Fresh Air Festival 2015 - Festival of games & play. Melbourne, Australia From the website: Melbourne’s International Games Festival, Fresh Air, is back for 2015, hosted by Pop Up Playground and commissioned and presented by Federation Square’s Creative Program. Headlining Fresh Air this year are Fire Hazard Games from the UK, who are running the…
Freeplay, Melbourne, Australia. Independent Games Festival. Freeplay is Australia’s longest-running and largest independent games festival, located in Melbourne, Australia. Freeplay draws Australia’s independent game community together at its conference, public events program, arcade, and awards. The festival joins players, makers, critics, artists, academics, and students for a critical celebration of the artistry of games and…
Game showcase http://www.acmi.net.au/live-events/talks-performances/parallels-the-freeplay-2015-showcase/ From the artsy, to the weird, to the provocative, to the punk. For over ten years, the Freeplay Independent Games Festival has been exploring these vital margins of game culture in Australia, from bedroom coders and artists exploring the possibilities of games, to game culture’s punk rockers and agitators. Returning after the…
Contours - "Charting the fringes of independent games in Melbourne and Australia A month-long exhibition of playable games, zines, artwork, sculptures, videos, photography and other cultural gems http://contours-exhibition.com/ Events Opening Night Event: 10 October 2016: 6PM https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/contours-opening-night-tickets-27674861255 In Conversation Series: HELEN STUCKEY - October 13 MARIGOLD BARTLETT - October 19 NICO DISSELDORP - October 27…
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…
A mixtape exhibition of contemporary Australian videogames, split into two sides: Side A explores "Not Quite Games", games that don't quite fit our understanding or expectation of what games are. Side B focuses on "Personal Games", games that are intimate, autobiographical, or personal in nature. Contours features playable games, zines, books, comics, artwork, paintings, sculptures, videos, photography…
Parallels highlights some of the most unique, experimental, and personal games being made in the independent games scenes of Australia and beyond. Come and watch as our speakers demonstrate and play their creations live on stage, and share their creative inspirations and journeys. Discover new games and game makers, and find out what makes them…
Freeplay 2019 — INTROSPECTION | May 7–12 Freeplay is Australia's longest-running and largest independent games festival. First established in 2004, Freeplay embraces the fringes, spotlights grassroots makers, and acts as a response to and critique of the status quo. We invite artists, designers, coders, writers, players, makers, critics, academics, and students for a celebration…
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