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CFA: MAGIC CIRCLES: A LABORATORY OF VIRTUAL WORLDS (DEADLINE: JULY 1 2024)

MAGIC CIRCLES - A laboratory of virtual worlds
Online, Sep-Nov 2024
CAD$1000 + production support for participating projects
Read the full call and apply by July 1 2024

Seeking to investigate virtual worlds in all their wealth and diversity, the Magic Circles laboratory program invites practitioners from different areas to engage in an eight-week cycle of online discussions, tours, and experiments. We are looking for projects at any stage of development that explore the possibilities (and shortcomings) of virtual worlds. The laboratory is conceived as a sort of horizontal production residence, through which participants will be encouraged to support and guide each other in their online spaces of choice. Participating projects will receive a CAD$1000 stipend. Ad hoc production support may also be available on a case-by-case basis.

EXAMPLES OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS INCLUDE

- Surveys of in-world ecosystems, economies, cultures, and communities;

- Development of world-specific interactive content (games, puzzles, automata, Turing-complete computers, Rube Goldberg machines, etc);

- Creation of in-world artworks and performances of any kind (sculpture, installation, exhibition, theater, concerts, etc.);

- In-world photography and filmmaking practices (video essays, fiction, experimental, etc.);

- Pocket and purpose-built worlds in private servers;

- Development or détournement of control/sensorial interfaces (accessibility hacks, mocap systems, teledildonics, etc.);

- Archaeology of defunct or discontinued platforms (MUDs, Habbo hotel, Club Penguin, The Palace, etc.).

And some virtual worlds we hope to explore include but are not limited to Second Life, VR Chat, Cluster, Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, Red Dead Online, and what have you.

TO APPLY, please submit 1. a CV and/or portfolio; and 2. a cover letter outlining the virtual world-related project you are currently developing (max 500 words) to the address [email protected] by July 1. If you want, you may also submit additional materials about your proposed project in the form of links in the email body.

Magic Circles is committed to the diversity of publics as well as to free and open methodologies. The lab is supported by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s MetaMetaverse project and the Zentrum für Netzkunst.

Magic Circles is directed by Dr.Gabriel Menotti and produced by Dr.Sojung Bahng. 

LINK: MAGIC CIRCLES

CALL FOR ENTRIES: FILE FESTIVAL 2024 (DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 10 2024, BRAZIL)

FILE Call for Entries 2024 – Electronic Language International Festival

The FILE Call for Entries 2024 is officially open! This is an extraordinary opportunity for artists and technologists to showcase their innovative and original works at the prestigious Electronic Language International Festival – FILE.

FILE 2024 seeks to explore the intersection of art and technology, inviting submissions from both Brazilian and international artists. The curators are looking for groundbreaking works in a variety of categories:

- Interactive Installations: Engage the audience with immersive and interactive experiences.
- Sound Art: Explore the boundaries of music and sound in the digital era.
- Video Art: Push the limits of storytelling through moving images.
- Robotics: Blend art with robotics to create dynamic and thought-provoking pieces.
- Animations: Bring your digital narratives to life with cutting-edge animation techniques.
- Virtual Reality: Offer a glimpse into alternate realities with innovative VR experiences.
- Augmented Reality: Blend the digital and physical worlds in creative ways.
- Games: Craft interactive experiences that merge artistry with gameplay.

This festival is not just an exhibition but a platform for the fusion of art and technology, fostering a community of creative minds who are shaping the future of digital culture. The curators encourage submissions that challenge conventions and offer new perspectives on technology's role in contemporary art.

Submissions are open until February 10th, 2024. Don't miss this chance to be a part of a global community of innovative artists and technologists.

For more information and to submit your work, please visit the official website.

LINK: FILE 2024

CALL FOR ARTWORKS: THE ART OF GAMES IN GREECE 2023

The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) and the Game Developers Association of Greece (GDA Greece) are organizing The Art of Games in Greece (A.G.G.) 2023, inviting creators to reimagine digital games in Greece.

This joint project aspires to promote game development in Greece and contribute to the recognition of digital game as a form of contemporary art while encouraging creators and audiences to engage in this field. A.G.G. consists of three complementary parts: the “Crown” and “Blossoms” competitions, and the “Pollen” series of seminars and workshops.

The competition section is focused on games related to the theme of ADAF 2023, “Welcome to the Uncanny”. Both competitions are exclusively for digital games made in Greece, accessible from computers. Winners and finalists, selected by a five-member jury, will exhibit their works on the festival’s online platform, where the audience can play and vote for their favorite games.

CROWN
Crown invites developers with existing games, which they have already announced or published, related to the theme “Welcome to the Uncanny” to submit them through the relevant form to claim mentions and promotion on the festival’s online platform during the event.

BLOSSOMS
Blossoms invites developers to create new games inspired by the theme of ADAF 2023 and claim a cash prize of €1000, in addition to the awards and the promotion on the online platform of the festival.

POLLEN
Pollen, the educational component of A.G.G., consists of a series of sessions aimed at introducing new creators to game development by established professionals in the field. These sessions will be freely accessible on the festival’s online platform.
The detailed program of Pollen will be announced soon.

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The Athens Digital Arts Festival and the Game Developers Association of Greece are working together to highlight the digital game as a work of art. The Art of Games in Greece aspires to create a new point of interest for the development of digital games in Greece and promote them both locally and internationally.

Find more information click here

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*/ The Art of Games in Greece 2023: Κάλεσμα Συμμετοχής

Το διεθνές φεστιβάλ ψηφιακών τεχνών της Ελλάδας, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) και ο Σύλλογος Δημιουργών Ψηφιακών Παιχνιδιών Ελλάδος (GDA Greece) διοργανώνουν το The Art of Games in Greece (A.G.G.) 2023 και καλούν τους δημιουργούς να επανοραματιστούν το ψηφιακό παιχνίδι στην Ελλάδα.

Η κοινή αυτή δράση φιλοδοξεί να προωθήσει τη δημιουργία ψηφιακών παιχνιδιών (game development) στην Ελλάδα και να συμβάλει στην ανάδειξή τους ως μορφή σύγχρονης τέχνης, παροτρύνοντας συγχρόνως δημιουργούς και κοινό να εμπλακούν με το πεδίο των ψηφιακών παιχνιδιών. Το A.G.G. απαρτίζεται από τρία συμπληρωματικά μέρη: τους διαγωνισμούς “Crown” και “Blossoms”, και τη σειρά σεμιναρίων και workshops “Pollen”.

Το διαγωνιστικό κομμάτι αφορά σε παιχνίδια που σχετίζονται με την θεματική του ADAF 2023 “Welcome to the Uncanny”. Και οι δυο διαγωνισμοί είναι αποκλειστικά για ψηφιακά παιχνίδια made in Greece, προσβάσιμα από ηλεκτρονικούς υπολογιστές. Νικητές και φιναλίστ, που θα επιλεγούν από πενταμελή κριτική επιτροπή, θα εκθέσουν τα έργα τους στην διαδικτυακή πλατφόρμα του φεστιβάλ όπου το κοινό θα μπορεί να παίξει και να ψηφίσει τα αγαπημένα του παιχνίδια.

CROWN
Tα Crown προσκαλούν developers με ήδη ανακοινωμένα ή δημοσιευμένα παιχνίδια που σχετίζονται με τη θεματική “Welcome to the Uncanny” και διαθέτουν δωρεάν demos να τα καταθέσουν μέσω της σχετικής φόρμας για να διεκδικήσουν μνείες και προβολή στην διαδικτυακή πλατφόρμα της διοργάνωσης κατά την διάρκεια του φεστιβάλ.

BLOSSOMS
Tα Blossoms καλούν τους developers να δημιουργήσουν νέα παιχνίδια που εμπνέονται από τη θεματική του ADAF 2023 και να διεκδικήσουν χρηματικό έπαθλο της τάξης των 1000€, επιπρόσθετα με τα βραβεία και την προβολή των έργων στην online πλατφόρμα του φεστιβάλ.

POLLEN
Tο Pollen, το εκπαιδευτικό τμήμα της διοργάνωσης, θα αποτελείται από μία σειρά συνεδριών με σκοπό την εισαγωγή νέων δημιουργών στην παραγωγή ψηφιακών παιχνιδιών (game development) από καταξιωμένα άτομα του χώρου. Οι συνεδρίες αυτές θα είναι προσβάσιμες δωρεάν στην διαδικτυακή πλατφόρμα της διοργάνωσης.
Το αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα του Pollen θα ανακοινωθεί σύντομα.

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Το Athens Digital Arts Festival και ο Σύλλογος Δημιουργών Ψηφιακών Παιχνιδιών Ελλάδος συνεργάζονται για να αναδείξουν τα ψηφιακά παιχνίδια ως καλλιτεχνικά έργα. Το The Art of Games in Greece φιλοδοξεί να δημιουργήσει έτσι μια νέα κοιτίδα ενδιαφέροντος για την ανάπτυξη του ψηφιακού παιχνιδιού στην Ελλάδα και την προώθησή τους τόσο σε εγχώριο όσο και διεθνές επίπεδο.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τη συμμετοχή σας μπορείτε να βρείτε στο online.adaf.gr/GDA_the_art_of_games_in_greece_2023

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: GAIA 2023 (DEADLINE: JAN 30 2023)

The third Game Arts International Assembly will be happening June 5-7th, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. With a participant cap of 20, GAIA is an intimate symposium for game art curators and game community organizers to level up their professional development and connect with their international peers. In addition to on site talks sharing personal experiences, playful workshops, and practical sessions, GAIA will include field trips to different locations in the city.

Our previous editions have included talks about illegal LAN games in Havana neighbourhoods, workshops on finding funding to showcase games, panels on challenging the hegemony of English in the industry, and the collective creation of resources like the Game Arts Curators Kit. Check out our previous programming schedules (2019, 2021) for more.

GAIA is also part of the inaugural Toronto Games Week which will feature a variety of parties, launches and other game culture events organized by the local community between June 1-7th. 

Deadline is midnight EDT on Jan. 30th, 2023.

Apply here (Thanks to Jim Munroe and Marie LeBlanc Flanagan)

Read more about GAIA

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: A MAZE. / BERLIN 2021: HYPER HYBRID (DEADLINE: APRIL 30 2021)

10th International Games and Playful Media Festival from July 21 – 24, 2021.

Award submissions are open now, until April 30, 2021.

HYPER Birthday, A MAZE. / Berlin!

Press release:

One of the few things that are sure this year? A MAZE. / Berlin is celebrating its 10th birthday with a Hyper Hybrid edition from July 21 - 24, 2021. For this year’s edition, A MAZE. has booked Urban Spree as the festival studio location. The festival is planned in a completely digital version, but if smaller gatherings are allowed this summer, there will be a beautiful space for the 10 years birthday party of A MAZE. / Berlin:

Hyper Birthday. <3

As in the past years, A MAZE. / Berlin invites game designers and artists to submit their games or playful installations until April 30, 2021. People with expertise and interest can also register for the Selection Committee, which helps reviewing all entries. For all the details and the submission, click here

The award show will be streamed live from Berlin on July 23, 8pm. The winner is selected by an interdisciplinary, international and 100% independent jury. A MAZE. / Berlin extended and changed awards in the many years since, the categories are now: “Most Amazing Award”, “Human Human Machine Award”, “Long Feature Award”, “Digital Moment Award”, “Explorer Award” and “Audience Award”. Plus: This is going to be the 4th year of our Diversity Award, the “Humble New Talent Award” in collaboration with Humble Original.

"Since 10 years, A MAZE. is nominating artistic creations from around the globe. Works that underline the rise of interactive arthouse productions. All the A MAZE. Award winners create milestones in the history of independent games and playful media. We love to experience works based on meaning, experiments, story, expression, change, interdisciplinarity, social/cultural/political impact, aesthetics and fun,” says Thorsten S. Wiedemann, artistic director of A MAZE.

Matthias Löwe, head of the A MAZE. / Berlin Awards, adds: “Starting this year, we also want to provide a spotlight to creators who usually can't enter the contest with our new community- sponsored supporter tickets. In addition to better accessibility, we hope to showcase even more hidden gems this way.”

TIMELINE A MAZE. / BERLIN AWARD SUBMISSION

Mar 19: Start of Submissions and Jury-Registration Apr 15: Judging starts

Apr 30: Submission Deadline May 31: Judging ends

Jun 14: Announcement Nominees Jun 15: Final Judges starting reviews Jul 21: A MAZE. / Berlin starts

Jul 23: Award ceremony
 
Submit here: - Submission for the 10th edition of the A MAZE. Awards are open until April 30, 2021

A MAZE. / Berlin 2021 is funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and part of gamesweekberlin. Thanks to our sponsors and partners Humble Original, Game - Verband der deutschen Game- Branche, Kickstarter, Leibniz Association.

A MAZE. is a unique and cultural investigating international platform for games and playful media that invites professionals and creatives from various fields to exchange their knowledge and visions, presenting their projects, playing, making contacts to collaborate on future projects. The festival A MAZE. / Berlin represents games beyond the mainstream and celebrates the art-form and the rise of arthouse. 

LINK: A MAZE

CFG: SHALL MAKE, SHALL BE (DEADLINE: AUGUST 8 2020)

The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University is pleased to announce Shall Make, Shall Be, an exhibition of playable works centered on the individual amendments in the US Bill of Rights. Ten artists and game makers will receive $5,000 commissions to create playable works addressing an individual amendment. More information, as well as a link to the submission form, is available here.

The deadline is August 8 2020

Shall Make, Shall Be: The Bill of Rights at Play invites artists and independent game makers to propose game-based artworks around the individual Amendments in the Bill of Rights. Drawing on both the legal meaning and the effect of the 10 Amendments on U.S. culture, these artworks are meant to use the mechanism of play to interrogate, critique, inform, and ask questions about our understanding of civil liberties in the 21st Century.

Ten artists will be selected, with each asked to create a playable work exploring one of the Ten Amendments from the Bill of Rights. Artists will be invited to develop their works with the support of the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon. Artists will receive an honorarium and small budget for expenses. Upon completion of the work, artists will be expected to grant Carnegie Mellon a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to present the resulting works in the Shall Make, Shall Be: The Bill of Rights at Play project.

Selected artists will have one year to produce their playable work for inclusion in exhibitions opening Fall 2021, and will receive an artist’s fee of $5,000, plus access to a small supplemental materials budget on a per-project basis. We anticipate artist check-ins with the curatorial team every two months leading up to the first installation of the exhibition.

The ten commissioned works will be included in an exhibition opening Fall 2021 in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University’s Frank-Ratchye STUDIO For Creative Inquiry, timed to commemorate the 230th anniversary of the Bill’s signing. There are plans to travel the show to additional sites throughout 2022. The exhibition will be accompanied by a printed publication including essays from scholars, a catalog raisonné, and artist statements.

Shall Make, Shall Be: The Bill of Rights at Play encourages proposals from artists of underrepresented and marginalized identities and backgrounds including gender, race, culture, sexuality, citizenship status, and abilities.

This project is organized through generous funding and support from the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO For Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University.

Selection Committee

Deborah Archer (NYU Law)
Salome Asega (Ford Foundation)
Shana T Bryant (Game Developer)
R. Luke DuBois (New York University) ex officio chair
Jessica Hammer (Carnegie Mellon University)
Elizabeth Joh (UC Davis Law)
Laine Nooney (New York University)
Paolo Pedercini (Carnegie Mellon University)
John Sharp (The New School)
Astria Suparak (Independent Curator)

LINK: SHALL MAKE, SHALL BE (Thank you Paolo!)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: VECTOR FESTIVAL 2020 (DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1 2020)

VECTOR FESTIVAL 2020: AFTER GAMIFICATION

TORONTO, ON | JULY 16-19, 2020

OPEN CALL FOR ARTWORKS AND CURATORIAL PROPOSALS 

Vector Festival is an annual media arts event dedicated to showcasing experimental art works that engage critically with digital technologies.
The festival is proudly participatory and community-oriented. Hosted by InterAccess and co-curated by Katie Micak and Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival takes place at arts venues and in public spaces across the City of Toronto.

Since its inception, Vector Festival has been innovative in its inclusion of game-based digital art alongside other new media disciplines. Continuing this focus for the 2020 edition, the festival’s curators pose a deceptively simple question: what comes after gamification?

Now that game culture and game technologies have become so pervasive in popular culture, how do experimental media artists respond critically to the rampant gamifying of everyday life? From online social interaction to digital finance, from education to military conflict, from politics and environmental issues to the ways in which humans (and machines) express themselves creatively, what comes after gamification?

The Festival will take place between July 16-19, 2020, with the flagship exhibition extended until August 22, 2020.

Please note that Vector Festival does not charge submission fees to artists applying to participate.

All artists and curators selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with the up-to-date CARFAC Fee schedule, as well as support to apply for external funding.

We invite art submissions of digital – and post-digital – works for the following festival categories:

Flagship Exhibition
Digital and post-digital art works including interactive installations, experimental game mods, sculptural work, screen-based work, sound art, etc.

Online Projects
Web-based projects and digital artworks that can be presented online, including experimental interactive and time-based digital projects.

Festival Screening
Experimental film/video/machinima works.

Performance
Performance-based proposals including chiptune, sound art, live coding, A/V performances, and telematic performances for virtual and public spaces.

Site-Specific Outdoor Screening
To be presented on two large-scale (4.88 x 8.64 m) outdoor LED screens for a public audience of all ages.

GIFs
Animated GIFs intended for presentation on public screens across Toronto.

Curatorial Submissions
This year, we also invite curators/curatorial collectives to submit proposals for machinima screenings (on a theme of your choosing). If you are considering a curatorial submission, we encourage you to contact the Vector Festival team for additional practical details.

Deadline: February 01, 2020

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Please submit the following details using our online application form:

• Project description (approximately 300 words)
• Documentation (maximum of five images, and/or link to audio/video documentation)
• Description of technical requirements (please outline materials provided by the artist and materials required from the exhibiting venue)
• Artist biography (approximately 100 words)
• Please indicate if your work has a thematic, conceptual, or historical connection to Toronto, or if you have a biographic connection to the Greater Toronto Area
• Current CV

If you have questions about submitting your application please contact [email protected].

About Vector Festival
Vector Festival is a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing experimental media art practice. Presenting works across a dynamic range of exhibitions, screenings, performances, lectures, and workshops, Vector Festival acts as a critical bridge between emergent digital platforms and new media art practice. Vector Festival was founded in 2013 as the “Vector Game Art & New Media Festival” by an independent group of artists and curators: Skot Deeming, Clint Enns, Christine Kim, and Katie Micak, who were later joined by Diana Poulsen and Martin Zeilinger. In 2015 Vector Festival announced that longtime presenting partner, InterAccess, would be taking over responsibility for the festival as part of its regular programming.

About InterAccess
Founded in 1983, InterAccess is a non-profit gallery, educational facility, production studio, and festival dedicated to emerging practices in art and technology. Our programs support art forms that integrate technology, fostering and supporting the full cycle of art and artistic practice through education, production, and exhibition. InterAccess is regarded as a preeminent Canadian arts and technology centre.

For more information contact:
Festival Curators, Katie Micak and Martin Zeilinger
[email protected]

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LINK: VECTOR FESTIVAL

CALL FOR GAMES: A.MAZE 2019 (DEADLINE: FEB 4 2019)

A MAZE./Berlin 2019 Awards: 

CALL FOR GAMES IS OPEN UNTIL FEB. 4th 2019

*  new award: Explorer Award * selection committee is starting its work *  new location * early bird tickets available until February 28th 2019

From April 10-13 A MAZE. / Berlin 2019, the 8th international games and playful media festival, invites general public visitors and professionals to explore the best new independent video games, Virtual Reality experiences and Playful Media projects. In public exhibitions visitors will discover the 25 nominees for the A MAZE. Awards, engaging with with new technologies and ways of digital storytelling.

Since 2012, A MAZE. awards The Most Amazing Game. The winner is selected by an interdisciplinary, international and 100% independent jury. A MAZE. extended and changed awards in the many years since the categories are now: Most Amazing Award, Human Human Machine Award, Long Feature Award, Digital Moment Award, Explorer Award and Audience Award. 

The A MAZE. Awards always try to reflect important current topics.  Matthias Löwe, the award coordinator : “With the Other Dimensions Award, we focused on the artistic use of emergent VR technologies and with the Collider Award, we highlighted creations by interdisciplinary teams. Now, with the new Explorer Award, we want to combine those two thoughts: This is the award for all forms of experiences beyond the boundaries of contemporary ways to play or develop games.“ 

Thorsten S. Wiedemann, the artistic director adds: “To strengthen our interest in progressive playful media content we are exploring with the new award category alternative controllers, interactive installations, creative coding experiments, robotics and tech performances, as well as collaborations with science, makers, engineers, researchers, theater and writers. Can’t wait for all the inventions coming!“

Developers can register or use a previously used account to submit their game (for all award categories - those are chosen by the jury, submission-fee €30 – €50) between November 19th, 2018, and February 4th, 2019. 
Judges can register or reactivate a previously used account to test games as part of the selection committee between November 19th, 2018, and February 11th, 2019. Reviewing 5 or more games will allow judges to get a discount at the festival tickets.

TIMELINE:

Nov 19: start of game submission and jury registration
Dec 31: submission-fee switches from Early Bird to Regular
Jan 14: judging starts 
Feb 04: submission deadline
Feb 18: judging ends
Mar 04: announcement of nominees
Apr 10: A MAZE. starts! 

NEW Location: After an amazing time (2013-2018) at Urban Spree we are moving to the legendary SEZ at Landsberger Allee 77. The new location gives us the great opportunity to bring the A MAZE. experience and exhibition to an unbelievable level.

Submission link: https://2019.award.amaze-berlin.de/

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 part of the national visual culture. We believe video games inspire interaction between players and creators and offer a compelling performance space, activated by artists and players alike. Our groundbreaking exhibition, The Art of Video Games (2012), was one of the first to explore the evolution of video games as an artistic medium.

This year, we’re asking for independent developers to submit games that align with a special theme: GAME SPACES. This theme was devised by Christopher W. Totten, game designer and author of An Architectural Approach to Level Design, who will also lead the panel of judges in determining which submissions will be invited to exhibit at SAAM Arcade. Below, hear from Chris directly about his take on the idea of “Game Spaces” and what this theme will mean for submissions:

“Interactive media engages audiences with an array of spaces—artistic, public, and social—that capture the imagination and bring us together. This summer, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will focus on “game spaces” as a connecting idea that links video games to art, architecture, and the museum as a space for discovery and engagement. Games entered should have a topic, design, or features that fit into one [or more] of these areas:

1. Games that make interesting use of space, board, or level design or which use these types of design as a standout feature of the game itself;
2. Games that transform the real-world spaces in which they are played;
3. Games that are inspired by or that inspire a strong community or social space.”

This year, we’ll be bringing back coding workshops, arcade cabinets and console games that highlight the history of video gaming, and other great opportunities to explore unique games throughout the museum. Plus, we’re hosting the Arcade on Sunday, July 22, 2018, in celebration of what would have been media artist Nam June Paik's 86th birthday (July 20, 1932). Paik’s groundbreaking works also challenge notions of what art can be—and how technology and art can intersect to transform the museum into a space of wonder, sensory experience and interactivity.

Students and professionals alike are encouraged to apply. To submit your game, fill out this form by April 16, 2018. The form will ask you to provide a playable demo of your game along with screenshots, a short description, and any exhibition requirements. For questions about the submission process or about SAAM Arcade, contact [email protected].

Selected developers will be notified by May 31. Last year, nearly 40 independent developers were featured at SAAM Arcade, but this year the judging will be more competitive with fewer finalists selected. A small stipend will be offered to developers that are asked to attend SAAM Arcade. Games will be juried by a panel chosen by DC's IGDA chapter along with the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Lauren Kolodkin, coordinator of SAAM Arcade 2018, is external affairs assistant at SAAM.

LINK: The Smithsonian American Art Museum