A Maze.
... celebrating the convergence of
games, art and society.
games, art and society.
Julian Oliver (NZ)
The Computer Game as Musical Instrument
Jan 31, 19:45 - 20:30
Julian Oliver is a New Zealand-born artist, game developer and lecturer.
He has given numerous workshops and master classes in game design, artistic game development and interface design as well as augmented reality and open source development practices worldwide.
His work is shown at internationally recognized museums and electronic art events. His spatial-memory game, ‘LevelHead’, received an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica, 2008 in the category, Interactive Art. With ‘Fijuu2’ (2006), he establishes a strong relationship between his art and music. These audiovisual experiences allow for emerging compositions. Julian Oliver lives and works in Berlin.
In his lecture Julian will draw parallels between contemporary sound-based
games and 20th Century experimental instrument design, positioning such
games as the grandchildren of early, radical ideas within Western (noise)
music.
Abstracting further, Julian will propose that videogames are at their very
essence 'instruments' and fulfill a curious role as such...
Fijuu2 is playable at the Jump'n Run Bonus Cheat.
