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Mac Pierce

@macp.bsky.social

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Chicago based artist && creative technologist It's an "art project" macpierce.com bgfa.us/artists/pierce

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're So Over, We're So Back.

2025

www.macpierce.com/wsowsb

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 9d

✅ Game Matt
✅ 3D Printed Terrain
✅ Flyer in reserves

This mf playing Warhammer on the Resolute desk.
www.newsweek.com/proposed-tru...

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 12d

Spoke with Jake Leech of Airing Out the Archive in depth about the themes and work in my show up at @bgfa.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 19: Mac Pierce

Podcast Episode · Airing Out the Archive · 10/07/2025 · 1h 24m

podcasts.apple.com

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 13d

It has been heartening to see the number of people that have been dunking on this atrocious design.
What a 12 year old would think would be cool.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13d

Just fucking call his bluff. Oh, you're gonna send troops everywhere? Gonna do Zero Dark Thirty on random Chicago apartments? With what money, bozo?

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · 26d

W.I.P.
The closing of DEATHMATCH is going to be wild.
@bgfa.bsky.social

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Sep 19

Wearing your favorite streamers merch like a band tee.

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really fucking fed up with the flyovers and fireworks rn in Chicago. One just happened over south loop, huge jet.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'll be giving an artists talk about DEATHMATCH at Bert Green Fine Arts on Saturday, September 20th, at 3pm.

Should be a good one. I've been watching War Thunder streams almost non stop for reference material.

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Don't mind if I do ~

#Warhammer40k
#StillAnArtProject

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Photos by @mikeymosher.bsky.social

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 29

Susan Gescheidle @geschs.bsky.social · Aug 28

I wrote a review about a fantastic exhibition in Chicago up through October 18th.

deathmatch by artist @macp.bsky.social at @bgfa.bsky.social. Includes combat video games, technology, drone footage, combat toys, surveillance & history. Something for all.

www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/dea...

Chicago Gallery News | deathmatch by Mac Pierce at Bert Green: An Intimate Artistic Exploration of War and Games, Both Real and Pretend

www.chicagogallerynews.com

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 20

"Forensic tools"
Weaponized bug exploits.

Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · Aug 20

US border agents searched 14,899 electronic devices at US borders between April-June -- includes phones/computers/cameras/other electronics. Last year they searched 46,362 devices total. Basic search means scrolling through phone; advanced search involves extracting reams of data with forensic tools

Phone Searches at the US Border Hit a Record High

Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. "The real issue is the c...

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 20

I can be trusted with grant money.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · Aug 15

Popular Recurring Comic Strip Character High Concept Jimothy

A green blob creature, with gloves and shoes on walks happily, while onlookers yell "hey look, here comes high concept Jimothy!"
Another yells "He's gonna do the thing he's famous for!"

Jimothy turns upside down and opens his mouth.
An onlooker yells "It's so cool Jimothy has an established premise that can be used as a framework for jokes."
Another opines "I love Jimothy's recurrent feature."

Jimothy writhes on the ground, growing incredibly long, and changing hough slightly, a skull emerging from his mouth. To what purpose he is doing this is not clear.
One of the observers says "You go, Jimothy!"

Finally, Jimothy begins to phase through the sidewalk, leaving a pile of bones in his wake.
A satisfied onlooker says "that's our Jimothy."

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 14

They're making sure he never gets released
#AnishKaporLetHimOut

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 12

Cooking oil company subsidizes public transportation for K-12 students so they can ride for free.

My god do we need corporate tax reform.

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 12

8 gamers 'fragged it out for 6 hours, totalling 1421 kills and 1492 death, with a group KDR (Kill to Death Ratio) of 0.95, averaging 249 deaths per hour.

Graciously sponsored by Bawls energy.

DEATHMATCH - LAN Party — Mac Pierce

Documentation of a Halo CE LAN party hosted at Bert Green Fine Art on August 9th, 2025

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 12

DEATHMATCH: 𝓛𝓐𝓝 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓽𝔂

On August 9th, Bert Green Fine Art hosted a Halo CE LAN party as a mid-run activation for my solo show DEATHMATCH.

www.macpierce.com/lan-party-2025

@bgfa.bsky.social

Photos by @mikeymosher.bsky.social

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 11

@jeffgeerling.com
Built a 10" mini rack as a LAN party luggable. Worked great!
Just published a full build log/files/BOM should anyone want to build their own.
www.macpierce.com/blog/2025/8/...

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks @wrongside-writer.bsky.social for reviewing DEATHMATCH for @art.newcity.com.web.brid.gy !

art.newcity.com/2025/08/07/w...

Review: Mac Pierce at Bert Green Fine Art

“Deathmatch,” a solo exhibition by Mac Pierce at Bert Green Fine Art, is an anonymous harbinger of war.

art.newcity.com

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Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Aug 5

@chicagocta.bsky.social bus 7965 is literally leaking.

Mac Pierce @macp.bsky.social · Jul 29

Oh, it's happening.

I've got 6 cases of BAWLs energy drinks, a bundle of CAT6 cables, and a gallery all too willing to host.

Halo CE LAN party
August 9th, 12pm-late at @bgfa.bsky.social
Gallery will be open during the LAN party, come and see the show and all the fraggin'.

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SorryHat @sorryhat.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sometimes I think about how the bird population has dipped about 70% or more since the 60s.

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