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A new intringuing essay from scholar Thomas Apperley, "The body of the gamer: game art and gestural excess" was recently published on Digital Creativity. Sadly, the article is hidden behind a paywall. Or maybe not! Download Dc_apperley Abstract: " Where is the body of the gamer in
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Forget next gen consoles: the Oculus Rift has a tremendous Game Art potential as this demo clearly demonstrates. Or not. Early adopters of new tech - namely pornographers and the American Apparel marketing department - will definitely take advantage of this new tool. Image via Lee Perry-Smith "Combining 3D scans
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Totto Renna, Arcade Cabinet, 2013 Climbing the gaming ladder. LINK : Totto Renna Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Totto Renna, Gameboy, 2013 Do videogames receive a first-world health-care assistance? Not in the United States, where neo-liberalism has created a darwinian, video-game like society. Enjoy the ultimate "meritocracy". This poor Gameboy has no health insurance and it will die. Soon. Oh, well. LINK
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Totto Renna, Joystick, 2013 Digital gaming is a pagan cult, according to Italian artist Totto Renna aka Super Totto. LINK: Totto Renna Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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Photo (c) Fanny Candelaere Devant l'appareil enregistreur (Before the recording device ) is the title of Nicolas Tilly's latest performance focusing on facial architecture, motion scanning, simulation, and art as byproducts of digital gaming. For this project, the artist is wearing a paper mask made of 240
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The ninth edition of one of the world's best Game Art festivals will take place, once again, in beautiful Aix-en-Provence. More than 50 international artists will be exhibiting their works in five different locations: Donald Abad - Ewen Chardronnet - Renaud Bézy - Thomas Cimolaï - Colsonwood - Paul Destieu – Collectif
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Michal Rohal, a student at the Department of Visual Arts and Intermedia (FUTU, KVUaI), Nu-Media Atelier in Kosice, is the author of this ingenous virtual sound installation/game. Silent Box was exhibited @ MOS /Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Krakow in 2013.LINK: Michal RohalSubmitted by Matteo Bittanti
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This amazing performance features real human beings as they fight for their life in combat-game simulation, Game On. The last artist who did something as daring, creative, and bold was Eddo Stern, in 2001. As Australian artist Michaela Davies writes: " Game On uses electric muscle stimulation (EMS) to
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Kent Sheeley's "READY FOR ACTION" puts "video game characters at the mercy of public transportation."In all cases, the soundtrack of the original game(s) (True Crime, Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and many more) has been blended with audio captured while waiting for
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Following Bit, 2013 (Images courtesy of Coll.eo) FOLLOWING BIT is a new project by Coll.eo. "I wanted to be involved with the making of some kind of parallel world. [...] The way I thought of pieces like Following Piece was, there’s a city out there. I attend
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A new groundbreaking series from Jeremy Couillard: One Minute Movies. Jeremy Couillard (b. 1980, Livonia, Michigan) is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Michigan State University (B.A., 2004) and Columbia University (M.F.A., 2012), Couillard has created a series of acrylic paintings, kinetic sculptures,