ART GAME
The 2020 edition of NOW PLAY THIS: A festival of experimental game design at Somerset House in London curated by Marie Foulston features all kinds of artworks looking at games that relate to a theme of ‘Breaking Point’. “Games are the aesthetic forms of systems, and we were looking at
GAME ART
Softcrash is part of an ongoing series made using BeamNg.drive, a video game known for its ability to produce realistic car crashes. By pushing the limits of the engine, Smith forces the game to visualize situations that would be impossible in the real world. The software often produces wild,
GAME ART
Machinima in quarantined times. SaveMe Oh is just one of the several virtual alter-egos created by Oscar Wagenmans, a Dutch theatre director and actor. An eclectic figure inside and outside the virtual space, Wagenmans began his career as an actor in 1983 performing with youth theatre groups, subsequently as
GAME ART
Eddie Lohmeyer, Scrolling Landscape in 34 NES Games #2, digital video/machinima, color, 8' 15", 2020 Eddie Lohmeyer's archeological approach to machinima is exemplified by his second installment on the congoing Scrolling Landscape series. A the artist writes: Scrolling Landscape in 34 NES Games #2 (2020)
GAME ART
An ironic take at deep existential concerns. Forty seconds shot with GTA V's Rockstar Editor. Antonio M. Abate is filmmaker and film critic based in Milan, Italy. LINK: Antonio M. Abate
CALL FOR ARTWORKS
Open Call: The Fields of Algorithms by David Blandy For poetic machinima lasting exactly one minute. Send in your One Minute video! Deadline 1 September 2020 theoneminutes.org/participate David Blandy is an artist working with pop-cultural spaces such as video games, tabletop RPGs and Twitch streams. He lives
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
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
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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