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Drawing and Painting

Gabriella Gerbasi

03 Quiet

Painting
2026
Oil on wood
24” x 20”
Quiet, named for her muteness throughout most of the game, is dressed in an overexposing bikini within an otherwise militarized setting, emphasizing the choice that her characterization was not intended to serve practicality, but instead a gaze. The obstructed overlays of her character within painting does not allow the room for pleasure, but instead an interrogation as to how she has been constructed. The men that cover her are a representation of the intended viewer, and the people who constructed her design. Images trace the fluid movement of camera perspectives experienced throughout gameplay.

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Gabriella Gerbasi

Drawing and Painting

“Cybernetics, the study of systems that are structured utilizing feedback and continuous communication, provides a framework within video games to dissect how female characters are constructed and...” [More]