Screenshot 2025 09 15 at 11 29 18 AM — Still from *Samson Young on Role Playing*, 2017.

Hong Kong based artist Samson Young discusses how his early experiences playing video games in languages that he didn’t understand informed his approaches to composition, improvisation and role play.

SI: Visions is a groundbreaking online video series, exploring the ideas and fascinations of some of today’s most forward-looking artists. Capturing a first-person point of view, these video essays are made in close collaboration with each artist, giving audiences immersive access to new ways of making and thinking about art.

This series features Sean Raspet, Tabor Robak, Dora Budor, Christina Forrer, Alex Israel, Simon Denny, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Julia Tcharfas, Lena Henke, Jordan Wolfson, Ian Cheng, Nancy Lupo, Samson Young, Heman Chong, Amy Yao and Rachel Rose.

Samson Young on Role Playing

Rachel Rose on Narrative and Landscape

Amy Yao on The Politics of Waste

Heman Chong on The Art in Writing

Nancy Lupo on Being Always Already

Ian Cheng on The Society of Mind

Jordan Wolfson on Emotional Mechanics

Lena Henke on Autocartography

Julia Tcharfas on Artificial Ecosystems

Korakrit Arunanondchai on Spirituality in HD

Simon Denny on Shanzhai in Shenzhen

Alex Israel on The California Dream

Christina Forrer on Battles in Tapestry

Dora Budor on The Anatomy of Sci-Fi Cinema

Tabor Robak on Video Games

Sean Raspet on Artificial Flavors