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
In Bren Watanabe's for(){}; a custom computer application with sound, projection mapped onto three wall mounted paintings, "there is no beginning or end to the game, just collecting and wandering, birthing and consuming, an arbitrary point system rising until your inevitable death and the birth of another
GAME ART
Tacit Group's "Game Over" performance at the Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. Tacit Group is a South Korean "audio-visual performance group established in early 2008 with vision of making new performance art while incorporating various disciplines like electro-acoustic music, contemporary visual art, literature&
ARCADE
Brighton-based Ithaca Audio took a " look back at 35 years of video game music (Space Invaders, released in 1978 was the first game to have a continuous soundtrack), picked some of our favourites and mashed them with other tracks we love." (Ithaca) Check out also the previous mash
GAME ART
Coll.eo, Remote Play, four layouts, 2013 (Photographs by Kija Lucas) "Four layouts comprised of one diecast RQ-1 Predator drone replica produced by Maisto (as part of their “Fresh Metal Tailwinds” series) or one diecast replica of a Mattel Matchbox SB94 Drone United Alliance (as part of the “Sky
MACHINIMA
"News report about the Battle of Aleppo, remixed with footage from a custom ArmA 2 campaign based on the Syrian Civil War." (Kent Sheely) This is absolutely brilliant. LINK : Kent Sheely Submitted by Matteo Bittanti Related articles Book: Kent Sheely's "First Person: War Stories from
ART GAME
Image: Portal, Valve, 2007 Abstract: "The videogame Portal is an algorithmic exploration of human struggle against algorithmic processes that have superseded their original intended purpose. The game explores the search for freedom from such computational processes. The freedom presumed in the portal gun - which allows access where there
EVENT
Video directed by Zachariah Lewis. Produced and edited by Summer Dunsmore. Not to be missed: Block x Blog: "Every Subculture event is based on a foundational piece of pop culture. For the Block x Blog Festival, we’ve found solace in the Arcade. 8-bit Sound. Analog experiences. Video Game
EVENT
"Game Art is a relatively new artistic practice that uses digital gaming as its inspiration or medium. In the last two decades, several artists have appropriated technological, aesthetic, and conceptual elements of electronic games to create artworks ranging from paintings to sculptures, repurposed games and site-specific installations. Among the
GAME ART
C64-demo by Hack n Trade 2013. Acid T*rroreast (graphics), Goto80 (sound), Mathman (code). Video by axiscascade. LINK : Raquel Mayers Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
EMBROIDERY
Per Fhager ‘Final Fantasy’ 21 March – 27 April 2013 Belmacz Ltd ■ 45 Davies Street ● London W1K 4LX ▴ England Private view: 21 March 2013, 6 – 8pm Artist in attendance "When Per Fhager (born 1980, Donsö, Sweden), revived an old-fashioned craft in order to fulfil his artistic ambition he simultaneously initiated
MUSIC
This is beyond trippy! Another killer production by Portuguese artist Sandra Araújo aka s-ara for RUDOLFO's Balas Perdidas, released in the Fall of 2012. Related LINK : s-ara Submitted by Matteo Bittanti Related articles Game Art: s.ara's "Tape Loading Error" (2012)
ART GAME
In 2010, Turbulence.org commissioned Scott Kildall a project entitled Playing Duchamp, "A computer program to play chess as if it were Marcel Duchamp". Kildall has now shared a video the project, which was originally distribuited online. As he writes, " There is no physical component, though I