[Frameworks] Experimental cinema and video games

Chris Freeman christopherbriggsfreeman at gmail.com
Mon Feb 8 22:40:03 UTC 2021


I think these three work more with games and interactive environments, but
they have some video work as well:

Nico Daunt
https://www.nicodaunt.com/

Tabitha Nikolai
https://tabithanikolai.com/

Melody Owen
https://www.melodyowen.net/




On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 2:19 PM John Knecht <jknecht at colgate.edu> wrote:

> Phil Solomon in some of his last projected works was using footage from
> video games. Also Cory Archangel.
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 4:49 PM Michael Betancourt <
> hinterland.movies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's all of machinima that does this. I wrote something in Found
>> Footage 6 about Peggy Ahwesh's work with Tomb Raider in She Puppet and Alex
>> Hovet's Counter-Charge if you're looking for references too.
>> Also Cory Archangel's Super Mario Clowds.
>>
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Betancourt, Ph.D
>> https://michaelbetancourt.com | cell 305.562.9192 | zoom 875 581 4648
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>> sent from my phone
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2021, at 4:01 PM, Jack Seibert <jackseibert2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 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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