GAME ART
A tragic reminder - and an ironic visualization - of the ongoing art game diatribe. Federici's work for Amusement magazine (2010) could not be more more apropos. LINK : Raphael Federici Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
A killer new exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, featuring, among others, Eddo Stern: Full details are available here. Eddo Stern's piece, Moneymakingworkshop (2012) "addresses head-on the detachment that electronic games can create head-on". Intriguing. LINK : Gameroom Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
An impressive list of events and games o display is one of the many reasons not to miss the first edition of Playful Arts Festival in Hertogenbosch, Holland, a three day event that "stimulates the cross-over between different fields of play, interaction and design. Part festival part showcase it
GAME ART
Pauline Acalin, an artist from Costa Mesa, California, has paid a tribute to the 1983 Atari E.T. video game burial in a New Mexico landfill. The performance and resulting prints were shown at the 9-Bit Art Show at Yetee Gallery. Acalin's prints are on sale here. LINK
PERFORMANCE
In this 2011 project, French artist and founder of le negatif mag Ivi Top p investigates the notion of identity in the age of videogames. As he writes on his website: "The pursuit of ambiguity, few pixels, simple forms – opt for a minimalism of the virtual millenium we are
GAME ART
Tomaz Saraiva, Grand Theft Art Manchester City Stories, screengrabs from Half-Life 2 Mod, 2012 Fascinating project from Portuguese artist Tomaz Saraiva, Grand Theft Art Manchester City Stories: "The main purpose of this project is to create an alternative experience of the Manchester Art Gallery (MAG). Unlikemost virtual tours, this
GAME
A timeless classic from Aram Bartholl, installed @ [DAM] Berlin show ‘Meine Wunderkammer’. The installation consists of sand stone, 386DX40 PC, b/w screen, keyboard, floppy w/ Prince of Persia. Aram Bartholl Case Mod I 2004 LINK : Aram Bartholl Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Gustavo Argüello Peñaloza is a young Mexican artist whose pratice - sculpture - focuses on the intersection between videogames and the Fine Arts. His portfolio includes "Hola Mondu/Hello World" (below), a set of hands holding controllers of a console made of cardboard. Argüello Peñaloza is both fascinated
ESSAY
Alex Myers, artist and Assistant Professor and Program Director of Game Studies at Bellevue University. is sharing a creative remix of Roland Barthes seminal "The Death of the Author" essay. The piece, titled, The Death of the Player, "was modified to fit a game criticism context by
GAME ART
Rupert Jasen Smith, Pac-Man, Limited Edition Print Acrylic/Silkscreen, 1989 Pac-Man - Homnage to Andy Warhol was one of Rupert Jasen Smith's last works. He died of AIDS at the age of 37. LINK: Obituary Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
There is a long tradition, in Game Art, of transforming gameplay sessions into works of art. Lately, the trend has been accelerating and I have the feeling that in the next few years we will see an explosion of gameplay-driven art, i.e. artworks generated by turning in-game actions performed
EVENT
A must see: YoungProjects TERNAL A Two-Person Exhibition by Adriane Wachholz and Magnus Wallin Runs through Jan 11 2013 @Pacific Design Center #B230 8687 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069 "For her first solo show in the US Adriane Wachholz is presenting seven video-based installations that combine works-on-paper, photography