This movement that I have called ludoztli (making games) exhorts the artist to stop making non interactive art, and break the wall between the art object and the passive viewer.

Learn about the three board games I created based on the political frontier between México and the United States. With them, I attempt to promote discourse and interest among players about the reality of the border.

Check material by other artists and designers that make use of games to promote their social concerns and perspectives

My name is Francisco Ortega-Grimaldo, a Doctor in Critical Studies and Artistic Practices. I work as an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University’s School of Art.

Games as Cultural Practice: Post Colonial Imaginations
(Introduction)

There is a 2000-mile extension of political division between México and the United States (US) known to us who have lived in it simply as La Frontera,The Border. It is an area that the media has presented as a place of decadence filled with drug wars, prostitution, economical need, and immigrants trying to invade the US.

Through the creation of three [3] board games based on border-related scenarios, I will attempt to promote discourse and interest on participant players about the reality of the border issues and if possible, change the sensationalist perception created by chismes, gossip, and indifference.

The Games: click over the covers