PAINTING
Tadić’s approach bridges the gap between painting and digital culture, translating the semiotics of video games into oil on canvas. His insistent use of HUDs (heads-up displays) and interface elements does not merely reference gaming nostalgia but interrogates the gamification of contemporary urban life, where financial instability, physical exhaustion,
ACADEMIC COURSE
Video Games: Past, Present, and Future BCNM 20th Anniversary Special Event This special event, part of the Berkeley Center for New Media’s 20th-anniversary celebration, brings together scholars, archivists, and industry professionals to explore the transformative impact of video games. Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies,
EVENT
Lisa Broms and Vanja Ivarsson: Save Points Galleri Redan February 7 - March 15 2025 Amiralsgatan 9, Malmö, Sweden Lisa Broms and Vanja Ivarsson, two Malmö-based artists, operate within a post-internet aesthetic that fuses digital iconography with a tactile, painterly sensibility. Their work is characterized by acidic color palettes, fluid,
3D ANIMATION
Code-X: Contemporary Chicanx Codices curated by Rafael Fajardo January 9 - February 23 2025 Vicki Myhren Gallery 2121 E. Asbury Ave. Denver, CO 80210 press release The Vicki Myhren Gallery is proud to present Code-X: Contemporary Chicanx Codices, curated by DU’s own Rafael Fajardo, Professor of Emergent Digital Practices.
CONCEPTUAL
Awaiting Oblivion digital video, colour, sound, 20’ 23”, 2024, Russia created by Natalie Maximova World premiere vral.org Awaiting Oblivion interrogates the collapse of simulated reality in The Last of Us Part II, uncovering spaces where the boundaries between representation and existence dissolve. As the digital world fractures into glitches
LARP
Reinis Hofmanis, Britta Hoyer as Youa the Manwolf, LARP series, 2011. Courtesy of ArkDes. © Reinis Hofmani s Worldglimpsing Role Play and the Design of Alternate Realities October 3, 2025–August 16, 2026 ArkDes Skeppsholmen Exercisplan Stockholm Sweden Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am-6pm, Tuesday and Friday 10am-8pm press release ArkDes and Nieuwe
3D ANIMATION
𝔃𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 Student Final Work from ART 250: Between Worlds, Video Games and the Physical @ University of Illinois Chicago Friday, January 24, 2025 6:00 PM 9:00 PM VGA Project Lab 2233 South Throop Street #843 Chicago, IL, 60608 United States curated by Jared Kelley-Hudgins, UIC ART 250 Instructor Eleanor Schichtel,
INTERVIEW
Ida B. Wells: A Red Record digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 39’ 34”, 2020, United States of America created by Harrison Wade Reishman Ida B. Wells: A Red Record is a biographical machinima that examines the life and contributions of Ida B. Wells, a trailblazing African American journalist
EVENT
Platform 101 Vol. 05: Hidden Geometry & Glitch Art Rischee 29 Art Gallery No.31, Aghabozorgi Street, Fereshteh Street, Tehran, Iran Friday, January 17, 2025 to Thursday, April 17, 2025 press release The latest edition of Platform 101, Vol.05: Hidden Geometry & Glitch Art, will be hosted in the
ARCHITECTURE
Third Call is an innovative art-game developed by the VOLNA artists collective, created as part of the ongoing renovation of the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany. Commissioned for the theater’s 2025 season and spearheaded by its newly established Digital Theater division, the project offers players a unique opportunity to
ANALOG
Ivelina Ivanova's Low Poly Fever Dream Curated by Andreya Gandeva and Vasil Vladimirov November 22 - December 15 2024 KO-OP 17 Yanko Sakazov Blvd, Sofia Bulgaria press release Low Poly Fever Dream merges digital nostalgia with social critique in a multimedia project. At its heart is Bot Brother,
3D ANIMATION
Brent Watanabe: One Tethered Bird The Behnke Family Gallery at Cornish1077 Lenora StreetSeattle, WA 98121Jan 17th - Feb 21 2025Brent Watanabe's upcoming solo show at The Behnke Family Gallery at Cornish will include work covering the past two decades, including his Grand Theft Auto interventions (San Andreas Deer