EVENT
Event: 4th Machinima Expo 2011 (Second Life, web, November 19-20 2011)
2011 Machinima Expo on November 19th and 20th, 10am to 3:00. Link: Machinima Expo Press release: Download Expo-press-release Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Henry Lowood)
Matteo
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
Game Art: John Stephen McGregor aka Brother Brain's "8-Bit Starry Night" (2011)
"This is the first in a series of pieces in which I recreate classic images in an 8-bit style by combining graphical elements from retro video games! In this work I utilized materials from Castlevania and Zelda games to re-imagine The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh.
ART GAME
Interview: Waiting for Essvik. What Samuel Beckett Can Tell Us About Videogames
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
GAME ART
Game Art: OMODAKA set @ Blip Festival Tokyo 2011 (October 2011)
Link: OMODAKA Link: Blip Festival Tokyo 2011 Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Game Art: Hollis Brown Thornton's "The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle" (2008)
Hollis Brown Thornton, The Earth on the Back of the Giant Turtle, acrylic, pigment transfer on canvas, 2008 link: Hollis Brown Thornton Related: one, two Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME
Game Art: David Kraftsow's "First-Person Tetris" (2011)
David Kraftsow, First-Person Tetris, Interactive Game (2011) Link: David Kraftsow Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
Event: Next Level Conference II (Cologne, Germany November 4-5 2011)
Next Level Conference is a two day festival and conference, featuring lectures, panels, performances and workshops on art, aesthetics, sound, Cultural and Creative Industries. Among the highlights are a keynote by Mary Flaganan titled "Disruptive Play" and a screening of the seminal documentary "8 BIT" by
EVENT
Event: Atopic Machinima Film Festival 2011 (Paris, Novembre 14-15 and 17 2011)
JURY ATOPIC FESTIVAL 2011 Simon Bachelier, chargé de mission jeu vidéo de la Cité des sciences, Alexis Blanchet, Docteur en Études Cinématographiques, Chercheur à l’OMNSH, Matteo Bittanti, Professor in the Visual Studies program at CCA, San Francisco and Oakland, California Laurent Checola, Journa- liste nouvelles technologies au Monde.fr,
MODDING
Game Art: Joypad controlled virtual reality scooter (in progress)
This video shows a test drive of an new digital interactive mobility scooter prototype currently in development at the UTAS school of art. It reminds me of Garnet Hertz' OutRun modded vehicle. Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Phoebe Adams)
ART GAME
Event: "The Garden of Forking Paths" (Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, Australia, November 4 - 26 2011)
image : The Path - Tale of Tales 2009 "The Garden of Forking Paths opens to the public this Thursday 3 November 6-8pm. Upcoming touring dates: Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, 4 - 26 November 2011 Bathurst Regional Gallery, 16 March – 29 April 2012 The exhibition takes a look at historic
GAME ART
Game Art: Daniel Allegrucci's "The Value of a Dollar" (2011)
"Daniel Allegrucci is a North Carolina based artist using the traditional technique of woodcut printmaking to explore contemporary content. He was born in Fayetteville, NC to a military family. He grew up listening to his grandfather's accounts of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II,
GAME ART
Game Art: Mail Order Monsters' "Lisa" (2011)
The video for 'Lisa" written by John Harrell. All video, effects and editing by Rich Vogel, 2011. Mail Order Monsters is a three piece music and video performance group, celebrating of the sound of the Commodore 64 computer, which debuted in 1982. We play a wide range of