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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All images courtesy of Mr Talion Several German street artists have "hacked" and "modded" existing billboards in Berlin, turning them into a static version of Doom. Talking about "total conversion"... Adopting the same tactics used by culture jammers, artists such as Baveux, Kone, Epoxy
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Cory Arcangel (source) "One of the most widely recognised proponents of this emerging practice is New York-based artist Cory Arcangel, who is currently curating a fascinating exhibition at London's Lisson Gallery. While studying music at the Oberlin Conservatory in the late-Nineties he joined an experimental
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Adam Richardson, "Invaded Space" (2009) All images courtesy of the artist British photographer, graphic designer, and design director Adam Richardson has superimposed images of Space Invaders to war pictures that he appropriated from The Boston Globe. (via ALBOTAS) Link: Adam Richardson
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Once Upon a Time in the West December 4 – 11, 2009 Nova Gorica (SI) – Gorizia (IT) Curator: Domenico Quaranta Organization: Kulturni dom Nova Gorica Official website: Pixxelpoint Kulturni Dom Nova Gorica (Slovenia) is proud to announce the 10th edition of the International New Media Art Festival Pixxelpoint, that will open
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"Over the Game es un proyecto comisariado por ZEMOS98 y Flavio Escribano, una exposición que reflexiona en torno al papel del videojuego en la sociedad moderna y que reúne a realizadores, artistas e investigadores en un terreno común, en una misma muestra que tiene como eje esencial la consideración
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In 1998, Austrian collective Netbase t0 organized an exhibition about the potential of the emerging hyperspace called “Synworld”. “Synreal: The Unreal Modification” was part of the main exhibition, and it is now remembered as one of the first collective shows where artists were invited to create Game Art-based installations,
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Making Things, Breaking Things: Digital DIY Exhibition: Zero Gamer 25-28 Nov Zero Gamer presents games that play themselves, video documents of in-game performance, game engine experiments and challenging documentaries on gameplay. Lecture: Wednesday 25 November 7pm - Corrado Morgana Workshop: Sat 28 Nov 11.00-3.00 - Dorkbot, Bristol
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FILE - Electronic Language International Festival presents FILE 8 BIT GAME PEOPLE, an event related to FILE GAMES RIO 09, that will be held at Centro Cultural Oi Futuro, from December 02nd to 18th, 2009, from Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m and FILE Hypersonica RIO 09,
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Avatar Machine Design Museum - Designers in residence 2009 from MARC OWENS on Vimeo. Thanks to Marc Owens' “Avatar Machine”, we can now behave in real space as if we were playing a third person videogame. This platform replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user
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"Games, a creative form “older than culture,” according to Johan Huizinga, have served humanity in such diverse ways as entertainment, education, exercise, conflict resolution, ritual and self-expression. But not until the 20th century did games and the play experiences they provide start to be perceived as an art
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GAMERZ 05 festival Association M2F Créations presents the multimedia festival GAMERZ, in Aix-en-Provence, from November 26th until December 4th 2009. Festival opens on Friday November 27th, at 6.30 p.m. GAMERZ 05 tour: _Fondation Vasarely _Seconde Nature _L'Ecole Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-
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Nowadays, several artists use videogames for purposes that include political and artistic expression. Examples that come to mind are Gonzalo Frasca’s celebrated September 12th, a Flash-game about terrorism in the world post-911 or Escape from Woomera, a modification of Half-Life, about a refugee camp in Woomera,