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Anita Fontaine's new project is a "Looping video portrait of a family made inside videogame: The Sims". The first two episodes, DAD and DAUGHTER are available. In the former, "a failed rockstar has broken into the neighbors apartment to steal soda and watch TV as
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OPERAcraft is a brilliant project, developed by Ariana Wyatt; Tracy Cowden; Kelly Parkes; Katie Dredger; Ivica Ico Bukvic, Assistant Professor of Music in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech, IMPACT Studio Head: "In December 2013, a group of Virginia Tech students along with local K-12
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Curated by Isabelle Arvers, MACHINGLITCH is a killer screening of machinima works that will take place during the 2014 edition of VECTOR: GAME + ART CONVERGENCE. Full list of artists: Jupiter and Beyond the Blocks – Félicien Goguey & Benjamin Bartholet Machinhuma – Edouard Taufenbach Bitsplit – Florian Dieude Metropolis – Chris Hawlett Prepare to
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A new machinima trilogy by Victor Morales, inspired by Sidney Lumet's Network (1976). The first episode is now available, featuring a soundtrack by Pal Asle Andersen. LINK : Victor Morales related Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Vim Pickens probes the... "[U]sefulness of terms like "experimental" or "avant-garde" in an age where the new is sought after in digital media as it develops every five minutes. So here are surreal, abstract, romantic, cynical, humorous, dissenting, obscure, oneiric, satiric machinima and film
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A new work from the creator of Chastisty. An experiment in world building. LINK : Angela Washko Related Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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iam8bit 2147 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 Jon M. Gibson and Amanda White of the mighty iam8bit gallery in Los Angeles, are organizing the Second annual Machinima Interactive Film Festival (MIFF). And they promise to revolutionize the "sit & watch" format, by offering attendees the opportunity
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GameScenes is conducting a series of interviews with artists, critics, curators, and gallery owners operating in the field of Game Art, as part of an ongoing investigation of the social history of this artworld. Our goal is to illustrate the genesis and evolution of a phenomenon that changed the way
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In case you were wondering how Damien got his shark. LINK : Georgie Roxby Smith RELATED : Interview Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Titled PLAY THE AESTHETICS, the latest issue of academic journal COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI (Social Communications, published by University of the Sacred Heart's imprint, Vita & Pensiero in Italy) features several contributions of Italian scholars focusing on the interplay between art and digital games. My essay - "Machinima As
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In his machinima trilogy, Sebastian Blank explores the relationship between art and society. "It's not about what art can do for society, it's about what society can do for art."(Sebastian Blank) A Dialogue between Art and Society I (top video) is about the
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Artwork: Modded version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Play as performance artist, architect, writer and philosopher Vito Acconci (b. 1940). Documentation: six videos of approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds of gameplay footage from Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games, 2008). Soundtrack: audio excerpt from Vito Acconci/Acconci Studio: Interiors.