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"Paradis Perdus is a student project developed by a bunch of students [Sergey Mohov - game design and programming, Fabian Bodet - artwork and art direction, Mitthieu Bonnopff - music and sound design] of ENJMIN in course of exactly one month. Paradis Perdus is a game of exploration and contemplation, except the
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Nylon Walnut writes: "Walking through a room in Berwick Museum and Art Gallery we spotted a 1920s football game, donated to the Museum when a seafront attraction closed. We were on another job at the Museum and had very little time but it was too good to miss... a
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In Hertz' latest project - originally developed in 2011 and since implemented - "a data projector displays an image on a wall. Loud heavy metal music plays in the space. When an individual walks up to the wall, a mirrored avatar of the person is displayed on the screen using
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Chris Novello performs on illucia - a codebending instrument that connects different software applications via physical jacks and cables (lots' of them: 16 jacks, 6 knobs, 4 buttons, 4 switches, 4 variable brightness LEDs!, also available as a console). As Novello explains, "Codebending is the exploration of software with
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A tragic reminder - and an ironic visualization - of the ongoing art game diatribe. Federici's work for Amusement magazine (2010) could not be more more apropos. LINK : Raphael Federici Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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A killer new exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, featuring, among others, Eddo Stern: Full details are available here. Eddo Stern's piece, Moneymakingworkshop (2012) "addresses head-on the detachment that electronic games can create head-on". Intriguing. LINK : Gameroom Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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