Juno Morrow
Juno Morrow (born 1986) is an American multidisciplinary artist, independent game designer, educator, and photographer whose work often deals with existential and ontological themes. Morrow received her B.A. from the University of Houston in 2009 and her M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in 2015. She is an assistant professor of game design at the City University of New York's Eugenio María de Hostos Community College. Career. Juno Morrow’s early work primarily consisted of travel and street photography before growing to include interactive media, such as games. In 2014, Morrow released "Mastering Tedium", a "tongue-in -cheek" terminal-based laundry simulator game. "Oral Perspectives", also released in 2014, is a game designed for VR that uses a microphone and a custom jaw sensor. The game's perspective takes place inside the mouth and is intended to cause discomfort. Her M.F.A. thesis, entitled "Depth Perception", is a multimodal experiential installation using virtual and augmented reality technologies. It aims to challenge traditional systemic notions of truth and deconstruct the binary of abstract/mental, material/physical, and artificial/real. In 2018, Morrow was commissioned to create "Conspiracy Theories About Myself" and "Orbtown" for inclusion in the "DreamboxXx", a unique  arcade cabinet featuring nontraditional, queer games and were later sold as a bundle with proceeds going to charity. "Conspiracy Theories About Myself" is inspired by her experience as a transgender person walking down the street. The goal of the game is to make it home without crying. "Conspiracy Theories About Myself" later went on to be showcased at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Morrow’s artwork and designs have been exhibited internationally. She has also advocated for making games education accessible to people of color and for labor organization within the games industry. Morrow has also been developing the first  public game design degree program in New York City since 2015. She has three games currently in development. The first is called "Pruuds vs. Sloots", which is categorized as a fighting game. The second is "Under Pressure", which is a small art toy about social control and pressure. The third is called "Crisscross", which is a simple platformer inspired by "Frogger". She also has a prototype called "Dial" that is still early in development.