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
"Target Audience is a piece that converts the virtual first person shooter computer gaming interface into a real active live interaction between the person holding the gun and the rest of the gallery goers. Target Audience welcomes the viewer to pick up, point, and shoot an actual (de-milled) antique
ART GAME
"Geek Run is an interactive installation that aims to break the wall between the physical and virtual worlds by using wooden cubes as a tangible interface for a collaborative game, in combination with a Kinect controller. [...] The new version of the game was designed and developed during a two
VIDEO
A short edited video of Lunarcade Shanghai, the indie games exhibition organized by Santa Ragione which took place at Shanghai Theater Academy at the beginning of December 2011. The line-up featured VOXATRON by Lexaloffle GamesWAY by Coco & CoAT A DISTANCE by Terry CavanaghPROTEUS by Ed Key and David KanagaCHASING
ART GAME
"Four-player absurdist crane game by Utrecht School of the Arts students for FourceLabs." Link: Arcrane Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Kars Alfrink)
GAME ART
Link: Basky Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Joshua Taylor, The Dune Sea from Star Wars: The Old Republic, 2011Joshua Taylor, Derelict from Star Wars: The Old Republic, 2011Joshua Taylor, Rock from RAGE, 2011 Joshua Taylor, Rock from Mirror's Edge, 2011 Joshua Taylor, Shadows from Mirror's Edge, 2011 Joshua Taylor, City Streets from Mirror&
ART GAME
"Chroma is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter with an exciting new approach to the genre. Chroma’s art style uses simple, geometric shapes, bright, basic colors, and iconic 8-bit (1-byte?) sounds to create an abstract, retro look and feel." (Jamie Giannini) Link: Chroma Submitted by Matteo Bittanti All
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Sébastien Linage, On the Run, digital video, 2011Sébastien Linage, Slow Down, digital video, 2011 Sébastien Linage is a Freench artist, designer and creative director. "On the Run" (2011) and "Slow Down" are edited videos showcasing the environments he and other designers at EA created for EA&
GAME ART
Temme Barkin-Leeds, Video Games Series: Defending Area, 2011, oil,mixed media and digital media on canvas, 30" x 44"Temme Barkin-Leeds, Video Games Series: Pause (detail) mixed media on canvas, 30 x 44"Temme Barkin-Leeds, Video Games Series: Farther Than The Russians Did, 2011, mixed media on
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Temme Barkin-Leeds's stop-motion animation of painting within a video game world presented at The American University Museum culminating screening event of video art by current B.A. and M.F.A. students enrolled in the Studio Art Program on December 7 2011. All of the individual moving image
ART GAME
"When are games more than games? When they are communicating with others? Although videogames are bigger than ever, they are often perceived as cultural silos and not in conversation with other art forms or cultures. In conjunction with videogame arts and culture company Kill Screen, Rhizome invites you to
GAME
"The Art of Video Games exhibition (opening March 16, 2012) will explore how game designers combine visual effects with narrative, audio, and player interaction to create immersive and meaningful experiences. To celebrate this ground-breaking exhibition, we are looking for photographs that show how video games can inspire creativity! These