"Visitors will have to make difficult decisions in Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's exhibition The Delusion, which opens today at Serpentine North in London (until 18 January 2026). London-born Brathwaite-Shirley, a Berlin-based artist and video game designer, has created a series of multiplayer video games that invite "players to examine their own ethical, political and moral choices while considering broader societal structures and histories of marginalisation", says an exhibition text."
"For The Unifier game, players must place their hands on a table and work together to move a ball through maze-like structures while pondering issues such as "What should be censored?" The purpose of this communal exercise is to "rehumanise connection and enable honest exchange", adds the exhibition text. The installation is timely in the wake of geo-political ruptures in Western society, with populist parties on the rise across Europe and President Trump clamping down on diversity and equity initiatives at US museums."
An exhibition at Serpentine North in London (open until 18 January 2026) presents a series of multiplayer video games that prompt players to examine ethical, political and moral choices within broader societal structures and histories of marginalisation. One game, The Unifier, requires players to place hands on a table and jointly move a ball through maze-like structures while considering questions such as what should be censored; the exercise aims to rehumanise connection and enable honest exchange. Another game, The Validators, transforms an arcade shooter into a contemplative thinking game with three levels addressing censorship, dehumanisation and hope, and uses factual and fictional material drawn from the daily news cycle. The installation responds to a perceived curtailment of free speech and a polarized public discourse.
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