Drop-In Video Game Workshop: Papertronics Micro Game Lab 08/08/2026 | 13:00

As a part of the finissage of the exhibition Triumph of Galatea: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, we invite you to step into the Papertronics Micro Game Lab and create your own video game! In collaboration with the Video Game Museum under the Estonian National Library, LVLup! makes it surprisingly easy to draw a ready-to-play game, scan it, and have fun collecting points. The workshop will be held in English.

In the late 1970s, Nintendo’s game and toy designer Gunpei Yokoi noticed a bored businessmen on a train, randomly pressing buttons on a pocket LCD calculator. This gave him the idea to create a digital alarm clock that could also function as miniature gaming device to pass time.
In Estonia and across the Union the name Dendy might be familiar, with clones of Nintendo’s games like Donkey Kong or the famous “Nu pogadi!” – the infamous wolf stealing eggs falling from the side of the screen.

The Papertronics artist collective has managed to reproduce these simple game mechanics by drawing. Thanks to contemporary technology they created the Micro Game Factory, and it is now possible to extend infinite gameplays to create your own game with just a few colors on paper. With the help of the Videogame Museum LVLup! the artist Camille Laurelli will teach you the art of Micro Game Factory and helping you to become a game designer yourself. Draw, play and exhibit your art at Kumu Art Museum.

The workshop is open to participants of all ages. You can join the workshop between 13:00–16:00 at a time suitable for you.

The instructor Camille Laurelli is an intermedia artist and head of LVLup!

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This event is a part of the finissage of the exhibition Triumph of Galatea: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

With a title that references the myth of Pygmalion, the international group exhibition Triumph of Galatea: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence examines the transformation and development of human experience in culture and society in relation to the onslaught of new technologies. The exhibition will remain open at the Kumu Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Gallery until 9 August 2026.

Free admission with the annual cards of Art Museum of Estonia and Kumu Art Museum.