Los Caídos
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Los Caídos is a video game inspired by the social uprising of 2021 in Colombia when the toppling of numerous colonial monuments marked a turning point in the country's recent history. In this digital environment, characters such as Captain Colombia, ESMAD agents, La Guerrera Misak, and La Cuerpa Trans inhabit an apocalyptic setting where conflict transforms into a festival of resistance to the frenetic rhythm of guaracha music. Through the game, it questions how algorithmic culture and social media create ideological bubbles, amplify extremist narratives, and shape perceptions of reality.
By simulating confrontation within a digital space, Los Caídos investigates the algorithmic cultures that fuel ideological bubbles and amplify extremist narratives. In the face of post-truth and the multiplicity of narratives, Los Caídos proposes social memory landmarks that are malleable, horizontal, and interactive. It is not just a video game but a speculative platform that enables the reconfiguration of collective memory and provides space for new narratives about conflict. The ability to "play" with reality in a digital environment becomes a tool for reflection and catharsis, allowing participants to experience and rethink social struggles from a new perspective. In this sense, the game's characters are not merely representations of the actors involved in the protests but serve as new identity archetypes within an evolving collective archive.
More than just a video game, Los Caídos is a living archive. This speculative reconstruction invites reflection on the struggle over collective memory and the role of technology in reinterpreting our historical ruins. The project raises a crucial question: Can the digital space be used to subvert official narratives and generate new stories that give voice to those who have historically been silenced?
Los Caídos is a video game inspired by the social uprising of 2021 in Colombia when the toppling of numerous colonial monuments marked a turning point in the country's recent history. In this digital environment, characters such as Captain Colombia, ESMAD agents, La Guerrera Misak, and La Cuerpa Trans inhabit an apocalyptic setting where conflict transforms into a festival of resistance to the frenetic rhythm of guaracha music. Through the game, it questions how algorithmic culture and social media create ideological bubbles, amplify extremist narratives, and shape perceptions of reality.
By simulating confrontation within a digital space, Los Caídos investigates the algorithmic cultures that fuel ideological bubbles and amplify extremist narratives. In the face of post-truth and the multiplicity of narratives, Los Caídos proposes social memory landmarks that are malleable, horizontal, and interactive. It is not just a video game but a speculative platform that enables the reconfiguration of collective memory and provides space for new narratives about conflict. The ability to "play" with reality in a digital environment becomes a tool for reflection and catharsis, allowing participants to experience and rethink social struggles from a new perspective. In this sense, the game's characters are not merely representations of the actors involved in the protests but serve as new identity archetypes within an evolving collective archive.
More than just a video game, Los Caídos is a living archive. This speculative reconstruction invites reflection on the struggle over collective memory and the role of technology in reinterpreting our historical ruins. The project raises a crucial question: Can the digital space be used to subvert official narratives and generate new stories that give voice to those who have historically been silenced?
Director, script writer, producer & DOP: Juan Covelli
Producer & concept artist: Nicolh Avila
Production: Natala Ordoñez
Video game developer & 3D modeller: Carlos Caballero
Character development & 3D modelling: Dirkcark Bell, Nicolh Avila, Andres Ramirez & David Chávez
Photogrammetry & subtitling: Lina Peralta
Voice over: Marcia Cabrera
Voice over Editing & Mixing: Jose Manuel Cubides
Original music & sound design: Jaime Carvajal
Video editing: Esteban Congote
Translation: María Natalia Paillie
Graphic identity design: Adá María León
With support from: Somerset House Studios, London; Alan Turing Institute; UAL Creative Computing Institute; Premio Luis Caballer, Idartes, Bogotá
Juan Covelli (CO) uses technology as a medium to decolonize the museum through digital practices. His work releases archives from institutional control to explore colonial histories and propose emancipatory narratives. Using AI, 3D modeling, and video, he creates IRL and URL installations. His work has been exhibited at KW Berlin, MAMM, Kadist, and Americas Society. He won the Lumen Prize (2021) and was nominated for Premio Luis Caballero (2023).
Juan Covelli (CO) uses technology as a medium to decolonize the museum through digital practices. His work releases archives from institutional control to explore colonial histories and propose emancipatory narratives. Using AI, 3D modeling, and video, he creates IRL and URL installations. His work has been exhibited at KW Berlin, MAMM, Kadist, and Americas Society. He won the Lumen Prize (2021) and was nominated for Premio Luis Caballero (2023).
Los Caídos is an interactive video game that reimagines Colombia’s 2021 social uprising as a digital battleground where protest becomes ritual and resistance dances to the pulse of guaracha. With characters like La Guerrera Misak and La Cuerpa Trans, it collapses history, identity, and spectacle into a speculative, playable archive. Artist Juan Covelli uses the medium to question how algorithmic culture shapes ideology and memory. More than a game, Los Caídos is a decolonial intervention and an act of digital remembrance that challenges dominant narratives and opens space for new, subversive histories to emerge.
Los Caídos is an interactive video game that reimagines Colombia’s 2021 social uprising as a digital battleground where protest becomes ritual and resistance dances to the pulse of guaracha. With characters like La Guerrera Misak and La Cuerpa Trans, it collapses history, identity, and spectacle into a speculative, playable archive. Artist Juan Covelli uses the medium to question how algorithmic culture shapes ideology and memory. More than a game, Los Caídos is a decolonial intervention and an act of digital remembrance that challenges dominant narratives and opens space for new, subversive histories to emerge.