Babeworld are an art collective based across Stoke-on-Trent and London. Babeworld’s work entangles popular-culture inspired film, installation and sound design to interrogate themes of political and societal identity, disability/access, neurodivergence, sex work and race. Babeworlds research explores what it means to make, participate in andspectate art as marginalised individuals. Babeworld are consistently motivated by the questions – how can we make work for the CEX and Tumblr generation who may not feel comfortable in a traditional gallery? And how can we get another little residency to play board games and TTRPGS?
Their work, ‘Would You Rather’, is a short video essay which explores the experiences of an autistic/mentally ill character outlining their gamified approach to social interactions in everyday and professional life, as an artist. By following a character outlining how they utilise the game ‘Would you rather’ in a systematic technique to thrive in conversations, the script explores key elements of the neurodivergent, autistic experience – focusing on things like masking, preferences for systemizing and hyper-focusing and how they are refracted in social situations. But really it’s just a silly ramble about how socialising can in fact be incredibly sucky.
