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Sevan Mujukian

Frayed (Game)

Interactive audiovisual experience

"Frayed is a short series of interactive audiovisual experiences that harness the medium of Armenian carpets to look into my family over the course of three generations, exploring the impact that immigration to the United States has had on the changing idea of family.

An homage to the poetic and musical nature of Armenian carpets- their visual compositions, how they are made, and how they are used- Frayed uses carpets and sound to tell a story about how westernization and economic hardship can quickly lead to cultural and familial unravelling.

The core gameplay is simple and intuitive- collide with objects and explore the sounds they generate to progress through an evolving sonic story."

– Sevan Mujukian

About the artist

Sevan Mujukian

Sevan Mujukian is a first-generation Armenian-American multi-media artist, music producer, and tech educator based in Los Angeles. They hold an MFA in Game Design from the NYU Game Center and a B.A. in Technocultural Studies from UC Davis. Sevan has developed and taught game and digital design courses at Fitchburg State University, Hostos Community College, Tech Kids Unlimited and The National Science Foundation, and at the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies in Armenia. They are the former Founding Editor of The Hye-Phen Magazine, an Armenian feminist publication. Sevan’s writing and design work has been featured in The New York Times, Artsy Magazine, Popsugar, and Hyperallergic.

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