Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A theatrical two-player satire about Western empire and extraction, “Hands that Steal from ‘Other’ Mouths” combines live video game performance, electro-pop music, and a teach-in on empire and extraction. The project began as a game commission for Meow Wolf that personifies the exploitative relationship between an anthropomorphic mouth (global South) and hand (global North) in a thrilling match of hide-and-seek. Since its humble button-mashing beginnings, the project transformed from an arcade game into an explosive show and geopolitical history lesson that feels like a concert and class at the same time.
Speakers: Temitope Olujobi, Senior Environment Artist and Solo Developer, Quasarch
Recorded at the 2026 Games for Change Festival, "Reimagining Play," July 21 to 22 at The Glasshouse in New York City.
Learn more about Games for Change at www.gamesforchange.org.
A theatrical two-player satire about Western empire and extraction, “Hands that Steal from ‘Other’ Mouths” combines live video game performance, electro-pop music, and a teach-in on empire and extraction. The project began as a game commission for Meow Wolf that personifies the exploitative relationship between an anthropomorphic mouth (global South) and hand (global North) in a thrilling match of hide-and-seek. Since its humble button-mashing beginnings, the project transformed from an arcade game into an explosive show and geopolitical history lesson that feels like a concert and class at the same time.
Speakers: Temitope Olujobi, Senior Environment Artist and Solo Developer, Quasarch
Recorded at the 2026 Games for Change Festival, "Reimagining Play," July 21 to 22 at The Glasshouse in New York City.
Learn more about Games for Change at www.gamesforchange.org.
