'Videogames and Art' is a collection of essays edited by Grethe Mitchell and
Andy Clarke. The book is published by the University of Chicago Press.
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CONTENTS
- Introduction (10,000 words) by Grethe Mitchell and Andy Clarke
- "From Appropriation to Approximation" by Axel Stockburger
- "Meltdown" by Rebecca Cannon
- "Videogames as Literary Devices" by Jim Andrews.
Looks at degrees of subordination of videogame to art
in art/games by Regina Celia Pinto, Natalie Bookchin,
Neil Hennessey, and Jim Andrews.
- "High-Performance Play: The Making of Machinima" by Henry Lowood
- "Cracking the Maze Curator's Note" by Anne-Marie Schleiner
- "An Interview with Brody Condon" by Andy Clarke
- "In Conversation Fall 2003: An Interview with Joseph DeLappe" by Jon Winet
- "The Idea of Doing Nothing: An Interview with Tobias Bernstrup" by Francis
Hunger
- "The Isometric Museum: The SimGallery Online Project" (interview with K
Isbister and R Straus) by J Pinckard
- "The Evolution of a GBA Artist" by Paul Catanese
- "From Fictional Videogame Stills to Time Travelling with Rosalind Brodsky
1991-2005" by Suzanne Treister
- "Virtual Retrofit (or What Makes Computer Gaming so Damn Racy?)" (an essay
on Hillary Mushkin and S. E. Barnet) by M. A. Greenstein
- "Perspective Engines: An Interview with JODI" by Francis Hunger
- "Independent Game Development: Two Views from Australia" (an interview
with Julian Oliver and Kipper) by Melanie Swalwell
- "Medieval Unreality: Initiating an Artistic Discourse on Albania's Blood
Feud by Editing a First-Person Shooter Game" by Nina Czegledy and Maia
Engeli
- "Should Videogames be Viewed as Art?" by Brett Martin
- "Some Notes on Aesthetics in Japanese Videogames" by William Huber
- "The Computer as a Dollhouse (excerpts)" by Tobey Crockett
- "Networking Power: Videogame Structure from Concept Art" by Laurie Taylor
- "Fan-Art as a Function of Agency in Oddworld Fan-Culture" by Gareth Schott
and Andrew Burn
- "Will Computer Games Ever be a Legitimate Art Form?" by Ernest W. Adams
Videogames and Art
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Type: discussion