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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Vdrome is showing David Blandy's stunning video Child of the Atom until December 7, 2017. Click on the image to watch it now. And don't miss the interview with Nick Curries. Here's an excerpt: This screening is related to Blandy's solo show
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Here's another brilliant review of the recent 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVAL, courtesy of The Daily Bruin. Click on the image to read the article:
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Splendid coverage of the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVAL by Jonathan Bilski. at Things to Do in Los Angeles. Photos courtesy of the UCLA DMA instagram I believe that an art exhibition/happening/event is successful when it does not provide easy answers but raises interesting questions and prompts the viewer
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Press release Beautiful new worlds Virtual realities in contemporary art November 11, 2017–April 8, 2018 Zeppelin Museum Seestraße 22 88045 Friedrichshafen Germany Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–5pm The introduction of virtual reality has led to a pictorial revolution that is radically changing not only our perception of images, but
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A fascinating research by Patrick Le Mieux becomes a video essay that rewrites the history of Game Art: "In didactic texts, artist talks, personal websites, and private interviews Cory Arcangel describes Super Mario Clouds as “an old Mario Brothers cartridge which I modified to erase everything but the clouds.
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Trevor Raab's photographic exploration of Grand Theft Auto V is collected in the book Interdimensional. Trevor Raab is an artist working primarily in photography. He received a BFA in Photography with a minor in Visual Culture from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is currently located in Philadelphia. LINK
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Grand Theft Auto meets Dennis Cooper, a well known video game fan (check out his astounding 2005 novel God Jr.). And let's not forget Kanye West's Bound 2. On display at the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, California (Nov 14 2017). LINK : Matthew Doyle
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Press release:SCREEN KNOWLEDGES Opening Reception November 11, 2017 6-11 PM ETA 5630 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles CA 90042 Curated by Eron Rauch and Kent Sheely Join us for Screen Knowledges, an exhibition at ETA of art about video games, photography, and memory in the digital era. From screenshots,
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This is pure genius. French Artist Chloé Desmoineaux plays Counterstrike using a modded lipstick. You can check her out her wild performances on Twitch. "J'ai fabriqué un rouge à lèvre à connecter sur l'ordinateur pour pouvoir me maquiller et jouer à counter strike en même
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An exhibition curated by Matteo BittantiPart of the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVALNovember 14, 2017Hammer Museum, The Lab10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 This exhibition focuses on the practice of reenacting, restaging, and replaying seminal artistic performances in/with video games by contemporary artist. The show features six international artists
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UCLA Game Art Festival returns with exciting, eclectic collection of games and game art One night only! Tuesday, November 14, 7-10 p.m. @ the Hammer Museum Festival to feature more than 50 playable exhibits Videogames, tournaments, live performances, board games, screenings, and more! Los Angeles, CA – Now in its fifth
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A new call for projects from Isabelle Arvers and Chloe Desmoineaux for the ongoing series ART GAMES DEMOS, France's hottest Game Art initiative: As part of the Nuage Numérique Festival in connection with the presentation of TALOS, a show by Arkadi Zaides, on December 16, 2017 at the