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Artgames LAN Party

Presented at Notacon 8 (2011), April 16, 2011, noon (240 minutes).

Like any medium that has achieved a critical popular mass, strange and intoxicating activity in video games is happening at the margins, between the cracks and out in the shed. These are the games that make us question "is this really a game?" and "who would do this?" and "why?"… From zero-button games like Cory Arcangel's "Super Mario Clouds" to existentialist platformers like Cactus' "Psychosomnium," we'll share, discuss, play and ultimately throw down tournament style to establish artgamer supremacy in the first ever Artgames LAN Party, a titanic clash of sensitivities & aesthetics sure to shake loose the stars from our crude, pixelated skybox.

Presenters:

  • jonCates
    Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy and jonCates are artists from Chicago who create and teach Art Games and Indie Games. Together they have created Art Games which have been exhibited internationally in Art contexts. Individually and together they have and are developing Indie Games that are widely reviewed and played. They have also participated in the last several Notacon events as the "critical artware" demo crew. Jake Elliott: http://dai5ychain.net Tamas Kemenczy: http://singlemaltmana.net jonCates: http://systemsapproach.net Critical Glitch Artware: http://criticalartware.net
  • Jake Elliott
    Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy and jonCates are artists from Chicago who create and teach Art Games and Indie Games. Together they have created Art Games which have been exhibited internationally in Art contexts. Individually and together they have and are developing Indie Games that are widely reviewed and played. They have also participated in the last several Notacon events as the "critical artware" demo crew. Jake Elliott: http://dai5ychain.net Tamas Kemenczy: http://singlemaltmana.net jonCates: http://systemsapproach.net Critical Glitch Artware: http://criticalartware.net
  • Tamas Kamenczy
    Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy and jonCates are artists from Chicago who create and teach Art Games and Indie Games. Together they have created Art Games which have been exhibited internationally in Art contexts. Individually and together they have and are developing Indie Games that are widely reviewed and played. They have also participated in the last several Notacon events as the "critical artware" demo crew. Jake Elliott: http://dai5ychain.net Tamas Kemenczy: http://singlemaltmana.net jonCates: http://systemsapproach.net Critical Glitch Artware: http://criticalartware.net

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