https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg4lgm1d2o
“Imagine it is 2099 and the
Transatlantic Returns Treaty is falling apart as
Western museums find ways to wriggle out of promises to return stolen African
treasures.
Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters
into her own hands. And the South African knows the perfect people to help: her
grandchildren, Nomali and Trevor and her former student Etienne.
In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes
plan - to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts
mostly plundered during colonial times.
None of this is real - rather it is the narrative of Relooted, what its
creators call an "African-futurist heist game", released on Tuesday.
But it's a heist story with a difference - there's no big pay day at the end of
the heist and the characters don't have a criminal background.
They are motivated not by money - but by ever-shifting goalposts.
The latest amendment to the
Transatlantic Returns Treaty means only artefacts
on public display have to be returned - and Western museums are now busy
wrapping up objects and putting them into storage.
Sports scientist Nomali is the mastermind - and the character through which the
game is played, helped by colleagues from across the continent.”
Via Susan ****
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
