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.
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
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
GAME ART
colleo, 2012 Online performance, documented with screenshots "For this performance, we purchased 5000+ Twitter followers for Twitter account @colleoproject via FanMeNow.com, a website that creates fictitious followers. Such followers are “fictitious” in the sense that, according to FanMeNow, “[A]re NOT real. Most of them may appear to
DOCUMENTARY
"Beginning with Space Invaders in 1978, arcade games began to appear everywhere.In 1982, 13,000 dedicated arcade locations existed across North America, generating $3.2 billion dollars in 1983 alone, the hard way: one quarter at a time. By 1985, revenue had fallen 97%. Atari declared bankruptcy. Arcades
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Some wonder if videogames can be considered Art. GameScenes asks whether the invention of videogames has not transformed the entire character of art. Introduced in 2006 in conjunction with the release of an eponymous book and an exhibition in Monza, Italy, GameScenes chronicles the evolution of the ludic artworld. The
BOOK
PLAYERS is one of the best Italian game magazines available period. It is my personal favorite because it's 100% independent, it is written by people who truly love visual culture in general and video games in particular. To celebrate its second anniversary, PLAYERS has just released a special
ART GAME
Another brilliant game installation from Parisian artists Dekalko & DJEFF's, Mine Vectrex Storm. This detournement of the Vectrex by MB is "an enhanced version of the game" that shipped with the console. LINK: DJEFF & DeKalko Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
Images from Dekalko & DJEFF "Video pong" is an enhanced version of the famous arcade game PONG. This facility allows a comparison between video and video games. This is to test the playability of a game engine as narration. In the context of interactivity associated with the emergence
ART GAME
Pentapong at Studio 13/16 - Pompidou Center ↑ Pentapong at Museum für Kommunikation "Pentapong" is a reinterpretation of the famous game PONG. This new version has been developed with Michael Davidov (Research Workshop Interactive Ensad). This project explores the concept of multi-player based on the architecture of the
ART GAME
"Hyper olympic" is a device designed to play Konami's arcade game Track and Field (1983) and subsequently increased on atari 2600, nintendo nes ... This game simulated the Olympic 100 meter race. The aim was to reproduce the race an athlete alternately swinging from left to right
CARTOGRAPHY
an example of the Hutchings Computer Game Maps Created by Brooklyn artist Timothy Hutchings, the The Play Generated Map & Document Archive" is the reason why the internet was invented. This incredible repository "collects, preserves and interprets documents related to game play – especially tabletop role playing games and
INTERVIEW
GameScenes is conducting a series of interviews with artists, critics, curators, and gallerists operating in the field of Game Art, as part of an ongoing investigation of the social history of this fascinating art world. Our goal is to illustrate the genesis and evolution of a phenomenon that changed the