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"As the economical crisis advances, the discontent of an entire population cannot help but outburst in Riots, where the sounds of many voices get heard at once. The Director Leonard Menchiari has been experiencing this form of protest in person, and the game "Riot" was born as
ART GAME
Oakland-based artist and professor Nick Lally created "Bikes Inavde Space" in 2002 as part of a collaboration with Kyle McKinley. The game was presented at the 2011 Maker Faire in San Mateo, May 21-22 and it is simply brilliant. In 2010, Lally hacked Taito's classic arcade
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Michelle Vanessa Sudarsono is "a humble Indonesian girl who wants to make music to brighten people's day" as she writes on her YouTube channel. She definitely brightens my world on a daily basis. Among other things, Sudarsono performs popular pop hits in Simlish, the fictional language
GAME ART
Coll.eo, CAGED, mixed media sculpture, 2013 "AFTER CARS LAYOUTS consists of six free standing sculptures measuring 11 x 6.5 x 7.5 inches. Each sculpture is comprised of a) a digital print from AFTER CARS (2012), synthetic grass, wood, glue, 1960s Leisner Matchbox toy cars, and a
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"Twofivesix. A Videogame Arts and Culture Festival is a one-day celebration of play as culture, placing game designers into conversation with other digital creatives." (KillScreen) Full details here. This one day conference in Brooklyin, New York is definitely more corporate (Facebook... ouch, Foursquare... double ouch), industry-driven, and institutionally
GAME ART
Jay Zehngebot, D.O.L.M., CMYK Screenprint from documentation of ARMA2 physics engine tests, 2010 Jay Zenhnegbot, CMYK Screenprint of digitally-collaged screen-captures from a 3-d model generated with screenshots from BattleField 3, 2012 Jay Zenhnegbot, American Pro Gamers, Offset printed book. 7 1/2"w x 5"
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A short video about VECTOR: Game + Art Convergence (Toronto, Feb 21-24 2013) produced by Amy Pagnotta for InnerSPACE on SPACE (Canada). LINK : InnerSpace Submitted by Matteo Bittanti Related articles Event: "Vector Game Art" (Toronto, February 21-24 2013) EVENT: CARJACKED @ Vector (February 21-24 2013, Toronto, Canada) Game Art: Toca
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"DUCKS IN A ROW (A short history of art since Chris Burden had himself shot) To many the expression ducks in a row simply means to be well organized. To some, though, the image instantly conjures up a row of ducks to be shot. This group show, featuring artists
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"PlayThings is a symposium about structures of play, and the ways in which design can enable or resist those structures. What does it mean to play? How meaningful is the distinction between toy and game? etc. 6 East 16th St, 12th flr in NYC (near Union Square) February 23rd
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C’est La Videogame: An Exhibition of Life as a Play Experience Curated by Andy Sebela, NYU Game Center Librarian Thursday, February 28th NYU Game Center, 721 Broadway, 9th Floor 7:00pm – 10:00pm "When I was much younger, I received a Tamagotchi as an Easter gift. I lifted
ART GAME
After executing Jeff Koons, the Minneapolis-based artist Hunter Jonakin has kept himself extremely busy. His new project reconciles videogames and psychogeography. The viewer of "Can You Hear Me Now? You'll Never Hear Me Again or Modern Flaneur: Extreme Wanderlust" (2013) can "Wander fifty square blocks
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Nana Asfour writes about Mark Tribe's photographic series Rare Earth on The New York Times, one of the most interesting game-inspired artworks of 2012. Here's an excerpt: Mark Tribe, Sawtooth Mountain, 2012LINK: "The Reality Behind Virtual War Zones" by Nana Asfour (The New York