GAME ART
Ancient Pixels: Rug Prototype 01 from Jose Olivares on Vimeo. " Ancient Pixels is my current work in progress where lo-resolution video game graphics, Andean textile art and psychedelic poster art are merged produce the visual aesthetic and the grammar blocks (via Andean symbol interpretation) of a multi-channel interactive video
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Miltos Manetas, Spore drawing, Vibracolour print on superglossy paper, 40 x60 inches, 2008. Courtesy the artist. Miltos Manetas, the Godfather of Game Art, has been playing with Maxis' Spore. His latest game-drawings - inspired by Wright's evolutionary simulation - are currently on display in Prague at the
GAME ART
Marco Brambilla's HalfLife (2002) is one of the most intriguing examples of Game Art that tries to juxatpose virtual and 'real' performances, game spaces and real spaces. Born in Milan - Brambilla is the quintessential milanese's lastname - the artists lives in new York
GAME ART
Mónica Jacobo is an Argentinian artist working with videogames, especially first-person shooters. Visual artist and graphic designer, Jacobo has been exploring the porous boundaries between reality and simulation since the mid-Nineties. Here are three artworks by Jacobo that I find particularly fascinating: Portales (2008-2007) A series of game-related photograps that
EVENT
Damiano Colacito, live performance, 2008Damiano Colacito is one of the most prolific and interesting artists working with videogames today. His remediations of first-person shooters like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom have been exhibited all over the world, and deservely so. Damiano loves to surprise the viewers by introducing videogame objects and
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PLAY STATION An exhibition about games, videogames and art curated by Valerio Dehò @ Kunstmeranoarte, Merano BZ, Italy April 24 2009 - June 21, Merano. PLAY STATION presents works by contemporary artists that deal with Renaissance period games (Thomas Feuerstein), with ordinary mechanical traditions (Francesco Bocchini), with the metaphors of science