Manifesto-ish Unveils New Video Game Art Museum

Manifesto-ish will unveil artist in residence Jon Gourley's Video Game Art Museum via a live virtual opening Thursday 2/20/14, 7-10PM est. To access the opening, go to www.manifesto-ish.com at the proper day and time. What is the Video Game Art Museum? The Video Game Art Museum (VGAM) is constructed with art objects appropriated from the backgrounds of video games. In their original context, these "works" function as proxies, or simulations, of art. By recontextualizing these simulations into a virtual gallery, VGAM will playfully refocus attention onto the works themselves, explore the intersection of art and simulation, and satirize recent institutional forays into the subject of video games and art (see the Smithsonian's The Art of Video Games and Google Art Project). Who is Artist in Residence Jon Gourley: Jon Gourley is originally from Des Moines, IA. He received a BS/BA from University of Iowa and an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. He has exhibited at the Des Moines Art Center, Southern Exposure, AC Institute, and Queens Nails gallery. His work primarily investigates failed communication, its poetics, and the ensuing tragicomedies. Check out the facebook event page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/248735365287645/ http://videogameartarchive.tumblr.com/ http://videogameartmuseum.blogspot.com/

www.manifesto-ish.com

February First Friday Highlights

Check out Space 2033, already!

Space 2033 
2033 Frankford Avenue
2/7/14, 6-9pm

Paper art, skins, prints, ink drawings, paintings, sculpture and interactive installation by artists

Lesley Haas
Jes Gamble
Kimberlee Traub
Jamie Paige Pepitone
Music by Dentana
Opening 6-10PM

https://www.facebook.com/events/1418436565065252

Matelli Sleepwalker Sculpture Surprise and Controversy

Did you hear about this?  Something amusing for your Friday.

A statue of a man sleepwalking in his underpants is surrounded by snow on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The sculpture entitled "Sleepwalker" is part of an exhibit by sculptor Tony Matelli at the college's Davis Museum.   AP PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

See the full story here: Tony Matelli Sleepwalker Sculpture Controversy