ESSAY
"The need for death in gaming is multifaceted. The cynical argument, largely based on the arcade experience, might describe death in gaming as an economical equation: in order to make more money, games needed to provoke death as quickly as possible in order to get to the next “insert
EVENT
Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG Freedom, 2010 Online performance HD video, 9:05 min Edition of 3 Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London 56 - 57 Eastcastle St London W1W 8EQ, UK April 13 – May 18 Opening: April 12, 6:30-8:30 'In Anonymous, untitled, dimensions variable - an exhibition
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Contemporary Art Forum: Critical Play—The Game as an Art Form Thursday, May 17, 2012, 6:00 p.m. Theater 3 (The Celeste Bartos Theater), mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building "The Contemporary Art Forum presents timely and innovative programs (lectures, conversations, and performances)
CARTOGRAPHY
Unveiled just before April Fools' Day by Google, Maps 8-bit for NES ("Coming soon for the Game Boy") is a magical cartridge for nostalgic gamers who are still using their beloved Nintendo Entertainment System in 2012. This groundbreaking application for the Nintendo home console features lo-
GAME ART
"On 22 December 2011, the work Ruis (Interference) opened in the Keizer Karel Gallery, under the A9 viaduct in Amstelveen. This consists of a total of 12 light panels (‘MUPIs’) on two sides of the tunnel, on which the interference can be seen. Images form in this ‘interference’, as
EVENT
"Co-curated by FACT and interdisciplinary design collective body>data>space, this major new exhibition showcases some of the most exciting ideas from international artists and technologists. Exploring our desire to exist in both virtual and physical worlds, and the steady integration of humans with technology, Robots
ART GAME
"Daaaah! Dah dahdah dahdah-dah! Dah dahdah dahdah-dah! Daaaaaahdah daaaaaadah dah dah dah dah dah! Yes! Epic Sax Guy is now the star of his very own game! You, too, can live out the Epic Sax Life! Play your saxophone in a variety of settings! Practice in your
EVENT
A JURIED ART EXHIBITION Atari Aesthetics@ Brink, Missoula, MontanaExhibition Dates: March 2 -31, 2012 Opening Reception: March 2, 2012 (5-8PM)Artists line-up: jennifer bardsley, courtney blazon, matt hamon, tobe harvey, kyle kankelborg, andy kemmis,kelly mcgonigal, lauren tyler norby, keith phillips, amber prouty, jazmine raymond, erik samsoe, patricia
EVENT
"[T]he core of “The Art of Video Games” is a display of 20 computer and gaming systems and short films explaining the relevance of four games on each of those platforms — 80 total. (The exhibition does not include a VIC-20 but does feature its successor, the Commodore
GAME ART
Born in Somerset, UK Donna Pike, Donna Pike, also known as "Arcade Artist", graduated from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design with a BA (Hons) in Animation. Her love for retrogaming led her to create Arcade Art, "original art inspired by videogaming". Link: Donna Pike
ART GAME
From the official website: "Void Gaze is an interactive text experience with an accompanying series of computer drawings. In the style of early text adventure games, the player uses words to interact with the gameworld by entering them at a command prompt. Themes related to vision and sight run
ART GAME
Andy Deck is an American artist known primarily for his Internet-related art. His work addresses the politics and aesthetics of collaboration, interactivity, software, and independent media. Using the site ARTCONTEXT.NET, Deck combines code, text, and images to demonstrate new patterns of participation and control that distinguish online presence