[Frameworks] Experimental cinema and video games

[Jack Seibert]

Ian Cheng as well, does sort of simulation-style things that play in
galleries. Definitely more on the game side, but presented no a similar
setting to much video work.

Best,
Jack

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:54 PM T. Siddle <tsiddle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Albert,
> Some other artists who mostly work within game environments that might be
> of interest:
> Jodi
> Brody Condon
> RetroYou
> also Rosa Menkman has made some VR Glitch installations over the past few
> years.
>
> *Gaming Essays on Algorithmic Culture* by Alexander Galloway may also be
> of interest to you, particularly the essays "Origins of the First Person
> Shooter" which traces moments in film history which foresee elements of FPS
> aesthetic (going back to the 1920s) and "Countergaming" which details
> artistic appropriations of video game technology.
>
> Best,
> Ts.
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:42 AM Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Do you know experimental films or videos that use images taken from video
>> games?
>>
>> I wanted to write something concerning the relationship between both
>> areas but I don't know the point of view, yet. There are some films like *Oh,
>> I Can't Stop!* (1976) by Zbig Rybczynski they seem to foresee the
>> First-Person Shooter (FPS) of known videogames as *Doom*. That could be
>> one point of departure, finding experimental films that could have
>> influenced video games.
>>
>> Another approach would be to try to write about those works that use
>> video game images as found footage. In fact this link between these two
>> fields admits dozens of different analyzes, I suppose and I'm just
>> searching to know more about it.
>>
>> Anyway, could you mention films that come to mind on this subject? Some
>> resources, articles or books, maybe?
>>
>> Right now the list of titles I have is the following:
>>
>> *Films and videos:*
>> *Super Mario Clouds*, Cory Arcangel
>> *I Shot Andy Warhol*, Cory Arcangel
>> *She Puppet*, Peggy Ahwesh
>> *Still Remember, Still Dreaming,* Phil Solomon
>> *Last Days in a Lonely Place*, Phil Solomon
>> *No No Nooky T.V.* de Barbara Hammer
>> *Windshield Baby Gameboy Movie*, Clint Enns
>> *And We All Shine On*, Michael Robinson
>> *The Game,* Tasman Richardson
>> Chris Marker's *Second Life*
>> *Estrecho Adventure, *Valeriano López
>> *Cubica*, m.ash
>> Harun Farocki
>> Joan Leandre
>>
>> *Resources:*
>> Screening: Avant-Game program at the Melnitz Movies, Los Angeles Filmforum
>> Exhibition: Games for Windows: Experiments with Game Footage
>> Website: https://monoskop.org/Game_art
>> Playlist: Game over (Xcèntric):
>> http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/menus/fitxa/game-over-/233181
>>
>> Any suggestion will be appreciated.
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> Albert Alcoz
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