Talk by Steven Johnson, author of "Wonderland : How Play Made the Modern World." Steven 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…
We nodigen je van harte uit voor de eerste Playful Arts meetup op 15 februari 2017! Deel je projecten en gedachtes op het snijvlak van beeldende kunst, podiumkunst, playful design en sociale interactie met onze community tijdens onze playful arts meetups. Wat zijn playful arts? In 2017 willen we met informele avonden in Amsterdam en…
Gamefestival - Deurne, Belgium Op 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…
From the website: Do you prefer your reality shaken or stirred? In conjunction with the annual Game Developers Conference, PlaySFMOMA presents a day-long “blended reality” pop-up arcade. Play a selection of avant-garde and experimental games that explore augmented, virtual, shared, fractured, blended, and otherwise mixed realities. This event not only presents emerging augmented and virtual…
IDGAF: Independently Developed Game Art Festival of 2017 The wonderful Chad Toprak of Hovergarden has put together a short selection of contemporary independent videogames for our interactive pleasure. These were all featured in this year's IGF, coincidentally. ? OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 23rd ? Come and see games never before shown on Australian shores Also drink…
Evening in library De Krook in Ghent: the possibilities of videogames as form of culture. 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…
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…
Irish Game Maker Expo and Talks Info from FB: The 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. As usual we will have an exciting and ecclectic mix of Inspirational International &…
From the website: Now 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…
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-for-cities-conference-tickets-31317310920 From the website: The 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…
"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." Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gamesareforeveryone-tickets-31598699561
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Join us for our second Playful Arts Meetup on 10 May 2017! Location in Amsterdam TBA Share your projects and thoughts about the cross-over between visual art, performing art, playful design and social interaction. ::::::: CALL FOR TALKS::::::::: Do you have a project you're working on which you would love to talk about from a…
“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…
Kyoto Indiegames Festival http://bitsummit.org/2017/
Student Game Development Conference - Utrecht
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…
Interactive Performance evening. Playful 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! During the first Playful Arts Sessions we dive into the work of artist duos The100Hands (NL) and Louise Orwin & Eugenie Pastor (UK),…
Lyst is a conference and a cooperative prototyping environment focused on the arts and crafts of games. Lyst is a free space to explore your ideas. "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…
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