[Air-L] Fwd: Register for The Art History of Games symposium and exhibition

[Mia Consalvo]

Apologies for cross-posting-- this should be a great event.

Mia

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From: Ian Bogost <ian.bogost at lcc.gatech.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:55 AM
Subject: Register for The Art History of Games symposium and exhibition
To: Mia Consalvo <consalvo at ohio.edu>


Register now for The Art History of Games, a symposium and exhibition
jointly organized by SCAD Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology!

February 4-6, 2010
 Rich Auditorium at the High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St N.E., Atlanta GA 30308

Register at: http://arthistoryofgames.com/registration

The Art History of Games is a three-day public symposium that will provide a
venue for artists, scholars and game developers to discuss games as a form
of art as well as set the path for conversations going forward.

Speakers include:

John Romero, designer of Doom and co-founder of Gazillion Entertainment
Christiane Paul, New School professor and Whitney Museum adjunct curator
 Jesper Juul, author of A Casual Revolution
Brenda Brathwaite, creator of Vanguard Award-winning Train
 Frank Lantz, designer of Drop7 and Parking Wars

Attendees are also invited to attend the premiere of three commissioned art
games by Jason Rohrer, Tale of Tales, and Nathalie Pozzi and Eric Zimmerman,
at Kai Lin Art (800 Peachtree St. N.E.).

Early registration ends Thusday, January 14: $15 for SCAD and Georgia Tech
students, $25 for academics and students from other institutions, and $40
for the general public.

Register at: http://www.arthistoryofgames.com/registration
For more information, please visit http://www.arthistoryofgames.com or
contact arthistoryofgames at scad.edu.



(please forward/repost; apologies for cross-posting)

 Ian Bogost, Ph.D.

Associate Professor


School of Literature, Communication, and Culture

The Georgia Institute of Technology

686 Cherry St.

Atlanta, GA 30332-0165


+1 (404) 894-1160

ian.bogost at lcc.gatech.edu






-- 
Mia Consalvo, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Comparative Media Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building  14N-226
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consalvo at mit.edu
617.324.1868