In Roland Barthes’ short text on pachinko, the arcade is described as a space suspended between work and leisure, structured by repetition, modest rewards and an absorbed, collective solitude, where play becomes a model for the circulation of capital, desire and attention.

The exhibition brings together artists from different generations and geographical contexts, and examines how this logic is carried forward in contemporary image cultures and economies of attention.

The exhibition is curated by Abirami Logendran, with Pachinko