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WARNING: this video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised. Babak Ahteshamipour’s third machinima in the ongoing series accompanying the release of Violent Violins Exposed is a shocking assault on the senses. The artist statement is below: "The Cryptic Eclipse of an
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Light Study digital video (1280 x 720), color, sound, 28’ 32”, 2015, Brazil created by Fernando Pereira Gomes In Light Study, a male avatar from Grand Theft Auto V stands unwavering, gazing into the camera for nearly thirty minutes as weather and light conditions shift subtly yet continuously, painting the
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Installation View, Ed Fornieles, Inside Out 2, Carlos/Ishikawa, 2024Image © Ed Fornieles, courtesy Carlos/Ishikawa, London. Photographer: Damian GriffithsInstallation View, Ed Fornieles, Inside Out 2, Carlos/Ishikawa, 2024Image © Ed Fornieles, courtesy Carlos/Ishikawa, London. Photographer: Damian Griffiths Recently presented at Carlos/Ishikawa gallery in London between May 23 – July 6,
CARTOGRAPHY
Ádám Varga's oeuvre represents a compelling convergence of video game aesthetics and contemporary art, skillfully navigating the realms of digital image manipulation, appropriation, and transformation. In his 2019 publication 1.5:10, Varga engages in a dialogue between the reproducibility of painting and the formal lexicon of video
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FILE 2024: QUBIT AI July 3 - August 25 2024 Centro Cultural FIESP Avenida Paulista, 1313 Em frente a estação Trianon-Masp do Metrô Bela Vista, São Paulo - SP, 01311-200, Brazil In the heart of São Paulo, at the FIESP Cultural Center, the FILE 2024 festival unfurls a groundbreaking intersection
EVENT
IP YUK-YIU'S LEVEL 66 - THE ARCADE PROJECT The Box Freespace West Kowloon Cultural District 18 Museum Drive Kowloon, Hong Kong Ip Yuk-yiu’s latest venture, LEVEL 66 – The Arcade Project, transforms The Box into an immersive theatre experience where the boundaries between gameplay and performance blur seamlessly.
GAMIFICATION
Ben Werther’s debut exhibition at No Gallery (105 Henry St. #4 NYC NY), "When you can no longer speak, sing me a song," offers a compelling fusion of reality and fiction, underscored by a visual style that strikingly resembles video game aesthetics. At first glance, his photographs
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Zhou Yan, Blind Field (video still),2022–2024, interactive video installation, real time, imagecourtesy of the artist and SPURS Gallery Zhou Yan, a Beijing-born artist with an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is renowned for his experimental approach, blending video installations, sculptures, paintings, and interactive
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Dancing Plague digital video (1920 x 800), color, sound, 6’ 29”, 2024, Switzerland/Italy created by 2girls1comp In Dancing Plague, a mod for Grand Theft Auto V, the game’s traditionally gendered choreography is subverted, forcing every male NPC to dance feverishly whenever the player holds the H key. This
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Safe Crackers Entertainment, CRUST SHMUP, 2023 Custom arcade cabinet on cinder blocks with customized controller and stool Software: CRUSH SHMUP 2023, 8 minutes, made in Unity 30 ¾ x 31 ½ x 20 ½ in / 78.11 x 80 x 52.07 cm Oliver Payne latest creation is titled CRUST SHMUP, an innovative
ACADEMIC COURSE
In this video, Marco De Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti introduce The Photographer's Guide to Los Santos, an online companion to the eponymous exhibition which took place in the context of Fotofestival Lenzburg between May 22 and June 23 2024 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. The Photographer’s Guide to Los
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Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’helgoualc’h Marlowe Drive digital video, sound, color, 34’, 2017, France vral.org In Marlowe Drive, an avatar named Adam Kesher embarks on an unconventional journey through Los Santos, a meticulously rendered virtual replica of Los Angeles in Grand Theft Auto V. Adam is