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Play with a Purpose: Politics and Art in Video Games -- July on -empyre-
« on: July 01, 2004, 06:09:17 pm »

-----(Updated Press Release, as requested by Michael Arnold Mages (marnoldm@du.edu) )----- -SDGamer

Play with a Purpose: Politics and Art in Computer Games -- July on
-empyre-

subscribe to the discussion at http://www.subtle.net/empyre/

The violence of the computer game world is thrown sharply into relief
when
characters do not represent the cultural hegemony typically seen in a
First-Person Shooter. "Play" does not necessarily equal "amusement" or
"humour" in these games; the opportunity to put on an identity that
sees a
formerly friendly (?) world as oppositional can be shocking. Developers
from four recent games discuss their works on -empyre-.

Based on the struggles of a Palestinian youth during the Intifadah,
UnderAsh [ http://www.underash.net/edownload.htm ] and Under Siege [
http://www.underash.net/n_download.htm ] were created by AFKARMEDIA
under
the direction of Syrian cofounder, programmer Radwan Kasmiya. Kasmiya
also acts as media advisor for the Middle-Eastern publisher DAR
AL-FIKR.

Depicting the plight of a foreign asylum-seeker in Australia, Escape
from
Woomera [ http://www.escapefromwoomera.org/ ] asks a player to attempt
to
break out of four refugee detention centers. Melbourne-based Kipper is
the Creative Director from the development team.

Rafael Fajardo explores the complexity of the real-world US/Mexico
border
situation through the paired games Crosser and La Migra [
http://www.du.edu/~rfajardo/juego/index.html ]. The games depict
border
crossings from the point of view of the illegal immigrant, and as a
border
patrol agent who attempts to prevent the crossing.

Collaborative group C-level has produced Waco Resurrection [
http://waco.c-level.org/ ]. Several of the artist/developers, including
Brody Condon, Eddo Stern, Michael Wilson and Peter Brinson will join
us,
examining issues of colonialism, violence, and documentary versus
fictive
presentation.

--
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cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by
inviting guests -- key new media artists, curators, theorists,
producers
and others to participate in thematic discussions. To participate,
subscribe to -empyre- at:
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Re:Play with a Purpose: Politics and Art in Video Games -- July on -empyre-
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2004, 10:20:19 pm »

Quote from: empyre on July 01, 2004, 06:09:17 pm

Los Angeles-based artist Brody Condon and former Israeli soldier Eddo Stern, in collaboration with C-level, have produced Waco Resurrection [ http://waco.c-level.org/ ] examining the issues of colonialism, violence, and documentary versus fictive presentation.

Eddo Stern is a Professor here at USC Interactive Media--cool guy.


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