GAME ART
If you follow GameScenes, you probably know that I am fascinated by artists who paint video games, that is, incorporate game aesthetics, tropes, or interfaces, in their artworks. The canvas an an ersatz screen. Some paint screenshots, while other appropriate and recontextualize game motifs and other elements within their compositions.
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The third Game Arts International Assembly will be happening June 5-7th, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. With a participant cap of 20, GAIA is an intimate symposium for game art curators and game community organizers to level up their professional development and connect with their international peers. In addition to on
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ROCK, STAR, NORTH Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 23’ 05”, 2016-2022, Scotland Created by Calum Rodger January 20 - February 09 2023 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org In 2016, inspired by Basho, William Wordsworth and Nan Shepherd, Glasgow-based poet Calum Rodger undertook a poetic odyssey inside San
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COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE – THE MOVIE Digital video (1024 x 1024), sound, color, 55’ 33”, 2022, Germany Created by Thomas Hawranke and Lasse Scherffig January 6 - 19 2023 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org An adaptation sui generis of an early text-based adventure games, Colossal Cave Adventure - The Movie
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Carson Lynn's latest artwork is a short machinima titled Reversal Ring, which is part of his latest multimedia exhibition !Cursed!. The artwork was created using FromSoftware's Dark Souls III, alongside crosire's ReShade and ElFonz0's Skeleton Base Body modifications. The exhibition comprises several
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One of the most exciting digital arts festivals in the world, FILE - Electronic Language International Festival has recently launched its 2023. After a three years hiatus, FILE is back in grand style. Applications will be open from December 19th to February 15th.The 22nd Edition of the Electronic Language
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Nam June Paik, Video Flag Y, 1985. 84 ten-inch television sets, three Plexiglas cases, fans, LaserDisc players, LaserDiscs, and video tapes. 72 x 144 x 50 inches. JPMorgan Chase Art Collection. © Estate of Nam June Paik. I’ll Be Your Mirror: Art and the Digital Screen February 12–April 30,
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ARE3NA digital video/machinima (2048x858), color, sound, 35’, 2022, The Netherlands Created by Jordy Veenstra Introduced by Matteo Bittanti December 19 2022 - January 5 2023 vral.org AR3NA is a visual study of Quake III Arena; its environments and its textures. It is also a complex work of media
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Paul Loubet 4X—eXplore eXpand eXploit eXterminate October 15, 2022–January 8, 2023 Curated by Marie Cozette Centre régional d’art contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée 26 quai Aspirant Herber 34200 Sète France Read more about the research and game genre that inspired this work. press release Paul Loubet: 4 X—eXplore
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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, When Our Worlds Meet, 2022. Installation view, FACT Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, 2022. Photo: Rob Battersby. Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley & Josèfa Ntjam December 2, 2022–April 9, 2023 FACT Liverpool 88 Wood Street Liverpool L1 4DQ United Kingdom Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–6pm press release FACT Liverpool presents a new
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December 10 2022 12:30 - 13:30 Berlin Time C/O Berlin Hardenbergstraße 22–24, 10623 Berlin Germany Curators turned sports commentators Jon Uriarte and Marco De Mutiis will present artistic projects that have been created using in-game photography. The works address questions of photorealism, simulation, photographic practices in
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The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is delighted to announce its first machinima live performance on its brand new Twitch channel. Curated by Gemma Fantacci, the inaugural show is Kamilia Kard’s Toxic Garden - DANCE DANCE DANCE. Join us tonight Friday December 2 at 9 pm Central European Time (CET)! Toxic