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Who Did It Better in In-Game Photography Finissage Event of How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play with Marco de Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti October 9 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 Fotomuseum Winterthur Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45 CH – 8400 Winterthur +41 52 234 10 60 info@fotomuseum.ch As
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Pascal Greco, Place(s), Chambre Noire, 2021, book cover. Swiss-Italian photographer Pascal Greco examines the changing notion of place, space, and travel in the age of video games and lockdowns. His latest project, Place(s) is an investigation of the photographic potential of a video game’s landscapes through the
ART GAME
Chinese artist Cao Shu's Roam Simulator (2021) mixes in game photography, autobiography and Jameson's cognitive mapping. A video game set in an abandoned Chinese desert town, Roam Simulator allow players to interact with the world using four buttons — birth, wake, fall, and recall. Pressing the '
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Uh, uh this is going to be very interesting. I'm thinking San Andreas Deer Cam with a robo-cam. Screen Walk with GTA V Photographer Bot: Wednesday, 28 July, 2021, 6 pm UK time / 7 pm CET The event will be livestreamed directly on screen walks.com. In the
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Fotomuseum Winterthur new exhibition How to Win at Photography's online supplement is not a replica of the in situ exhibition, but rather an archive of information related to all-things-playful-image-making. It will grow, so keep an eye on it. LINK : How to Win at Photography Online Supplement
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How to Win at Photography - Image-Making as Play June 5 - October 10 2021 Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland Curated by Marco de Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti official site How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play explores the relationship between photography and play. It investigates the notion of image play,
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In 1987, Italian photographer Fabio Ponzio embarked on a photographic odyssey across Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. He began his journey in Istanbul, Turkey and later made his way through Romania, Hungary, and other countries, equipped with a Leica, three Nikons and 100 rolls of film, as the
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Participatory Worlds was launched in 2020 thanks to an effort by Bournemouth University in the UK and supported by Arts Council England. The project is led by José Blázquez. "This project investigates three creative practices (‘machinima’, in-game photography and gamics) performed by audience members, normally end-users, which make use
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Excellent essay on the practice of in-game photography by EuroThug4000. LINK : EuroThug4000
MAGAZINE
Essential piece on art, video games and photography by Gideon Jacobs on the February 2021 issue of ARTFORUM. A key passage: But it’s possible that a better approach to the issue removes technology from the equation entirely. Instead of Hershel, we might refer to the pragmatic definition offered by
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Milan based photographer Federica Sasso documents the relationship between gaming, self- representation and body language. Federica Sasso is a photographer whose work gives an intimate look to themes related with adolescence and femininity. She attended the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia before being recipient of a one-year scholarship for an artistic