The Art of Video Games

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The Art of Video Games

Time: March 23, 2012 to September 30, 2012
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Website or Map: http://americanart.si.edu/exh…
Event Type: museum, exhibition
Organized By: Erik Johnson
Latest Activity: May 2, 2012

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"About the Exhibition

Video games are a prevalent and increasingly expressive medium within modern society. In the forty years since the introduction of the first home video game, the field has attracted exceptional artistic talent. An amalgam of traditional art forms—painting, writing, sculpture, music, storytelling, cinematography—video games offer artists a previously unprecedented method of communicating with and engaging audiences." @2012 Smithsonian

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Comment by Tim Bailey on May 2, 2012 at 12:47pm

We happened upon the University of Maryland’s Gamer Symphony Orchestra playing this past Sunday while waiting for the Metro crowd to die down after the USA Science & Engineering Festival.  They were absolutely captivating!  A standing ovation from the entire audience.

The exhibition itself was a bit less exciting.  It talked some about the history of video games and featured a vast array of video game consoles.  They even had a few games on different platforms (including Myst!) available to play for short times.  Unfortunately, it felt like the exhibit focussed on the history of video games instead of the artwork.  I expected a wall-sized Link or gorgeous Halo renderings, but got a fairly generic video game exhibit instead.

Someone else should go and tell me if I missed something!!  (In any case, just GO. The American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery are both awesome.)

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