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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PLAY.GROUND. Video Game Art from Hong Kong Curated by IP Yuk-Yiu December 9, 2017 - January 28. 2018 Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo venue (Tokyo) Closed: Mondays (When Monday is a national holidays, closed on the following weekday). Free admission. Featured artists: IP Yuk-Yiu | 葉旭耀, Alan Kwan | 關子維, Hui
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Vector Festival 2018 Topic: Born Digital Deadline: Saturday, December 23rd 2017 (midnight) Now entering its sixth year, Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented event showcasing artistic practices that engage critically with new media and digital game technologies. Presenting works across a dynamic range of exhibitions, screenings,
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Better late than never. Jonathan Bilski's coverage of the 2017 edition of IndieCade was published three weeks ago on Things To Do In L.A., but I totally missed it. As always, it's worth a read. Inventive interfaces, terrific concepts, killer setups. Check it out: Indiecade
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ORLAN's first - and only - video game, is, unsurprisingly, about bodies. Virtual bodies that inhabit intangible spaces. Carnal art goes digital. To create Expèrimentale mise en jeu, the French artist conceived a cyborg-like avatar that performs in electronic spaces, subverting the traditional narratives that prioritize macho/male
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press release Video Game Art Reader Launch Party Sunday, November 5th, 11:30am-1:30pm VGA Gallery, 2418 W Bloomingdale Ave #102, Chicago, Illinois This November, Video Game Art Gallery will release the inaugural issue of VGA Reader. The VGA Reader is a peer-reviewed journal for video game audiences and video
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Antonin Fourneau explores the uncanniness of machine play with Video Ghostpad, a 2009 sculptural installation featuring a self-playing game controller. As Fourneau writes, The joystick moves in all the directions at different speeds. Movements are sometimes fast and furious. this gesture evoking our memories of games. we can imagine despite
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Rindon Johnson investigates the notion of representation in video games by using 2K Games' NBA 2k16' facial recognition tool. The result is Away with You, a critical study of the ideologies embedded within the in-game editor. As Johnson writes: NBA 2k16's facial recognition software can not
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Artist and researcher at Gothenburg University Arne Kjell Vikhagen has just completed his dissertation about game art.Title: When Art Is Put Into Play: A Practice-based Research Project on Game Art Language.English Keywords: Game Art, Computer Games, Video Games and Art, Play, Artistic Research, New Media Art ISBN: 978-91-982421-5-7
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I'm happy to announce the release of my new book, Machinima, dal videogioco alla videoarte [Machinima. From video game to video art]. Published by Mimesis Edizioni in the Heterotopie series, the book investigates the relationship between art and video games from a variety of perspectives. Featuring eight contributions
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Antonin Fourneau, eggregor8, mixed media, installation view 2016 Eniarof 20 – Roubaix In this collective game, eight players try to control a single Pacman and navigate a maze. The artists challenge the notion that cooperation can lead to better outcomes than individual efforts. Originally produced in 2008, eggregor8 has been updated
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Open CodesLiving in Digital WorldsOctober 20, 2017–August 5, 2018 Opening: October 19, 7pm ZKM_Foyer ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe Lorenzstr. 19 76135 KarlsruheGermany The exhibition Open Codes reflects on the world we live in today; a world that is created and controlled by digital codes. From
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David OReilly, "Everything", 2016; Photo: N. Miguletz, Copyright; Frankfurter Kunstverein Perception is Reality: On the Construction of Reality and Virtual Worlds October 7, 2017–January 7, 2018 Opening: October 6, 7pm Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus am Römerberg Markt 44 60311 Frankfurt/Main Germany Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–7pm,