BOOK: MACHINIMA: 32 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ART OF VIDEO GAMES

We are thrilled to announce the release of MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco, a new book featuring interviews with international artists using video games to make art. MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco expands, in print form, both the exhibition GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY, curated by Matteo Bittanti and Vincenzo Trione in 2016 at IULM University, in Milan, Italy, and the official catalog, released by Silvana Editoriale in June 2016.

The vast majority of the conversations with the artists featured in the show were produced by the students enrolled in the M.A. in Arts, Cultural Heritage and Markets Program at IULM. Topics discussed range from the practice of appropriating games for making art to the artists' approaches to the medium, providing scholars, critics, and artists a set of invaluable resources to better grasp the meaning and practice of machinima.

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MACHINIMA. 32 Conversazioni sull’arte del videogioco

Edited by Matteo Bittanti
Release date: March 08, 2017
Features: Softcover, 158 pages, black and white
Format: 15×23 cm, 6×9 inches
ISBN: 9781366258540
Language: Italian
Price: $15.99

Featured artists:

Larry Achiampong, Rewell Altunaga, Hugo Arcier, Marta Azparren, Benjamin Bardou, Ashley Blackman, David Blandy, Josh Bricker, Joseph Delappe, Claire Evans, Harun Farocki, Foci + Loci, Anita Fontaine, Chris Howlett, Ip Yuk–Yiu, Hui Wai–Keung, Kent Lambert, Lawrence Lek, Les Riches Douaniers, Miltos Manetas, Marco Mendeni, Victor Morales, Oscar Nodal, Baden Pailthorpe, Paolo Pedercini, Tom Richardson, Philip Solomon, Kent Sheely, Georgie Roxby Smith, Palle Torsson, Michiel Van Der Zanden, Angela Washko, Brent Watanabe.

BOOK: INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN

Independent by Design: Art & Stories of Indie Game Creation is a massive love letter to indie game development. Featuring more than 240 of interviews with twenty of the most creative, innovative, and fresh game design studios from all over the world, the book is a must read for anybody who cares about the art and craft of digital play. Written by two veteran journalists (Stace Harman and John Robertson), this impressive tome is splendidly edited and designed. Among the stars that grace these pages are Lucas Pope, messhof, Vlambeer, The Chinese Room, and many more. Available in different editions and prices, Independent by Design can be purchased here. 

All images courtesy of the authors.