Join BUMP GALAXY
BUMP GALAXY is a virtual world and community for mental health and care. In it, players can visit several different Care Commons and engage with mental health professionals from around the world.
Imagine a joint therapy session with a relationship counselor from Sweden and a hypnotherapist in Japan. Imagine participating in a collective sound bath in the rainforest by one of your favorite DJs.
Be part of a community that cares, bringing people together across national borders, care practices and knowledge worlds.
The narratives behind healthcare, technology and the economy cultivate relationships wherein we commodify each other’s wellbeing as a means to capitalist ends rather than an end in itself. This is causing stress, anxiety, depression and mass burnout; during times of crisis like a pandemic, the faulty ways in which these systems serve us are further exacerbated.
When we start to look at these systems from the lens of game mechanics, we can start to question the fundamental rules that govern our lives and realize that they can be modified. As they are today, most video games have capitalist ideologies encoded into their very mechanics, and we often forget that they can be used as a tool through which we can experiment in ways not possible in our existing environment. Virtual worlds offer a unique set of possibilities, that, when activated thoughtfully, could begin to include more diversity in perspective that prioritizes our wellbeing.
So what does it mean to bump into each other actually? To gently collide, in surprising and meaningful ways pregnant with possibility. Let’s build a world where caring for each other means playing together, because we are living in a game world -- one in which we can modify the code if we like!