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
Nick Crockett, FIRE UNDERGROUND, realtime software, installation view Carnegie Mellon School of Art, 2019. FIRE UNDERGROUND presents a speculative fantasy of the story of coal, tracing a pan-historical route from the first vertebrate amniotes to crawl onto land in the Carboniferous, through the coal mines and hollows of a fictionalized
GAME ART
"Machinima – a portmanteau of machine and cinema – the process of using real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production [...] has existed for as long as in-game recording has been possible." Matt Turner aka Lost Futures provides a historical and critical overview of machinima, a digital form of
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Brenton Alexander Smith I feel like a nervous wreck Closed on Monday gallery April 1-30 2019 Closed on Monday Is an online gallery that is experienced like a video game. It is a 3D space that the ‘player’ can move around in to experience the works. You can visit the
3D ANIMATION
Theo Triantafyllidis, Painting, 2018Print on plywood, laser cut acrylic, construction fencing, video (color, sound), screen, performance documentation71 x 142 x 1 in / 180.3 x 360.7 x 2.5 cm, video: Bitforms Gallery Greek artist Theo Triantafyllidis uses 3D modifies 3D models from role playing fantasy games to create
ART GAME
GAME TALK #3: JOSEPH DELAPPE PLAYING POLITICS: HEADSHOT! MARCH 27 2019/27 MARZO 2019 18:00 - 19:00 Room 135/Aula 135 (terzo piano) Università IULM (IULM 1) Via Carlo Bo, 1 20143 Milan Italy Tomorrow, Wednesday March 27, media artist and professor Joseph DeLappe will describe a lineage
ART GAME
PLAYING IRAN Friday April 5th, 2019 7-11 PM LIKELIKE 205 North Evaline St Pittsburgh, PA The Middle East in videogames is always portrayed as the set of imperialist wars or orientalist fantasies. Two years since the beginning of Trump’s Muslim ban, in a time when game communities are recruiting
3D ANIMATION
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3D ANIMATION
Brenton Alexander Smith, Stop for a moment, machinima, 4' 42", color, sound, 2019BRENTON ALEXANDER SMITHSTOP FOR A MOMENTSCRATCH ARTSPACE67 Sydenham Road Marrickville NSW 2204Sydney, AustraliaJohn Chamberlain meets the digital uncanny. In Brenton Smith's solo show at SCRATCH ARTSPACE in Sydney, Australia, stop for a moment, James
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Navigation Beyond Vision Art after Culture? A second decade of e-flux journal April 5–6, 2019 Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin Germany Navigation begins where the map becomes indecipherable. Navigation operates on a plane of immanence in constant motion. Instead of framing or representing the
DOCUMENTARY
In his latest film, Jonas Odell examines the topic of computer game addition is the through a mix of documentary interviews and animation. In the guise of their game avatars three people tell us about their experience of gaming addiction. Jonas Odell (b. 1962) is a Swedish music video and
DOCUMENTARY
Paolo Santagostino's latest film - a documentary about legendary platform games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, starring the audacious Willy - will make its UK Premiere at Play Expo Manchester with Matthew Smith on May 4 2019. You can read an interview with Paolo here. Paolo Santagostino
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Video Games Have Always Been Queer Bonnie Ruberg, University of California Irvine March 18 | 12:30 PM — 2:00 PM | BCNM Commons, 340 Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley, California, United States of America While popular discussions about queerness in video games often focus on big-name, mainstream games that feature LGBTQ characters,