UCLA’s fifth Game Art Festival exhibits gaming as art form
The annual Game Art Festival is an exciting and eclectic evening of new games and game art, live performance, music, and much more hosted by the UCLA Game Lab at the Hammer Museum.
"The operatic Latin lyrics from the “Super Smash Bros.” sound track concluded festivities at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday night.
The museum hosted the fifth UCLA Game Art Festival in its first- and second-floor courtyards where the sounds of attendees playing games rang out for three hours. Design media arts professor Eddo Stern organized the festival through the UCLA Game Lab with help of fellow supervisors David O’Grady, a design media arts lecturer, Tyler Stefanich, a UCLA alumnus and Isla Hansen, an assistant professor in design media arts. The team invited select artists and game makers from UCLA and around the world to showcase their work in more than 50 exhibits ranging from board games to virtual reality.
While people usually play games within the confines of their homes, Stern said the festival allowed gamers to play alongside other people in a public space. The event also highlights works that bridge the gap between gaming and other artistic disciplines, including film, sculpture, performance, photography and theater."— Evan Charfauros, Nov. 15, 2017
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