ANIMATION
The 2020 edition of the MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL will be followed by the release of a printed bilingual (English and Italian) publication later this year featuring critical contributions on the state of machinima. The book/catalog will be edited by Matteo Bittanti and Gemma Fantacci. Contributors do not necessarily need
ANIMATION
We are delighted to announce the full program of the 2020 MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL. The event takes place between March 09-13 2020 at IULM University in two separate locations: the Contemporary Exhibition Hall and the Sala dei 146, both located in the IULM Open Space building. Both venues are open
3D ANIMATION
A collaborative project between artists Carson Lynn and Grace Grothau, Parched Earth examines the ecological tensions embedded in contemporary video games. As Carson writes: Both artists have dealt with global warming in their respective practices, so they sought out to create a speculative fiction film depicting a dystopian future where
ART GAME
Now Play This 2020 – Open Call Now Play This is returning to Somerset House in London from April 3rd – 5th as part of London Games Festival. Ahead of this year’s festival we’re once again opening up a call for playful makers and creators to tell us about their
ART GAME
Juan Obando, Pro Revolution Soccer, 2019Game Changers: Video Games & Contemporary Art February 22 to April 19 2020 Free entryMassArt Museum (MAAM) Sandra & David Bakalar Gallery Free and open to the public621 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 United States Curated by Darci Hanna, this group exhibition explores artists working
FILM
The theme of the 2020 MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is The Weird, the Eerie, and the Unreal. Inspired by Mark Fisher’s last book, The Weird and the Eerie (2017), the theme tries to capture the essence of machinima, like the previous two, Aesthetics of game-based cinema (2018) and Uncanny (2019)
3D ANIMATION
Heads up! A MAZE. just launched a call for submission which may be of interest to you all:Ok. First of all, you probably already know that A MAZE. 9th International Games and Playful Media Festival takes place in Berlin from April 22-25, 2020, in Berlin, Germany.Now, the organizers
GAME ART
Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf), Featherfall, 2019 4 channel video installation (loop) + audio, loudspeaker Several scholars have compared the logic of video games to dreams (rather than movies or novels) to explain their peculiar nature: Alfie Bown comes to mind (see The PlayStation Dreamworld). Total Refusal explored
GAME ART
Eddie Lohmeyer, Scrolling Landscape in 34 NES Games, digital video/machinima, color, 1' 58", 2019 Eddie Lohmeyer's Scrolling Landscape in 34 NES Games (2019) is an experimental glitch video exploring the relationship among nostalgia and our perception of technologically mediated landscapes, created by "appropriating footage