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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Different GamesApril 3-4, 2015 Starting at 5pmBrooklyn, NY, NYU MAGNET Center Different Games is an unmissable annual student and volunteer-lead conference on diversity and inclusivity in games organized by the NYU Game Center. Speakers include Todd Harper, Seori Sachs, Kara Stone and many more. As game designers, academics,
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Federico Solmi 's (b. 1973, Bologna) masterpiece Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth will be shown for the first time in France by Parisian gallery Gleichapel (located on 15 rue Debelleyme, 75003, Paris). Below is the full press release. "Gleichapel is pleased to announce the first
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Jonathan Monaghan. Escape Pod, 2015. Animated HD film. 20 minutes, seamless loop, music by Furniteur. Jonathan Monaghan Escape Pod bitforms gallery Mar 22 - May 3, 2015 131 Allen St New York, NY 10002 Opening Reception: Sunday, Mar 22, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Artist Talk & Screening: Thursday, April 2,
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Eddo Stern's monumental project Darkgame is now complete. Darkgame is a sensory deprivation computer game that the Israeli-born artist began developing in 2008. The player wears custom made head gear, which triggers sensations, feelings and emotions. The third iteration was completed in 2013. I tried it at
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Chaim Gingold Play Design: SimCity, Simulation, and Geology Stanford University Friday, March 13, 2015 12:00 pm, free and open to the public Shriram 104 room Chaim Gingold is a computer scientist and interactive designer by training. By trade, he is a computer game designer and digital toymaker. He studied
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Kim Laughton's "los_santos.obj" is a brilliant experiment in ludic post-photography. The artist took a series of photographs of Grand Theft Auto V's megalopolis, Los Santos and removed all the original textures, giving the urban landscapes an appearance of flatness. Considering that
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Georgie Roxby Smith, Arcade game, 2015 Smith's new work will be presented at James Makin Gallery 67 Cambridge Street Collingwood, Australia Saturday 7 March from 2pm - 4pm "Gun in hand, the protagonist in Happy End Game – a feminist first person shooter game – firmly returns the power to
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Raiford Guins Behind the Bezel: Coin-Op Arcade Video Game Cabinets as Design History Stanford University Friday, March 6, 2015 12:00 pm, free and open to the public Shriram 104 room Raiford Guins is a Leeds United Supporter. He is also an Associate Professor of Culture and Technology within
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A new project from COLL.EO (Colleen Flaherty and Mattteo Bittanti): Arthur Rimbaud in Liberty City, also known as Grand Theft Rimbaud. It is a replay of David Wojnarowicz’ (1954-1992) photographic series Arthur Rimbaud in New York (1978-1979) developed within the virtual spaces ofGrand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar
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Colleen Flaherty, outer space, oil on canvas, 2015. PATTERN RECOGNITION FEBRUARY 21- MARCH 18, 2015 RANDOM PARTS 1206 13TH AVENUE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94606 OPENING RECEPTION: THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 3-7PM LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC WITH THE BAND UNCLE AT 4:30PM "In the seminal Understanding Media. The Extensions of
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Stanford University is organizing a series of events about interactive media and games. The seminars features an impressive number of game scholars from various schools (of thought) and institutions, including Henry Lowood , James Newman , Robin Hunicke, KatherineIsbister , RaifordGuinsand Chaim Gingold. The seminars began January 9th and run every Friday until
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A fascinating example of post-photographic practices by Hungarian artist Loránd Szécsényi-Nagy (b. 1984) aka SZNL. 0.43 megapixel was created with a GameBoy camera, an add-on for Nintendo's 1989 portable console. The camera specs are anachronistic: 4 tone (grayscale) black and white images and a