gamescenes

Game. Art.

Game Art, unlimited. 

GameScenes is your one-way ticket to the Game Artworld.

Background info: Originally, a videoludica's channel, GameScenes.

A full-fledged blog (!) since 2009. 

Written and edited by Matteo Bittanti.

Key contributor: Mathias Jansson.

Special thanks: Domenico Quaranta, Valentina Tanni, Paolo Ruffino.

Would you like to play with us? Drop us a line

Video: Nicholas Tilly's reportage of the Atopic Machinima Festival 2011

 

Credits: Nicholas Tilly

Link: Atopic Film Festival 2011

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

BOOK: Chris Melissinos and Patrick O'Rourke's "The Art of Videogames" (2012)

"From Pac-Man to Mass Effect, The Art of Video Games makes a compelling case for games to be viewed not just as mere play, but as richly textured, compelling experiences that have crossed the boundary into culture and art. As Melissinos writes, "Our children are being born into a world in which the digital and physical collide, and video games are the expressive voice of that collision." The Art of Video Games presents the evolution of that voice, as it becomes ever more powerful." (Welcome Books)

The book will be released on March 6 2012 by Welcome Books.

Link: The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect by Chris Melissinos and Patrick O'Rourke

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

Game Art: Amy Lombard's "Xbox Live" (2011)

Amy Lombard, Xbox Live, digital photogtraph, 2011

From "Happy Inside", a book project by artist Amy Lombard of photographs made in the showroom of IKEA

Link: Amy Lombard @ KickStarter

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

 

 

Art Game: Olle Essvik's "Endgame" (2012)

Olle Essvik writes:

"Today, January 19, is the release date for my new work, a computer game called "Endgame", which is now available online here The game can be played at the above adress for a limited period. Welcome to visit the site and feel free to spread the word so that more people will have the chance to experience the work before the 15th of February when the possibility to play Endgame will be over. Throughout the year 2011 I was working on another computer game art piece, "Waiting For", comissioned by the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Waiting can also be played online here.  End Game is the free standing sequel to this game." (Olle Essvik)

Essvik made a special edition box with a figure/painting, cd-rom (the game), Edition 4 boxes.

Related: Waiting for Essvik

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (thanks Domenico!)

Links: Game Art around the web

• Mathias Jansson is guest blogging at Art21. Read his articles on Kristoffer Zetterstrand: King of Old School, Mikael Vesavuori, and Museum Meltdown.

• Related event: Mikael Vesavuori's "It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Blows Their Brains Out", an exhibition taking place in gallery Rotor2 at Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg  between January 17^th-21^st. Open hours 3 pm – 8 pm. Finissage is on Saturday 21^st of January at 7 pm.

 

 

 

Art Game: Scott Smallwood's "Sync or Swim II" (2011)

 

"Sync or Swim is an interactive sound installation that is also a simple audio game. The object of the game is to find the “sync point” of several melodic/rhythmic layers that are operating at slightly different tempi. Turning a knob on the interface changes the tempi of the various layers by slightly different amounts – and finding the “sweet spot” brings all layers into synchronization.  [...] This piece is an examination of ways to create audio games that are also interactive sonic art works. The challenge was to create an aesthetic sound experience that the user can interact with, but that “reveals” itself to the listener as a game, opening up the possibility of changing the state of the composition in significant ways, and to discover the possibilities of the compositional variables. At its core, it is a simple algorithmic sound piece that is made up of a series of looping patterns that are randomly generated and juxtaposed, within specific aesthetic characteristics." (Scott Smallwood)

LInk: Scott Smallwood

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti 

Game Art: Josh Millard's "Mapstalgia: Game Level Maps Drawn From Memory" (ongoing)

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Link: Mapstalgia

Fascinating blog that collects videogame maps drawn from memory, curated by Josh Millard.

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (Thanks to Waynn Lue)

Game Art: Joshua Taylor's "Modern Art 02" (2012)

 

Joshua Taylor, Modern Art 02, screenshot in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, 2012

Link: Joshua Taylor

Related: Wired Italia

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

 

Game Art: Steven Moreau' "Vũ Trụ" (2009)

Steven Moreau, Vũ Trụ, Digital illustration, 2009

Steven Moreau is an artist from Brest, France, currently working at Studio Tada in Hanoi, Vietnam)

Link: Steven Moreau

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

Game Art: Chris Howlett's "Modus Operandi" (in progress)

Chris Howlett, Modus Operandi, 3 Channel video projection with in situ body acts, in progress

"Modus Operandi is a simultaneous three channel video projection of three Machinima films with a contemporary dance narrative complimenting the video narrative. The improvised dance performance is modeled off the game physics of the male avatars actions on screen and will involve one to three pairs of dancers in the space during the opening and then at a reduced rate over the course of the next three weeks. The floor is demarcated by a series of geometric taped off shapes which mirror the virtual caged off space that the male avatars reside within." (Chrs Howlett)

Link: Chris Howlett

Submitted by Matteo Bittanti