The idea of videogames as art might still be up for debate, but that's not stopping a handful of performers from using them to make art.
On July 9, the Brick theater in Brooklyn will host Game Play, a two-week festival of videogame performance art.
Among the programs going down during the festival are Eddie Kim's "Grand Theft Ovid" (pictured), a multi-media retelling of the narrative poem Metamorphoses using Grand Theft Auto 4, World of Warcraft and Halo 3M as a method for digital puppetry.
New media artist Jon Rafman will take the audience on a live virtual tour in "Kool-Aid Man in Second Life".
And in "Modal Combat," guitarists David Hindman and Evan Drummond will battle live using classical electric guitars to control characters in a fighting game.
In addition to the performances, the Game Play festival will also host a series of gaming parties and art installations.
For tickets to any of the Game Play events, visit the Brick Theater's website.
Photo: Bricktheater/Flickr
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