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
Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Damien Hirst), machinima, playable car, 2012 The fourth automobile in the ongoing CARJACKED project, a brightly colored 850 CSi, was developed by Damien Hirst' avatars: "Hirst’s deep love for BMW comes as no surprise. He is reportedly Britain’s richest living artist. Hirst
ART GAME
"2012, the year of financial crises, overpopulation, nuclear risk, climatic disorders, dangerous ideological drifts. GAMERZ questions artists of our time testifying of these days and concerns through contemporary creation. Let’s break the bank and investigate apocalyptic predictions thanks to digital creation. For its 8th edition, the GAMERZ festival
GAME
Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Cy Twombly), machinima, playable car, 2012 The third car in the ongoing CARJACKED project was developed by Cy Twombly's avatars "In 1971,BMW asked Twombly to decorate a lush 3.0 CLS BMW as part of the German carmaker initiative, Art Cars. The
GAME ART
Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Piet Mondrian), machinima, playable car, 2012 The second car in the ongoing CARJACKED project, created by Piet Mondrian's avatars. "Piet Mondrian’s “Composition 10” (1939-1942) is the main inspiration behind Coll.eo’s second digital BMW Art Car. In an act of creative
ART GAME
Sophie Kahn, 04302011 "Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art is the third iteration of a media festival started by UNR Professor and media artist, Joseph DeLappe. Prospectives is a unique event in that it is focused entirely on pre-professional artists – highlighting an international selection of work by graduate
GAME ART
Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Jackson Pollock), machinima, playable car, 2012. "CARJACKED is a set of digital BMW cars created with the Livery editor of Forza Motorsport 4 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios, 2011, Xbox 360) by Coll.eo. These cars are the digital counterparts of the ongoing BMW
DOCUMENTARY
This is the video recording of the discussion with Chris Solarski, game designer Robin Hunicke, and Stanford University lecturer Henry Lowood moderated by artist and professor Eddo Stern that took place at SwissNex in San Francisco on September 20 2012. LINK: From Michelangelo to Mario Kart Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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"An exciting, collaborative event from the Art and Computer Science Departments! This panel discussion on Art, Games, & History will include Mary Flanagan, Brenda Laurel, Susan Laxton, and Kate O'Riordan. Gameplay and reception following." (UC Santa Cruz)When: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 2:00pm -
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Nocturne is a walkthrough of a level built from scratch as the final project for a game audio class by New York artist Trevor Murray. As he explains on his blog, "Each stone plinth has an associated musical layer, which the player unlocks by lighting a fire atop the
BOOK
ROM's Silvia Novak shares this beautiful promo with GameScenes and its readers. Jon Hare, we love you. Please make more games. The worlds needs you. As you remember, graphic designer, sculptor, music lover, and art director Darren Wall is launching a new publishing project called Read-Only Memory, a
FILM
Phil Solomon; Empire, 2008-2012. HD video, 48 minutes One of the most exciting Game Art events of the Fall: Phil Solomon's screening of Empire (2008-2012) at the New York Film Festival in the Free Views from the Avant-Garde section. Solomon will be on the scene to present and
GAME ART
Super Totto, Summer Keys 2011SuperTotto, Pac Man Crime Scene, 2010SuperTotto, Frog Crash, 2010 Totto Reina aka Super Totto is Italy's premiere pixel artist. His 2010 series recreates famous vintage games (Pac-Man, Pong, Frogger and more) in charming isometric style. A must see. "May the pixel be with