{"id":87,"date":"2026-05-05T21:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2026\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:31:42","slug":"alex-austin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2026\/alex-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"alex-austin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"btl-page\">\n\n\n  <nav class=\"btl-nav\">\n    <a href=\"\/2026\" class=\"btl-logo\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LOGOTYPE.png\" alt=\"Between The Lines\">\n<\/a>\n    <div class=\"btl-navlinks\">\n      <a href=\"\/2026\/exhibition\">Exhibition<\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/2026\/information\">Information<\/a>\n      <a href=\"\/2026\/directory\">Directory<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/nav>\n\n  <div class=\"btl-profile\">\n\n<div class=\"btl-bio-card\">\n  <div class=\"btl-bio-card-inner\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/usfca.design\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/alex-austin-1.jpg\">\n    <div class=\"btl-bio-card-info\">\n      <h2 class=\"btl-bio-card-name\">Alex Austin<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"btl-bio-card-meta\">Pronouns: he\/him<\/p>\n      <p class=\"btl-bio-card-meta\">Major: Design, minors in UX\/UI and Fine Arts<\/p>\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexanderaustin.net\/\" class=\"btl-bio-card-link\">alexanderaustin.net<\/a>\n      <p class=\"btl-bio-card-bio\">I\u2019m Alex, a designer creating interactive and experiential work that explores how people move through spaces and how systems shape that experience. I view video games as a legitimate art form, capable of creating meaning through interaction in ways other mediums can\u2019t, and I\u2019m interested in using them in more unconventional and immersive ways. My work often draws from early internet aesthetics and nostalgia, using familiar interactions to create something that feels both personal and subtly unsettling. \n<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"btl-project\">\n      <h1 class=\"btl-project-title\">Reclusion<\/h1>\n      <p class=\"btl-project-statement\">Reclusion is an interactive game that explores loneliness, isolation, and creeping paranoia. The player is confined to a small apartment, repeatedly performing mundane, cyclical tasks like drinking water, taking out the trash, doing laundry while the space around them slowly deteriorates. As trash accumulates, walls begin to rot, and the environment decays, mirroring a mental state that is gradually unraveling over time. 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