John and Paul Butler's computer creations parody the concept of interactivity, which they see as a depressing distortion of the idea of freedom. The brothers' latest creation, The Dream of Freedom, runs on a touch screen and transforms the player into a deus ex machina who decides the fate of anthropomorphized rabbits populating a fictional world. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the duo might be suspected of harboring faintly Luddite tendencies, but they say they're just being realistic: "We love technology. You can be fascinated by it and still be skeptical." The game recently showed at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England. John and Paul Butler: +44 (141) 422 2023.
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