GAME ART
I rarely feature vernacular machinima on this site. Not because I don't find it interesting, but because fandom operates on a completely different register than video art/contemporary art. Nonetheless, tomayto_tomato's appropriation of the ultra-violent game Arma 3 to create a contemplative, ruminative visual experience
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Kerich's DKS is one of my favorite projects of the year. It's a cross between Arman and Ant Farm, in a digital space. Phenomenal: "This project, inspired by the YouTube series Car Boys, involved the creation and destruction of kinetic sculptures in the driving game
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ART GAMES DEMOS #4PERFORMANCES LIVE / DEMOS DE JEUX / BAR / DJ SET / CONFÉRENCES Qu’est-ce que les artistes d’œuvres ou de jeux vidéo ont à nous dire sur la frontière, la migration ? Entre projections, performances live, démonstrations de jeux, prototypes ou installations, Art Games Demos propose à des artistes émergents
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It doesn’t take long to find new targetsPrivate view: 7th December, 6-9pm8th - 16th December 2017The Take Courage Gallery388 New Cross Rd, London SE14 6TYCurated by Bob Bicknell-Knight An exhibition examining the constructed worlds that we choose to inhabit online, the power of video games as an interactive medium,
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Tash Tully is a third year Illustration student at the University of Brighton, UK. She's also a talented machinimaker. Her short video Absence created with/within Grand Theft Auto V, is incredibly touching. A meditation of loneliness and anomie inspired by a quote from Theodore Roosevelt ("Absence
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The Mythic Being in Liberty City, the fourth in a series by CONCRETE PRESS dedicated to COLL.EO's Grand Theft Auto IV interventions, is now available in a limited edition of 99 copies. The book features 144 pages of text, illustrations in B&W and color, many
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The fifth edition of Game On! will take place at the Cultural Center of Science in Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 9 until the 17. The exhibition features 30 artworks from 23 different countries including Argentina, France, Portugal, United States, Scotland, Brazil, England, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Poland, Israel, Switzerland and
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Vdrome is showing David Blandy's stunning video Child of the Atom until December 7, 2017. Click on the image to watch it now. And don't miss the interview with Nick Curries. Here's an excerpt: This screening is related to Blandy's solo show
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A fascinating research by Patrick Le Mieux becomes a video essay that rewrites the history of Game Art: "In didactic texts, artist talks, personal websites, and private interviews Cory Arcangel describes Super Mario Clouds as “an old Mario Brothers cartridge which I modified to erase everything but the clouds.
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Grand Theft Auto meets Dennis Cooper, a well known video game fan (check out his astounding 2005 novel God Jr.). And let's not forget Kanye West's Bound 2. On display at the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, California (Nov 14 2017). LINK : Matthew Doyle
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An exhibition curated by Matteo BittantiPart of the 2017 UCLA GAME FESTIVALNovember 14, 2017Hammer Museum, The Lab10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 This exhibition focuses on the practice of reenacting, restaging, and replaying seminal artistic performances in/with video games by contemporary artist. The show features six international artists
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UCLA Game Art Festival returns with exciting, eclectic collection of games and game art One night only! Tuesday, November 14, 7-10 p.m. @ the Hammer Museum Festival to feature more than 50 playable exhibits Videogames, tournaments, live performances, board games, screenings, and more! Los Angeles, CA – Now in its fifth