GAME ART - GameScenes (Page 6)

DOCUMENTARY

DOC: Spencer McCall's "The Institute" (2013)

Spencer McCall's new documentary opens on October 4, 2013 in San Francisco @ Roxie Cinema (3117 16th St., SF) "David Fincher's 1997 action-oriented drama, The Game, imagined a world-for-hire where acting and real-life were indistinguishable. Spencer McCall's documentary about the Jejune Institute, an alternate-reality

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Art Game: Paul Steen's "LOST" (in progress)

A preview of Paul Steen's new project. LOST is a "procedurally generated city made up of buildings abandoned due to different economic shifts. The result of 5 years of photographing abandoned places all over Europe, and learning to use 3d tools." (Steen). Digital ruin porn. This

ESSAY

Essay: Thomas Apperley's "The body of the gamer: game art and gestural excess" (2013)

A new intringuing essay from scholar Thomas Apperley, "The body of the gamer: game art and gestural excess" was recently published on Digital Creativity. Sadly, the article is hidden behind a paywall. Or maybe not! Download Dc_apperley Abstract: " Where is the body of the gamer in

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Game Art: Totto Renna's "Arcade Cabinet" (2013)

Totto Renna, Arcade Cabinet, 2013 Climbing the gaming ladder. LINK : Totto Renna Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

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Game Art: Totto Renna's "Gameboy" (2013)

Totto Renna, Gameboy, 2013 Do videogames receive a first-world health-care assistance? Not in the United States, where neo-liberalism has created a darwinian, video-game like society. Enjoy the ultimate "meritocracy". This poor Gameboy has no health insurance and it will die. Soon. Oh, well. LINK : Totto Renna Submitted by

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Game Art: Totto Renna's "Joystick" (2013)

Totto Renna, Joystick, 2013 Digital gaming is a pagan cult, according to Italian artist Totto Renna aka Super Totto. LINK: Totto Renna Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

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Game Art: Nicholas Tilly's "Devant l'appareil enregistreur" (2013)

Photo (c) Fanny Candelaere Devant l'appareil enregistreur (Before the recording device ) is the title of Nicolas Tilly's latest performance focusing on facial architecture, motion scanning, simulation, and art as byproducts of digital gaming. For this project, the artist is wearing a paper mask made of 240

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Event: GAMERZ #9 (October 10-20 2013, Aix-en-Provence, France)

The ninth edition of one of the world's best Game Art festivals will take place, once again, in beautiful Aix-en-Provence. More than 50 international artists will be exhibiting their works in five different locations: Donald Abad - Ewen Chardronnet - Renaud Bézy - Thomas Cimolaï - Colsonwood -

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Game Art: Michal Rohal's "Silence Box" (2012-2013)

Michal Rohal, a student at the Department of Visual Arts and Intermedia (FUTU, KVUaI), Nu-Media Atelier in Kosice, is the author of this ingenous virtual sound installation/game. Silent Box was exhibited @ MOS /Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Krakow in 2013.LINK: Michal RohalSubmitted by Matteo Bittanti

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Game Art: Michaela Davies' "Game On" (2013)

This amazing performance features real human beings as they fight for their life in combat-game simulation, Game On. The last artist who did something as daring, creative, and bold was Eddo Stern, in 2001. As Australian artist Michaela Davies writes: " Game On uses electric muscle stimulation (EMS) to control

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Game Art: Kent Sheely's "READY FOR ACTION - Grid Version" (2013)

Kent Sheeley's "READY FOR ACTION" puts "video game characters at the mercy of public transportation."In all cases, the soundtrack of the original game(s) (True Crime, Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and many more) has been blended with audio captured while waiting for

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Game Art: Coll.eo's "FOLLOWING BIT" (2013)

Following Bit, 2013 (Images courtesy of Coll.eo) FOLLOWING BIT is a new project by Coll.eo. "I wanted to be involved with the making of some kind of parallel world. [...] The way I thought of pieces like Following Piece was, there’s a city out there. I attend