Game Over (the only winning move is not to play)

2020, repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine, 70" X 56" X 29" in | 178 X 142 X 74 cm

Best of SouthCoast 
June 12 - August 31, 2025
Selected by Carmen Hermo, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
"Game Over" by Keith Francis, a repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine transformed into a multimedia sculpture exploring nuclear warfare. The machine features "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" in the scoring areas, missile-shaped bumpers, and an integrated video screen showing historical footage of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This piece was part of the body of work for which the artist received the "Best of SouthCoast" award, juried by a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
"Game Over" by Keith Francis, a repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine transformed into a multimedia sculpture exploring nuclear warfare. The machine features "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" in the scoring areas, missile-shaped bumpers, and an integrated video screen showing historical footage of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This piece was part of the body of work for which the artist received the "Best of SouthCoast" award, juried by a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
"Game Over" by Keith Francis, a repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine transformed into a multimedia sculpture exploring nuclear warfare. The machine features "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" in the scoring areas, missile-shaped bumpers, and an integrated video screen showing historical footage of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This piece was part of the body of work for which the artist received the "Best of SouthCoast" award, juried by a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
"Game Over" by Keith Francis, a repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine transformed into a multimedia sculpture exploring nuclear warfare. The machine features "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" in the scoring areas, missile-shaped bumpers, and an integrated video screen showing historical footage of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This piece was part of the body of work for which the artist received the "Best of SouthCoast" award, juried by a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
"Game Over" by Keith Francis, a repurposed 1968 Gottlieb pinball machine transformed into a multimedia sculpture exploring nuclear warfare. The machine features "Nagasaki" and "Hiroshima" in the scoring areas, missile-shaped bumpers, and an integrated video screen showing historical footage of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This piece was part of the body of work for which the artist received the "Best of SouthCoast" award, juried by a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

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