GameScenes, originally a channel of videoludica.com dedicated to Game Art, is now a full-fledged blog edited by Matteo Bittanti.  Among the first entries are news related to Marco Bambilla, Miltos Manetas, Monica Jacobo, Damiano Colacito, and Celia Pearce’s project Ludica.  If you’re interested in collaborating, please

Riley Harmon’s latest installation (selected for his senior BFA exhibition”) “A Watermelon in the World” is a playful take on Counter-Strike. This original ‘contemporary hybrid artist’, whom I had the pleasure to interview a while ago, describes is new work in these terms

Founded in January, 2008, by Thorsten S. Wiedemann and Michael Liebe, A MAZE Festival “Celebrates the convergence of computer games and art. Computer games are based on more than new technologies, they present a way of life surpassing the basics of fun and gameplay”. The founders’ ambition is”to present and

Floating Points 6: Games of Culture | Art of Games A Film Screening, Symposium and Workshops with Asi Burak, Anita Fontaine, Jesper Juul, Friedrich Kirschner, Marcin Ramocki, Jason Rohrer, Adriana de Souza Silva, Mushon Zer-Aviv Date: March 20-21, 2009Venue: Emerson College, Boston + streamed live on the

The excellent Game Art series of events Gamerz 04 continues! The fourth edition will take place in Aix-en-Provence, France between Jan 8 – Feb 6 2009. The event will feature 30 international artists, workshops, seminars and “immersive media dancing” (!). A must see. Here’s a teaser… And

Eva and Franco MattesTRAVELING BY TELEPHONE January 3 – 24, 2009Reception for the artists: Saturday, January 3, at 12 noonThere will be a walk through the exhibition followed by brunch Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke2 Sunny House, 16/18 Mereweather RoadBehind Taj Mahal Hotel,

On November 13 2008, Salvatore Jaconesi and Oriana Persico presented “One Avatar” at Milano Digitale, a one-day art happening that focused on the intersections between art and digital culture. “One Avatar” is an installation featuring a 3D game in which players could shoot the “OneAvatar” character, causing electric shocks to

The third edition of GAMERZ, a multimedia event that focuses on game culture and Game Art, will take place in Istambul, Turkey from November 7th to 17th and a 4th edition is already scheduled to return to in Aix-en-Provence (France), on January 2009. Paul Destieu (M2F Créations), one

Games Art Networking Event 2008 HTTP Gallery, Saturday 25th October, 12 – 6pmOfficial website Games Art does exactly what it says on the tin; art that uses, abuses  and misuses the materials and language of games, whether real world, electronic or both. The Games Art

Audience & AvatarOctober 24 – December 13, 2008USFCAM East Gallery Artist Talks and Opening Reception