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.
EVENT
Joseph DeLappe, Liberty Weeps, 2015Joseph DeLappe April 15, 2017 2-4 pm Sonoma Museum of Art 551 Broadway Sonoma, California 95476 If you are in the Bay Area, don't miss the conversation between artist Joseph DeLappe and writer/editor/educator Dorothy R. Santos . Santos’ research interests include new media
3D ANIMATION
Pippin Barr's latest project is an (in)direct homage to Harun Farocki. Barr adapted the first chapter of his monumental work Parallel (2012-2014) project into an interactive, virtual museum about digital water set in the Marfa buildings (read, the 3D models) used for his previous project v r
3D ANIMATION
HyperPavilion A large scale exhibition during the 57th Venice Biennale (Arsenale Nord) Preview days May 9 – 12, 2017 Open to the public from May 13 – October 30, 2017 The upcoming Biennial of Art in Venice, Italy will host the very first HyperPavilion, focusing on the latest and greatest in digital
ART GAME
"DarkLight", Sarah Bourquin, Jessica Friedling, Valérie Pierrehumbert, Eun-Sun Lee © HEAD – Genève, Michel Giesbrecht "Penumbra", Margaux Charvolin, Isabel Viadest © HEAD – Genève, Michel GiesbrechtSALONE LUDICO @ Salone internazionale del Mobile di Milano Brera Design District c/o Mimmo Scognamiglio Gallery Arte Contemporanea Via Goito 7, 20121 Milan, Italy M2
BOOK
I'm thrilled to announce the release of MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco, a new book featuring interviews with international artists using video games to make art. MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco expands, in print form, both the exhibition GAME VIDEO/ART. A
GAME ART
"What is real, what is artificial? The border between the two is beginning to fade. In the visual language of the advertising industry, the border between real photography and digitally calculated models is almost indistinguishable. This also applies to the film industry, where CGI (computer generated imagery) seamlessly blends
ART GAME
I wonder why it's titled "The" Franz Kafka Videogame as opposed to Franz Kafka: The Videogame. And no, it's not by Pippin Barr. LINK: Denis Galani
3D ANIMATION
In these dystopic, desperate times, this utopian, retrofuturistic, eminently nostalgic take on virtual reality (featuring an exhilarating mini-interview with David Bowie from the late Nineties) is anachronistically remarkable. LINK : Amelie Marcoud
3D ANIMATION
Kingspray Graffiti is a multiplayer virtual reality painting experience for PC and MAC based on motion controllers. The game comes with realistic surfaces, spray and drip effects, UNrealistic Undo/Redo. It is available for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift/Touch controllers. Check out their instagram account.LINK : Infectious Ape
GAME ART
Arcana or Finding Context is a fascinating attempt to contextualize, map, and identify the relationship between different spaces of play. Eron Rauch is a masterful cartographer of the imaginary, a flaneur of the arcana, and an excellent ethno-photographer. Currently based in Los Angeles, Rauch received his M.F.A. in
SCULPTURE
Tony Albert, Space Invaders, 2014, Vintage playing cards, aluminiumTony Albert was born in Australia in 1981. His practice combines text, video, drawing, painting and three-dimensional objects. Examining the legacy of racial and cultural misrepresentation, particularly of Australia’s Aboriginal people, Albert has developed a universal language that seeks to rewrite
GAME ART
David Jablonowski, Age of Empires, authorities and properties, 2016 aluminium, LED, screen, acetate sheets. Photo by Gert Jan van RooijBorn in Bochum in 1982, David Jablonowski lives and works in Amsterdam. In his practice, Jablonowski incorporates machines or technology usually used for exchanging information— e.g. scanners, tablets, projectors, printing