Insert Coin to Continue is a still and moving image project about “third places”– a space that sits outside of work or the home, one built on shared communal experience where the focus is play, not productivity. Like many other third places, arcades are at a crossroads, facing closures as technological changes and economic factors threaten their existence.
This series challenges arcades' perceived obsolescence through documenting and celebrating spaces across the globe. The project aims to transport the viewer, encouraging them to step into the arcade and get lost among the bright lights and overwhelming sensory experience. This work is created through both analogue and digital means and is exhibited in a manner that preserves the tactile aura of each venue and machine.
It is part of an ongoing body of work that explores modern life and the growing challenges to communal spaces.
Insert Coin to Continue was exhibited at Goldsmiths, University of London’s graduate degree show, Inflection Points (2023) and RetroFusion: Nostalgia Reimagined (2024).
