ART GAME
Nicholas O'Brien's latest project is a narrative-driven, first person, essay game with a score by Seth Cluett. The game's main theme is the sudden closure of a public transportation system in a fictional Rustbelt American city. Available for Windows PC, Mac OS X, The
ESSAY
Claire Hentschke, Driver On The Highway, digital image, 2017 Claire Hentschke, Avatar Above The Sea, digital image, 2017 Hentschker captures the sublime using photographic practices in gaming, and specifically in Grand Theft Auto V. At the same time, she is remediating the medium of painting: In this series of works,
BOOK
VGA Reader Call for Papers—Issue 2: SURVIVAL STRATEGY "IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS." - Old Man, The Legend of Zelda In an era of ecological, social, and political crisis, when contemporary media inundates us daily with apocalyptic scenarios, video games can act as a
ESSAY
A fascinating research by Patrick Le Mieux becomes a video essay that rewrites the history of Game Art: "In didactic texts, artist talks, personal websites, and private interviews Cory Arcangel describes Super Mario Clouds as “an old Mario Brothers cartridge which I modified to erase everything but the clouds.
ART GAME
Artist and researcher at Gothenburg University Arne Kjell Vikhagen has just completed his dissertation about game art.Title: When Art Is Put Into Play: A Practice-based Research Project on Game Art Language.English Keywords: Game Art, Computer Games, Video Games and Art, Play, Artistic Research, New Media Art ISBN: 978-91-982421-5-7
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I'm thrilled to announce the release of MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco, a new book featuring interviews with international artists using video games to make art. MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco expands, in print form, both the exhibition GAME VIDEO/ART. A