Game Art: Aram Bartholl's 8K (2016)

A true masterpiece: GTA V gamescapes in real life. Recently presented at the NEoN Digital Arts Festival in Dundee, Scotland, 2016. Click

Aram Bartholl’s new commission for NEoN, an installation titled ‘8k’, includes a large-scale printed screenshot (12 meters long) of a scenic view of ‘Sin City’ from the computer game Grand Theft Auto 5. A car parked in front of the billboard offers visitors to take a seat, enjoy the view of the vast digital city scape while listening to an audio collage of youtubers playing the game.

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