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.
ART GAME
Last June GameScenes wrote about Jose Olivares graduating work at Tisch School of Art, New York. “Ancient Pixel” was a merge of lo-resolution videogame graphics and Andean textile art into a multi-channel interactive video work. Mixing ancient carpets and 8-bit videogames is not a new idea in
EVENT
Workspace Unlimited, THEY WATCH (work in progress) from EMPAC @ Rensselaer on Vimeo. "Workspace Unlimited: They WatchThey Watch is an immersive art installation with virtual characters literally watching visitors. Several duplicates of the virtual characters – one man, one woman, and both portraits of the artists – surround and interact with visitors,
GAME ART
Images courtesy of Pippa StalkerDeath plays a major theme in life, art and videogames. In “Telling Death” Pippa Stalker/Tshabalala has combined this elements into a new art project. It began in 2006 when she exhibited a series of photographs at The Parking Gallery in Johannesburg. The serie was entitled
GAME ART
Pictures courtesy of Suzy Newbranch and ichimusai It has been called the world’s longest art exhibition. Stockholm subway was built in the fifties and in every one of the 91 stations you can find some form of art installations. The Swedish artist Lars Arrhenius made his contribution in 2008
ART GAME
What: Space Invaders: Art in the Computer Game EnvironmentWhen: December 17 - February 21Where: FACT, Liverpool (UK)Space Invaders: Art in the Computer Game Environment is a group exhibition exploring the increasingly blurred boundaries between videogame spaces and real spaces. From the detailed, complex urban landscapes of Grand Theft Auto to
-----
New d/Lux/MediaArts Sydney, Australia, has produced a new touring exhibition called “Garden of Forking Paths”. A title adopted from Jorge Luis Borges short story from 1941. For Electrofringe 2009 d/Lux/MediaArts presents the premiere of a new touring exhibition, Garden of Forking Paths, a unique show which
EVENT
With “Q4U” the Chinese New Media Artist Feng Mengbo introduced Game Art to the international art scene at Documenta 11. His latest work is a videogame called Restart based on the “Long March: Game Over", a series of 42 oil paintings made in 1994, which links the Long March,
EVENT
Gazira Babeli: ACTING AS ALIENS Exhibition curated by Domenico Quaranta Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia November 3 – 15, 2009 Opening and performance: November 3, 9.00 PM (CET) Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art and Kapelica gallery are proud to announce “Gazira Babeli: Acting as Aliens”, the first solo exhibition of the
GAME ART
'Old school' - Bromma gymnasium, Stockholm. Glass mosaics. Commissioned by Stockholms konstråd / Stockholm Art Council 2007. Finished spring 2008. [Bromma gymnasium, Nyängsv. 152-154, Bromma. T-bana Stora Mossen]All images courtesy of the artistThe Swedish artist Kristofffer Zetterstrand mix art- and videogame history in his works. In the
BOOK
I'm really excited to introduce Mathias Jansson, a Swedish artcritic writing about new media art and Game Art. Mathias is the author of the excellent Game Art Database, the Game Art Map, and the Game Art Facebook group.Link: Mathias Jansson's official website Game Art LibraryLink:
BOOK
Eddo Stern, Fort Paladin, 2003"Machinima is just a medium, neutral as any other medium. Yet, as any other “remix” practice, it has an enormous potential that emerges when the existing material is used to convey a meaning that conflicts with its own source. The video becomes a kind
GAME ART
"Xbox 360 Self Portraits These video-based self-portraits are executed within various games available on the Xbox 360 game console. The artist’s avatar, performance, and all other elements were created using the “character creation” tools provided within each game. There was no use of hacking, programing, or