3D ANIMATION
REGRESSION 4 digital video 4096 x 1716 (4k Scope), color, sound (Stereo, -14LUFS; Stereo, -23LUFS), 13’ 51” (original), 2023, The Netherlands Created by Jordy Veenstra October 13 - 26 2023 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Three years have passed since the unveiling of Veenstra’s Regression 3, a machinima
GRAND THEFT AUTO
In recent months, the modding community has been abuzz with the groundbreaking work of the elusive collective known as 2girls1comp. They have redefined the practice of altering, customizing and reinventing Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), pushing the boundaries of what is possible at the crossroad of the avant-garde and
GAME
Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Rehearsal Single-channel video (color, sound, narrator: Mamusu Kallon), 14’ 19”, 2023, Palestine Created by Firas Shehadeh Originally commissioned by Singapore Art Museum Part of Shehadeh’s ongoing research into video games and Palestinian youth culture, Like An Event In A Dream
ART GAME
The rumors are true. The elusive collective 2girls1comp strikes back with a new mod for Grand Theft Auto V that makes the police read the player's rights - that is, Rockstar Games' End User License Agreement (EULA)- when their avatars are being actively sought by the
GAME ART
Developed by the elusive collective 2girls1comp - a tragic pun on the infamous 2girls1cup meme - "Every Thing" is a modification for Grand Theft Auto V "that sequentially spawns every object from the game's prop database until the program ultimately crashes under the weight of
3D ANIMATION
Ghost City originally, two-channel video installation, 22’ (loop), 2016, France hereby presented as a single channel video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 22’, 2023, France Created by Hugo Arcier WORLD PREMIERE Ghost City, an immersive installation inspired by Lucretius’s De rerum natura, blurs the boundaries between reality and virtuality,
3D ANIMATION
Open Systems 1_Open Worlds May 4–August 10, 2023 Curated by Duncan Bass curatorial textPress release Singapore Art Museum (SAM) launches Open Systems (OS), its first dedicated initiative exploring technology and virtual spaces as sites for exhibition and art production, focused on the examination of the impacts of contemporary
GAME ART
Yeltsin Penado, Portland Harbor, GTA 3 Mod, 2021 Yeltsin Penado, Yacht, GTA 3 Mod, 2021 GTA mods (2021) by Yeltsin Penado is "A series of interactive modifications made for Grand Theft Auto's 3D Universe. The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise has developed a theme and lore which
3D ANIMATION
Theo Triantafyllidis, Pastoral, 2019 Worldbuilding: Video Games And Art In The Digital Era Centre Pompidou-Metz 1 Parvis des Droits de l'Homme 57020 Metz France Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director at the Serpentine Gallery, London press release Certainly, this exhibit focuses on an activity worth reckoning with.
EVENT
GAME OVER One channel video (SD, 676x540), color, sound, 4’ 27”, 2002 Italy Created by Simonetta Fadda March 13 - April 13 2023 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Driving at night in the video game-like suburban French city of Enghien Les Bains can be an exciting or demoralizing experience,
GRAND THEFT AUTO
Glimpse into the surrealist universe of Julius Hofmann, a painter hailing from Göttingen, whose oeuvre encapsulates an unmistakable CGI finesse reminiscent of the pre-programmed, prescribed, predefined existence of genetic NPCs, that is, non-playable characters. Hofmann's geometrically abstracted forms invoke a sophisticated interplay of spatial depth, whilst his somber,
GAME ART
If you follow GameScenes, you probably know that I am fascinated by artists who paint video games, that is, incorporate game aesthetics, tropes, or interfaces, in their artworks. The canvas an an ersatz screen. Some paint screenshots, while other appropriate and recontextualize game motifs and other elements within their compositions.