Infinite-Sum Game

Artists Engaged: Infinite-Sum Game is a deep dive into collective resilience and empowerment, expressing the myriad ways that artists contribute to their communities and to a healthier society.

Infinite-Sum Game is based on Thollem and ACVilla’s two decades of traveling, living and working with artists and in artist communities within the political borders of the U.S. While spending their time entirely on the road, the duo naturally amassed a treasure trove of conversations, performances, murals, and scenes of important work that is otherwise under the radar of mainstream media. As a feature-length film, it is the duo’s contribution to the national discourse as the country leads up to the 2024 elections, expanding the narrative from a zero- to an infinite-sum game.

Thollem and ACVilla will make Infinite-Sum Game freely streamable in summer 2024.

Murals-with-a-message | Performances | Writings | Music | In Dialogue With

Including: Jane Rigler, America Meredith, Cork Marcheschi, Francis Wong, Kio Griffith, Bob Ostertag, Esteban Zuñiga Ruiz, Terry Riley, Orlando Greenhill, Dylan Tenorio, John Schiek, Melinda Matson Spina, Cipriano Vigil, Chuck Hersh, Melissa Melero-Moose, Interference Series (Owen Davis, Rob Wallace), Hans Fjellstad, Dino J.A. Deane, Germaul Yusef Barnes, Cheryl Leonard, Patrick McDonnell, Janet Beveridge Bean, Gene Johnson, Carmina Escobar, Davu Seru, Mike Lastra, Jennifer Wyman, James Falzone, Benjamin J. Fawks, Jason Finkelman, Cynthia Oliver, Michael Wimberly, Nani Chacon, Philip Greenlief, Glenn Wynant, WFMU, Raven Chacon, Stephen Tromboli, Arrington de Dionyso, Peter Ganushkin, Nicholas Taplin, Merlin Coleman, Gary Singh, Rent Romus, Renée Baker, ROVA Saxophone Quartet (Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Steve Adams), Amy Reed, Marc Masters, Dereck Higgins, Mary Prescott, and more.