Week 5 ::: closure

In contrast to last weeks talk on game spaces we looked at the construction of narrative spaces in cinema and how these are resolved to bring closure in a story.






All of these films/anime have an aspect of alternate reality construction to them as well... once again, highly recommend that you view these as part of your life as a digital artist and/or multimedia designer.

Week 4 ::: game spaces

Digital games I have played; their space entirely different to that of an ARG.

[1] Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega MD) : gameplay [a] [b] *
[2] Super Mario World (SNES) : ref *
[3] World of Warcraft (MacOS) : world map : WoW<->reality collision
[4] Little Big Planet (PS3) : gameplay
[5] Spore (MacOS) : gameplay
[6] Rez (PS2) : info *
[7] Tomb Raider (PSone) : gameplay *
[8] Half-Life 2 (PC) : Portal *
[9] Ultima IV (Apple //c) : gameplay (c64) *
[10] Quake II (PC) : speed run *

biotope ::: opening tmrw night

experimental ecosystems colonise Cube37 public screenspace


Ollie Bown, Joel Collins, Alan Dorin, Alice Eldridge, Mark Guglielmetti, Indae Hwang, Troy Innocent, Jon McCormack, Gordon Monro, Ben Porter

Frankston Arts Centre : Cube 37 : 37 Davey St Frankston
Opening night drinks on Thursday 6th August from 6.30pm
Exhibition runs until Sunday 9th August

biotope is a collection of experimental ecosystems created as part of a international research project undertaken at the Center for Electronic Media Art, Monash University. The works were developed as part of an ongoing investigation into a systemic approach to electronic media art.

Week 3 ::: screening

After the fantastic work by all involved in the Alister in Wonderland / Cardboard Mayhem project we got back to work on the ARG brief.

I showed videos. Such as:
Denno Coil : cute anime that features a world in which Augmented Reality is everyday
Matthew Barney : The Order - excerpts from his 8 year conceptual video artwork The Cremaster Cycle
The Yes Men documentary : media pranksters promoting the recycling of McDonalds burgers for 'poor people' among other things...

And, in other news, Group A is back! NaT is the new perception altering Internet meme of 2009! (once they catch up on their research that is ^_^ )