Dear Ambiteers,i do believe a discussion began quite recently that i for one think is worth pursuing and funnily enough there are a couple of parallels thrown up here particularly with regards to the funding and purpose of public spaces
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After a long (summer...!) lull in the monthly discussion topics I'd like to introduce the oct/nov topic "art & gaming" to co-incide with the exhibition just opened at the Royal Museum, Edinburgh.
as for games ....
real war games are upon us and you wish to talk about the artistic and cultural significance of pac-man and space invaders !?
absolutely incredible
and wtf has the edinburgh errm exhibition got to do with anything ?
looks to me like yet another of those tacky cobbled themed piles of crap that many museums are desperately turning to in order to earn money (familiar theme eh?)
for instance there is one in london just the now at the science museum called bond, james bond, which i have not witnessed thankfully (i heard a scything review of it on the radio) but which sounds truly awful and funnily enough has got nothing to do with science whatsoever
both the bond and gaming nonsense could also be seen to be little other than showcases for products already very well served by their own marketing budgets
play - is also the theme behind lovebytes in sheffield next year but looks about as interesting or worthwhile as the album of advertising jingles of the same name by somebody called ermm, dick i think
best quote from saturday's demo, which was excellent btw
it would cost $100billion to ensure clean, fresh water to the population of the world - america now spends $400billion per year on tools of death
good game good game ....
peace
mark
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