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Video directed by Zachariah Lewis. Produced and edited by Summer Dunsmore. Not to be missed: Block x Blog: "Every Subculture event is based on a foundational piece of pop culture. For the Block x Blog Festival, we’ve found solace in the Arcade. 8-bit Sound. Analog experiences. Video Game
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"Game Art is a relatively new artistic practice that uses digital gaming as its inspiration or medium. In the last two decades, several artists have appropriated technological, aesthetic, and conceptual elements of electronic games to create artworks ranging from paintings to sculptures, repurposed games and site-specific installations. Among the
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C64-demo by Hack n Trade 2013. Acid T*rroreast (graphics), Goto80 (sound), Mathman (code). Video by axiscascade. LINK : Raquel Mayers Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Per Fhager ‘Final Fantasy’ 21 March – 27 April 2013 Belmacz Ltd ■ 45 Davies Street ● London W1K 4LX ▴ England Private view: 21 March 2013, 6 – 8pm Artist in attendance "When Per Fhager (born 1980, Donsö, Sweden), revived an old-fashioned craft in order to fulfil his artistic ambition he simultaneously initiated
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This is beyond trippy! Another killer production by Portuguese artist Sandra Araújo aka s-ara for RUDOLFO's Balas Perdidas, released in the Fall of 2012. Related LINK : s-ara Submitted by Matteo Bittanti Related articles Game Art: s.ara's "Tape Loading Error" (2012)
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In 2010, Turbulence.org commissioned Scott Kildall a project entitled Playing Duchamp, "A computer program to play chess as if it were Marcel Duchamp". Kildall has now shared a video the project, which was originally distribuited online. As he writes, " There is no physical component, though I
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"Tetris – Vigeland Musesum" (2013) is part of Michael Johansson's upcoming solo exhibition Familiar Abstractions at the Vigeland Museum. Welcome to the opening reception Thursday March 7 at 19:00-21:00. Exhibition period: March 8 - May 12 2013." For more information about Swedish artist Michael
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Several Juan Carlos de la Parra's video works incorporate the asthetics and logics of videogames. "The Game is Never Over", for instance, borrows the conventions of 2D platform games, with an added political element mostly absent from contemporary commercial productions. de la Parra is a Mexican
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Here is a fantastic 30 minute interview between Barry Jones, an associate professor at Austin Peay State University and Joseph Delappe, artist and Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Nevada where he directs the Digital Media program. Working with electronic and new media since 1983, Delappe&
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Can You Hear Me Now? You'll Never Hear Me Again or Modern Flaneur: Extreme Wanderlust Can there be a viable business model for Game Art beyond the istitutional domain, that is, Museums and Art Galleries? Jonakin Hunter opted for a "Pay-What-You-Want-for-Art" model. As he explains on
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Albeith this photoshoot is for an advertising campaign, the ingenuity behind Swedish photographer Åslund's latest series fully deserves a mention. These images perfectly capture the subtle influence of gaming aesthetics on our understanding of reality, architecture and urban environments. "Advertise[ment] campaign for Jim RickeyProject: Honkey Kong
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FIRST AMENDMENT GALLERY 1000 HOWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103 GAME ON will be opening March 22nd, 2013, from 6:30-9:30pm, featuring graffiti art, street art, traditional paintings, drawings, custom vinyl toys and more from the following artists: * Vogue * Jesse Hernandez * Frank Kozik * Monty Guy * Robert Bowen * Sam Rodriguez