Lexy Vecchio
Tolland, CT, USA
Game & 3D Design

My work focuses equally on captivating narrative and embodied experience. My personal experiences with PTSD supplement extensive psychological research into traumatic response, symptoms, and treatments through both peer reviewed research and critical review of existing media about trauma. Using my diverse artistic background which includes experience in theater, film, and writing, my work humanizes the unfathomable world of trauma, both physical and mental, through interactive & time based media. Starting out with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a subject both personal and misunderstood, my work  validates these experiences of mental illness through the physicality of the game avatar. Video games, often written off as a mindless hobby, can be participatory works of art, an experience that sticks with the players long after they grasp the controller. Especially in rising generations, video games have proven to be just as influential a medium as film, books and studio art.