Growing Takes Time: A Real-Life Arcade Performance & Digital Gallery

Games, Grapples, and Growth Grit — it’s all fun and games… until someone grows.

Growing Takes Time is a real-life arcade and immersive performance and digital art gallery, all in one! Where every mission, move, and moment depends on you.

You’re the astronaut in this world — interacting with performers, completing physical missions, and helping grow the ecosystem in real time.

Through high-stakes childhood anxiety games like slap hands, red light/green light, and hot potato, you’ll guide Pikmin-inspired performers, called PikMii's, across the space. Tensions build. Conflict sparks. PikMii's grapple in real-time duets inspired by jiu-jitsu — and only once the conflict is resolved can a flower bloom.

When your Pikmin blooms, you win prizes. From collectible items tied to the show’s world to grown-up rewards like infused beverages and specialty drinks like infused beverages and specialty drinks — each mission completed earns you more. Bring your prize back to the next activation, and the rewards get better.each mission completed earns you more. Bring your prize back to the next activation, and the rewards get better.

Alongside the arcade, explore a digital gallery installation in collaboration with ARCHIV3, showcasing worldbuilding visuals and works for sale that extend the Growing Takes Time universe.

Then stay for the post-show party and networking jam — where vibes, visuals, and reward loops carry into the night.

💫 What to Expect:

• A one-hour immersive performance you play like a game
• A post-show party & networking jam with vibes, visuals, and real-world rewards in collaboration with ARCHIV3

May 24, 2025 — 7PM
📍 279 Broome St, NYC 10002 | Satellite Art Show

🎟️ $60 — Exclusive Entry - ONLY 30 SPOTS AVAILABLE
This is a limited-capacity, one-night-only experience. Your ticket includes access to the full arcade performance, party, and the prize loop.

Choreographed by: Karley Wasaff
Performers: TBA

✨ You don’t just witness the world — you grow it.
✨ Play hard. Grow harder.
✨ Bloom a flower. Earn a prize. Come back and level up.

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