PIXEL ART - GameScenes (Page 2)

GLITCH

Game Art: Raquel Meyers + Goto80's "2SLEEP1" (2011)

"2SLEEP1 is a 66-minute playlist of a/v performances in text mode, designed for sleep. By Raquel Meyers andGoto80. Both the music interface and the graphics are built up from text symbols. This means that the (graphical) objects can work together with the (musical) instructions, on a visual level.

GAME ART

Game Art: Laura Bifano's "Menagerie" (2011)

'Menagerie" is a series of 10 polygonal animal paintings inspired by my love of nature and classic video games." (Laura Bifano) Link: Laura Bifano Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

MUSIC

Game Art: Ryan Ashford's "Obsolete" (2011)

"Obsolete is a collective of musicians and artists bringing new life to obsolete gaming technologies through music. They host monthly events in the downtown Los Angeles area. To learn more about them, visit obsolete.fm" Link: Obsolete Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

ART GAME

Art Game: Pippin Barr's "The Artist is Present" (2011)

Pippin Barr, The Artist is Present, interactive game, 2011 "Are games art?! This one definitely is! The Artist is Present is a Sierra-style recreation of the famed performance piece of the same name by artist Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Have the

ART GAME

Show: Jonathan Bilski killer coverage of Super IAM8BIT

Bummer! I missed one of the hottest shows of the Summer: Super IAM8BIT! Luckily, Thinks to do in LA' Jonathan Bilski has covered the event with his usual gusto. Not to be missed: The Warp Zone Bathroom (priceless) And here's an orgy of retro-pixel porn and Game

ART GAME

Game Art: Rafael MSP's "ATARI ENDURO RACING 2011" (2011)

"Utilizando materias alternativos, reaproveitados e diversas técnicas construtivas, foi criado uma peça que une o low-tech de um game clássico do atari com o hi-tech da interatividade, criando assim um diálogo entre o passado e o futuro, o real e o virtual e o primitivo e o tecnológico."

PIXEL ART

Game Art: "La guerre des Post-it" aka pixel art meets post-it (via The Guardian)

Images from NPR/postitwar.com" Hostilities were first engaged on the gleaming facades of Montreuil office park, east of Paris, home to gaming giant Ubisoft and BNP-Paribas bank's IT systems. The conflict has since spread to the business district of La Défense, and to the equally besuited

EVENT

Event: 8-Bit Champions (La Flaq gallery, Paris, France, Sept 15v 2011)

8-Bit Champion @ La Flaq Gallery (36 rue Quincampoix, 75004) Opening: September 15th 2011 8-Bit Champions is produced & curated by CHOGRIN and Thomas Olivri. Official poster by Glen Brogan. Link: The Autumn Society Sumbitted by Matteo Bittanti

GAME ART

Game Art: Benjamin Gaulon's "AbstracTris" (2011)

"AbstracTris is a LoTech generative pixel art device. The pixel are directly controlled by applying voltage to the side pins of the GameBoy LCD screen." (Benjamin Gaulon) Link: Benjamin Gaulon Related: RES, Made to Break Submitted by Matteo Bittanti

EVENT

Game Art: Aled Lewis' Game Art mash-ups (2011)

Aled Lewis, Divine Intervention, Limited edition of 60 signed and numbers prints. Archival quality giclée prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright White (310gsm). Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (1987) - and Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper', 2011 (link) Aled Lewis, Just Another

EVENT

Event: Shinji Murakami's solo show, Hamburgers (August 6 - 31 2011, Supercore, Brooklyn, NY)

Shinji Murakami - Hamburgers, opens August 6th, closes August 31st, 6pm, 2011 Opening Reception with FREE Hamburger, Saturday August 6th, 7pm - 10pm Cafe SUPERCORE, 305 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone 718-302-1629 "The show brings you new paintings and sculptures in the shape of the Hamburger, a selection

PIXEL ART

Game Art: q_qq_qqq's abstractions (2011)

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