MACHINIMA
R.I.P.: HUGH HANCOCK IS GONE
I'm speechless. LINK : Hugh Hancock
Matteo
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
Event: Gun Ballet: the Aestheticization of Violence in Video Games (March 2 - June 3, 2018, Chicago)
Krista Wortendyke (re):media, 2008Gun Ballet: the Aestheticization of Violence in Video Games March 2 - June 3, 2018 VGA Gallery 2418 W Bloomingdale #102 Chicago, IL 60647 Opening Reception: Friday March 2, 2018, 5-8pm Chicago's Video Game Art Gallery presents Gun Ballet, an exhibition that identifies the
ART GAME
Event: GAME TALKS 2018 (April 18 - June 20 2018, Milan, Italy)
GAME TALKS 2018 IULM University Via Carlo Bo, 2 20143 Milan, Italy LINK Presented by the Master of Arts in Game Design at IULM University, GAME TALKS are six lectures, presentations, and performances on the art of game design that will take place on Wednesdays at 6 pm between April
INSTALLATION
Game Art: Bob Bicknell-Knight's A Mountain Walk (2017)
File under: slow (slower) machinima. Pedestrian, but non in that sense. A documentation of a walk inside a videogame that can be experienced with a virtual reality handset adorned with grass fibres and scenic lichen: an oxymoron that makes perfect sense. Peripatetic action in installation form. Bob Bicknell-Knight, Mountain
DEVICE ART
Game Art: Roger Ibars' Device Art (2001-2011)
An Interaction Designer working in Product Innovation, Roger Ibars specializes in Natural User Interfaces, from the social and technical explorations to defining the syntactics and semantics on early prototyping. With the aim to explore game controllers and gesture interaction, in 2002 he began building "hard-wired devices" to
BOOK
Book: Giochi video. Performance, spettacolo, streaming
I'm delighted to announce the release of Giochi video. Performance, spettacolo, streaming, a new collection of essays on the rise of game videos edited by Enrico Gandolfi and I. Released in Italy, the book features contributions on machinima, videoart, live streaming, speedrunning, let's play videos and
ART GAME
Event: Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art (Akron, Ohio, 2019-2020)
Curated by Theresa Bembnister, Associate Curator at Akron Art Museum, Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art is bound to be one of the most impressive exhibitions entirely dedicated to Game Art of the late Tens. Open in October 2019 and running until January 2020, the exhibition will feature many
GAME ART
Game Art: Alexey Andrienko aka Happ V2's in-game photography
Stunning avant-garde in-game photography from Russian artist Alexey Andrienko aka Happ V2. All these images were taken in Grand Theft Auto V. LINK : Happ V2
CFG
Call for Games: SAAM Arcade 2018 (deadline: April 16, 2018, The Smithsonian American Art Museum)
It’s that time again! The Smithsonian American Art Museum is inviting all independent video game developers to submit their work to the museum's fourth annual SAAM Arcade. This program is part of the museum's ongoing commitment to the study and interpretation of video games as
ART GAME
Event: Permadeath (Jan 26 - March 3, 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah)
JUSTIN WATSON: PERMADEATH UTAH MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART 20 S West Temple Salt Lake City UT 84101 801.328.4201 A-I-R SPACE: JAN 26 – MAR 3 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: JAN 26 | 7 – 9 PM Justin Watson’s PERMADEATH investigates virtual and real-life communities under the guise of
ART GAME
Call for Games: A MAZE. 2018 (deadline: February 4th 2018)
A MAZE. is celebrating 10 years of playful media Over the years, A MAZE. has build a home for the international, independent artistic game movement. With the festivals and pop up events around the world A MAZE. has fundamentally influenced institutions, scenes and play culture and keeps up its work
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Art Game: Gabriel Helfenstein's Best Practices (2018)
Outlands' latest game is now available for Mac and PC. It is free and part of a collection of games called Data Mutations ("A conglomerate of interactive projects conceived during a two stage process held by individuals in Berlin and elsewhere. [..] an exercise on expression out of a