Matteo Bittanti is the co-author of GameScenes, art in the Age of Videogames with Domenico Quaranta. This website, which explores game-based artistic production, distributions, and discussion, was introduced in 2005.
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Colin Campbell, The Politicization of Video Games and the Games Media. * Tuesday, March 8, 2016 * 12:00 pm * Lane Hall, RM2 (Rodriguez Lecture Hall) * Stanford University Event description: Video games are now part of the culture wars. Their content is used by critics and consumers to stake claim to political
3D ANIMATION
Marjan Moghaddam, David & Goliath Still Can’t Fight, 1080HD Single Channel CGI Animation with Music, 14 Minutes, 2014 50" X 30" Inch. 46" LED HD Monitor, Gilt Frame, Headphones, computer, Media Player, or computer, and SD Card. (excerpt)"Conceived as a wall hung and animated
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Hito Steyerl: Factory of the SunFebruary 21–September 12, 2016MOCA Grand AvenueRequires AdmissionWhat is Contemporary? A Conversation with Hito SteyerlSunday, Feb 21, 20163pm "MOCA presents the U.S. premiere of Hito Steyerl’s landmark video installation Factory of the Sun. In this immersive work, which debuted at the 2015
GAME ART
COLL.EO, The Fregoli Delusions, 2016, still frame from video installation There are not many machinima shot inside racing games. Here's one. Actually, five. "The Fregoli Delusions is a series of machinima shot within the world of the popular racing game Forza Motorsport 2 (Playground Games/Turn
3D ANIMATION
Chris Labrooy, Tokyo, digital photographs, 2015 I love Chris Labrooy's "auto elastic" series. The project, which began in 2014 with Auto Aerobics, has evolved into Tokyo, a plastic meditation on Japan's car culture. The new work features a digital sculpture made with a Honda
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A night of Euro chiptune sounds from France (EAT RABBIT [D!HR]) and Italy (Antonio Cavadini aka TONYLIGHT – NANOLOOP 8bit Techno - and Fabio Bortolotti aka KENOBIT – LSDJ Gameboy Master). A must for chiptunes fans. From 10 pm until the morning light. The entrance fee is 5 euros.LINK : La
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A.MAZE 2016 April 20 - 22, Berlin, Germany Extra exhibition day: April 23 "For the fifth time, the International Independent Videogames Festival A MAZE. / Berlin, from APRIL 20 TO APRIL 23 2016 brings together international independent game developers, digital creatives and game enthusiasts in Berlin: a conference, an
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Paolo Pedercini's latest talk is a must see. Part of the BIG MAKER talk series, the video was produced by Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM), a non profit community media center in Burlington, VT. "Exploring the intersection of ideology and entertainment, Paolo’s work calls for the
GAME ART
Kent Lambert's Hymn of Reckoning (2006) explores themes of combat, torture and grief using images and sounds from the TV series 24 and Lost, 1980s Nintendo games, and various known and unknown films. Kent Lambert is a Chicago-based musician and media artist. He worked from 2001 to 2004
GAME ART
Oscar Manuel Nodal Mercado (b. Juárez, 1986) is a Mexican visual artist whose work explores glitch aesthetic and bit rot. Glitch upon a time in the west is a glitchy machinima created with the game Sleeping Dogs by United Front Games and Square Enix. Nodal holds a BFA in Visual
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John AycockRetrogame ArcheologyTuesday, February 16, 2016.12:00 pm – 1:00 pm free and open to the publicEven the simplest old computer games may have required technical miracles to get running at all -- retrogame programmers were constrained by both hardware and software in ways that are unimaginable now. Retrogame
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Kellee Santiago, The Artification of GamesStanford UniversityTuesday, February 9, 2016. 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, free and open to the public "Since my 2009 TEDxUSC talk, "Video Games Are Art: What's Next?", we have seen video games exhibited in major national museums, the explosion