Games+ museums lightning talk
•Download as PPTX, PDF•
0 likes•97 views
A brief slideshow about trends in showing and using games in museum spaces.
Recommended
More Related Content
Similar to Games+ museums lightning talk
Similar to Games+ museums lightning talk (20)
More from Christopher Totten
More from Christopher Totten (16)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Games+ museums lightning talk
- 1. Games+ Museums The next great venue for interactivity
- 2. Introduction – ChristopherTotten • Game Artist in Residence • Executive organizer: Smithsonian American Art MuseumArcade • Author on games, art, and architecture • Game developer
- 3. “Games for learning in museums and elsewhere are at their worst when they emerge from the muck as clever but joyless experiences. It is too easy—at any museum—to settle for a matching game or a quiz or any flavor of chocolate- covered broccoli…” ~James Collins, U.S. Department of Education
- 5. Curation • Collection • Display • Playable? Computer Game Museum (Computerspielemuseum) in Berlin, Germany
- 6. Curation • Not just games but artistic parts of games? • Music • Artwork • Oral histories • Fan contributions Game concept art on display, Art of Video Games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
- 7. Curation • Preservation of game worlds? Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
- 8. Curation • Games as commissioned art or stimulations of creativity? Lissitzky’s Revenge – a game made to accompany Constructivist works
- 9. Technology • How can technology change how visitors interact with museums? Text Rain by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv, on display at SAAM’s Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art
- 10. Technology • How can we add new interactivity to art and exhibitions? Interactive header installation Hit It! at Pitch to Pixel - National Football Museum, Manchester, UK
- 11. Technology • Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) • Augmented Reality (AR) • Mobile and internet technology Layar – an augmented reality app in use at the British Museum, London
- 12. Play • How can playful thinking shape installations? The Beach – National Building Museum, Washington, DC
- 13. Play • How can we engage visitors in educational content? Fly Like A Pterosaur– National Museum of Natural History, New York
- 14. Play • How can games people support staff and educators in game making? Global Game Jam at American University, 2016
- 15. Games+ Museums The next great venue for interactivity
Editor's Notes
- Where do we see ourselves going?
- Where we are
- Keywords: games not as singular artworks but as collections of works creating experiences
- Keywords: archaeology of gameplay communities artifacts
- Keywords: Local developer scenes Inspiration stimulations of creativity cultural engagement.