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Game Art: Space Caviar's "Blockchain" (2015)

"Blockchain is a digital docudrama set in in the limitless universe of Minecraft. The film follows the ghost of Walter Gropius on an extended dèrive through ten of the game's worlds, shadowing him as he ponders the social and political fundamentals of creativity. Fragments of conversations with

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Game Art: Lawrence Lek's Unreal Estate (the Royal Academy is yours) (2015)

With Unreal Estate (the Royal Academy is yours), Lawrence Lek combines institutional critique with Game Art. In his dystopian-and-yet-utterly-realistic machinima, the London Royal Academy of Arts has become a privately owned luxury estate. Art world types - an oligarch, a business tycoon, a collector - make an appearance amidst Anish

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Game Art: Victor Morales' Asking a Cop (2015)

A new video piece from Victor Morales based on American comedy troupe Firesign Theater song, "What makes America Great?". Morales calls this particular machinima "a puppetization of reality". written and performed by Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Philip Proctor, "What makes America Great?

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Game Art: Hito Steyerl’s Factory of the Sun (2015)

Video installation: One-channel video, 23 min., HD video pro rez.MOV file. / Motion capture studio, blue, illuminated grid in the space / Free-standing projection architecture, sunloungers, and beach chairs Currently on display at the German Pavillion of the 56th Venice Biennial, Hito Steyerl’s massive video installation Factory of the Sun

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Event: Eddo Stern’s Vietnam Romance (June 6 - July 11, 2015, New York)

Eddo Stern’s Vietnam Romance (2015) Postmasters Gallery 54 Franklin St, New York, NY 10013, United States June 6 - July 11, 2015 Press release: "Postmasters Gallery is pleased to present a monumental installation of Eddo Stern’s video game. Vietnam Romance, recreates and interrogates the fictionalized history of

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Game Art: Brody Condon's "Janet (age 8)" (2015)

Brody Condon, Janet (age 8), 2015, HD video, 3' 51" All media are portals between the natural and the supernatural, especially digital media, as Kiyoshi Kurosawa has perfectly illustrated with one of his most accomplished films, Pulse (2001). Brody Condon is charting similar territories with Janet (Age 8)

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Game Art: IP Yuk-Yiu's "Another Day of Depression in Kowloon" (2012)

IP Yuk-Yiu, Another Day of Depression in Kowloon, 2012, HD, color, stereo, 15 min. 30 sec, 16:9 (1 minute excerpt) A machinima reminiscent of Jon rafman's semi-ethnographic studies of Second Life, Another Day of Depresson in Kowloon is described by its author, IP Yuk-Yiu as "a

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Game Art: IP Yuk-Yiu's "The Plastic Garden" (2013)

IP Yuk-Yiu, The Plastic Garden,, 2013, HD, color, stereo, 11 min, 16:9 (1 minute excerpt). A terrific machinima developed with Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, 2010), The Plastic Garden (2013) was created by IP Yuk-Yiu. Yuk-Yiu an experimental filmmaker, media artist, art educator and independent curator. Yuk Yin

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Event: Federico Solmi's "Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth" @ Gleichapel (March 25 - 28, 2015 Paris)

Federico Solmi 's (b. 1973, Bologna) masterpiece Chinese Democracy and the Last Day on Earth will be shown for the first time in France by Parisian gallery Gleichapel (located on 15 rue Debelleyme, 75003, Paris). Below is the full press release. "Gleichapel is pleased to announce the first

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Event: Jonathan Monaghan's "Escape Pod" @ bitforms (March 22 - May 3, 2015, New York)

Jonathan Monaghan. Escape Pod, 2015. Animated HD film. 20 minutes, seamless loop, music by Furniteur. Jonathan Monaghan Escape Pod bitforms gallery Mar 22 - May 3, 2015 131 Allen St New York, NY 10002 Opening Reception: Sunday, Mar 22, 4:00 – 7:00 PM Artist Talk & Screening: Thursday, April