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.
DOCUMENTARY
Now available on VIMEO Video on Demand. "A documentary exploring the story of the queer gaming community, 'gaymer' culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games. A lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer gamer has a higher chance of being mistreated in
ART GAME
From Swiss artist Simon de Diesbach comes a new project based on VR technology, OccultUS: "OccultUs is an installation that exploits the potential of the Occulus Rift technology and offers an absorbing virtual reality display. It immerses the user in a sensory experience that mixes two distinct realities: the
ART GAME
Addie Wagenknecht, Art Wars: You Slept With Your Curator, 2012 lambda print 31.5 x 39.3 in / 80 x 100 cm edition of 3 Art Wars is a series of prints derived from an online game, which allows players to vicariously experience all the thrills of the artist'
GAME
Fantastic Christmas gift from NYU Game Center: all the video lectures and presentations are now available for free. Film and/or video recordings of all entries can be found in the NYU Game Center archive. Below is Cara Ellison's lecture The Birth of the Gamemaker, which took place
GAME ART
Above is a one minute segment of Phil Solomon's 2008-2009 project Still Raining, Still Dreaming courtesy of Urban Video Project. The video, which has a duration of 12 minutes and 14 seconds, was screened in 2013 at Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse in December 2013. Still
GAME
With Idle Animation, artist Aaron Hynds documents his gameplay activity through a four-channel video installation. This work was presented at the Digital Perceptions Exhibition in 2014, which took place at the Willard Wankelman Gallery at Bowling Green State University during ArtsX 2014. Idle Animation uses footage from Kentucky Route
GAME ART
What happens to the body when it adheres to computational logic? With Glitching, artist Beverly Hood examines the movements of sports and action computer games and applies them to humans beings. Created with the use of a Microsoft Kinect 3D sensor, Glitching invites the viewer "to step into the
GAME ART
In this work by Robert Overweg from 2011, a sex worker from Gran Theft Auto IV is seen through the window of a "real" car (read: photo realistic) . Her Name is Candy has an interactive element: viewers can send a text message to the virtual character and receive
GAME ART
With Playing the Other, Australian multi-disciplinary artist Josh Harle creates a fictional videogame that allows for a variety of avatar configurations. The "player" can select his alter ego from a versatile editor whose parameters include ethnicity, gender, and age. The artist used his face as a starting
EVENT
Chipmusic performance at the Europe in 8-Bits party in Barcelona, Spain. Performance by Meneo, VJ Entter and the avatar of Pope Francis Live. Camera and video edit by Jeremie Delaveau LINK:VJ Entter Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via VJ Entter)
GAME ART
In his "Then and Now" series, French photographe r and chief editor of infographics at Sciences Avenire Damien Hypolite's juxtaposes the "real" contemporary France to the virtual, ludic urban landscapes of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Unity. This kind of photographic comparison
FLIPBOOK
This fascinating flipbook was presented at the FlipBooKit Show: Brooklyn at Grumpy Bert, which features 45 artists including Aya Kakeda, Andrew Bell, Eleanor Davis, Luke Chueh, Marka27, Mike Egan, and Susie Ghahremani and runs through December 28, 2014. Bear's flipbook is on sale.LINK : Nate BearSubmitted by Matteo