Videogames and art / edited by Andy Clarke and Grethe Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Andy, 1965- editor.

Mitchell, Grethe, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games in art.

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Computer art.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

vii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2013.

Summary:

The contributions in this volume position videogame art as an interdisciplinary mix of digital technologies and more traditional art forms.

Contents:

Section I Overviews 29

From Appropriation to Approximation / Axel Stockburger Stockburger, Axel 31

Meltdown / Rebecca Cannon Cannon, Rebecca 47

Videogames as Literary Devices / Jim Andrews Andrews, Jim 67

High-Performance Play: The Making of Machinima / Henry Lowood Lowood, Henry 75

"Cracking the Maze": Curator's Note / Anne-Marie Schleiner Schleiner, Anne-Marie 99

Section II Artists on Art 103

Two Interviews with Brody Condon / Andy Clarke Clarke, Andy 105

In Conversation Fall 2003 and Spring 2012: Interviews with Joseph Delappe / Jon Winet Winet, Jon 127

Figures in a Landscape: In Conversation with Gibson/Martelli (igloo) / Grethe Mitchell Mitchell, Grethe 155

The Idea of Doing Nothing: An Interview with Tobias Bernstrup / Francis Hunger Hunger, Francis 179

Staying in to Play: The Works of John Paul Bichard / John Paul Bichard Bichard, John Paul 191

An Interview with Eddo Stern / Andy Clarke Clarke, Andy, Grethe Mitchell Mitchell, Grethe 215

The Isometric Museum: The Sim Gallery Online Project (an interview with Curators Katherine Isbister and Rainey Straus) / Jane Pinckard Pinckard, Jane 235

The Evolution of a GBA Artist (2004) / Paul Catanese Catanese, Paul 249

From Fictional Videogame Stills to Time Travelling with Rosalind Brodsky, 1991-2005 / Suzanne Treister Treister, Suzanne 259

Virtual Retrofit (or What Makes Computer Gaming So Damn Racy?) / M.A. Greenstein Greenstein, M.A. 275

Perspective Engines: An Interview with JODI / Francis Hunger Hunger, Francis 285

How Independent Game Development looked in 2002 (an interview with Julian Oliver and Kipper) / Melanie Swalwell Swalwell, Melanie 295

Medieval Unreality: Initiating an Artistic Discourse on Albania's Blood Feud by Editing a First-Person Shooter Game / Nina Czegledy Czegledy, Nina, Maia Engeli Engeli, Maia 321

Section III Games and Other Art Forms 343

Should Videogames Be Viewed as Art? / Brett Martin Martin, Brett 345

Some Notes on Aesthetics in Japanese Videogames / William Huber Huber, William 357

The Computer as a Dollhouse (excerpts) / Tobey Crockett Crockett, Tobey 369

Networking Power: Videogame Structure from Concept Art / Laurie Taylor Taylor, Laurie 379

Fan Art as a Function of Agency in Oddworld Fan Culture / Gareth Schott Schott, Gareth, Andrew Burn Burn, Andrew 395

Will Computer Games Ever Be a Legitimate Art Form? / Ernest W. Adams Adams, Ernest W. 417.

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781841504193

184150419X

OCLC:

870892369