Digital Pillow Forts: Creating and Exploring Digital Worlds

Digital Pillow Forts: Creating and Exploring Digital Worlds

The digital spaces of games can be chaotic and sometimes scary, but they can also be amazing, cosy, safe spaces we can inhabit and relax in. Like building a pillow fort, creating digital worlds lets us invent spaces of our own — places to play and imagine. In these two workshops, we’ll explore the exciting breadth of different worlds and avatars, discover how games bring them to life, and create our own!

You’ll make your own digital avatar through drawing or sculpting – the weirder and more adventurous, the better! You’ll get to puppet and control your characters, then we’ll create amazing worlds for these avatars to explore and play in.

Workshop 1: Creating Avatars
Create your own characters using pen and pencil, then bring them to life by puppeteering them in virtual reality.

Workshop 2: Creating Worlds
Sculpting characters and building fantastical game worlds, fleshed out with participants’ own ideas and imaginations.

Exhibition and Talk (all welcome. Please RSVP)
We’ll showcase the work created during the workshops, alongside a short talk and game safari exploring different digital worlds. We’ll also provide a colour catalogue featuring participants’ work to accompany the exhibition.

Come to one workshop or both! All ages welcome, no experience needed – just bring your imagination! Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

This program is run by Tactical Space Lab with support from Inner West Council.

Part of Inner West Council's Inclusion Festival. View the full program of free events

Venue and access information

• Address: 4 Lackey Street, St Peters.

• Passenger drop-off is available outside the venue.

• Tactical Space Lab is a warehouse venue with step-free access.

• An accessible toilet is available on-site.

• Live captioning and a hearing loop are available

Public transport

• Primary Bus Stop: Princes Hwy at Short St (~100 m away)

• Several bus services operate along Princes Highway (including 348, 370, 422, 423) and surrounding streets, within walking distance of the venue.

• Train: St Peters Station is the closest train station and is approximately 464 metres from the venue. The station has step-free access via lifts.

Accessible parking

Accessible parking is available at Simpson Park (approximately 30 metres away) and on Harber Street, near Sydney Park (approximately 350 metres away).

Please contact us if you would like to discuss access requirements. Email: josh.harle@gmail.com