GAME ART
Game Art: Rewell Altunaga's "Psychedelic War" (2014)
An excerpt from Rewell Altunaga's new machinima, Psychedelic War. LINK: Rewell Altunaga Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
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VIDEO
Video: Veiview's "Pleasure Sandbox" (2014)
More post-human VR pornography from Veiview. This reminds me of Made in Heaven, Jeff Koons' series of billboards with Ilona Staler. Just a different decade (or maybe not, our collective imaginary is still stuck in the '90s) and a different medium. Developed with Unity for the Oculus Rift,
GAME ART
Game Art: BOT LIVES IV: GTA PORTRAITS (2014)
With his ongoing BOT LIVES IV series, multimedia artist Iñigo Benito Molinero (b. 1987) aka Bonifacio explores the behavior of NPCs in Grand Theft Auto. This video was presented at the 2014 edition of NOKODEK festival. Bonifacio lives and works in Valencia, Spain, where he obtained an MFA (2012) in
3D ANIMATION
Game Art: Benjamin Meadows' "Hidden Voices: Homeless DonkeyKong" (2014)
Hidden Voices: Homeless DonkeyKong is an animated video produced by Benjamin Meadows at Salford University to be installed in the Wigan town center. Inspired by Nintendo's Donkey Kong, this community arts project was developed in collaboration with several homeless groups within Wigan. As Meadows explains, "Over the
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Event: Impakt Festival 2014 (October 29–November 2, 2014, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Impakt Festival 2014 October 29–November 2, 2014 Utrecht, The Netherlands Titled Soft Machines: Where the Optimized Human Meets Artificial Empathy, the The 25th edition of Imparkt features several Game Art events and screenings, including works from Brody Condon, Benjamin Nuel, and Jon Rafman. In addition to the curated program
EVENT
Event: Le Salon Ludique (October 16, 2014, Montreal, Canada)
Salon Ludique 1: SoundscapesOctober 16th. 7pm. $5.@Espace Fibre 2665, rue Augustin-Cantin, 2nd FloorMontreal (QC) H3K 3L12RVSPA brand new initiative from curator and critic skot deeming aka mrghosty, Le Salon Ludique is an interdisciplinary salon series at Espace Fibre, in Montreal, Canada, ready for its debut.The series is co-curated
ART GAME
Event: GAME ART IN THE KNOWABLE SPACE (November 7, New York)
GAME ART IN THE KNOWABLE SPACE curated by Chris Burke@ CultureHub47 Great Jones StNew York, NY 10012November 7, 7pm$10 General Ticket$5 Artists and StudentsRSVP "The aesthetics of video games are rerouted to create works of art, music, and cinema that subvert game mechanics and the experience of
ART GAME
Event: "The Queerness and Games Conference 2014" (October 25-26, Berkeley, California)
The Queerness and Games Conference October 25-26, 2014South Hall, UC BerkeleyFree and Open to the Public; registration required "QGCon is an annual, one-of-a-kind event where game developers, scholars, and activists explore the intersection of LGBTQ issues and video games. Sessions are dynamic and creative. They include keynotes, panels, workshops,
DOCUMENTARY
Video: //////////fur////'s making of NO PAIN, NO GAME exhibition
An extraordinary document: //////////fur////'s making of video of their first solo show, NO PAIN, NO GAME which features milestones of Game Art like PainStation (2001), //////////fur////, Painstation, interactive game, 2001 ////furminator (2001) //////////fur////, ////furminator, , interactive game, 2001 SoundSlam (2002) //////////fur////, Soundslam, highly resposinve punching bag, 2002 His Master&
DANCE
Event: Video Game Suite (October 23, 2014, Stanford University)
Video Game SuiteThursday, October 23, 2014, 7:00 pmStanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, California "Video Game Suite is an evening of three short "pop up" dance pieces on the theme of video games created by Bay Area choreographers and staged informally in an art gallery setting.
EVENT
Event: tilt/SHIFT (September 18 - October 8, 2014, Monmouth, Oregon)
* * * tilt/SHIFT. A NEW MULTI-MEDIA EXHIBITSeptember 18 - October 8, 2014 Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 1, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.Dan and Gail Cannon Gallery of Art345 N. Monmouth Ave.Monmouth, Oregon 97361From the press release:"In the summer of 2014, the Cannon Gallery of Art
ART GAME
Stephanie Boluk, Patrick LeMieux, and Daniel Tankersley's "Pinball Wizard" (2014)
Another brilliant project by Patrick LeMeiux (an artist and game designer from Duke University), Stephanie Boluk (a scholar and media theorist from Pratt Institute) and Daniel Tankersley (an artist on faculty at Western Oregon University), Pinball Wizard pays homage to pinball machines with a self-playing modded installation that features an