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Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Cy Twombly), machinima, playable car, 2012 The third car in the ongoing CARJACKED project was developed by Cy Twombly's avatars "In 1971,BMW asked Twombly to decorate a lush 3.0 CLS BMW as part of the German carmaker initiative, Art Cars. The
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Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Piet Mondrian), machinima, playable car, 2012 The second car in the ongoing CARJACKED project, created by Piet Mondrian's avatars. "Piet Mondrian’s “Composition 10” (1939-1942) is the main inspiration behind Coll.eo’s second digital BMW Art Car. In an act of creative
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Sophie Kahn, 04302011 "Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art is the third iteration of a media festival started by UNR Professor and media artist, Joseph DeLappe. Prospectives is a unique event in that it is focused entirely on pre-professional artists – highlighting an international selection of work by graduate
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Coll.eo, CARJACKED (After Jackson Pollock), machinima, playable car, 2012. "CARJACKED is a set of digital BMW cars created with the Livery editor of Forza Motorsport 4 (Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios, 2011, Xbox 360) by Coll.eo. These cars are the digital counterparts of the ongoing BMW
DOCUMENTARY
This is the video recording of the discussion with Chris Solarski, game designer Robin Hunicke, and Stanford University lecturer Henry Lowood moderated by artist and professor Eddo Stern that took place at SwissNex in San Francisco on September 20 2012. LINK: From Michelangelo to Mario Kart Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
EVENT
"An exciting, collaborative event from the Art and Computer Science Departments! This panel discussion on Art, Games, & History will include Mary Flanagan, Brenda Laurel, Susan Laxton, and Kate O'Riordan. Gameplay and reception following." (UC Santa Cruz)When: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 2:00pm -
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Nocturne is a walkthrough of a level built from scratch as the final project for a game audio class by New York artist Trevor Murray. As he explains on his blog, "Each stone plinth has an associated musical layer, which the player unlocks by lighting a fire atop the
FILM
Phil Solomon; Empire, 2008-2012. HD video, 48 minutes One of the most exciting Game Art events of the Fall: Phil Solomon's screening of Empire (2008-2012) at the New York Film Festival in the Free Views from the Avant-Garde section. Solomon will be on the scene to present and
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Super Totto, Summer Keys 2011SuperTotto, Pac Man Crime Scene, 2010SuperTotto, Frog Crash, 2010 Totto Reina aka Super Totto is Italy's premiere pixel artist. His 2010 series recreates famous vintage games (Pac-Man, Pong, Frogger and more) in charming isometric style. A must see. "May the pixel be with
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colleo, 2012 Online performance, documented with screenshots "For this performance, we purchased 5000+ Twitter followers for Twitter account @colleoproject via FanMeNow.com, a website that creates fictitious followers. Such followers are “fictitious” in the sense that, according to FanMeNow, “[A]re NOT real. Most of them may appear to
BOOK
PLAYERS is one of the best Italian game magazines available period. It is my personal favorite because it's 100% independent, it is written by people who truly love visual culture in general and video games in particular. To celebrate its second anniversary, PLAYERS has just released a special
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Another brilliant game installation from Parisian artists Dekalko & DJEFF's, Mine Vectrex Storm. This detournement of the Vectrex by MB is "an enhanced version of the game" that shipped with the console. LINK: DJEFF & DeKalko Submitted by Matteo Bittanti