"I call it an emotional machine" – Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley on THE DELUSION | Serpentine

Hear from artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, curator Tamar Clarke-Brown and producer Ruth Waters about the exhibition THE DELUSION. Combining satire and absurd humour with cooperative gaming and participatory theatre, the project explores the real-world impacts of societal division. Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley invites visitors into a “live community play” which aims to rehumanise debates and provide a meeting space for players to pause, discuss and reconnect. Commissioned and produced by Serpentine Arts Technologies, THE DELUSION is Brathwaite-Shirley’s most ambitious work to date. It features a new series of video games and works developed collaboratively over the course of the past year with a team of artists, researchers, technologists and members of Danielle’s Black Trans and Queer community. Visit THE DELUSION at Serpentine North until 18 January 2026. Learn more: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/w... Follow Serpentine on Instagram:   / serpentineuk   - Production Company: Partizan Director: Yasser Abubeker Executive Producer: Danny Herman Producers: Laura Mival & Elliot Zelmanovits Director of Photography: Joseph Dunn First Camera Assistant: Klim Jurevicius Sound Recordist: Adina Istrate Production Assistant & DIT: Gina Bell Editor: Ben Cowan Colourist: Jim Bracher Post Producer: Jack O'Mullane Music & Sound Design: Chris JP Franks