Splendid coverage of the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVAL by Jonathan Bilski. at Things to Do in Los Angeles.
Photos courtesy of the UCLA DMA instagram
I believe that an art exhibition/happening/event is successful when it does not provide easy answers but raises interesting questions and prompts the viewer to re-evaluate her or his beliefs and expectations. Judging by Jonathan's reaction, it looks like Eddo Stern, David O'Grady and Tyler Stefanich curated another unclassifiable, over-the-tabletop festival:
This sentence sums it up perfectly:
The few hours the UCLA Game Art Festival 2017 was open flew by in a tailspin of 'What's this?,' and 'What's that?' The not quite annual video game festival of arts and games returned to the Hammer Museum, Tuesday night, from a hiatus of being off the 2016 calendar. Its return was signaled with many strange and fun games to play with an audience enthralled to try them all out. It wasn't only games, but showmanship and art pieces throughout the night that makes me always say at the end of these, why not every week? Why don't we have gaming and board game nights outside or in museums all the time? (Jonathan Bilski)
