Image description: Two persons’ hands interact with a colorful board game with two different piece tokens and a dice. Photo: Mareike J. Lange. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
Ramps and Slides: Finishing a Project
board game
with contributions from Terry Perdanawati and Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner.
For neurodivergent bodyminds, finishing a project can be a daunting task. Their bodies work differently, and their biological clocks work against ‘normative’ time.
Through the Ramps and Slides: Finishing a Project board game, you are invited to experience what finishing a project feels like from the perspectives of neurodivergent people. Inspired by Snakes and Ladders, this game invites two to four players to experience the ups and downs of being a neurodivergent person.
“Ramp” and “slide,” as used in the board game, serve as alternatives to “snake” and “ladder” to promote language and design that are more inclusive of disabled people.
Work details
Year created: 2025
Format: board game for 2 - 4 players
Game style: party game, educational game
Medium: digital print on albatross or canvas
Cast
Concept and Game Design: Jay Afrisando
With Contributions from: Terry Perdanawati & Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner
Graphic Designer: Juan Constantine Elang Perkasa
This project was created during Jay Afrisando’s DAAD Artists-in-Berlin residency 2024-25, and exhibited at the In Conversation exhibition, curated by Dr. Kate Brehme.
In Conversation is supported by the DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program in Berlin, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, and the Exhibition Fund for Communal Galleries. The Galerie im Turm is run by the municipal government of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
Exhibition
In Conversation, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, DE, 4 September - 23 November 2025.
Two persons’ hands interact with a colorful board game with two different piece tokens and a dice. Photo: Mareike J. Lange. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
Two adults and one kid play the board game. Photo: Mareike J. Lange. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
A close-up view of the board game, with four tokens and a dice on the board. Photo: Jay Afrisando. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
A couple plays the board game, while another one plays a card game on a different table. Photo: Mareike J. Lange. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
A wide shot of the table-top games, each one on a separate table. The image also features a monitor and printed transcription installation on the left and a reading corner on the far right corner. Photo: Eric Tschernow. Event: “In Conversation” exhibition, 2025.
An early sketch of the board, consisting of 100 boxes, 10 times 10. Many of the boxes contain narratives and instructions on where the players should move. 13 arrows on some boxes indicate ramp and slope movements. Image: Jay Afrisando.