MODDING
"Depixelating Mario: this is what video games look like when you round up the vectors… A new algorithm to create smooth vector graphics from pixel art, by Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski. Here's their paper." Related: Depixeling Pixel Art Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via Rhizome, via
EVENT
I recently discussed the ITALIANS DO IT BETTER!! exhibition with Mathias Jansson. The resulting conversation was published in (abridged form) in Italian on the June 2011 issue of new media art magazine DigiCult. Below is the uncut, unabridged exchange, in English: "Mathias Jansson: At the 2011 Biennal di Venezia
ART GAME
As I mentioned before, I had the pleasure of having Ted Levine - a photographer, a philosopher, a cultural explorer - as a student in my Game On: Introduction to Game Studies course (CCA, Fall 2010). That semester, Ted examined a series of issues pertaining to the collision and collusion between art
PAINTING
Jasper de Beijer, The Recollector, 2011 "The Recollector is a 3D collage, created in the computer. Jasper de Beijerhas used video game technology to create a virtual environment which is somewhere between a museum, a theatre and a photo archive. The visitor can freely walk around in it like
GAME ART
Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG, I know that it's all a state of mind, 2010, Performance in Second Life and Plymouth Art Centre Link: Eva and Franco Mattes Submitted by Matteo BIttanti
GAME
"A visualisation of the spatial clustering of death by impact in the videogame, Just Cause 2. The video is made up of over 11.3 million player death events, specifically, death by impact with terrain or objects." (JC2Points) "11 million player deaths in Just Cause 2 – a
ART GAME
"This is a game made by a team (see credits in the end of the movie) from JKU and Kunstuniversität in Linz. it is a collaborative game that uses stereoscopic projection." link: ricardo O'nascimento Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
TOOL
"The Playtime Computing System is a technological platform that computationally models a blended reality interactive and collaborative media experience that takes place both on-screen and in the real world as a continuous space. On-screen audio-visual media (e.g., portraying virtual environments and characters – story world, etc.
GAME ART
"August is an ex-gamer addict who is trying to pull his life back together with his girlfriend Molly. Against her wishes, August decides to keep a promise and meet up with his friends at a gaming convention. After being confronted by his former guildmates about his relationship with
GAME ART
Brody CondonDefaultProperties, 2006, Modified Computer Game, Custom Computer "The first in a series of re-interpretations of Late Medieval Northern European religious paintings, DefaultPropeties is a non-interactive, animated recreation of the baptism scene from the Triptych of Jean des Trompes by Gerard David from 1505 using current game
GAME ART
Brody Condon, Resurrection (after Bouts), 2007, Modified Computer Game, Custom Computer "The second in a series of modifications of Northern European Late Medieval religious paintings. Resurrection (after Bouts) is a non-interactive, animated recreation of the Resurrection scene by Dieric Bouts from 1455 made using current game development technology
GAME ART
Brody Condon, Judgment (after Memling), 2008, Modified Computer Game, Custom Computer "The third in a series of modifications of Northern European Late Medieval religious paintings. Judgment (after Memling) from 2008 is a non-interactive, animated recreation of the Judgment scene by Hans Memling made using current game development technology