EVENT
If you are lucky enough to be in Aix-en-Provence for GAMERZ #9, one of the hottest Game Art festivals in Europe - if not the world - don't miss the Performance Night at the École Supérieure d'Art from 7 pm till midnight. Here's the
GAME ART
The artistic playfulness of the project lies in a remarkable use of the "ghosting" metaphor, which is relevant for digital gaming as a whole - it has been explored in Game Art before, consider, for instance, Riley Harmon's early work - and especially central in the racing game
3D ANIMATION
Jonathan Monaghan's new body of work is titled "Mothership" and it will be presented at Moving Image London during the Frieze art fair between October 17 - 20 2013 at The Bargehouse in the South Bank. Additionally, Curator's Office has just released Jonathan Monaghan: embezzling
GAME ART
An interesting project intersecting different disciplines: new media studies, media archeology, digital preservation and Game Art by Canadian artist R. Guillaume Bourdon aka RGB. As Bourdon explains: "This is a series of short scenes I took while exploring parts of an abandoned island in the game Second Life. I&
ART GAME
Photo by Lauren Naefe (Museum of the Moving Image) Indie Essentials: 25 Must-Play Video Games December 14, 2013–March 2, 2014 Museum of the Moving Image "IndieCade and Museum of the Moving Image present a playable exhibition of significant independent video games representing the breadth and depth of
ART GAME
Portrait of Jim Munroe, Canadian author, by Stephen Gregory via Wikipedia Exciting news. Canadian artist, writer, machinimaker, filmmaker and game designer Jim Munroe will be the artist-in-residence at one of North America’s largest museum galleries, the AGO. As Munroe writes on his website, "During February and
ARCADE
LINK : Mattie Hillock Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
INTERVIEW
Highly recommended: We Make Money Not Art's conversation with French curator Isabelle Arvers about the upcoming show GAMES REFLEXIONS. Here is an excerpt: "[Régine Debatty] Hi Isabelle! Why do you think that now is a good time to reflect upon gaming? And more particularly about the relationship
EVENT
Kudos to Urban Video Project - a multi-media public art initiative of Light Work and Syracuse University - for sharing an excerpt of Phil Solomon's "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" (2008, machinima, 12 ' 14""), a segment of his larger Grand Theft Auto series "In
BOOK
Sensible Software 1986–1999 (2013) The wait is over! My most eagerly awaited book of the year, Sensible Software 1986–1999, goes to print today. Created by graphic designer, sculptor, music lover, and art director Darren Wall, the book is part of a new publishing project called Read-Only Memory,
ART GAME
Coll.eo, Racing After Richter, 2012 (from The Art of Racing series) Curated by Isabelle Arvers with the assistance of Pierre Corbinais (indie gaming) and Benjamin Fouquoire (retrogaming), GAMES REFLEXIONS is an upcoming exhibition focusing on the interplay between reality and simulation. The main theme is the self-referentiality of
ARCADE
© Photo by Melissa Richardson Banks www.downtownmuse.com (via TTDILA) Jonathan B from Things To Do in Los Angeles (TTDILA) writes about the new video game bar EightyTwo, which will open in the downtown arts district of LA in January 2014. Jonathan writes that "Art shows, special events and