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Dear Ambiteers,
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.
GAME ON - The History and Culture of Video
Games
18 October 02 - 2 February 03
An area of increasing interest to artists, it's
good to see work such as Triggerhappy by Thomson &
Craighead, shown here alongside commercial video games.
To quote some of the publicity blurb:
"Game On is the first major exhibition in Scotland
to explore the fascinating past and diverse future of videogames. From the first
ever computer game, Spacewar!, made in 1962, right up to the latest
not-yet-released products.
With over 120 playable games throughout the
exhibition, you can enjoy the best of new and retro games from around the world
on vintage arcade cabinets, classic old-skool consoles, the PS2, Xbox and
GameCube"
There is also a conference to co-incide with the
exhibition:
Game On Conference - Exploring the Potential of Computer Games in
Learning
Hosted by Heather Reid 20 - 21 November 2002 Royal Museum Lecture Theatre And lastly, of related interest is Select
Parks, an international archive of computer game art, where you can find
works such as untitled game by Jodi (developed from the
source of Quake) as shown in the re-opening exhibition at the CCA last
year.
www.selectparks.net Bev
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