25 Under 25: Young New Yorkers Who Are Better Than You
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Mark Essen, 23, Artist
Less than a year after earning his BA from Bard, the Brooklyn-based artist's video game Flywrench (which involves guiding a wrench through treacherous caves) was included in the New Museum's Generational exhibition, making him an overnight Pop(ulist) art star with high culture cred and massive mainstream appeal. Since then Essen's been developing a commercial version of Flywrench, and creating more trippy, quirky and retro video games on his site messhof.com, like Cowboyana, in which two players face off in a series of shootouts and whiskey shot-pouring contests.
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