Art Fund.

• Living Collections: Interview series, preserving the human histories in game design and development, funded by Arts Council England.

• Art of Play: Large exhibit/winter exhibition emphasizing the handmade and traditional techniques used within games.

2023

• Uemura Collection Display: Double cabinet display on early Nintendo devices and the legacy of Japanese engineer Masayuki Uemura.

• Physics Bundle: Playable display of six videogames exploring fun things to do with videogame physics as well as looking at the history of in-game physics engines (as part of a project with University of Sheffield & CERN).

• Dizzy Corner: Display and playable game selection detailing the early history of the Oliver Twins, co-creators of the Dizzy game series of the 1990s.

• Musical May: Display and playable exhibit celebrating music in videogames, featuring rare items from PaRappa the Rapper and other cult music games.

• Fast Travel: Summer season of events, activities, displays and playable exhibits based around open worlds, digital environments and virtual worlds.

Written Interpretation

Object of the Month: Monthly feature of items from the larger NVM Collection, including the Pink Playstation 2, Game Boy, Eureka!, Pax Powerglove and Game Developer Barbie, Block Kuzushi.