PC Gamer [GOMA] (2024); but can it run crysis? (2025); go touch some grass... (2025); lagged mods (2025)

Nestor Siré’s PC Gamer series speculates on the global DIY imaginary of gaming under scarcity. His sculptural hybrids are built from detergent buckets, car tyres, signage, and cardboard, animated into 3D prototypes that parody mass-produced hardware. Drawing on Cuban mesh networks, Filipino Axie guilds, and Kenyan crypto kiosks, Siré maps a distributed archive of ingenuity where access is limited but imagination is abundant. These dysfunctional yet poetic machines embody marginal innovation, transforming scarcity into speculative cosmotechnics. Rather than efficient devices, they appear as ghost versions of rigs, haunted by absence yet alive with hacked creativity.

PC Gamer [CAJA] From the series CubaCreativa. Recycled cardboard sheets, hacked "Dino" game, DIY transparent display, and RGB-lit PC hardware (147 x 34 x 22 cm). Courtesy of: Servais Family Collection

PC Gamer [GOMA] From the series CubaCreativa. Description and dimensions: Reclaimed tyre rubber, Kee Klamp steel tubing, gamer hardware components, 3D-printed mounts, and autonomous energy system with adapted car battery and solar panel. (148 x 65 x 32 cm). Courtesy of: the artist

Go Touch Some Grass... From the series CubaCreativa. Gamer-style LED keyboard, organic soil, germinated natural grass seeds, hidden capillary irrigation system, aluminum base structure, and living sprouts. (43 x 31 x 31 cm). Courtesy of: the artist

But Can It Run Crysis?. From the series CubaCreativa. Matte-black chassis with hacked PSU and motherboard voltage system for controlled short circuits, plus gamer hardware with RGB LED. (44 x 44 x 19 cm). Courtesy of: the artist

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Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre ( Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria)