Name: William Chyr: Escher and Game Design by NC Museum of Art
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: Chicago-based game designer William Chyr discusses how M. C. Escher's print "Relativity" influenced his creation of "Manifold Garden," his new game set to be released in 2016. Chry was interviewed in connection with the NCMA's exhibition "The Worlds of M. C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination," on view October 17, 2015, to January 17, 2016.

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Chicago-based game designer William Chyr discusses how M. C. Escher's print "Relativity" influenced his creation of "Manifold Garden," his new game set to be released in 2016. Chry was interviewed in connection with the NCMA's exhibition "The Worlds of M. C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination," on view October 17, 2015, to January 17, 2016.

William Chyr: Escher and Game Design

NC Museum of Art

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