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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Thursday 28 June - Sunday 28 October 2012 Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne. "ACMI's latest blockbuster exhibition curated by Emma McRae celebrates the work of the world's most innovative and influential videogame designers, including Peter Molyneux, Warren Spector, Tim Schafer, Hideo
GAME ART
Kent Sheely, Ready for Action: GTA (Bus Station), machinima, 2012 "The protagonist from Grand Theft Auto IV, at the mercy of public transportation. Audio from the game has been blended with audio captured while waiting for public transportation in the real world." (Kent Sheely) A second video in
ART GAME
8-bit playable pixel art game by Charlie Hoey and Pete Smith masquerading as a "found object" NES game. A delicious hoax. LINK : The Great Gatsby Videogame Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
"Samuel Beckett's high-octane thriller "Waiting for Godot" is now an action-packed, explosions-galore video game! Behold the multiplayer! Behold the heart-stomping action! Behold the waiting!" (vector belly) LINK : Vector Belly Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
MACHINIMA
"This year, and for the first time, the SLACTIONS Steering Committee included a day devoted to Machinima in the conference program. The SLACTIONS 2012 Machinima Festival is a Machinima competition included on the SLACTIONS 2012 Research conference on virtual worlds. The RL/SL conference will happen between 15 November
GAME
Julian Opie, Imagine you are walking, 1998, silkscreen print on paper As John Carmack dreams of virtual reality in 2012, it is clear that we are perpetually stuck in the 1990s. Aesthetically, ludically, ideologically. Like or not, DOOM and Julian Opie are the "New Aesthetic". "In summary:
ART GAME
"The World is Down. Ten Works by Eddo Stern Opening Thursday, June 14, 7-10:00 pm @ Young Projects Gallery, Pacific Design Center (Second Fl #B230) 8687 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90069 323-377-1102 youngprojectsgallery.com At the heart of Stern’s practice is a crucial engagement with today’s
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Playpublik Festival of Gameplay in Public Spaces August 9th-12th 2012, Computer Games Museum, Berlin "From August 9th-12th 2012 the Festival Playpublik will take place in and around the Computer Games Museum Berlin, in Karl-Marx-Allee. Playpublik, being curated by Invisible Playground, presents games by some of the most brave designers,
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Jonathan Bilski @ Things to Do in LA reviews the 2012 edition of Game Over (Giant Robot). The exhibition featured 140 artworks from nearly 80 artists. Massive. LINK : "Game Over Art Show: Giant Robot Has Game" Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (image credit: Jonathan Bilski)
GAME ART
Kent Sheely, Ready for Action: GTA (Subway), machinima, 2012I am in love with Kent Sheely's new machinima piece. It reminds me of Miltos Manetas' "What Happens?" (2001) (part of the seminal"Videos after Videogames" series) and Jean Baptiste's "Man Waiting
GAME ART
Impressive street art piece featuring Muhammad Ali vs. Street Fighter warriors. Apparently, this artwork is located on Rue des Petits Carreaux, 2ème arrondissement, in Paris. Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Game Freaks, submitted by LikeHonestlyBro on Reddit)
ART GAME
GameScenes is conducting a series of interviews with artists, critics, curators, and gallery owners operating in the field of Game Art, as part of an ongoing investigation of the social history of this artworld. Our goal is to illustrate the genesis and evolution of a phenomenon that changed how game-based