curriculum vitae
Matilde Park is an interactive media artist who creates experimental narratives using desktop computer interfaces, exploring the implied narrativity in relationships between interactions online and between different computer programs.
projects and selected media coverage
Sol Hemochroma — 4 September 2018
Producer, narrative design, additional programming.
Subserial Network — 1 June 2018
Project direction, lead writer, additional programming and art assets. First published as part of the Humble Monthly.
- PC Gamer: Sexuality and gender in science fiction games (Interview, 4 Aug 2018)
- Rock Paper Shotgun: Investigate a post-human revolution in Subserial Network (19 Sep 2018)
- Kotaku: A Cyberpunk Detective Game About Finding Rogue Androids (19 Sep 2018)
- PC Gamer: Subserial Network is a 1990s internet simulator with android-hunting (24 Sep 2018)
- Eurogamer: Saving punk from cyberpunk (Interview, 26 Sep 2018)
LOCALHOST — 25 August 2017
Development, production, narrative design. Co-created with Penelope Evans.
- Kotaku: An Unsettling Game Where You Convince AI To Let You Erase Them (25 Aug 2017)
- Polygon: How do you convince an artificial intelligence it’s OK to die? (30 Aug 2017)
- Rock Paper Shotgun: Delete innocent AIs from hard drives in Localhost (4 Sep 2017)
- Game Informer: Five Reasons You Should Check Out Localhost (7 Sep 2017)
- PC Gamer: Localhost is a cyberpunk game about talking AIs into being deleted (16 Sep 2017)
Arc Symphony — 15 May 2017
Development, production, narrative design. Co-created with Penelope Evans.
- Polygon: Arc Symphony is the classic JRPG everyone loves — that never existed (15 May 2017)
- Kotaku: People Are Reminiscing About A PS1 JRPG That Didn’t Exist (15 May 2017)
- Boing Boing: Arc Symphony is a Playstation game that never existed. Or did it? (16 May 2017)
- Nerdist: The Non-Existent JRPG That Everyone is Nostalgic For (17 May 2017)
- Waypoint: A Love Letter to Your Favorite Fake PS1 Game (18 May 2017)
- Wired: The Story of Arc Symphony, a Game About a Game That Doesn’t Exist (24 May 2017)
Forgotten — 31 December 2016
All development, production, and narrative design. Art direction by Arielle Grimes.
- Kotaku: Horror Game Explores A Corrupted, Glitchy Video Game (4 January 2017)
- Wired: The First Must-Play Game of the Year is Short, Odd, and Amazing (5 January 2017)
Sonic OC 7 - 31 December 2015
All development, production and narrative design.
collaborative work & consultation
Anthrotari - 16 June 2017
Provided narrative design consultation. In development by Biggest Robot Productions.
The Eldritch Teller - 22 December 2015
Served as producer and provided design consultation. Designed and developed by Arielle Grimes.
speaking sessions
Arts Intersections Meetup - 21 November 2017
Speculative fiction talk with Cara Mumford and Karl Schroeder.
Dames Making Games: July 2017 Social - 15 July 2017
“Do you know Arc Symphony?” with Penelope Evans.
Dames Making Games: January 2017 Social - 21 January 2017
“About Forgotten: A Presentation in Two Parts” with Arielle Grimes.
exhibitions
Damage Camp - 13 Sep 2018
Showed Sol Hemochroma in the Damage Camp arcade.
Bit Bazaar x Yami-Ichi - 13-14 Jul 2018
Showed Subserial Network.
Bit Bazaar - 25-27 Aug 2017
Showed LOCALHOST and Arc Symphony.
Toronto Comic Arts Festival - 13-14 May 2017
Showed Forgotten and previewed Arc Symphony as part of the Comics X Games Arcade.
Toronto Long Winter - 24 March 2017
Showed Forgotten as part of the Hand Eye Society Arcade.
education
University of Toronto — Honours Bachelor of Arts
Cinema Studies specialist degree with a minor in English literature.
leadership roles
Dames Making Games — Co-Director (2017 - 2018)