Game Art: Brent Watanabe's "for(){};" (2013)
In Bren Watanabe's for(){}; a custom computer application with sound, projection mapped onto three wall mounted paintings, "there is no beginning or end to the game, just collecting and wandering, birthing and consuming, an arbitrary point system rising until your inevitable death and the birth of another generation. It is a game mechanism without the game. An addictive but essentially aimless experience," writes Watanabe. The artwork itself consists of a "triptych of playable acrylic paintings, controlled by the viewer using a NES controller." The artwork was created by Brent Watanabe in collaboration with painter Cable Griffith. The two created an interactive landscape painting influenced by Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights", merging traditional materials and new technology. A longer video, with unedited footage, is available here.
Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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