Game Art is...
"any art in which digital games played a significant role in the creation, production, and/or display of the artwork. The resulting artwork can exist as a game, painting,photograhpy, sound, animation, video, performance or gallery installation." from the book "Gamescenes Art in the Age of Videogames" ed. Matteo Bittanti, 2006.

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Check out Gamescenes, a blog about art in the age of videogames. Read articles about news, events, exhibitions, books, Game Art, artists etc. Link: www.gamescenes.org



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In our library you will find suggestions on books and exhibitions catalouge about Game Art.
Link: A Game Art addict's library



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Welcome to Game Art resources.
A place where the best of two worlds meets, videogames and contemporary art. On these pages you will find artists using the technology, the aesthetic or the culture from videogames to make new exciting art. Feel free to explore more by using our library, database, map an other available resources.


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I am searching for exhibitions catalouges, publications and books about Game Art to include in the virtual library. Donations are gratefully accepted, or contact me if you have items for sale. Mail: info@janssonswebb.se







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Group exhibitions with Game Art 1995-

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"Insert art to play" by Mathias Jansson is a 520 pages book about Game Art, i.e contemporary art inspired by videogames. Including essays/articles, more than 70 levels with interviews with artists, indie game designers, curators and theorist about Game Art. Special section about the Swedish Game Art Scene and an eastern egg about Videogame Appropriation in Contemporary Art. In the end of the book you will find an index with important Game Art group exhibitions from 1995 to 2010 and example of important litteratur about Game Art. And all is free! Download your copy here:

http://www.janssonswebb.se/gameartthebook.pdf (PDF 14 MB)

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Game Art resources is created by Mathias Jansson, a Swedish artcritic and Game Art researcher. Mail me: info@janssonswebb.se or visit my homepage www.janssonswebb.se


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