What if touching art could teach you about patience, perception and the joy of play? Join host Max Mulligan as he examines Please, Touch the Artwork, a meditative puzzle game that turns modern art into something interactive and intimate.

Linking phenomenology, modernism and the work of Piet Mondrian, this episode unpacks how touching, rearranging and gently disrupting digital paintings can invite a new way of engaging with both games and art itself.

About Please Touch the Artwork

• Steam Store Page – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097100/Please_Touch_The_Artwork/
• Nintendo Switch Store Page – https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/please-touch-the-artwork-switch/?srsltid=AfmBOorPfhxOiFfcjcy7xJ0l2sRXIAKYj0eN6fFTEtWtiOaAtjwRVNAe
• Studio Waterzooi – Official Game Website – https://studiowaterzooi.com/please-touch-the-artwork/

Piet Mondrian and Artistic Influence

• The Art Story – Piet Mondrian Biography – https://www.theartstory.org/artist/mondrian-piet/

Phenomenology and Philosophy of Art

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Introduction to Phenomenology – https://iep.utm.edu/phenom/

Written and Recorded by Max W. Bartley

Produced by Kai Williams

Intro/Outro Music by Ashley Rezvani