“Computer spielen – perspectives of play”

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  • exhibition at the Dortmunder U

  • 06th December 2013 – 03rd January 2014
  • Next Level Conference, Dortmunder U
  • opening 06th December, 18:30

Works by students and staff of the lab3, the KHM and international artists are shown at the exhibition “Computer spielen – perspectives of play” in Dortmund.

 

On Fri­day, Decem­ber 6th the exhi­bi­tion Com­put­er­spie­len. Per­spec­tives of Play opened at Dort­munder U(U2_Kulturelle Bil­dung/Museum Ost­wall). The exhi­bi­tion presents artis­tic posi­tions from the past decade that ana­lyze com­puter games and the act of play­ing. It is orga­nized for Next Level Con­fer­ence 2013 and is open until Jan­u­ary, 3rd 2014.

 

Artists:
Anna Anthropy, Sebas­t­ian Blank, Karen Eliot, Mary Flana­gan, //////////fur////, Alexan­der Gurko, Guillermo Fed­erico Heinze, JODI, Karin Ling­nau, Feng Mengbo, Mollein­dus­tria, Marnix de Nijs, Paidia Insti­tute, Eddo Stern, Olaf Val, Bill Viola, weAREmedienkuenstler

 

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December 6th, 2013 — January 3rd, 2014

U2_Kulturelle Bildung / Museum Ostwall, Dortmunder U

 

More than ever, computer games are part of everyday culture. They are an established medium, form the center of divers subcultures, and since the late 1990s they also are the subject of intense artistic inquiry. As a common experience of countless individuals, playing computer games does not only bridge diverse recreational cultures but also theory and practice in art and science.

 

In the light of this, the exhibition »Computerspielen. Perspectives of Play« showcases artistic positions analyzing the medium and the act of playing. It gathers artistic strategies that treat games as installations or as a basis for experimental video work. It presents inquiries into the the esthetics of play, computer code and technology.

 

It poses questions about the interactions of computer games and society, shows »radical games« and »outsider games«, political positions, and artistic as well as subcultural appropriations that comment on computer games – or that outright transform them into something else.

 

 

An exhibition by KHM

Academy of Media Arts Cologne

 

Concept: Jonas Hansen, Thomas Hawranke and Lasse Scherffig

Curating: Jonas Hansen and Thomas Hawranke

 

 

Supported by

Dortmund Institute of Advanced Moving Image Studies | Dortmund

Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art | Berlin

Museum Ostwall | Dortmund

U2 – Centre for Cultural Education | Dortmund

ZKM_Gameplay | ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe