Game Art: Babycastles Summit (August 26-29, Museum of Art and Design, New York)
Photo credit: Keita Takahashi
BabyCastles Summit 2012
Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 26-29
WITH KEITA TAKAHASHI
IVAN SAFRIN
KAHO ABE
NEIL FRIDD
"The Babycastles summit is a three-day series of talks, panels, bands, hands-on workshops and custom video game installations designed by Keita Takahashi , game designer of Japan’s Katamari Damacy. The summit will be hosted by the Museum of Art and Design from August 24th through the 26th as part of the “Fun Fellowship.
Inspired by Keita’s kid-friendly play-scape designs and Anna Anthropy's book, "Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form" Our goal is to inspire and encourage people who didn't think they could make games to make games.
Babycastles will be building four video game play-scapes designed by Keita Takahashi In association with Kaho Abe, Neil Fridd and Ivan Safrin. They will be on display and available for play throughout the summit at the Museum of Art and Design in 2 Columbus Circle.
Babycaslte Summit (beware: Facebook link)
Submitted by Matteo Bittanti