Rules of Entry: A Roleplaying Workshop on Borders, Bureaucracy, and Resistance
Join us for the workshop led by Yuehao Jiang as part of Rip Space’s first school – Really Radical Return 2 School. Through tech and education, it aims to encourage and organize solidarity energies for the future.
About the Workshop:
In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the bureaucratic rituals of borders and immigration through the lens of speculative game design. Using the 2013 video game Papers, Please as a starting point, we will collaboratively play an experimental card game that simulates the emotional and ethical tensions of border control systems. Players take on the roles of immigration lawyers and border officers to navigate a fictional border system. Each round, they interpret documents, make arguments, and enforce rules. At the end of each round, players reflect collectively on the dynamics of authority, identity, and resistance. No prior game design experience required, just bring your curiosity and a willingness to roleplay power.
Time: 10am-1pm
Experience level: Beginner to advanced
Requirements: No prior game design experience required, just bring your curiosity and a willingness to roleplay power.
suggested donation $25-$40
* If cost is a barrier to participation, please feel free to reach out to vera@rip.space—we’re happy to accommodate *
** space is limited **
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Yuehao Jiang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles exploring the surreal intersections between digital bodies and landscapes. Working with 3D animation, sculpture and painting, Jiang constructs immersive environments that blur the boundaries between the physical and the virtual. Jiang holds a MFA in Design Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has held teaching appointments at UCLA Design Media Arts and Parsons School of Design.
ABOUT RIP SPACE: Co-founded by John Threat and Vera Petukhova in January 2024, and run in collaboration with Maisa Imamović, Rip Space is a radical exploratory hacker / new media art x tech space with an ambitious programming schedule. We operate out of a loft space in DTLA featuring a large transparent configurable LED screen that is an invitation for artist experimentation and collaboration – along with a growing media library of new and retro tech. Rip Space is dedicated to showcasing new media, digital art, installations, performance, and experiential and sensory work. The name RIP SPACE is a flip on WIP or work in process – RIP or riot in process is a space where process, ideation, and experimentation override product and finalization. Rip Space exhibitions and programs are created in collaboration and in process with artists. In addition to exhibiting artists' work, we also host artist talks, skill share workshops, community gatherings, screenings, symposiums and other discursive events. Rip Space operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Gray Area, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, allowing us to receive tax-deductible donations and grants through their nonprofit status.