Like

2026

Video game and embroidered couch

Like merges documentary footage and a playable, digital environment emerging from Basically. The installation includes an embroidered couch, keyboard, and gamepad. Like asks the viewer/player to reflect on the “coming of age” years, acting as an assertion of self through play. As the visitor picks up the controller, in a sense, they become the performer, shaping how various stories unfold.

Shows

2026

Like - Solo exhibition, Scuola Piccola Zattere, Venice, Italy Visit link: Like

Press

The Teenage Fantasies of Nikima Jagudajev Killscreen (2026) Read article: The Teenage Fantasies of Nikima Jagudajev
Essere Scuola in una Venezia fatta di singoli oggetti Rolling Stone Italia (2026) Read article: Essere Scuola in una Venezia fatta di singoli oggetti
Nikima Jagudajev “Like” at Scuola Piccola Zattere, Venice Mousse Magazine (2026) Read article: Nikima Jagudajev “Like” at Scuola Piccola Zattere, Venice

Credits

Created by Nikima Jagudajev Producer Salomon Leonard Poutsma Technical director Julie Kern Donck Cast Amina Szecsödy, Laura Stellacci, Lester St. Louis, Louise Trueheart, Samuel Baidoo and Yoh Morishita The Dealer Yevheniya Kravets (Євгенія Кравець) Supporting cast Maria Muehombo, Salomon Leonard Poutsma, Lara Dâmaso, nick von kleist, Matilda Cobanli, Mona Namér, Camilla Schielin, Ama Kyei, Martín Zícari, Shelmith Øseth, Ezra Fieremans, Lucas Lopes Pereira, Jordan Balaber, Emmanuel Edoror, Ellen Söderhult, Vilja Mihalovsky and Ashley Morgan

Game development

Director Nikima Jagudajev Technical director Julie Kern Donck Digital artist Joanna Zabielska Game design Nikima Jagudajev and Julie Kern Donck Lead developer Pepijn Willekens 3D Character modelling Julie Kern Donck, Stéphane Martin and Joanna Zabielska Narrative design Nikima Jagudajev UI design Julie Kern Donck Additional technical artist Ricardo Gomes Choreography Nikima Jagudajev Sound design & game mix Salomon Leonard Poutsma Score Jordan Balaber, Maria Muehombo and Lester St. Louis Score mix Chris Pawlusek

Live action episodes

Director of photography Nikima Jagudajev and Salomon Leonard Poutsma Additional camera operators Yevheniya Kravets (Євгенія Кравець) and Yoh Morishita Additional photography Matti Aikio Supervising editor & conform Salomon Leonard Poutsma Editor “Samuel” Judy Landkammer Editor “Amina” Omar Chowdhury Editor “Lester” Saye Oyama Editor “Louise” Shaina Lee Yang (楊力璇) Editor “Yoh” Aay Liparoto Editor “Laura” Thea Mendez Okkelmo Colorist & Master Lennert De Taeye Re-recording mixer Yves De Mey Additional score Maria Muehombo, Jordan Balaber, Lester St. Louis, Salomon Leonard Poutsma and Nikima Jagudajev Original score mix & master Chris Pawlusek End credits animator Janne Eldegard

Production

Produced by Scuola Piccola Zattere and Hiros vzw Supporting producer Escautville

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