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.
FILM
Andy Hughes' monumental Plastic Scoop examines the relationship between virtual environments and ecological issues though the filter of GTA V. Created using the Rockstar Editor, Plastic Coop mixes images from the videogame with found footage and archival moving image. The video opens with the soothing atmospheres of an ocean
GAME ART
Intimacy's Mod is a series of mods by Kara Gut created with the aid of the “Immersive Lover’s Comfort” by flexcreator for Skyrim. By using this mod, the artist distorts the games' original narrative and replaces it with an in-game performance carried out by the Gut
3D ANIMATION
A delicious twist on the "paintings in video games" trope. Mark Fingerhut is an artist, a computer user, a hacker, a performer, a singer, a video-maker, a writer, a juggler, a gamer, and a friend. He worked with Ian Cheng and Peter Burr, among others. He graduated from
EVENT
SYMPOSIUM: Desertion from digital war zone A Symposium on October 24 2019, between 10:20 - 20:00 Art University Domgasse 1, Room Ex-Post Music, 4th floor Linz, Austria free entrance Exhibition: Friendly Fire October 22 - November 14 2019 MEMPHIS Artspace Lower Danube Lands 12, Linz, Austria, Opening: October
GAME ART
The latest work by Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf) is a 4-channel video installation that brings to light the intrinsic contradictions of video game environments, i.e. the designers' obsession to achieve photorealism and the Potemkin Village-like syndrome which informs their representational logic. Far from being
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A multimedia piece made by Big Pauper within a circuit bent Sega Dreamcast environment. Drew McIntyre (known as Big Pauper in some parts of the world) is a multimedia artist, toolmaker and sound designer based in Portland, OR. Drew’s own artwork engages with the mercurial moods of his own
3D ANIMATION
A fascinating take at simulation vs. representation, memory vs. concreteness. Surrogate Being is an interactive virtual environment exploring possibilities of affective relationships between humans and machines and mindful approaches in the computation process for their sustainable coevolution of human and technology. This work negotiates the discrepancy between memories and digital
GAME ART
A multimedia piece made by Big Pauper within a hacked Sega Saturn gaming environment. Drew McIntyre (known as Big Pauper in some parts of the world) is a multimedia artist, toolmaker and sound designer based in Portland, OR. Drew’s own artwork engages with the mercurial moods of his own
ART GAME
LAST STOP At LIKE LIKE gallery Friday October 4th, 2019 7-11 PM During the Unblurred gallery crawl 205 North Evaline St Pittsburgh, PA A show featuring New Urbanist Games for Transit-Oriented Teens. Celebrate public transportation as portrayed / idealized / fetishized by videogames. Take an infinite bus ride! Ride an infinite bus!
EVENT
Games for Windows: Experiments with Game Footage Curated by Nilson Carroll The Liquor Store 128 W. Main St. Rochester, New York Games for Windows: Experiments with Game Footage is a new exhibition curated by Nilson Carroll. Expanding the tradition of cinema and games, these artists use various gestures of play
ART GAME
Game On! El arte en juego, Sixth Edition November 22 - 30 2019 Cultural Center San Martín Sarmiento 1551, Buenos Aires, Argentina Entrance is free and open to the public The sixth edition of Game On! will take place from November 22 till 30 2019 at the Cultural San Martin
PERFORMANCE
Shared Cities: The Performance“Virtual Ritual,” Jan Mocek October 2 and 3 2019, 8pm Divadlo Archa (Centre for Contemporary Performing Arts) Prague, Czech Republic Virtual Ritual is an original gaming performance takes its viewers to the parallel world of online video games. The virtual spaces offer their users endless possibilities