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
Baden Pailthorpe, Formation (difference and repetition), digital video, 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe related: Untitled (2010); Rockets (after Roman Signer), (2010); Other 2.0 (2009); Glitching (2009-2010) Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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"A Celebration of Video Game Performance Art. Now in its 3rd year, the video game performance festival continues in what Seth Schiesel of the New York Times called “the most ambitious effort I know of to fuse the techniques and live presentation of theater with the themes, structures and
GAME ART
Link: Ian Stirewalt Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Philippe Safire, Endless Stories, Computer film, video projection, plexiglass and paper, 2010, Installation view "Endless Stories… consists of an assemblage of colored pixels, each containing text, images or videos. Philippe Safire alludes to the act of writing by integrating latin, cyrillic, chinese, japanese, arabic or sanskrit characters. The project
PIXEL ART
"Clip extracted from "Pixel Storm", sequel of "Bye-Bye TV" video that connected TV motifs with natural enviroments, creating digital landscapes. Concept & Video: Geso, 2011. Music & Sounds: Jesse Somfay + freesound.org" (Geso) Link: Geso Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Harun Farocki: Images of War (at a Distance) June 29, 2011–January 2, 2012, MoMa, New York (11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019) " Galvanized by the international student protest movement of the late 1960s, Harun Farocki has developed an experimental documentary style, integrating his own material with
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compare and contrast: Link: Darkfejr Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Ze Frank)
GAME ART
For his new performance, "Box Shipment #2", Jordan Wayne Long "will be shipped and locked in a crate from Bald Knob, AR to Portland, OR over 7 days while only communicating through an online game called Lord of The Rings Online. The performance will take place on
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Desirée Holman: video still composite from Heterotopias, 2011; three-channel HD video, 13 mins.; courtesy of the artist and Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.Artist ConversationSunday, June 26, 3 p.m @ The Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California [link]Museum Theater (Free!)Reception to follow in the Bancroft Lobby (Free
ART GAME
"Johann Sebastian Joust is a no-graphics, music-based, physical jousting game for two to six players, designed for motion controllers and smart phones. The version in this video uses the PlayStation Move controllers. The goal is to keep your accelerometer sufficiently still and be the last player remaining. Try to
ART GAME
Wesley Winslow Wilson, Air Combat: self playing game for prepared console, 2011, Hacked Sony Playstation 1 console "Air Combat" video game (source: Wes Wilson) Wesley Winslow Wilson, Air Combat: self playing game for prepared console, 2011, Hacked Sony Playstation 1 console "Air Combat" video game (installation
ART GAME
Wesley Winslow Wilson's "Window Cleaner", video game, 2011. The game engine is Unity. Link: Wes Wilson Submitted by Matteo Bittanti