Game Art: tomayto_tomato's Arma: Four Seasons (2017)

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I rarely feature vernacular machinima on this site. Not because I don't find it interesting, but because fandom operates on a completely different register than video art/contemporary

art. Nonetheless,  tomayto_tomato's appropriation of the ultra-violent game Arma 3 to create a contemplative, ruminative visual experience inspired by Vivaldi's The Four Seasons crosses already porous boundaries and deserves wider visibility. Overall, the idyllic scenes remind me of The Seasons in Quincy: A Portrait of John Berger,
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