Utställningen Kriegstheater på Skogen tycks problematisera hur föreställningar kring krig aka väpnad konflikt representeras i konsten, åtminstone är det så jag uppfattar det. Eftersom vi lever i en tämligen fredlig enklav av Göteborg och världen utan vare sig knäskjutningar eller politiskt orkestrerade massvåldtäkter får kvällens utställning/symposium utvinna konstnärlig konkretion ur krigsspelens digitala världar.
Lite klipp å klistra:
19.00: Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt gives an introduction and explains the background to the festival that she has curated. (30 min)
19.30: Arne Kjell Vikhagen gives a lecture about computer war games and how artists have been and are working with this (60 min).
Arne Kjell Vikhagen is a PhD student in Digital Representation and The Valand Academy, Gothenburg University. His PhD project and art practice in general concerns the relationship between art and play. His first Game Art exhibition was in 2003, and he has been working with Game Art since then. He is also a teacher and the Director of Studies at fine art, Valand Academy.
Kriegstheater @ Skogen
Masthuggsterrassen 3
Tisdag 19 november kl 19 // Fri entré