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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Sibylle Fend, No Sleep Before I Die, 2005, Digital print These photographic portraits of gamers were take at a LAN party in Berlin over the course of two nights in 2005 by German photographer Sibylle Fendt. Link: Sibylle Fendt Related: GameFace The Art of Photographing the Player Submitted by Matteo
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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 fascinating artworld. Our goal is to illustrate the genesis and evolution of a phenomenon that changed the
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* Must see: Brilliant doc from Nicolas Tilly (Ecriture Videoludique). Full post here. * Must read: Brandon Boyer on Vimeo's idiotic policy on videogame footage (any kind of video game footage). Here's an excerpt: "Beyond that, though, it's just the simple capriciousness and inconsistency of
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"All my 3D objects are afflicted with a degenerative disease. Gripped by terror, they understand what fate awaits them. Gradually they disintegrate, face after face they lose their appearance, with a fatal outcome. In this way the 3D objects die." (Hugo Arcier) Link: Hugo Arcier Submityted by Matteo
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"Sometimes a bug in a video game can be magic. It gives the keys to a normally unexplored area, beyond, in the limbo of the game." (Hugo Arcier) Link: Hugo Arcier Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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"I used Processing to visualize some interpolation between: a recording of my brainwaves and pulse and triangle waves from the NES's 2A03 chip. The audio comes from some experiments with wavetable oscillators from the same evening. The audio comes from some experiments with wavetable oscillators from the
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"Un niño adicto a los videojuegos prefiere la realidad virtual del mundo real, pero es constantemente interrumpido por un delincuente que roba el local de videojuegos una y otra vez a lo largo de los años. Con el pasar del tiempo el niño busca hacer justicia por si mismo
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"Video games are more important than they seem. They are a storytelling medium, a place for self-expression. The age-old tradition of gaming teaches us strategy, maneuvering, and the importance of making choices. From the cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, gaming activity defines
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Arne Pedersen, "Video Games", Digital Video 4:3, Looped Video Installation, 2011 - installation view Arne Pedersen' was born in Bodø, Norway 1984. Based in Bergen, Norway. Link: Arne Pedersen Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Diego Bergia has just completed the fourth arcade clip for LEPOS: The Primary Invasion. The clip was shot adn edited in San Francisco. As Bergia wrote in an email, "Lately I've really been trying to incorporate the street art aspect into the game itself, like I did
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The Message curated by Phil Anderson The exhibition runs from November 2nd to the 13th. Opening reception November 3rd 7-9pm Panel Discussion November 9th 7pm Gallery 1313 1313 Queen St. West Toronto , On M6K 1L8 416-536-6778 "Medium_Massage 2.0 features work from pioneers of net art from the
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"Commissioned by Alpha-ville for the 2011 festival, this interactive installation plays with and proposes alternative landscapes in the technological ether surrounding our everyday movements. As our identities become deliberately constructed and broadcast commodities, our projected personae increasingly enmesh and define us. Cell acts as a virtual mirror, displaying a