Photo by Mikey Mosher
KDR
KDR is a physical monument for virtual death. Combat within first person shooters presents death a central element of their operation. However, those deaths are only a temporary setback. Every avatar can live an infinite number of lives given the player controlling them desires to return to the game, and thereby to combat. Winning these games is a matter destroying the opponents ability to meet the victory conditions, usually though killing their avatars in game.
The work takes the form of a gravestone made of modern materials with an embedded OLED gaming monitor. While the monitor is showing pure white, there is text visible on the display, a result of a single image being left on the monitor – causing burn-in.
2025 - OLED gaming monitor, acrylic, polished concrete, laser cut aluminum, vacuum formed ABS, 3D-printed ABS, modified monitor mount, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, stainless steel hardware, HDMI cable, USB-C Cable, 20v AC adapter, DC step-down converter, heat-set inserts, wiring, ghosts
25 x 17 x 11"
[Kill Death Ratio]