Game Art: Florian Olloz, David Pfluger and Gilbert Engelhard's "SPACERACER" (2005)
SPACERACER is a Super 8 game arcade by Florian Olloz, David Pfluger, Gilbert Engelhard aka Mobileskino, a "collaboration of [Swiss] artists, animation-filmmakers, film-technicians and sound designers. The group was formed in 2000, doing several screenings of 8mm-shorts at
performance-happenings, media-festivals and in off-spaces". Media archeology, retro-aesthetics, lo-fi, arcade culture. It's scultpural. It's interactive. It's analogue. It's fun. It does not get any better than this and you know it. The Game Arcade platform has toured Europe. More info about this magic platform here. Full description below:
"The Game Arcade of mobileskino consists of four SPIELAUTOMATEN in original size, which reproduce interactive game surfaces known from the digital world with the help of solely analogue and/or mechanical projectors. The inside of the machines consists of mechanically altered 8mm-film- and slide projectors. The game surfaces are created on 8mm-film and projected as film-loops. The interaction or navigation through the game happens mechanically or by buttons and switches. The synchronisation of players, image and sound happens by light sensors, which are integrated in the surface of the game. There are speakers which play a soundtrack and alarm sounds while playing." (Mobileskino)
In the racing game, "The machine depicts a moving street environment through which the player must safely drive with a car."
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