Visual Artist Connor Gottfried Turns Old Game Boys, Walkmans And Circuit Boards Into Giant Playable Sculptures

Connor Gottfried is a Canadian visual artist, engineer and musician from Calgary who makes large, playable sculptures and wall pieces built from retro electronics like Game Boys, Walkmans, cassette decks and Speak & Spell toys.

His work explores childhood, nostalgia, obsolescence and “rebirth” by hacking vintage consoles and circuit boards into interactive artworks—lit, sound‑reactive and fully playable—alongside laser‑cut acrylic “Liquid Crystal” pieces and limited edition prints that remix anime, arcade and pop‑culture icons. Shown internationally at spaces such as Guy Hepner (New York), StolenSpace (London), Dopeness Art Lab (Taiwan), S16 and && Gallery, his series “Lost Visions of the Future” and “Play / Play II” frame retro tech as sculptural relics of a shared, still‑glitching digital childhood.

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