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Event: SITUATIONS_PLAY (April 8 - May 22 2016, FotoMuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland)

Matteo

Matteo

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Kent Sheely, DoD, 2012
The FotoMuseum in Winterthur, near Zurich, Switzerland is launching PLAY, a terrific series of events focusing on game photography as part of their ongoing SITUATIONS (April 8 - May 22, 2016).
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Roc Herms, <YO><YO><YO>, 2007–2015
Curated by Marco De Mutiis, Digital Curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur and Media Designer at Camera Arts Department at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, the series features artists such as Kent Sheely, Eva and Franco Mattes, IP Yuk-Yiu, Sybille Kramer, and Roc Herms.
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IP Yuk-Yiu, Another Day of Depression in Kowloon, film still, HD-video, 15:30 min., 2012

PLAY includes a full lecture by De Mutiis about the relationship between

photography and digital games

("Video Games and Photography, A Brief History, 1992–2016")

Here is the complete program (full disclosure: I will be participating in a conversation with Roc Herms on April 8, 2016).And here's a trailer: LINK: FotoMuseum & Marco De Mutiis

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