// CREATIVE PROJECTS

Gutterjacket is a cyberpunk adventure game, made in the style of the classics of the point-n-click genre like Beneath a Steel Sky and Day of the Tentacle. Christopher is the co-founder, writer, designer, and producer. The game will be made in partnership with Luke Marcatili, artist, animator, and producer. The project is in part inspired by a TTRPG Luke has been developing, and in part was inspired by a novella written by Christopher called Oasis Underground. With thanks to Screen NSW for development funding.

Trickster's Wake is a fantasy novel in development. The narrative centres on Evelyn and Alfred, two individuals caught in a world grappling with mysterious, destructive entities known as "Tricksters." Trickster's Wake is an urban/gaslamp fantasy for adults set in a second-world Victorian-inspired setting. As the stakes for humanity escalate with the rise of the Tricksters and the complex, often conflicted, relationship between humans and nature, Christopher is currently seeking representation as a publisher for the manuscript.

An Elsewhere Anthropologist explores the borderlands between fiction and ethnography, unearthing hidden truths from literature, folklore, and the wild edges of human experience. From author and student anthropologist Christopher Marcatili.

Iceland in Other Words is a collaborative publication combining anthropological fieldwork with creative storytelling. It's a hand-made, limited edition zine featuring 10 contributors of ethnographic fiction and multimodal storytelling. The collection explores themes of displacement, belonging, and cultural translation through fiction, poetry, and visual art and a short interactive story. Contributors include: V Vdovina, M Spinei, G Dunsmith, A V Kro, Regin Edvardsson, S Rees, C Marcatili, M Poilvez, AD Þórisson, O Hindley, C A Skahan. Made in Hafnar.Haus.

"Lost in Reykjavík" is a photographic documentation project capturing misplaced objects discovered throughout Reykjavík, Iceland during 2024 fieldwork. Objects range from single gloves and shoes found in melting snow to increasingly bizarre out-of-place items. The project employs anthropological principles of making the familiar strange, using these mundane yet peculiarly situated objects to invite viewers to consider questions about responsibility toward found objects, material culture, and how items become "lost" through displacement from useful social networks. The collection explores how lost objects create "tiny ruptures" in daily routines that spark curiosity and demand attention, revealing stories about human presence and absence.