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.
GAME ART
Joseph DeLappe's latest performance Me and My Predator, takes place in RL. The project reminds me of Aram Bartholl's WoW and Waffa Bilal's 3rdi. An intriguing mix but also a truly original take on dronephilia. What is Me and My Predator? As DeLappe explains:
GAME ART
Cable Griffith, Deception Pass, 2014, acrylic on panel, 24 x 30 inchesThis amazing painting was selected for the cover design of Parcel's Spring/Summer issue, a great literary mag is out of Lawrence, Kansas. Here's more.PreviouslyLINK: Cable GriffithSubmitted by Matteo Bittanti Related articles Event: Cascadia
GAME ART
Kristoffer Zetterstrand, Erase To History, 2015 (planned)Kristoffer Zetterstrand's new work is a tile mosaic commissioned for the Vikingstad Skola Visualization animation. Planned for construction 2015. Looks outstanding!PreviouslyAnd in case you missed this terrific artist's talk at the Smithsonian, here's a reminder: LINK:
GAME ART
Ashley Anderson, Our Lady of the Headshot, Ballpoint pen, 2014LINK: Ashley Anderson Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
EVENT
Another spectacular event organized by Isabelle Arvers at Gamerz: a machinima mini-festival featuring works by Angela Washko, Anita Fontaine and Georgie Roxby Smith titled Machinigirrlzzz and hosted by the Fondation Vasarely. As Arvers writes:"Machinigirrlzzz is an exhibition of machinimas (movies created through video games), made by women only.
EVENT
French curator and critic Isabelle Arvers is organizing a two-day workshop about machinima to teenagers at the upcoming Game and Art Festival PLAY 14 in Hamburg, Germany. LINK : Machinima Workshop at PLAY 14 Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Isabelle Arvers)
ART GAME
Another killer No Quarter Exhibition organized by the NYU Game Center. The fifth in the series features four new games from established and emerging independent game developers and will be hosted at the new Waka Waka space in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. The games are Dog Park by
ART GAME
"Taking place in Braamfontein, A MAZE. / Johannesburg 2014 is set to become one of the hottest spots for games and playful media in Africa. Festival director and A MAZE. founder Thorsten S. Wiedemann says the A MAZE. 2014 programme is jam packed: “We are excited to bring together the
ART GAME
Free entry! Mechanics Manifesto! What else can you ask for? Here's the 2014 event description: "gameZfestival is a festival for game design and games. The initial Festival was all about game mechanics. This year's dominant topic is "play together". The first video games
ARCADE
In this short video, Patrick McNeil, 1/2 of FAILE, introduces the FAILE Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade Edinburgh 2014, an exhibition featuring specially programmed video games and pinball machines. The show, which debuted in December of 2013 at Art Basel Miami 2013, is based on the idea of audience participation.
ESSAY
Kent Sheely, Ready for Action, grid #1, 2013. WIRED magazine published a compelling profile of Game Artist Kent Sheely. Here's an excerpt: "Today, in-game photography is a well-explored gaming off-shoot. The latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise actually encourages players to take selfies. But in
ESSAY
Lowtoy Festival #1 25-27/09/2014Festival Internacional de 8 Bit & DIY Electrònica de BarcelonaLocation: Fundació AAVC Hangar - Emilia Coranty 16 BarcelonaTime: 15:00 - midnightPrice: 7€ puerta/door - 5€ anticipada/advance"Lowtoy is glad to announce, the first 8 Bit & DIY Electronics Festival of Barcelona.