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SUMMARY:The Overkill 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Overkill is a playful art\, games and film festival focused on the impact of digital culture on our society. The festival showcases a selection of interactive and participative art installations\, indie/arthouse games\, presents an alternative film program\, experimental live performances and activities such as workshops\, network meet-ups\, talks\, hybrid symposium \nTheme 2025: Return to Dreamland\, From #CalmTok to Rest as Resistance \nIn 2025 following the progress of our reflection on play and activism\, in the context of a hyper productive society\, long conflicts\, climate catastrophes\, engulfing A.I\, we want to take the risk\, the counter intuitive move\, the challenge to stay in bed\, under the blanket\, heads in the pillow. If new technologies infiltrate our beds to transform it into data to be mined\, XR technologies\, video games and virtual environments are also relevant media when delving into dreamworlds. This new edition wants to be another chapter of resistance where we self-organise to wander\, dream\, let our subconscious meet\, invite our nightmares in… \nThe year program of Sickhouse and its main guest artists will be the leading process to develop the research and the selection for the festival.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2025/
LOCATION:tba\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe,Netherlands
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250524T230000
DTSTAMP:20250307T220230Z
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SUMMARY:Ultimate IndieMash 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Ultimate IndieMash is a contest for unique playful makers of the world\, to present their work to an international audience. Hosted live from Bristol\, UK and Enschede\, NL\, and streamed all over the world\, the participants get three minutes each to show their game\, interactive project\, immersive installation or playful performance\, through an online video connection. So you don’t have to travel to participate! \nThe evening is for them to share their concepts and gain new fans\, and at the end of the program\, the viewers and a jury of professionals will vote for their favourite project. Besides receiving the Sickest Trophy\, the winner of the Ultimate IndieMash will also get a spot at The Overkill Festival 2025! \n(More info coming soon) \nInterested to APPLY? look the info HERE
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/ultimate-indiemash-2025/
LOCATION:tba enschede\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Hybrid,Netherlands,Worldwide
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SUMMARY:A MAZE. / Berlin 2025
DESCRIPTION:A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival\, a platform for independent and arthouse games and explores the world and culture of playful media.\n\nA MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2025 for the 14th time\, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game developers\, artistic world builders\, digital artists and playful media creators. From May 14-17th 2025 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will take place in Silent Green and Panke Club (Berlin Wedding)\, and includes hybride components that connects the physical festival programme with the virtual world. \nA MAZE. invites artists and creatives from diverse fields to share their vision and projects\, exchange knowledge\, play\, connect\, and collaborate. A MAZE. represents and celebrates the new art movement\, made up of arthouse games\, artistic virtual reality\, and a playful media culture beyond the mainstream. \nTickets \nWebsite: https://2025.amaze-berlin.de
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/maze-berlin-2025/
LOCATION:Silent Green\, Gerichtstraße 35\, Berlin\, 13347\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250413
DTSTAMP:20250225T121929Z
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SUMMARY:Now Play This 2025
DESCRIPTION:Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design and playful art running at Somerset House in London\, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival. \nThis year\, Now Play This presents Folk Games: The Stories We Play Together — we’ll be exploring how communities get together to create\, reinterpret\, and adapt the rules of play. Join us for a hands-on programme featuring inspiring talks\, workshops\, and playful sessions. \n  \n\nNow Play This started in 2015 as an experiment for us and for Somerset House. A way to show that games had already moved past the “but is it art” conversation and was forming complex interrogations into all sorts of spaces. Over the years we’ve grown from a couple of rooms and a couple of days\, to an expansive nine day festival of games\, workshops\, talks\, walks and a conference! Co-founded by Holly Gramazio and V Buckenham with support from Sophie Sampson and Jo Summers\, the team has grown and changed over the years.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play-2/
LOCATION:Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 1LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTSTAMP:20250307T224016Z
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SUMMARY:DVRS Games Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:(from the websites): SODA and POC in Play invite you to attend the first international diverse games festival in person in Manchester Metropolitan’s School of Digital Arts. \nIn SODA’s state of the art new building we will host two days of talks and a networking event showcasing diverse speakers and topics across games development as well as animation and film. This builds on POC in Play’s popular series of networking events with a premium roster of global talent to learn and connect with. \nAttendees at DVRS will gain insights from industry figures\, including speakers such as Shifally Rattan\, Harvey Newman and Prof. Stuart Sumida from celebrated games\, such as Call of Duty\, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order\, Battlefield\, Horizon: Zero Dawn and many more to be announced over the coming week \nThe games festival is open to industry professionals and students covering topics ranging from games design\, art\, narrative\, coding\, music and more. \n “DVRS Games 2025 is the first games festival in Manchester to bring international speakers to share industry knowledge and experience with the community. By pairing with POC in Play we are also focussed on raising the visibility and representation of ethnically diverse game developers to inspire the next generation of developers” said festival director\, Dr. Satish Shewhorak. \n10 – 11 April 2025 \nLocation: School of Digital Arts \nEvent Type: In-person and Virtual \nPrice: £50 student/academic\, £100 industry EARLY BIRD RATE (deadline 7 Feb).\n£60 student/academic\, £120 industry STANDARD RATE. \nSpeakers: \nShifally Rattan\nHarvey Newman\nHelen Kaur\nProfessor Stuart Sumida\nFreddie Babord\nDr Darshana Jayemanne\nKenny Young\nMeghna Jayanth\nZi Peters \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/dvrs-games-festival-2025/
LOCATION:School of Digital Arts (SODA)\, Manchester\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250409T063000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250409T220000
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SUMMARY:Talk & Play (Berlin - April)
DESCRIPTION:Talk & Play is a free event organised since 2013 by BerlinGameScene.com\, taking place every two months\, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts\, players and makers to meet and exchange knowledge in a friendly\, relaxed and safe environment. \nEverybody’s welcome\, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you like games\, we’ll make sure you have a good time! Important: this is NOT an event only aimed at developers! \nThe event is structured in two parts: \n– TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community \n– PLAY: All participants are welcome to bring games they’ve made or are still working on – a perfect opportunity to discover and play new games\, collect feedback and\, who knows?\, maybe find collaborators for future projects \nOur Safe Space Policy encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it. \n* Note about the June 2025 edition: this year we’re going to celebrate 50 editions of Talk & Play so we might do something special to celebrate\, possibly a bigger event at a different venue. Because of this\, the date of the June edition might change.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/talk-play-berlin-april/
LOCATION:Berlin\, Berlin\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250313T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250313T220000
DTSTAMP:20250307T205522Z
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SUMMARY:COLLIDERS - Ephemeral
DESCRIPTION:COLLIDERS is an our monthly meet-up for playful makers\, welcoming any creative\, regardless of the engine they are working in. At Colliders we brainstorm\, present our progress\, give feedback\, enjoy creations and\, of course\, we play! \nColliders purpose is to develop a local network for the indie / arthouse / serious game industry in the east of the Netherlands. With Colliders\, we want to support each other and create more opportunities for collaborations and exchange. The meet ups are open to makers\, enthusiasts\, producers\, artists\, curators\, and all people interested in game making. \nMonthly topic\nIn March the theme for the game selection is Ephemeral. We are looking for games and playful projects that were meant to be temporary\, that disappeared while being played\, or where never meant to be grasped…\n(game selection tba). \nSpecial guests\nIn March’s Colliders edition we welcome 4 artists working on the new arcade of Sickhouse. Vincent Schoutsen and Wouter van Veldhoven (Utrecht) joined forces with Leon Denise and Emilie Breslavetz from in.controlab (Paris) to develop and build an alternative arcade machine/robot. Reflecting on the theme; “Alternative Control and Resistance“\, they will be in residence in Enschede from March\, 10th to 16th. Come to discover their work! \nSign up here to let us know if you are coming\, if you would like to present your work\, or if you want to receive Colliders newsletter. This way\, we can adequately prepare the space and save you a spot. \nDATE: Thursday\, March 13th\nLOCATION: GrensFrequentie\, Muziekkwartier 3rd floor\, Willem Wilminkplein 1\, 7511 PG Enschede\nTIME: 18:30 to 22:00\nFree entrance!
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/colliders-ephemeral/
LOCATION:Grensfrequentie\, Muziekkwartier 3rd floor\, Willem Wilminkplein 1\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands,Partner
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SUMMARY:The Overkill 2024 - Playful Friday
DESCRIPTION:Every year The Overkill hosts the Playful Friday to connect professionals around playful arts with the theme of the year and with each other. \nPlayful Friday – Curated by Zuraida Buter \nCome join us for a day with new friends\, playful and interactive sessions and exciting ideas & Insights. On this second day of the Overkill festival we will dive deeper into the themes of radical joy resistance with perspectives from international and local artists and gamemakers. Check out the full line-up with our wonderful speakers and their Playful Friday sessions below! \n10:00 – 10:30 (Play) Dough Resist with Zuraida Buter & Marie Janin \n10:30 – 11:30Sites of Resistance with Helen Kwok & Chad Toprak \n11:30 – 12:30 Playing with resistance imaginaries: a downpour micro-jam with Resistencia Videolúdica & Jugar Jueguitos \n12:30 – 13:30 BREAK \n13:30 – 14:00 A tiny talk about tiny toolswith Nathalie Lawhead \n14:00 – 14:45 sok-worlds\, sokpop and other sok-stories with Aran Koning \n14:45 – 15:15 Polished vs ‘Primitive’ – Resistance through multilingual visual styleswith Afra Willems \n15:15 – 16:00 (re-)Act through Playful Resistance in Digital Spaceswith Jisoo Lim \n16:00 – 16:15 BREAK \n16:15 – 17:15 Prototyping with Touch and Intimacy with Claire Kwong \n17:15 to 18:00 Playing The Quiet Yearwith Pablo Quarta \n\nDough Resist \nGet ready for the Playful Friday with us for a full and exciting day of interactive talks and playful sessions. Bring your coffee\, tea or other snacks of choice to the Vestzaktheater where curator Zuraida Buter and The Overkill festival director Marie Janin will welcome you to the Playful Friday. After introducing the themes of the festival we will have a short playdough session to explore radical joy resistance together. \nSites of Resistance – A Walk Through Narrm (Melbourne) \nJoin artist duo Helen Kwok & Chad Toprak as they host a walking tour around Narrm (Melbourne\, Australia) to visit various sites around the city\, interrogate their function as “public” spaces\, and how we can resist these spaces by playing\, performing\, or protesting in them. They will reflect on some of their own past playful projects\, and also highlight radical ways the local community have used the city as sites of political resistance. \nBio:\nHelen Kwok & Chad Toprak are an artist duo based in Narrm (Melbourne) who love to create experimental games\, playful installations\, alternative controllers\, and public art activations. Their projects often promote play amongst adults and children in provocative and unexpected ways. The duo have showcased their work in laneways\, street corners\, outdoor plazas\, riverside terraces\, empty warehouses\, libraries\, galleries\, museums\, and festivals across Australia and around the world. \nWebsites:\nhttps://helenkwok.net  & https://mr-chad.com \n\nPlaying With Resistance Imaginaries: A downpour micro-jam \n\n\nIn this mini-jam/micro-jam\, after a short tutorial on how to start making games from scratch with downpour\, we want people to try to create a game about resistance from the margins\, and the possibility of individual or collective performance. After allowing space and time to make our games in downpour\, we will come back together to discuss how we have reflected on identity in our games. We will also create a collaborative Drive folder so that each of us can upload our games and play each other’s games. \nBio: Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica are two cultural anticapitalist collectives from Galicia and Catalonia dedicated to the reflection\, exhibition\, critique\, and connection of and around video games in our local communities. Our goal is to explore video games as cultural objects through an interdisciplinary lens. We have organized cultural activities such as the “Club de joc Wholesome” from Resistència Videolúdica and the “Jugar Jueguitos” exhibition from JugarJueguitos. \nwebsites : \nResistència Videolúdica & JugarJueguitos \nA Tiny Talk About Tiny Tools \n\n\nJoin Nathalie Lawhead for a short inspiring show-and-tell of tiny game engines and small tools! We will talk about the abundant space of small alternatives and the uses they have. \nBio: Nathalie Lawhead is an award-winning solo designer of interactive art and video games. They are passionate about the electronic world\, cyberspace\, broken systems\, the profound poetry of computer glitches\, error art\, desktop pets\, weird freeware\, and the beautiful existential horror of our digital realm. \nArtist’s website \n\n\n\n\nsok-worlds\, sokpop and other sok-stories \n\n\nAran will talk about sok-worlds: a game where you make and explore 3d collage worlds. Together with the audience he’ll explore weird\, funny and artsy sok-worlds! After a leisurely stroll in sok-worlds\, he’ll yap about how the way Sokpop operates has given him a lot of creative freedom! \nBio: Aran Koning is a game designer and part of Utrecht-based videogame collective Sokpop. They are best known for releasing a new game every month through their Patreon\, and they’ve made over 100 games since 2018! \nSokpop\nIG Sokpop: https://www.instagram.com/sokpopco\nWebsite: https://sokpop.co/ \nAran Koning\nIG Aran Koning: https://www.instagram.com/arankoning\nWebsite: http://www.aran-koning.com/ \nPolished vs ‘Primitive’ – Resistance through multilingual visual styles \n\n\nA brief talk about a big topic: how to (re)claim space in videogame development. Just like any other language\, visual styles impact power relations. This talk offers inspiration for and examples of independent and individual game designers who appropriate mainstream visual styles and introduce new and alternative visual styles to make themselves heard. \nBio : Afra Willems is an artist and researcher interested in videogame aesthetics. She works in Enschede at Saxion University of Applied Sciences for the research group Ethics & Technology and the Creative Media & Game Technologies course. \n(re-)Act through Playful Resistance in Digital Spaces with Jisoo Lim \n\n\nThis interactive talk\, “(re-)Act through Playful Resistance in Digital Spaces\,” provides guidance on incorporating playful elements into digital environments to foster activism and resistance. Participants will understand how to design interactive digital spaces that convey social messages in an engaging and creative manner. The session combines theoretical insights with small hands-on activities to create a unique approach to digital activism. \nwebsite’s artist \nPrototyping with Touch and Intimacy \n\n\nClaire Kwong will speak about her games which encourage people to move and touch. Then\, participants can explore new ways of playing with touch together! \nBio: Claire Kwong connects art and technology to make people move. She creates immersive environments using projection and motion capture. Her games encourage people to move\, communicate\, and touch. Claire aims to dramatize her own experiences and challenge social boundaries. She lives in New York City. \nWebsite: https://clairekwong.com\nIG: https://www.instagram.com/clairebkwong \nPlaying the Quiet Year \nIn this session\, Pablo Quarta (Atuel\, Matajuegos) will guide the audience through a collective and participatory game of The Quiet Year by Avery Alder. The Quiet Year is a storytelling and map-drawing game in which players take on the role of a community that is struggling to rebuild their home after a catastrophe. It is “part roleplaying game\, part cartographic poetry.” By drawing cards\, answering questions\, having conversations\, and sketching a map together\, everyone at the session will be able to take part in our game of The Quiet Year and embody the processes and dynamics of rebuilding and creating community after social collapse.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2024-playful-friday/
LOCATION:Vestzaktheater\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe,Netherlands
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SUMMARY:The Overkill 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Overkill is the playful festival celebrating indie and arthouse games\, interactive arts and alternative films within a cultural and social context. Interdisciplinary\, experimental and international\, The Overkill presents and welcomes game makers\, digital creators and playful artists from all over the world. Following a theme\, the festival tells a story\, connecting one piece to another and inviting visitors to engage into multiple worlds. \nThe festival explores its theme through the multiple voices of the artists presented and creates a space for the public to react and engage with one another. The festival presents immersive and interactive exhibitions\, film screenings\, a selection of workshops and talks and live performances. The festival is a space to play\, meet\, experience\, share and collaborate. \nThe Overkill 2024 is curated by Marie Janin and Aike Lütkemöller from Sickhouse alongside playful curator Zuraida Buter and artist researcher Erik Peters. \nTheme 2024: \nRadical Joy Resistance \nTriggered by a feeling of powerlessness in a world that seems wrapped in violence\, The Overkill festival is looking into the role of play within activism\, the place joy can take in times of great crisis and the power of pleasure in movement of resistance. The festival is wondering what are the (digital) tools\, the (virtual) places\, the encounters\, the (online) gatherings we can create to give each other courage and build new lines of defence. The program will create room for the voices that we don’t hear\, open its space for listening\, to speak up\, to share and try together.\nThe Overkill invites playful artists to engage with us in the troubles and help us activate disruptive movements\, may it be small\, loud\, temporary or transformative. \n—- \nThe Overkill festival takes place over several locations : \nPerformance factory\, Hall Zuid : Hoge Bothofstraat 39F\, 7511 ZA Enschede\nBlackBrick : Hoge Bothofstraat 31F\, 7511ZA Enschede (not yet on google maps)\nConcordia : Langestraat 56\, 7511 HC Enschede(film program of Friday and Saturday)\nVestzak theater : Walstraat 35\, 7511 GG Enschede(Playful Friday) \nWednesday 20 : Secret Gathering (on invite\, for participants and volunteers only)\nThursday 21 : Expo open + Official opening\nFriday 22 : Expo + Playful Friday with talks and workshops for students & professionals\nSaturday & Sunday 23 & 24 : Expo + activities for everyone \nProgram: \nExpo: \n\nFrom the Main Square – Pedro Harris\nNew Suns – Antigoni Tsagkaropoulou\nBetween – Claire Kwong\nDance Poem Revolution – Melanie Hoff\nharri kanta – Juliette Lizotte\nJoystick – Madison Bycroft\nMbombo: Dream Echoes – Sondi\nViolent Violins exposed – Babak Ahteshamipour\nClaiming Space – Questions Collective\nCasual Games for Protesters – Molleindustria & Harry Josephine Giles\nMarch Together – Simona Marioano\nPerfect World – Michael Overton Brown\nThe Bride Who Could Not Stop Crying – Afrah Shafiq\nThe New York Times Simulator – Molleindustria\nUm Al-Zaytoun – Rafif Kalantan & Ashraf Abi Said\nStatera – Randy Querreveld\, Rick van Leeuwen and Denis Dvorkovyy\nAtuel – Matajuegos\nAnarquia – Alberto Rico – presented by Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica\nGay Boy – Paramo.Yermo – presented by Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica\nOjancanu –  Dobra Studios – presented by Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica\nTo all the rocks that raised me – Carlos Cortés García – presented by Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica\nSplit your dirty adventure – Ronia – presented by Jugar Juegitos and Resistència Videolúdica\n\nWorkshops: \n\nConsensual Hacking – Melanie Hoff\nPlaying with the Master’s tool – Noam Yongrak Son\nWindwerk (Wind Works) – Question Collective\nLarping and Player Agency – Jana Romanova\nPlaying Protest Games – Jana Romanova\nZine Creating Session – Nathalie Lawhead\nSickfem\, Having Fun with Synthesizers – Jack Noise\n\nEvents / Performances \n\nOpening: March of Resistance\nResistance or the vindication of a collective right –  LASTESIS\nPulse Friction – RADVLAD\nPlayful Friday Curated by Zuraida Buter – see line-up here.\nUnfolding\, intergalactic yoga – Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy\n\n  \nOpening: \nThis year\, the start of The Overkill is a Happening\, a party\, a manifestation! through movement\, we take over the public space in a playful intervention.\nInspired by silly walks\, street raves\, children games & playful actions. We want to show ourselves\, in all our colours\, joy and diversity. For our voices to be heard. \nThe program starts with a performance from LAS TESIS in front of the city hall/Stadhuis. This sung choreography ‘Resistance\, Or The vindication Of A Collective Right’ is created and performed with a group of local women\, that worked together for 3 intensive days. Following\, we gather togther to march joyfully from the city center to the venue of the festival. Bring something noisy! We will gather in the Perfroamnce Factory\, where the exhibition and the music program are waiting for us after a few words of our curators team. \n18:00 – 19:00 – Performance LASTESIS voor het stadhuis Enschede ; Langestraat 24\, Enschede\n19:00 – 20:00 – March of Resistance van centrum naar Performance Factory (± 1 km)\n20:30 – 21:00 – Opening word at the Performance Factory (Hoge Bothofstraat 39F)\n21:30 to 23:30 – Exhibition & Live music (Galiens Show & Beter Leven) \nTickets
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2024/
LOCATION:Performance factory\, Hall Zuid\, Hoge Bothofstraat 39F\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20230907T190741Z
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SUMMARY:A MAZE. / Berlin 2024
DESCRIPTION:A MAZE. / Berlin is the annual arthouse games and playful media festival. A MAZE. / Berlin invites the globally diverse experimental and independent games and playful media scene to also explore the works of worldbuilders\, digital artists\, hybrid performers\, virtual musicians\, immersive theater and more playful creatives to Berlin: with the goal to connect\, to present and experience other works at the most inspiring festival on that behalf including talks\, conversations\, playformances and workshops – we are celebrating the new wave of video games making.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/maze-berlin-2024/
LOCATION:Silent Green\, Gerichtstraße 35\, Berlin\, 13347\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231120
DTSTAMP:20230907T185933Z
CREATED:20230907T185933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T185933Z
UID:16812-1700006400-1700438399@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:The Overkill 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Overkill 2023 – Theme: The Outburst of the Digital Swamp \nWelcome to the Meta-swamp \nRather than draining the (digital)wetlands\, The Overkill wishes to design a route through its intoxicating everglades. Artists navigating through the post-digital now think of the swamp as a scape of hybridization\, material transformation\, monstrous mutation – a new space for agency. The swamp is the site inhabited by amphibious entities\, exiled variations of the self\, a liquefying space expanding on to different layers. The festival invites these hybrid and mixed media artists accustomed to the porous and dripping networks. Borrowing from memetic cultures\, cyber fashion\, slime aesthetics\, deflated ethno-futurisms\, 3D morphologies\, and syncretic fairy tales\, these networks are to be navigated in adventurous ways\, taking on a role and playing on new connections. \nAbout The Overkill Festival \nThe Overkill festival is a playful art festival celebrating art house video games\, interactive art and films as tools to engage in social challenges. The program of the festival regroups an exhibition\, workshops\, talks\, experimental live performances and screenings. In 2023 The Overkill festival is also the stage of a LARP (live action role play) that each visitor can be part of.The program brings local\, national and international artists and creators together and is curated by Aike Lütkemöller and Marie Janin from Sickhouse with the support of guest curator Kostis Stafylakis\, playful curator Zuraida Buter and artist researcher Erik Peters.The LARP is a co-creation of Kostis Stafylakis and Theo Triantafyllidis.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2023/
LOCATION:tba\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221105
DTSTAMP:20220613T152544Z
CREATED:20220613T152544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T152544Z
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SUMMARY:The Overkill 2022
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2022/
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220916T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220918T170000
DTSTAMP:20220613T150735Z
CREATED:20220613T150100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T150735Z
UID:16558-1663354800-1663520400@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Playtime 20.22 - Brugge
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playtime-20-22-brugge/
LOCATION:Stadsschouwburg Brugge\, Vlamingstraat 29\, Brugge\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220518
DTSTAMP:20220221T140917Z
CREATED:20220221T140917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T140917Z
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SUMMARY:A MAZE. / Berlin 2022
DESCRIPTION:11th International Games and Playful Media Festival from May 13-17\, 2022\nA MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2022\, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game\ndevelopers\, artistic worldbuilders\, digital artists and playful media creators. \nFrom May 13-17th 2022 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will combine a digital programme in the A MAZE. /\nSPACE with a 1-day live event taking place in Silent Green and Panke Club (Berlin Wedding) on May 17th. \nFB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/644563180204371 \nWebsite: https://2022.amaze-berlin.de/ \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/maze-berlin-2022/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220411
DTSTAMP:20220216T172410Z
CREATED:20220216T172410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T172410Z
UID:16511-1649376000-1649635199@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Now Play This 2022
DESCRIPTION:Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London each Spring\, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival.  \n\n\n\nNow Play This 2022 will take place April 8-10. Themed around the relationship between games\, play and democracy\, the festival will include a physical exhibition\, on-site and virtual events\, and a design camp. \n\n\n\n\n\nNow Play This 2022 is directed by Sebastian Quack\, and produced by Nick Murray\, Sophie Sampson and Jo Summers
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play-2022/
LOCATION:Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 1LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220402T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220402T180000
DTSTAMP:20220316T165527Z
CREATED:20220316T165504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T165527Z
UID:16550-1648897200-1648922400@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Indie Showcase 2022
DESCRIPTION:“Almost 2 years have passed since we could visit game events\, hang out with players and devs\, and play games together! Noio and Second Maze are now teaming up to host Indie Showcase – the very first indie games festival in A Lab\, Amsterdam\, on the 2nd of April 2022*! 🔥” \n👾 Games: \nDe Koude Kermis – The Portal by DROPSTUFF.NL 🎢 \nSecret Shuffle by Team Secret Shuffle 💃 \nRobo Maestro by Joost van Dongen 🎶 \nOnce Upon a Jester by Bonte Avond 🎪 \nMail Time by Kela van der Deijl (appelmoes games) 🍄 \nThe Past Within by Rusty Lake 🦌 \nCloud Gardens by Noio 🌱 \n  \nWebsite: https://www.indieshowcase.nl/ \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tickets-indie-showcase-199055950707 \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indie-showcase-2022/
LOCATION:A Lab\, 2 Overhoeksplein\, Amsterdam\, 1031 KS\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220217T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220217T220000
DTSTAMP:20220217T142853Z
CREATED:20220217T142206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220217T142853Z
UID:16524-1645128000-1645135200@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Exploration Mode: Fortnite
DESCRIPTION:Exploration mode is back !\nMarie (from Sickhouse) and Zuraida (from Zo-ii) are diving into virtual spaces online.\nWondering what happens to these spaces when events are past\, physical world open again or concerts irl\, Marie and Zuraida travel the virtual worlds looking for the last traces of presence…\nYou can join them and explore together.\nThey often can use your help \nFor this first edition of 2022\, They will go into the famous Fortnite and figure out what did LaTurbo Avedon created for the new cultural art center theFactory (in Manchester).\nIf you want to join\, you need to install Fortnite and follow the instructions here : https://virtual-factory.co.uk/la-turbo/\nYou can also follow from our Youtube channel and help them via the chat
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/exploration-mode-fortnite/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Europe,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220131
DTSTAMP:20220216T181232Z
CREATED:20220216T181232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T181232Z
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SUMMARY:Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival
DESCRIPTION:Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival is a triptych of activities\, each of which plays a unique role in supporting and helping to grow games as an art form. \n\nThe exhibition Relive/Herleef showcases autobiographical video games. (20 – 23 January 2022 & 27 – 30 January 2022)\nThe Networking Day brings creators together to meet\, exchange experience and collaborate. (21 January 2022)\nDuring Global Game Jam Antwerp\, creatives team up to make games in 48 hours time. (28-30 January 2022)\n\nAs a whole\, these activities highlight and celebrate the cultural value of video games during this two week festival in Het Bos. \nNot a gamer? Not a game developer? Not a problem! In the exhibition Relive/Herleef we welcome everyone with an open mind and cultural interest. We make sure anyone can discover the artistic potential of the 21st century’s most revolutionary medium. \nThe festival takes place over two weekends in Antwerp\, Belgium. \nWeekend 1: Exhibition + networking day\nWeekend 2: Exhibition + Global Game Jam \n  \n\n  \nExhibition: Relive/Herleef \n\nAn exhibition of autobiographical video games. \nEach work tells a different story\, and different stories often need different ways of arousing empathy: different forms of experiencing\, or in this case…. Reliving. \nRelive / Herleef presents games that give new insights into what games can be\, both in terms of content and form. \nIt showcases topics such as mental health issues\, war experiences\, loss of loved ones\, body image and eating disorders. But also positive experiences such as the value of peace\, family and LGBTQ+ love are highlighted. \nSome games are made by teams over the course of several years\, and were published globally. Some are made by one person in several days\, as a form of personal expression. But they all share heartfelt personal experiences\, each in their own way. \n\nExhibited games: \n\nBrukel – Bob De Schutter and Bie Verlinden\nConsume me – Jenny Jiao Hsia\, AP Thomson\nThat Dragon\, Cancer – Amy and Ryan Green\nComing out simulator – Nicky Case\nLieve Oma – Florian Veltman\nplum road tea dream (research) – Samuel Baidoo\nBRR – Vaida Plankytė\nCompass – Linsey Raymaekers\nThe Book Ritual – Alistair Aitcheson\nThe Beginner’s Guide – Davey Wreden\n\nGlobal Game Jam Antwerp \n\nDuring the second weekend of the festival\, the annual global game jam takes place! \nBe ready to team up\, unleash your creativity and make the most amazing game you and your teammates possibly can! \nEach edition there will be a secret theme that will be revealed at the start of the event. We will provide you with a location\, food and a separate sleeping area so you can work your magic during these intense 48 hours. \nEven if you have never developed a game you can still participate at this event. We welcome all people with all kinds of skills. If you’re a musician\, developer\, writer\, artist … don’t hesitate and join!
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/perspectives-art-games-festival-2/
LOCATION:Het Bos\, Ankerrui 5-7\, Antwerp\, B-2000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Europe,GameJam
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220124
DTSTAMP:20220216T181331Z
CREATED:20220216T174635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T181331Z
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SUMMARY:Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival
DESCRIPTION:Different Perspectives: Art Games Festival is a triptych of activities\, each of which plays a unique role in supporting and helping to grow games as an art form. \n\nThe exhibition Relive/Herleef showcases autobiographical video games. (20 – 23 January 2022 & 27 – 30 January 2022)\nThe Networking Day brings creators together to meet\, exchange experience and collaborate. (21 January 2022)\nDuring Global Game Jam Antwerp\, creatives team up to make games in 48 hours time. (28-30 January 2022)\n\nAs a whole\, these activities highlight and celebrate the cultural value of video games during this two week festival in Het Bos. \nNot a gamer? Not a game developer? Not a problem! In the exhibition Relive/Herleef we welcome everyone with an open mind and cultural interest. We make sure anyone can discover the artistic potential of the 21st century’s most revolutionary medium. \nThe festival takes place over two weekends in Antwerp\, Belgium. \nWeekend 1: Exhibition + networking day\nWeekend 2: Exhibition + Global Game Jam \n\n  \nExhibition: Relive/Herleef \n\nAn exhibition of autobiographical video games. \nEach work tells a different story\, and different stories often need different ways of arousing empathy: different forms of experiencing\, or in this case…. Reliving. \nRelive / Herleef presents games that give new insights into what games can be\, both in terms of content and form. \nIt showcases topics such as mental health issues\, war experiences\, loss of loved ones\, body image and eating disorders. But also positive experiences such as the value of peace\, family and LGBTQ+ love are highlighted. \nSome games are made by teams over the course of several years\, and were published globally. Some are made by one person in several days\, as a form of personal expression. But they all share heartfelt personal experiences\, each in their own way. \n\nExhibited games: \n\nBrukel – Bob De Schutter and Bie Verlinden\nConsume me – Jenny Jiao Hsia\, AP Thomson\nThat Dragon\, Cancer – Amy and Ryan Green\nComing out simulator – Nicky Case\nLieve Oma – Florian Veltman\nplum road tea dream (research) – Samuel Baidoo\nBRR – Vaida Plankytė\nCompass – Linsey Raymaekers\nThe Book Ritual – Alistair Aitcheson\nThe Beginner’s Guide – Davey Wreden\n\nNetworking Day\n21 January 10:00 – 17:00 \n\nThe Different Perspectives Networking Day stimulates cross-fertilisation between different sectors and is a meeting place for individuals and studios with professional experience in making and developing video games\, with a passion for society\, culture and/or art on the one hand and local professional artists\, in the broad sense of the term\, independent of discipline\, who want to embrace the interactivity of game technology in order to reshape the social themes and stories that drive them. \nOn this networking day\, we present 3 international speakers with relevant experience in the overlapping field of culture\, arts\, games and an info session on relevant support initiatives. \nThere will also be a speed-pitch round\, a networking lunch\, and participants will have access to the Relive exhibition. \nTalks & Panels: \n\nPolitical Games with a Decolonial Perspective – Isabelle Arvers\nVAF Panel: Artistic games in Flanders with Hannes Devillé\, Thomas Devillé (Devillé Arcade)\, Christopher Morrison (The Werewolf Experience)\, Jeroen Janssens (Happy Volcano)\, Frank and Robbert (Robbert&Frank). Moderated by Christophe De bont (Journalist and Comission member VAF/Gamefonds)\nBuilding New Roads: Finding a New Home for Interactive Art – Talk by Niki Smit\nVideo Games in the Key of Clown – Talk by Alistair Aitcheson
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/perspectives-art-games-festival/
LOCATION:Het Bos\, Ankerrui 5-7\, Antwerp\, B-2000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200726
DTSTAMP:20200313T134855Z
CREATED:20200210T130845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T134855Z
UID:16448-1595376000-1595721599@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:A MAZE. / Berlin 2020 [NEW DATES]
DESCRIPTION:Games\, Art & Playful Media festival
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/maze-berlin-2020/
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200701T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200703T170000
DTSTAMP:20200210T131410Z
CREATED:20200210T131410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200210T131410Z
UID:16450-1593590400-1593795600@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Ludicious 2020
DESCRIPTION:Ludicious is a developer conference\, a business platform\, a beautiful games exhibition and also a public event. \nCall for games open until 14 February 2020
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/ludicious-2020/
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200626T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200626T210000
DTSTAMP:20200214T120301Z
CREATED:20200214T120301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T120301Z
UID:16456-1593162000-1593205200@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:INDIGO 2020
DESCRIPTION:INDIGO is the largest game business and showcase event in the Netherlands. Organized annually by Dutch Game Garden\, INDIGO brings together the game industry from the Netherlands and abroad. This year\, INDIGO celebrates its 11th edition. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indigo-2020-tickets-83771028401?aff=INDIGODGGweb1
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indigo-2020/
LOCATION:Speys Jaarbeurs\, Jaarbeursboulevard 302\, Utrecht\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200524
DTSTAMP:20200221T163712Z
CREATED:20200221T163712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T163712Z
UID:16458-1590019200-1590278399@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Feral Vector 2020
DESCRIPTION:“Feral Vector is not like other game design events. If you feel like an impostor at games events\, you’re not only welcome here\, we encourage you to attend. If you are in the videogames industry\, but looking for more than it can give\, Feral Vector is for you. Feral Vector is fundamentally about outside influences\, accessible tools\, and the fringes of game design – because that’s where the interesting stuff begins”
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/feral-vector-2020/
LOCATION:Hebden Bridge\, Hebden Bridge\, Yorkshire\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200406
DTSTAMP:20200313T134728Z
CREATED:20200210T131928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T134728Z
UID:16452-1585872000-1586131199@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Now Play This [Postponed - tba]
DESCRIPTION:“Now Play This is a festival of experimental game design running at Somerset House in London from 3-5 April 2020\, showcasing interactive and playful work as part of the London Games Festival.” \n“In 2020 we’ll be looking at games that relate to our theme of ‘Breaking Point’ – games are the aesthetic forms of systems\, and we’re looking at works that break or subvert them in interesting and creative ways. Expect everything from small scale remixes you can sit with\, to new and exciting installations that get people playing together.” \nNow Play This 2020 is guest directed by Marie Foulston\, and producers Sophie Sampson\, Jo Summers and Nick Murray.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play/
LOCATION:Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 1LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191125
DTSTAMP:20191112T151528Z
CREATED:20190603T090723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T151528Z
UID:16387-1574380800-1574639999@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:The Overkill 2019
DESCRIPTION:Game Festival \nFrom the website: \nThe Overkill is a playful festival which regroups an art exhibition\, a selection of indie games (+ retro games + a mini LAN)\, an alternative movie program\, live performances and many activities such as workshops\, masterclasses\, talks… all selected around our theme and presented together in an original and immersive setting. \nThe Overkill is an open platform\, a flexible space for creative minds to meet and an intense time to share thoughts and experiences. With our partners we are bringing together artists\, creative thinkers\, developers\, students and professionals to explore the edges of the gaming culture. \nWe use popular culture to debate social issues in an accessible way. \nPlaying is the core element of our event\, we believe game is a source of socializing\, a diplomatic tool\, a stress releaser\, a way to learn or master things and an amazing way to spend our time! Our visitors are invited to participate\, try out\, watch debate and create\, transforming the festival and their experience. It is our intention to present art and artists in playful ways\, looking for new and real encounters. \nTheme \nUnder the theme ‘Modding Realities (a combination of terms from what seems two opposite environments: the gaming world and the real world)\, the program of the festival questions the meaning of reality in a digital society. A society in which humanity is computerized and undergoing a technological (r)evolution and where virtual and real can’t be opposed any longer. \nMods in gaming are _alteration that players or fans make to change one or more aspects of a game\, such as how it looks or behaves. Reality (oxford dictionary)is _the state of things as they actually exist\, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. Inspired by this process\, the program of the festival looks into how digital culture and gaming transform our experience of reality\, where virtual and real can’t be opposed any longer. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2019/
LOCATION:De Museumfabriek\, Het Rozendaal 11\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191118
DTSTAMP:20190724T084832Z
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SUMMARY:PLAY19 - Creative Gaming Festival
DESCRIPTION:“PLAY is the first an only festival worldwide to unite media art\, discourse and education with the culture of digital games. It focuses on the creative utilization of digital games: invent\, build\, tinker\, modify\, program\, dance\, discuss – anything goes! \nPLAY is the festival for game enthusiasts and gamers\, indie game developers and media artists\, pupils and students\, teachers and educators\, scientists\, people involved in the games industry and everyone\, who wishes to play and learn with digital games.” \nGood or evil\, visible or hidden\, charming or fearful\, big or small – at PLAY19 it’s all about them: Monsters! Since the dawn of man\, various fantastic creatures represent the fears\, sorrows and desires of their generation. Created by humans with the intention to understand\, control and manipulate each other. What are the monsters of today? Do we retell old stories in games or invent new ones? Find out and participate in workshops\, talks\, discussions\, the interactive exhibition\, and various shows. \nIn addition\, the most creative indie games will be honored with the annual CREATIVE GAMING AWARD. \nWebsite: https://playfestival.de \nFB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2186787871563195/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play19-creative-gaming-festival/
LOCATION:Hamburg\, Multiple Venues\, Hamburg\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191111
DTSTAMP:20190518T120556Z
CREATED:20190518T120556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190518T120556Z
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SUMMARY:Game Happens 2019
DESCRIPTION:Game Happens (8-10 November @ Genova\, Italy) is the international festival dedicated to the cultural\, political and social impact of video games. The 2019 theme is Elements of Change. \nFrom 8th to 10th November 2019\, Game Happens – the International Festival in Italy dedicated to the cultural\, political and social impact of video games – returns to Genova with a fifth edition that focuses on the most innovative elements of the European independent video game scene\, to link this field with the other creative\, cultural and technological industries. The 2019 theme is Elements of Change. \nIn the year that commemorates both the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements and the centenary of the birth of Primo Levi\, an author who was able to combine chemistry and literature together\, Game Happens treasures a transdisciplinary approach to culture and explores the single elements that are redefining the video game as a means of communication and expression. \nParticular attention will be given to representing the diversity of the authors who belong to the independent game scene and are responsible of innovating the field thanks to their creativity and specific cultural heritage. \nGame Happens Festival is divided into two main formats: a conference\, in English\, aimed at industry professionals\, but also at students who want to start working in the field\, and an exhibition\, which is open to the general public\, where people are invited to get in touch with some of the most groundbreaking independent games. \nIf you want to take part in Game Happens\, you can submit your talk or project here → http://bit.ly/gh2019-call \nMore info about Game Happens → gamehappens.com \nGame Happens 2019 is an event organised by Regione Liguria\, through its in house company Liguria International\, with the support of the Cultural Association Game Happens\, and financed by the POR FESR Liguria 2014-2020. In collaboration with Società per Cornigliano.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/game-happens-2019/
LOCATION:Villa Durazzo Bombrini\, Genova\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191020
DTSTAMP:20190724T091208Z
CREATED:20190724T091208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190724T091208Z
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SUMMARY:IndieCade Europe 2019
DESCRIPTION:IndieCade supports the development of independent games and organizes a series of international events to promote the future of indie games. It encourages\, advertises and cultivates interactive media and their talent for innovation and art\, in order to create a perspective as rich\, varied and artful as possible for the public. IndieCade events\, their productions and publications’ foremost focus is to facilitate new creations of independent games. \nGames\nIndieCade Europe celebrates this year’s best independent games. Developers from all over the world come together in Paris to show off their mesmerizing works. \nTalks\nTop industry thinkers join us for some provocative and timely talks and keynotes*! We’re featuring two days of talks around creative industries\, community support\, and tools & technologies. There’s something for everyone\, from experienced designers and veteran artists to folks just getting started. IndieCade puts forward lessons and ideas from experts in their fields to kindle your creativity! \nShow & Tell\nDue to popular demand\, IndieCade is bringing the Show & Tell demo area to Europe. If you’re playtesting a work-in-progress\, promoting an upcoming release / crowd-funded project\, or just interested in showing your game\, show it off here! \nActivities\nAwards & Indie Exchange \nWebsite: https://indiecade-europe.eu/en \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indiecade-europe-2019/
LOCATION:BnF – Bibliothèque nationale de France\, Quai François-Mauriac\, Paris\, 75013\, France
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190728T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190728T220000
DTSTAMP:20190724T092343Z
CREATED:20190724T092343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190724T092343Z
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SUMMARY:Isle of Games 002
DESCRIPTION:Isle of Games 002 is the second installation of Isle of Games\, a one day event that showcases alternative games and playful media from Iceland and abroad. At Isle of Games you can experience the weird\, the beautiful\, the artistic\, and the cultural side of modern video games and its extended family. \nBefore the exhibition opens\, you can attend short talks by artists featured at the exhibition. In the main hall of IÐNÓ\, you can play games in custom installations from Icelandic as well as global creators from the alternative game and art scene. \nWe will close Isle of Games with Live Game / Live Music\, a unique choreography between music and games that filled the house last year\, don’t miss it! \nWe invite people of all ages and backgrounds to come and explore the artistic and cultural potential of the works on display. Join us for Isle of Games 002! \nArtist talks\, exhibition\, Live Games Live Music \nWebsite: http://www.isleofgames.is/ \nFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1215050655339604/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/isle-games-002/
LOCATION:IÐNÓ\, Vonarstræti 3\, Reykjavík\, Iceland
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190713
DTSTAMP:20190121T160917Z
CREATED:20190121T160917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T160917Z
UID:16246-1562716800-1562975999@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:Playful Learning Conference 2019
DESCRIPTION:Playful Learning is pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults. Playful in approach and outlook\, yet underpinned by robust research and working practices\, we provide a space where teachers\, researchers and students can play\, learn and think together. A space to meet other playful people and be inspired by talks\, workshops\, activities and events. In its new home at the heart of England at the University of Leicester\, we are now opening the programme up to outdoor spaces\, where evening activities will continue the playful learning and conversations after the formal programme ends. \nWebsite: http://conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/ \nTickets: https://shop.le.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/leicester-conferences/leicester-learning-institute/playful-learning-conference-2019
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playful-learning-conference-2019/
LOCATION:Stamford Court\, Manor Road\, Leicester\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe,Speaker
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