Game Art: Chris Novello's "nocade/do videogames dream of electric sheep?" (2012)
Chris Novello performs on illucia - a codebending instrument that connects different software applications via physical jacks and cables (lots' of them: 16 jacks, 6 knobs, 4 buttons, 4 switches, 4 variable brightness LEDs!, also available as a console). As Novello explains, "Codebending is the exploration of software with “patch points.” Patch points expose the inner workings of computer programs, and allow for atypical connections between things like games, music making software, office suites, etc.". In the above performance, the artist patches classic arcade games into feedback loops, pumping them with new data creating generative audiovisuals. The video is from Pixilerations 2012 [v9], which took place last October in Providence (RI).
LINKSubmitted by Matteo Bittanti (thanks to MEME@Brown)