THIS MONTH
THIS MONTH ON EDGE
Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing ever ything else
GAME
Cars bit.ly/safestofall
The best April Fool gags aren’t the ones that merely imagine something unusual or surprising, but those that realise it. Such is the case with the latest from Swiss duo Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei, aka Playables. Deliberately riffing on 2019’s Kids (“these asset flips nowadays…”, Von Rickenbach wryly tweeted), the switch from humans to cars gives it a disarmingly distinct feel. Where those swarming figures felt soft and malleable, the vehicles here are all sharp angles and jagged edges, their loud honks a more aggressive form of communication. Like Kids, Cars uses its brief runtime not to make overt judgements, its playful vignettes instead open to many different interpretations. But, as the screen becomes filled with noisy traffic, it’s hard not to think about society’s overreliance on the automobile.