Insert Coin to Continue
Insert Coin to Continue is a project about “third places”– a space that sits outside of work or the home, one built on shared communal experience where the focus is play, not productivity. Like many other third places, arcades are at a crossroads, facing closures as technological changes and economic factors threaten their existence.
This series challenges arcades' perceived obsolescence through documenting and celebrating the few remaining spaces in the city, from repurposed warehouses to casino basements. Each photo aims to transport the viewer and encourages them to be placed in the arcade, getting lost among the bright lights and overwhelming sensory experience. The work is created using primarily analog techniques and presented to replicate the tactile aura of each venue and machine.
Insert Coin to Continue was exhibited as Goldsmiths, University of London’s graduate degree show, Inflection Points. It is part of an ongoing body of work that explores modern life and the growing challenges to communal spaces.
This series challenges arcades' perceived obsolescence through documenting and celebrating the few remaining spaces in the city, from repurposed warehouses to casino basements. Each photo aims to transport the viewer and encourages them to be placed in the arcade, getting lost among the bright lights and overwhelming sensory experience. The work is created using primarily analog techniques and presented to replicate the tactile aura of each venue and machine.
Insert Coin to Continue was exhibited as Goldsmiths, University of London’s graduate degree show, Inflection Points. It is part of an ongoing body of work that explores modern life and the growing challenges to communal spaces.
