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SUMMARY:AZPlay 2017
DESCRIPTION:“VIII International Festival of Independent Games\n\n\nFrom November 29 to December 3\, Azkuna Zentroa will be holding the 8th International Festival of Independent Games AzPlay\, a not-to-miss event for independent sector professionals\, fans worldwide and local companies who can use it to promote and publicise their work. \nAzPlay 2017 will be a meeting point for knowledge exchange between local and international companies\, and also a space where the public can try out the most creative games.” \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/azplay-2017/
LOCATION:Azkuna Zentroa\, 4\, Arriquibar Square\, Bilbao\, Bizkaia\, 48010\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171113
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SUMMARY:Next Level 2017
DESCRIPTION:Festival for Games \nFrom the 9th to the 12th of November 2017 Düsseldorf will once again be about the future of digital games in art\, education and business. For the second time\, the NRW KULTURsekretariat together with many partners invites all friends\, fans and experts of the digital game culture to the Next Level Festival in the NRW-Forum. For the first time\, other venues such as the tanzhaus nrw and the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf are also present\, while at the same time the network has been expanded into partners in Aachen\, Cologne and other cities. \nNext Level is once again the event to learn about the potential of games across topics and to intensively discuss future developments such as virtual and augmented reality in games in lectures and discussions\, workshops\, performances and exhibitions. \nhttps://www.next-level.org/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/level-2017/
LOCATION:NRW-Forum Düsseldorf\, Ehrenhof 2\, Düsseldorf\, 40479\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171106
DTSTAMP:20171016T114907Z
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SUMMARY:PLAY17
DESCRIPTION:Creative Gaming Festival \n“From November 1st to 5th 2017 the PLAY17 – Creative Gaming Festival invites all game enthusiasts to Hamburg to join the festivities of its 10th anniversary and celebrate the culture of digital games.” \n“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.” \nhttp://www.playfestival.de
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/play17/
LOCATION:Barlach Halle K / Markthalle Hamburg / Zentralbibliothek\, Hamburg\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171030T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171031T170000
DTSTAMP:20170925T170500Z
CREATED:20170925T170500Z
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SUMMARY:IndieCade Europe 2017
DESCRIPTION:Independent games festival
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indiecade-europe-2017/
LOCATION:Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers\, 292 Rue Saint-Martin\, Paris\, France
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTSTAMP:20171016T152555Z
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SUMMARY:The Overkill 2017
DESCRIPTION:Game festival \n“The Overkill is a 48+1 hour nonstop playful event focused on digital culture. The festival shows connections between different media and their influence on today’s society. During an intense weekend we invite you to play a great selection of games\, watch an original movie program\, interact and experience impressive art installations! The Overkill is an open platform\, a flexible space for creative minds to meet and an intense time to share thoughts and experience. With our partners we are bringing together artists\, developers\, entrepreneurs\, students and a young public trying to explore the edges of the gaming culture.” \nhttp://www.theoverkill.nl/en \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-the-overkill-festival-2017-38201300117
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/overkill-2017/
LOCATION:Oude MST\, Ariënsplein 1\, Enschede\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171019T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171019T170000
DTSTAMP:20171020T143933Z
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SUMMARY:Making the City Playable 2017
DESCRIPTION:From the website: \nAll over the world\, play is being embraced as an antidote to the anonymity of the urban environment. This one day conference will explore the theme of the Playable City and how public space\, creativity and imagination combines to create unexpected interactions and a new kind of dialogue. \nWe have gathered together an international mix of artists\, academics\, policy makers and producers to speak about their transformative work in cities from Montreal to Mexico City\, Lagos to Copenhagen. They will explore the social and cultural issues that play is helping them to address\, the challenges of making playful projects a reality and who feels welcome/able to access public space. \nOur programme will feature opportunities for networking\, debate and discussion\, as well as bespoke Playable City experiences in interesting locations throughout the centre of the city. These activities will be designed exclusively for our delegates by the talented cohort joining us on Creative Producers International\, Watershed’s new global talent development programme. Attendees will also get a sneak peek at the prototypes of upcoming Playable City commissions from Hirsch and Mann and Guerrilla Dance Project. Join in on the process and give us your feedback. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nMiguel Sicart\, Play scholar\nPascale Daigle\, Programme Director of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles\nDaniel Hirschmann\, Founder of Hirsch and Mann\, Watershed’s current Playable City Award winners\nErin Walsh\, Head of City Strategies at Future Cities Catapult\nStuart Nolan\, Research magician\nInua Ellams\, Founder of Midnight Run\nJen Stein\, UWE Professor of Design Futures\nHere’s more information on the sessions: \n\n\n\nSession One: Who Can Play?\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Clare Reddington\, Miguel Sicart\, Stuart Nolan\, Erin Walsh \nProjects invoking play are more popular than ever before and are taking place all over the world. As the form matures\, this session will interrogate the current state of play and ask questions about how play is perceived\, what it means for human behaviour\, and who playful interactions are designed for. \n\n\n\nSession Two: How We Play\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Hilary O’Shaughnessy\, Daniel Hirschmann\, Pascale Daigle\, Inua Ellams\, Jen Stein \nWe have seen a global movement of playful city interventions which fuse art\, technology and urban innovation to engage with citizens and reclaim public space. An international mix of artists\, producers\, academics and policy makers will come together to share some practical insights from their work\, and the discuss the environmental and cultural concerns they must address in very different places. \n\n\n\nSession Three: Let’s Play\n\n\n\nSpeakers/leaders: the Creative Producers International cohort \nDelegates will meet the fifteen city change makers from our new global talent development programme Creative Producers International\, as they participate in a series of playful interventions across the city. Our Creative Producers will design these activities exclusively for our conference during a residential lab here at Watershed\, and they will explore issues important to their own practice and cities. \n\n\n\nSession Four: Where We Play\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Claire Doherty\, Clorinda Romo\, Olamide Udoma-Ejorh\, Seiichi Saito \nAcross the world\, including here in Bristol\, activism is on the rise. We will examine the relationship between play and activism\, and how those creating playful interventions are responding to an increasingly political environment in which public space feels contested. Practitioners from Mexico\, Nigeria and the UK will discuss their experiences of play as activism\, and the lessons that can be shared internationally. \nWe will provide BSL and live captioning to accompany our all conference speakers. To ensure all participants experience a fully playful afternoon please let us know about any access requirements\, using the typeform link included in your booking confirmation. \nAny questions? Contact playablecity@watershed.co.uk \nMaking The City Playable Conference is produced by Watershed and is part of the Festival of the Future City. It is supported by Arts Council England\, British Council and UWE Bristol as part of Creative Producers International.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/making-city-playable-2017/
LOCATION:Watershed\, Bristol\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171022
DTSTAMP:20170130T122312Z
CREATED:20170130T122312Z
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SUMMARY:SPLASH 2017
DESCRIPTION:Splash – game jam on a cruise ship \n“A GAME JAM that takes place on a cruise ship waaaay above the Arctic Circle.” \nFollow along for more updates: https://www.facebook.com/splashgamejam/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/splash-2017/
LOCATION:Cruise Ship\, Tromsø\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Europe,GameJam
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171019
DTSTAMP:20170728T090443Z
CREATED:20170728T090418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170728T090443Z
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SUMMARY:CHI PLAY 2017
DESCRIPTION:CHI PLAY is an international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) for researchers and professionals across all areas of play\, games and human-computer interaction (HCI). We call this area “player-computer interaction.” \nThe goal of the conference is to highlight and foster discussion of current high quality research in games and HCI as foundations for the future of digital play. To this end\, the conference will feature streams that blend academic research and games with research papers\, interactive demos\, and industry case studies. \nCHI PLAY grew out of the increasing work around games and play emerging from the ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) as well as smaller conferences such as Fun and Games and Gamification. CHI PLAY is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI). \nhttps://chiplay.acm.org/2017/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/chi-play-2017/
LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger\, Piet Heinkade 179\, Amsterdam\, 1019 HC\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170930T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170930T171500
DTSTAMP:20170725T074436Z
CREATED:20170725T074436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170725T074436Z
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SUMMARY:Parallel Worlds: Designing Alternative Realities 2017
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to create a virtual world? This one day international conference will bring together leading designers\, thinkers and players who are creating entirely new worlds and communities in videogames. \nhttps://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Elb1YGqV/parallel-worlds-designing-alternative-realities \n 
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/parallel-worlds-designing-alternative-realities-2017/
LOCATION:Victoria and Albert Museum\, Cromwell Road \, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170809T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170809T220000
DTSTAMP:20170725T074646Z
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SUMMARY:Playful Arts Meetup #3
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our third Playful Arts Meetup on 9 August 2017!\nLocation: Theatre Festival Boulevard ‘s-Hertogenbosch \nShare your projects and thoughts about the cross-over between visual art\, performing art\, playful design and social interaction. \n::::::: CALL FOR TALKS:::::::::\nDo you have a project you’re working on which you would love to talk about from a playful arts perspective?\nLet us know via hello[at]playfulartsfestival.com. We have room for about three 15 minute talks. ::::::::::: \n::::::: FEEDBACK ON YOUR PROJECTS?:::::::::\nDo you have a project you are working on and want to get some feedback from other creators? Let us know what you are thinking about via hello[at]playfulartsfestival.com! \n::::::::: PLAYFUL ARTS MEETUPS? :::::::\nWhat are playful arts? With informal evenings we’d like to discover and explore this together with artists\, designers\, makers and other interested parties through talks\, presentations and conversations. \nIn 2017 we will organise a couple of these evenings in Den Bosch and Amsterdam. \n:::: ABOUT PLAYFUL ARTS FESTIVAL ::::\nPlayful Arts Festival (PAF) explores the cross-over between playful design\, visual art and performing arts since 2012. PAF organises\, curates\, and initiates festivals\, exhibitions\, masterclasses & symposiums around playful arts with a focus on social interaction. \nPlayful Arts Festival is an initiative of Iris Peters (Wave of Tomorrow) and Zuraida Buter (Zo-ii).
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playful-arts-meetup-3/
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands,Organizing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T220000
DTSTAMP:20170318T130625Z
CREATED:20170318T130625Z
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SUMMARY:INDIGO 2017
DESCRIPTION:Dutch Game Garden invites you to INDIGO\, the showcase for the finest\, most outstanding games by independent developers. The games range from brand new playable prototypes to completed games offering impressive and rich experiences. With the creators presenting them on our special custom-made arcade cabinets\, the stage is set for you to meet the next rising star! \nThe next INDIGO event takes place on June 30 at De LiK\, a former prison in Utrecht\, the Netherlands.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indigo-2017/
LOCATION:De LIK\, Wolvenplein 27\, Utrecht\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170625
DTSTAMP:20170317T121306Z
CREATED:20170302T121025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170317T121306Z
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SUMMARY:Game Happens! 2017
DESCRIPTION:23-24 June 2017\, Genova (Italy) The international festival in Italy where game design looks beyond its own boundaries. This fourth edition features two days of talks and showcased games full of extra inspiration from performing arts.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/game-happens-2017/
LOCATION:Villa Durazzo Bombrini\, Genova\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170612
DTSTAMP:20170321T133244Z
CREATED:20170321T133215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170321T133244Z
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SUMMARY:No More Sweden 2017
DESCRIPTION:No More Sweden is a gathering of independent game developers from the whole world meeting up somewhere in Sweden. The event has been arranged every year since 2008.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/no-more-sweden-2017/
LOCATION:STPLN\, Stapelbäddsgatan 3\, Malmö\, 211 19 \, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Europe,GameJam
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170612
DTSTAMP:20170106T163935Z
CREATED:20170106T163935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170106T163935Z
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SUMMARY:Lyst 2017
DESCRIPTION:Lyst is a conference and a cooperative prototyping environment focused on the arts and crafts of games. \nLyst is a free space to explore your ideas. \n“This summit aims to bring light and love to a somewhat controversial subject in games; even though romance\, love and sex are some of the most natural aspects of human behaviour\, it is not portrayed very often\, or very well in games. We want to bring artists\, developers\, sound artists and creatives from inside and outside the industry together to celebrate\, discuss and create within these marvellous topics.” \nSymposium: 9 June 2017\nGame Jam: 9-11 June 2017
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/lyst-2017/
LOCATION:TBA – Copenhagen\, Copenhagen\, Denmark
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170608T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170608T223000
DTSTAMP:20170603T142453Z
CREATED:20170122T162945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170603T142453Z
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SUMMARY:Playful Arts Sessions #1
DESCRIPTION:Interactive Performance evening. \nPlayful Arts Sessions is an exciting evening where you can get acquainted with leading and emerging artists at the intersection of visual arts\, performing arts and playful design. Includes Dinner!\nDuring the first Playful Arts Sessions we dive into the work of artist duos The100Hands (NL)  and Louise Orwin & Eugenie Pastor (UK)\, who both playfully experiment with the relation between the artist and their audience. How far will we go in setting up and act in interactive experiences?\n\nDuring the first half of the evening we meet in a playful way during two performances and a tasteful dinner. During the second half of the evening we will speak with the artists under the guidance of expert moderator Jochem Naafs.\n\nTimetable: \n17.00  Doors open\n17.15   Start program\n17.30  The Loneliness of Crowds – Louise Orwin & Eugénie Pastor\n19.45  Dinner @ Hangop\n20.00 25Feet – the 100Hands\n21.15   Aftertalk with the artists and moderator Jochem Naafs \nTickets*: \n25 Euros: Two performances + dinner\n20 Euros: Two Performances + dinner ( = Early Bird until 18 May) \n*Tickets are for the whole evening including dinner. \n\nInteractive Performances:\nThe Loneliness of Crowds\nby Eugénie Pastor and Louise Orwin\n \nThe Loneliness of Crowds is an immersive experience for 1-2 blindfolded participants. During 10 minutes\, you will be involved in being in a festival environment. Complete with karaoke\, crowdsurfing\, shelter for rain and dancing. Afterwards you will give the same care to other participants. \n25Feet\nby The100Hands\nAt a distance of 25 feet (7.3m) and further people interact among each other mainly as viewers and performers. By placing the audience together with two performers in a square of 25ft2\, everyone – willingly or not – enters each others ‘social space’. From there begins the journey closer and closer\, into ‘personal’ and ‘intimate space’: areas where the most violent and intimate physical interactions happen. \n25 Feet is a sober\, effectively designed\, interactive dance performance about physical proximity and the dynamics between violence and intimacy\, that both happen on closest distance. \nThe Artists:\n\nThe100Hands:\nThe100Hands create interactive dance performances\, mostly site specific\, now and then staged in theaters.\nSince 2014 Jasper Džuki Jelen (NL/SI) and Mojra Vogelnik Škerlj (SI) combine their backgrounds in contemporary dance and architecture to create works that strongly relate to space. The movement vocabulary of this duo sources from partnering and martial arts and fuels an interest in the social\, interactive potential of physical performance formats.\nThe work of The100Hands is presented in many international festivals and is produced in Belgium\, Sweden\, Denmark and Egypt. Its human and physical approach speaks to a wide audience of all ages.\nhttps://the100hands.com/\n\nLouise Orwin (UK) is a live art artist\, researcher\, writer and performer. She has performed her work at various stages and festivals in the UK and beyond. Her work is characterized by brutality\, personal vulnerability and the involvement of the public in intimate experiences. In her work she focuses on the accidental encounter with a stranger. She plays with stereotypical views of the female in popular culture versus her own awkwardness. In her work practice\, she mixes the theatrical with everyday and interrogates the interaction between the creator and her audience.\nHttp://louiseorwin.com/ \nEugénie Pastor (UK) is an artist\, performer\, musician and theatre-maker\, based in London and originally from France. She’s an Associate Artist at Little Bulb Theatre since 2009 and co-devised and performed in many of the company’s award-winning shows\, including: Orpheus\, Squally Showers\, Operation Greenfield\, Sporadical\, and most of Little Bulb’s cabaret and band incarnations. \nShe’s also a freelance performer and theatre-maker\, and has collaborated with Tom Penn\, Edith Tankus\, Glen Neath and David Rosenberg\, and new circus companies Barely Methodical and Camille Boitel / L’Immédiat. Her work has been shown at Battersea Arts Centre\, Soho Theatre\, The Shed / National Theatre\, Salzburg Festival\, West Yorkshire Playhouse\, Millenium Centre Cardiff\, Bristol Old Vic\, Latitude and Wilderness Festivals\, among others.\nhttp://www.eugeniepastor.co.uk/ \nThe Moderator:\nJochem Naafs holds an MA in both New Media Studies and Theatre Studies. He is a lecturer\, researcher\, dramaturg and live artist based in Utrecht. As a lecturer he is affiliated to ArtEZ Bachelor of Dance and HKU Theatre. Furthermore he works as a researcher for HKU focussing on research in education and the opportunities of performative research in the arts. He is affiliated to three professorships: Performative Processes\, Art and Professionalisation and Research in Creative Practices. Previously he was affiliated to Utrecht University\, Honours Programme of ArtEZ Insitute of the Arts. He was guest lecturer at University of Hildesheim\, ArtEZ Dance Academy and Ghent University. \nAs a dramaturg he works and worked with Stut Theater\, theatre collective Powerboat\, directors Suzan Tolsma\, Joachim Robbrecht and Michael Pinchbeck\, choreographers Jack Gallagher\, Minke Elisa Brands\, Jessica van Rüschen and circus Diedom. He is one of the members of BIT dance dramaturgy\, a collective interested in contextualizing and sharing ideas about dance dramaturgy. He has created various (lecture) performances such as Minotaure! Minotaure\, c’est toi!! and Projecting on Der (kommende) Aufstand nach andcompany&Co. and the series Associative Writing and the lecture Performance. \nhttp://www.playfulperformance.nl/ \n—–\nPlayful Arts Sessions is organized by Playful Arts Festival\, a collaboration between Wave of Tomorrow and zo-ii. \nwww.playfulartsfestival.com \nThe Playful Arts Sessions in 2017 are supported by Willem Twee kunstruimte and Gemeente ‘s-Hertogenbosch. \n\nPractical information:\nJune 8\, 2017\nWillem Twee Artspace\nBoschdijkstraat 100 ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL)\nDoors open: 17:00\nStart program: 17.15\nEnd of program: 22.30\nEarly bird € 20\, – incl. dinner until May 18\nAfter that: € 25\,- incl. dinner \nTickets: https://www.willem-twee.nl/event/playful-arts-sessions/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playful-arts-sessions-1/
LOCATION:WILLEM TWEE\, Boschdijkstraat 100\, 's-Hertogenbosch\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Curating,Europe,Netherlands,Organizing
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170604
DTSTAMP:20170310T111515Z
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SUMMARY:Feral Vector 2017
DESCRIPTION:Feral Vector takes place in an old church next to a wooded ravine\, in the town of Hebden Bridge. It has workshops\, talks\, interviews\, live games\, local multiplayer\, Q&As\, performances\, walks\, and other things. It’s centred on the subject of game design\, its wider influences\, the places people think it should go next\, and the neglected\, ignored places it’s already been.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/feral-vector-2017/
LOCATION:Hebden Bridge\, Hebden Bridge\, Yorkshire\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170530
DTSTAMP:20170510T092333Z
CREATED:20170214T140708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170510T092333Z
UID:15301-1496016000-1496102399@www.zo-ii.com
SUMMARY:[Canceled] Indievelopment 2017
DESCRIPTION:Student Game Development Conference – Utrecht
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/indievelopment-2017/
LOCATION:Jaarbeurs\, Utrecht\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170519T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170519T200000
DTSTAMP:20170321T200623Z
CREATED:20170321T200623Z
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SUMMARY:Nordic Game Discovery Day 2017
DESCRIPTION:“What we will do on the Discovery Day is to attack the topic of passion from these different angles and give you a variety of takes on what it means when creating games. From the drive that keeps you going to empathy for players with less and less time at their hands\, from the pleasure that games can create in players to the persistence you need to survive as an artist\, the talks will shed a light on the passion that keeps us all going. Come join us for the first ever Nordic Game Discovery Day.” \nWe wanted to have a curatorial theme that links all presentations. It had to be a topic that allows for an artistic angle and also connects the practice of making games with the life of the creator. Starting from the word passion\, that describes why we all make games\, we went in four different directions: \n\n\nDrive – the passion that keeps you going despite the world falling apart \n\n\nFeeling – pleasure and fulfillment in games and outside \n\n\nEmpathy – having a heart in this grim world \n\n\nPersistence – making games while you have a life \n\n\n  \nDiscovery Day & Showcase: Friday\, 19 May\nCreated and curated in close cooperation with longtime partners Copenhagen Game Collective\, Nordic Game Discovery Day will be held as the last day of NG17\, namely Friday\, 19 May. Open to all NG17 conference pass holders\, stand-alone Discovery Day & Showcase tickets are available for only 59 EUR. Get yours right here! \n10:00 – 16:00: Loads of great talks\, all conference auditoriums\nThe Discovery Day program includes a strong speaker line-up with some of the most exciting names in game creation today. Session details and speakers to be announced soon. \n10:00 – 20:00: Discovery Showcase\, Dining Hall\nAt the Discovery Showcase\, developers can book a table in the Dining Hall and join the selection of great new game projects; visit the showcase to play the creations and meet the developers! Highlighting the Discovery Showcase will be the eight games nominated for the annual Sensation Award. All NG17 attendees will also be able to play the nominated games during the conference and vote for their favorite. \n12:00 – 14:00: Lunch\, Dining Hall\nA complimentary lunch is included with all NG17 conference passes. \n13:00-14:00: Discovery Contest Grand Final\nAt the grand final of Nordic Game’s debut live pitch contest\, participants will present their games to the grand final judges\, among them legendary Japanese game designer Fumito Ueda\, and before an NG17 audience. Read more about the contest here. \n15:00-16:00: NG17 Wrap-up\, including Sensation Awards\nThomas Vigild is back with his not-to-be-missed conference wrap-up show\, this year fused with a wealth of award presentations\, including announcement of the Sensation Award winner as well as Discovery Contest “Game of the Year”. \n16:00-20:00: NG17 After Hours\nNordic Game Discovery Day will end with a “chill” bang in the Dining Hall. Full of games\, fun and surprises. \n  \n  \nDiscover the new Indie Day
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/nordic-game-discovery-day-2017/
LOCATION:Slagthuset\, Malmo\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170510T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170510T220000
DTSTAMP:20170321T144745Z
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SUMMARY:Playful Arts Meetup #2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second Playful Arts Meetup on 10 May 2017! \nLocation in Amsterdam TBA \nShare your projects and thoughts about the cross-over between visual art\, performing art\, playful design and social interaction. \n::::::: CALL FOR TALKS::::::::: \nDo you have a project you’re working on which you would love to talk about from a playful arts perspective?  \nLet us know via hello[at]playfulartsfestival.com. We have room for about three 15 minute talks
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playful-arts-meetup-2/
LOCATION:TBA  – Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands,Organizing
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170508
DTSTAMP:20160623T102510Z
CREATED:20160623T102510Z
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SUMMARY:Playin' Siegen 2017
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/playin-siegen-2017/
LOCATION:playin siegen\, Siegen\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170501
DTSTAMP:20160927T132709Z
CREATED:20160927T132709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T132709Z
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SUMMARY:A MAZE./ Berlin 2017
DESCRIPTION:Indie game festival. More TBA\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/569951356538513/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/a-maze-berlin-2017/
LOCATION:Urban Spree\, Berlin\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170421T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170422T010000
DTSTAMP:20170302T150919Z
CREATED:20170302T150919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170302T150919Z
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SUMMARY:GamesAreForEveryone - Volume 5
DESCRIPTION:“A night of fantastic\, raucous\, beautiful games\, mixed with drinks\, music\, and wonderful people. Join us on Friday 21st April as we turn The Caves in Edinburgh into an amazing\, one-night-only combination of bar and indie arcade\, full of incredible things.” \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gamesareforeveryone-tickets-31598699561
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/gamesareforeveryone-volume-5/
LOCATION:The Caves\, 8-10 Niddry Street South\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1NS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170420T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170421T183000
DTSTAMP:20170130T121300Z
CREATED:20170130T121224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T121300Z
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SUMMARY:International City-Gaming Conference 2017
DESCRIPTION:Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-for-cities-conference-tickets-31317310920 \nFrom the website: \n\nThe Games for Cities programme is hosting the first international conference with leading ‘city-game’ design experts from around the world. Games for Cities is an initiative started by Play the City and partners\, and aims to create a platform for knowledge exchange on games that have the potential to facilitate more effective and inclusive city-making. The conference will be held in Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut and is open to the public. \n\nCity-games are increasingly prevalent in the daily work of policy-makers\, regulators\, urban designers\, smart city experts and architects. The Games for Cities programme contributes to this maturing field of city-making in two ways: by generating a critical and holistic overview of implemented city games\, and by encouraging city-game designers to work closely with local governments. Organised by Play the City and partners in close collaboration with Het Nieuwe Institute\, this conference aims to bring Dutch city-gaming practices and international best practices into closer contact with one another. \nThis promises to be an intriguing conference with keynotes on how city-gaming is the future of city-making\, as well as numerous city-game break-out sessions to experience this future for yourselves. You will get the chance to meet Paolo Pedercini from Molleindustria\, Urban Think Tank’s Haris Piplas\, Boston-based social designer Eric Gordon from Emerson’s Engagement Lab\, The Why Factory’s Felix Madrazo\, and Ekim Tan from Play the City as the invited speakers at the conference. During the conference\, 10 internationally active city-game developers will be present to run game sessions. Among these city-games are the future scenario building of refugee saturated Jordanian cities\, playful renewable energy platforms for citizens\, urban water games\, and games that confront our own egos and identities regarding increasing urban densities.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/international-city-gaming-conference-2017/
LOCATION:Het Nieuwe Instituut\, 25 Museumpark\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Europe,Netherlands
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170410
DTSTAMP:20170106T163348Z
CREATED:20170106T163315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170106T163348Z
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SUMMARY:Now Play This 2017
DESCRIPTION:From the website:\nNow Play This is a festival of experimental game design\, showcasing some of the most interesting games and playful work being made around the UK and the world. It will run for the third time at Somerset House in London from 7-9 April\, 2017\, as part of the London Games Festival. There’ll be an exhibition of games running throughout\, plus special events including a board games afternoon\, a strange controllers showcase\, and\, on Friday\, a day for discussion between practitioners. Tickets will be available from February 2017. \nDirector: Holly Gramazio (Matheson Marcault). Digital curator: George Buckenham. Event production: Sophie Sampson (Matheson Marcault) and Jo Summers. Attendance policy: here.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/now-play-this-2017/
LOCATION:Somerset House\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 1LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170405T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170405T203000
DTSTAMP:20170221T204758Z
CREATED:20170221T204758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170221T204758Z
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SUMMARY:State of Play 2017
DESCRIPTION:Irish Game Maker Expo and Talks \nInfo from FB: \n\nThe State of Play is Ireland’s premier Independant Game Maker Event hosted by the School of Media in the Dublin Institute of Technology\, in conjuntion with IMIRT\, the Irish Game Makers association. \nAs usual we will have an exciting and ecclectic mix of Inspirational International & Irish Guest Speakers. We then follow it up with the ‘After Party’ which will take place once again on the Rooftop Bar in Odessa. The event will be preceeded by a free games EXPO with over 100 developers\, students and industry professionals demonstrating their work. \nKeynote this year will be the world reknowned game maker Brenda Romero. Brenda is now living in ireland with her family\, having moved here over a year ago. She has setup a new company in Galway called “Romero Games” with husband and legendary game developer John Romero. \n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/state-of-play-2017-irish-game-maker-expo-and-talks-sop17-tickets-32256399760?aff=efbevent
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/state-play-2017/
LOCATION:Dublin Institute of Technology\, Dublin\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170402
DTSTAMP:20160927T121542Z
CREATED:20160927T121443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T121542Z
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SUMMARY:CounterPlay 2017
DESCRIPTION:CounterPlay is a tribute to and an exploration of the many ways\, in which a more playful approach can help us live better lives. We focus on the excitement\, intense engagement and rich experiences of people involved in all kinds of playful experiences. This sparks an investigation of how play can be transformative\, change our thinking\, push our boundaries and lead us places\, we never imagined
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/counterplay-2017/
LOCATION:Dokk1\, Aarhus\, Denmark
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170328T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170328T210000
DTSTAMP:20170321T144218Z
CREATED:20170321T144218Z
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SUMMARY:Kraks@dekrook: games in De Krook!? Over het belang van spelen
DESCRIPTION:Evening in library De Krook in Ghent: the possibilities of videogames as form of culture. \n[In Dutch] Waarom biedt de bibliotheek binnenkort videogames aan? Op deze avond verkennen we de mogelijkheden van videogames als cultuurvorm. Ontdek boeiende games over ernstige onderwerpen en denk mee hoe we ze kunnen inzetten om de wereld beter te maken. Tijdens deze avond kan je boeiende lezingen bijwonen en uiteraard is er ook gelegenheid om games te spelen. \nGames in de bib!? \nJeroen Bourgonjon (UGent) & Marino De Wilde (De Krook Bibliotheek) \nWaarom bieden zoveel bibliotheken\, musea en cultuurcentra tegenwoordig games aanbieden. Hoe zien we games als cultuurvorm tegenover literatuur? En wat valt er in Bibliotheek De Krook te beleven?  \nGames met culturele meerwaarde \nBram Michielsen (House of Indie en Screenshake) \nThe House of Indie\, een indie game collectief uit Antwerpen\, organiseert jaarlijks het internationale kunstenfestival Screenshake dat volledig aan games is gewijd. Oprichter Bram Michielsen geeft een bloemlezing van de games die de voorbije jaren op Screenshake te zien waren. \nGames in de Openbare Bibliotheek \nJürgen Van Lerberghe (Openbare Bibliotheek Kortrijk) \nJürgen Van Lerberghe weet als geen ander welke rol games kunnen spelen in de bibliotheek. In Kortrijk bouwde hij een heuse gameswerking uit. Jürgen komt ons vertellen waarom dit belangrijk is. Bovendien geeft hij tips voor bibliothecarissen en cultuurmedewerkers om zelf met games aan de slag te gaan. \nGames in Culturele centra \nHannes Vanhaverbeke (Cultuurconnect)\, Hannes en Thomas Devillé (Devillé Arcade)\, Martijn Gys (Stad Antwerpen) \nCultuurconnect ondersteunt bibliotheken\, cultuur- en gemeenschapscentra om cultuur op nieuwe manieren te beleven. Samen met CC Deurne en Devillé Arcade ontwikkelde Cultuurconnect een mobiele arcadehal. De gepresenteerde games zijn artistiek en stimuleren het samenwerken tussen mensen. De games zijn toegankelijk voor een breed publiek en werden uitgebreid getest door zowel ervaren gamers als kansengroepen. Tijdens Kraks@DeKrook leer je meer over het ontstaan van deze arcadehal. En uiteraard kan je de games ook spelen!  \nEXTRA: Speel games! \nDevillé Arcade \, Cultuurconnect\, CC Deurne\, DiGRA Flanders\, MICT (UGent) en imec \nTijdens de hele avond krijgt u de mogelijkheid om games te ontdekken. Speel de arcadegames van Arcade Devillé\, ontdek virtual reality games en verken games met culturele meerwaarde. \nin samenwerking met Cultuurconnect
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/kraksdekrook-games-de-krook-het-belang-van-spelen/
LOCATION:De Krook\, Miriam Makebaplein 1\, Ghent\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170225T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170226T180000
DTSTAMP:20170130T120427Z
CREATED:20170130T120427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T120427Z
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SUMMARY:Push the Button
DESCRIPTION:Gamefestival – Deurne\, Belgium \n[Dutch] \n\nOp 25 en 26 februari stellen cc Deurne\, CultuurConnect en Devillé Arcade een heuse\, moderne ARCADEHAL voor in cc Deurne Rix. We lieten 7 spellen ontwikkelen\, die focussen op samen spelen\, het creatieve en het artistieke. En dat doen we met de nodige toeters en bellen. Een heel weekend lang kan je verschillende games\, VR-opstellingen en game-performances ontdekken. Op zondag nodigen we je uit voor een ontbijt\, en kan je nadien deelnemen aan een Coder Dojo sessie\, een MineCraft demo of een heus creative build toernooi!
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/push-button/
LOCATION:cc Deurne Rix\, de Gryspeerstraat 86\, Deurne\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170213T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170213T200000
DTSTAMP:20170130T124659Z
CREATED:20170130T124659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T124659Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation\, Play & the Future of Technology
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Steven Johnson\, author of “Wonderland : How Play Made the Modern World.” \n\nSteven Johnson\, the international best-selling author of How We Got To Now\, whose TED talk has had over 1 million views\, in a talk on innovation and the future of technology seen through the history of play: the subject of his major new book\, praised by Bill Clinton\, Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell- Wonderland : How Play Made the Modern World. \nIf want to know where technology is headed you should be playing close attention to the way we play. You’ll find the future wherever people are having the most fun. Contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change\, Steven Johnson argues that\, throughout history\, the cutting edge of innovation lies wherever people are working the hardest to keep themselves and others amused. \nHe will introduce us to the colourful innovators of leisure: the explorers\, proprietors\, showmen\, and artists who changed the trajectory of history with their luxurious wares\, exotic meals\, taverns\, gambling tables\, and magic shows. And will make the compelling case that anyone who wants to know where technology is headed next should be playing close attention to the way we play.
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/innovation-play-future-technology/
LOCATION:CNCFD- Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design\, 16-17 Greek Street\, London\, W1D 4DR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Europe
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170213
DTSTAMP:20161108T122729Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20161108T122729Z
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SUMMARY:Screenhake 2017
DESCRIPTION:Screenshake 2017 is the fifth edition of the only art festival in Belgium to showcase the video game medium\, with a focus on independent or ‘indie’ games. These are often smaller\, more personal and innovative games; think of them as the video game equivalent of arthouse films! \nhttp://www.screenshake.be/
URL:https://www.zo-ii.com/event/screenhake-2017/
LOCATION:Het Bos\, Ankerrui 5-7\, Antwerp\, B-2000\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Europe
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