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Begin forwarded message: > From: James <[email protected]> > Date: June 24, 2010 11:39:01 PM EDT > To: Rhizome Announce <[email protected]> > Subject: RHIZOME ANNOUNCE: Open Call: Learn to Play > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Posted by: James > Link: > http://learn.toplay.us/ > Deadline: > July 31, 2010 > > > Are you a game maker? Are you telling compelling stories about your life or > the world around you? Are you doing interesting things through games and > interactivity that cannot be done elsewhere? > > > > If you are telling a story, relaying an experience, or interacting with > a player in an innovative or novel way we want to see it. Learn to Play is > calling for submissions of work for a new museum show built around games as > art. Learn to Play will be opening this fall as parallel programming for the > 2010 01SJ Biennial. The theme is “build your own world.” > > > > What makes a game art? Is it a compelling experience? A story that > cannot be told elsewhere? > > > > Learn to Play is an Art Museum exhibition of video, board and social > games. This call is to let artists, coders, designers, etc. nominate their > work or the work of others. > > > > Why is this happening? > > > > The tools for game design are now ubiquitous, and we know that people > are making compelling mini-games and vignettes in addition to full-blown > games by indy designers. Our hope is to reach out into the communities and > find work from today’s emerging creators. > > > > Who is doing this? > > > > The Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College, Cupertino, > http://www.deanza.edu/euphrat/ as parallel programming with 2010 01SJ > Biennial http://01sj.org/ > > How do you submit work? > > > > We are working on a submission process that will be posted as the deadline > approaches. At this time you can drop us an email at [email protected] and we > will keep you up to date when our submission system opens. We are happy to > screen games that are playable on multiple platforms. Send us the link along > with your name and what the game is about. > > > > When are the deadlines? > > > > Our first round of submissions is due July 31. > > > > Learn to Play is about the expression of art and life through games. > Reply via: > http://rhizome.org/announce/view/55549#comment > > Click here to unsubscribe from this list >
