{"product_id":"media-horror-emerging-technology-and-machine-intelligence-copy","title":"The Weird, the Eerie, and Video Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us for a discussion between artists \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gil-lawson.info\/\"\u003eGil Lawson\u003c\/a\u003e, Micheal Luo, and \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eVinny\u003c\/span\u003e Roca. Building off the work of Mark Fisher, this discussion will focus on the criss-crossings between their game-based practices and the weird and eerie - dislocated ecologies, grotesque beings, sequences of unexplained labor. This talk will explore how video games can make use of corrupted agency and strange presence to elucidate contemporary subjectivity and life under the eerie entity of capital. This discussion will be moderated by the Executive Director of Gameplayarts, Jamin Warren\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis talk was recording in Los Angeles on June 13th, 2024.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Speakers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGil Lawson is an artist, game designer, and writer based in Queens, New York. His most recent release is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a digital carpentry game. He is currently developing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e goblinAmerica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichael Luo is a game maker \u0026amp; media artist. Born as an anchor baby in Michigan, and grew up in Southwestern China, he spends his time teaching and making computer games about diaspora, hallucination, vulgarity, digital lethargy, and anything else that doesn't fit with the gamer culture. He focuses his practice on making short, eccentric, experimental video games, or working with the game engine to create interactive or generative works of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eVinny\u003c\/span\u003e Roca is an artist and game maker based in Los Angeles, California. Through absurdist video games, his works seek to make sense of our ever-morphing and changing subjectivity under capitalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Gameplayarts","offers":[{"title":"No","offer_id":45902514290852,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yes","offer_id":45902626291876,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/3125\/0852\/files\/Gameplayarts_Vinny_Roca_001.jpg?v=1718044215","url":"https:\/\/ecc08a-2c.myshopify.com\/products\/media-horror-emerging-technology-and-machine-intelligence-copy","provider":"Gameplayarts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}