Paketown
Nestor Siré,
Steffen Köhn
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a collaboration between Steffen Köhn, Nestor Siré and ConWiro
A video game about the history and development of the Paquete Semanal // Buy, trade and copy digital data and build your own media empire!
PakeTown is a video game that simulates the historical development of the Paquete Semanal (Weekly Package), the famous alternative offline data distribution network that every week supplies all of Cuba. It documents all aspects of this phenomenon, from its origins to the present day. It provides an understanding of how digital media are organized, distributed and consumed on the island, and conveys its political, economic and social context, illustrating the social impact of the democratization of digital technologies. Users will experience the changes in the means of distribution and reception that have shaped the Cuban media sphere since the 1970s.
PakeTown is the result of an artistic research process. Documentary in nature, its objective is to bring the history and development of the current Cuban media reality to its users in a playful way.
Copy, exchange and distribute digital materials; build your own media empire.