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DOHA/PARIS
Qatar Museums and 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum have opened ‘Esports | A Game Changer Exhibition’, a first-of-its-kind exhibition that explores the evolution of competitive gaming from its niche origins to a thriving cultural economy that supports mainstream mega events. This exhibition will be on view from July 24 to September 8, 2024 in Résidence Cîteaux: 45, Boulevard Diderot, Paris, and will be on view in Doha in 2025.
Esports | A Game Changer takes a sociological look at competitive gaming, defining it in relation to traditional sports and casual gaming, while looking at its governing organisations and economies. It also includes a history of esports, stretching back to the invention of the first electronic pinball machine a century ago, and presents snapshots of some of competitive gaming’s biggest contemporary stars. The final part of the show looks at the future of esports in the gaming landscape and beyond, focusing on its societal, educational, recreational and occupational implications.
The exhibition is curated by Dr Christian Wacker, deputy director of exhibitions at QM, along with esports industry leaders Benjamin Buchtala and Jannik Rädisch with support of Abdulla Yousef Al Mulla, director 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum; and Aalia Khalid Al-Khater, head ofeExhibitions, 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum. Esports | A Game Changer is organised as a legacy of Qatar-France 2020 Year of Culture.
For more information and ticketing, visit https://321qosm.org.qa/en/calendar/esports-a-game-changer/.