RESET/PLAY
September 6 – November 2, 2008
Cory Arcangel, Beat the Champ (Sega Genesis Championship Bowling: Dana), 2008. Installation with hacked Sega Genesis game controller, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery, New York, NY.
Special events for RESET/PLAY
Saturday, September 6th, 3:00 pm
Talking Art with guest curators Marcin Ramocki and Paul Slocum
Free and open to the public
Arthouse at the Jones Center (700 Congress Avenue)
Saturday, September 20th, 9:00 pm
AMODA Digital Showcase
Featuring 8-bit musicians and artists from Austin and around the world
Club DeVille (900 Red River)
Presented in conjunction with Austin Museum of Digital Art
Saturday, October 11, 6:00 pm
Teen Night
Video Game Competition with Prizes
Saturday, October 18th, 8:00 pm
AMODA Performance
Featuring performance/sound artists Loud Objects (New York, NY)
Ceremony Hall (4100 Red River)
Presented in conjunction with Austin Museum of Digital Art
The video game as a medium and a style of life has reached its middle age along with the first generation of people who grew up playing them. The non-linear, interactive, processor based narratives, which at first mimicked Hollywood and struggled to convey their simple content with 8-bit processors, gradually became the largest entertainment industry in the history of electronic media. RESET/PLAY is a critical exploration of contemporary art inspired by video games. Questioning the history, control mechanisms, political and art-historical implications of electronic games, RESET/PLAY assembles a formidable group of international artists who are making a significant impact on this growing post-game artistic sub-genre. Artists include
Cory Arcangel,
Michael Bell-Smith,
Mike Beradino,
Brody Condon,
Alex Galloway,
JODI,
Guthrie Lonergan,
Kristin Lucas,
Joe McKay,
Michael Smith,
Eddo Stern and Keita Takahashi.
Brody Condon, Judgment Modification (After Memling), 2008. Self-playing video game. Courtesy of the artist and Virgil de Voldère Gallery, New York, NY.
RESET/PLAY is organized for Arthouse by guest curators Marcin Ramocki and Paul Slocum, both of whom are practicing media artists who also run independent spaces in Brooklyn and Dallas, respectively, that focus on media art. The exhibition will be accompanied by an 8-bit music and film festival co-organized by the Austin Museum of Digital Art.
This exhibition is supported, in part, by Jeff Dachis and the Dachis Corporation.
Promotional Partners:
Fantastic Fest
Austin Game Developers Conference
September 15-17, 2008, Austin Convention Center
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