ART GAME
An impressive list of events and games o display is one of the many reasons not to miss the first edition of Playful Arts Festival in Hertogenbosch, Holland, a three day event that "stimulates the cross-over between different fields of play, interaction and design. Part festival part showcase
GAME ART
Pauline Acalin, an artist from Costa Mesa, California, has paid a tribute to the 1983 Atari E.T. video game burial in a New Mexico landfill. The performance and resulting prints were shown at the 9-Bit Art Show at Yetee Gallery. Acalin's prints are on sale here.
PERFORMANCE
In this 2011 project, French artist and founder of le negatif mag Ivi Top p investigates the notion of identity in the age of videogames. As he writes on his website: "The pursuit of ambiguity, few pixels, simple forms – opt for a minimalism of the virtual millenium we are
GAME ART
Tomaz Saraiva, Grand Theft Art Manchester City Stories, screengrabs from Half-Life 2 Mod, 2012 Fascinating project from Portuguese artist Tomaz Saraiva, Grand Theft Art Manchester City Stories: "The main purpose of this project is to create an alternative experience of the Manchester Art Gallery (MAG). Unlikemost virtual tours,
GAME
A timeless classic from Aram Bartholl, installed @ [DAM] Berlin show ‘Meine Wunderkammer’. The installation consists of sand stone, 386DX40 PC, b/w screen, keyboard, floppy w/ Prince of Persia. Aram Bartholl Case Mod I 2004 LINK : Aram Bartholl Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Gustavo Argüello Peñaloza is a young Mexican artist whose pratice - sculpture - focuses on the intersection between videogames and the Fine Arts. His portfolio includes "Hola Mondu/Hello World" (below), a set of hands holding controllers of a console made of cardboard. Argüello Peñaloza is both fascinated and obsessed
ESSAY
Alex Myers, artist and Assistant Professor and Program Director of Game Studies at Bellevue University. is sharing a creative remix of Roland Barthes seminal "The Death of the Author" essay. The piece, titled, The Death of the Player, "was modified to fit a game criticism context by
GAME ART
Rupert Jasen Smith, Pac-Man, Limited Edition Print Acrylic/Silkscreen, 1989 Pac-Man - Homnage to Andy Warhol was one of Rupert Jasen Smith's last works. He died of AIDS at the age of 37. LINK: Obituary Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
There is a long tradition, in Game Art, of transforming gameplay sessions into works of art. Lately, the trend has been accelerating and I have the feeling that in the next few years we will see an explosion of gameplay-driven art, i.e. artworks generated by turning in-game
EVENT
A must see: YoungProjects TERNAL A Two-Person Exhibition by Adriane Wachholz and Magnus Wallin Runs through Jan 11 2013 @Pacific Design Center #B230 8687 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069 "For her first solo show in the US Adriane Wachholz is presenting seven video-based installations that combine
EVENT
My belated review of Eddo Stern's amazing solo show,"The World is Down: 10 Works by Eddo Stern", at Young Projects Gallery in Los Angeles is now online at WIRED ITALIA. It was by far the most compelling and intriguing show I saw last Summer. Text
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Axel Stockburger, White Transformer, 2011, single channel HD video. length: 7:15 min., color, sound, Edition of 5/+1, If you are visiting or living in Paris this December, don't miss the new “Virtual Topographics” exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. Axel Stockburger's "White Transformer&