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EVENT

Event: Atopic Machinima Film Festival 2011 (Paris, Novembre 14-15 and 17 2011)

JURY ATOPIC FESTIVAL 2011 Simon Bachelier, chargé de mission jeu vidéo de la Cité des sciences, Alexis Blanchet, Docteur en Études Cinématographiques, Chercheur à l’OMNSH, Matteo Bittanti, Professor in the Visual Studies program at CCA, San Francisco and Oakland, California Laurent Checola, Journa- liste nouvelles technologies au Monde.fr,

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Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) V" (2011)

Baden Pailthorpe, "Formation (difference and repetition) V, digital video, 2011 "Made using an Afghanistan-based video game, Baden Pailthorpe’s 'Formation' series, explores the aesthetics and dynamics of opposition. In the work, two opposing forces of US soldiers and Taliban combatants follow invisible waypoints side-by-side. Oblivious to

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Game Art: Chris Howlett's "Metropolis I-II-III" (2009-2011)

Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Installation detail, Photographed by Carl Warner (via: Chris Howlett) "Metropolis I, II & III" uses the game SimCity Societies to construct three imaginary and psychological zones in order to create a meditative space for reflection, seduction and poetic, apocalyptic reverie. Abstraction,

GAME ART

Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Untitled" (2011)

Baden Pailthorpe's "Untitled", 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe Related Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

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Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) III", 2011

Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) III", 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe Related Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

DOCUMENTARY

Game Art: Jon Rafman's "Code of Honor" (2011)

Link: Jon Rafman Link: A conversation on Rhizome Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

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Game Art: Tutsy Navarathna's "Welcome to the Other Side " MachinimUWA IV"" (2011)

Link: TutsyNavarathna Submitted by Matteo Bittanti (via New World Notes)

GAME ART

Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) II" (2011)

Baden Pailthorpe, "Formation (difference and repetition) II", digital video, 2011 I find Pailthorpe's series fascinating and mesmerizing. These works defy easy classifications. To fully appreciate their uncanny nature, one must watch these videos several times, or maybe just once. They are both intense and light, simple

GAME ART

Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Battle" (2011)

Baden Pailthorpe, Battle, digital video, 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe related: Untitled (2010); Rockets (after Roman Signer), (2010); Other 2.0 (2009); Glitching(2009-2010) Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

GAME ART

Game Art: Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition)" (2011)

Baden Pailthorpe, Formation (difference and repetition), digital video, 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe related: Untitled (2010); Rockets (after Roman Signer), (2010); Other 2.0 (2009); Glitching (2009-2010) Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

FILM

Game Art: John Bruneau's "Not a Hero (in the traditional sense)" (2007)

"Dave embodies the fantasy of the banal. He lives in a world of paperwork and office politics not demon slaying and magic. Dave is the fantasy character's fantasy. He doesn't have to worry about warring factions or situations of life and death. Like many Americans,

GAME ART

Game Art: Tutsy Navarantha's "A Journey Into the Metaverse" (2011)

Link: Tutsy Navarantha Submitted by Matteo Bittanti