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Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, FF Gaiden: Alternative (Preview), 2016, HD Digital Video. Commissioned by Tyneside Cinema. Supported by Arts Council England Inspired by the writings of political philosopher Frantz Fanon, Finding Fanon Gaiden: Alternative is currently on show at The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, United
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Anita Fontaine’s radical creations intersect art, fashion, advertising and technology. Celebrated as an artist, director and creative director, her work straddles virtual dimensions that verge on beauty and experimentation. Her future forward vision and hyper real aesthetic have evolved into a recognized brand, making her a favorite collaborator of
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Oscar Nodal, Through the Crumbling South Island, 2015 As part of the collateral events series of GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY , an exhibition about the intersection between video games and video art currently on display at Milan's IULM University, the curators are happy to announce the first presentation
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Anna Eyler's new artwork is just brilliant. "Evoking at once the nature documentary and peep show, How to Explain Love to a Tape Measure is a series of machinima vignettes featuring flexible, geometric forms interacting within the Second Life world." (Eyler) Anna Eyler (b. 1987) is
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David Borawski, burn out and erased by the first rain, digital video with sound, 2010Borawski shot this video in/with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This machinima illustrates the notion of "going around in circles". As the artist explains, "The virtual biker does an extended circular burn
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Kent Sheely continues his ethnographic investigation of weak social ties, mundane non-life, and daily rituals in videogames. Granted, waiting for public transportation in The Division does not seem particularly enticing. But what are the alternatives? The neoliberal exploitation of that anti-union monstrosity on wheels otherwise known as Uber? Calling your
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Video: Miltos Manetas, Editing and Subtitles: Mariacristina Maffeo This interview was specifically produced for GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY Miltos Manetas (b. 1964) is a Greek-born painter, conceptual artist and theorist whose work explores the representation and the aesthetics of the information society. Manetas is the Founder of the Art
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Kent Sheely, Ready for Action #10: The Division, 2016, machinima, 05' 31" American new media artist Kent Sheely has produced another video in the ongoing series Ready for Action. Emulating the style of CCTV footage and surveillance cameras, the artist uses several video games to create situations at
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One of the most interesting trends in machinima these days is contemplative, land-art inspired video work. Consider Ashley Blackman. To create Walking through my back garden, the artist explicitly mentions Richard Long' s practice of recording his walks... Richard Long, A Line Made by Walking 1967, source: TATE ... but
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GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY APRIL 4 – JULY 31, 2016 OPENING: APRIL 4, 2016 AT 6 PM OPEN SPACE CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION HALL, IULM VIA CARLO BO 7, 20143 MILAN, ITALY ARTISTS: LARRY ACHIAMPONG & DAVID BLANDY, REWELL ALTUNAGA, HUGO ARCIER, MARTA AZPARREN, JOSH BRICKER, JOSEPH DELAPPE, CLAIRE EVANS, CHRIS HOWLETT,
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A short video shot within Grand Theft Auto V by filmmaker and photographer Roland Spencer. LINK:Roland Spencer
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Juliana Riska, Epuisement, digital video/machinima, 3' 51", 2015 Behind this clever meditation on walls and wall decoration by Juliana Riska, a French architecture student, lies a deep critique of capitalism and the mass production of uniqueness that informs its ideology: Le mur, symbole d'un aboutissement