exhibition / conference /workshops/ concert

Exhibition Play Cultures
04.10 - 25.10.2007
The Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad
Dunavska 37

Opening of exhibition Play cultures:
Thursday, 04.10.2007
19:00 hours

The exhibition “Play Cultures” is an international exhibition that presents contemporary artistic production that uses the language of digital games and shows one possible view of how the genre of digital games can be used in a creative and engaging way. The exhibition consists of standalone games, mods, video works, multiplayer games and interactive storytelling.

Artists:
AES + F (RU), Alon Tzarafi (IL), Afkar Media (SY), Fiambrera (ES), Gonzalo Frasca (UY), Jodi (BE, NL), Molleindustria (IT), Personal Cinema (GR), Persuasive Games (US), Robert Praxmarer (AT), Serious Games Interactive (DK), Tale of Tales (BE), Vladan Joler (RS), Vladimir Todorovic (RS, SG), Urtica (RS)

Conference:
05.10 i 06.10.2007
Screening room of Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina

What is the position of the class of “gamers” in today’s culture and society? Could game culture be used for emancipatory purposes and education? Is the militarization of game culture something that can be deconstructed or does it represent a highly customizable recruitment and ideological tool of the war culture?

Time:

Wednesday / October 03.10 2007

Workshop
12:00 - 18:00
Alternative game tools
Workshop lead by Vladan Joler (RS)
Academy of fine arts, University of Novi Sad

 
Thursday / 04.10. 2007.

Workshop
12:00 - 18:00
Alternative game tools
Workshop lead by Vladan Joler (RS)
Academy of fine arts, University of Novi Sad

Exhibition:
19:00
opening of exhibition of play cultures
MSUV

Concert
20:00
Spacewar! Strike Beta
Audio: Vladimir Manovski, Aleksandar Secerov & Marko Rakic
Video: Goran Radovanovic

 
Friday / 05.10. 2007

Conference
12:00
Opening of conference
Play Cultures
MSUV Screening room

12:30 - 14:30
Kriegspiel
Ilias Marmaris (GR)
Konrad Becker (AT)
MSUV Screening room

16:00 - 18:00
Game Craft
Daphne Dragona (GR)
Martin Pichlmair (AT)
Péter Fuchs (HU)
MSUV Screening room

Saturday / 06.10. 2007

Conference
12:30 - 14:30
Society in play
Alessandro Ludovico (IT)
Margarethe Jahrmann (AT)
Vladan Joler (RS)
MSUV Screening room

16:00 - 18:00
Commodified play
Kristian Lukic (RS)
Predrag Nikolic (RS)
Gordan Saviic (AT)
MSUV Screening room

 
Saturday, 06.10.2007

22:00 hours
Youth Center CK 13, Vojvode Bojovica 13
Lukatoyboy (RS)
Peacekeeping Concert Global Security Alliance-
PsyOps Soundsystem featuring Konrad Becker (AT)
Videogame Orchestra (GR)

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Production
Institute for Flexible Cultures and Technologies - NAPON
www.napon.org

Coproduction
Musem of Contemporary Art Vojvodina
www.msuv.org
New Media Center_kuda.org
www.kuda.org

Patron:
Executive Council of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Sponsors:
Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia
Austrian Cultural Forum Belgrade,
BS Procesor, Neobee.net, Fund for an Open Society Belgrade,
MagicBoxMultimedia, Student Cultural Center

Curator of the exhibition: Kristian Lukic
Coordinator: Natasa Vujkov
Conference editors: Kristian Lukic, Vladimir Todorovic
Design: Katarina Balazikova Lukic, www.krowka.net
PR: Danijela Halda
Organization: Jovan Jaksic
Technical setup: Djordje Popic, Pajica Dejanovic