Hello all, (with the usual cross-posting apologies) I wanted to let you know about an online exhibition I have curated, “More than A Craze: Photographs of New Zealand’s early digital games scene”. The blurb follows below. You will find it at http://www.maharagallery.org.nz/MoreThanACraze
kind regards, and enjoy! Melanie -- “More Than A Craze” is an online exhibition consisting of 46 photographs of New Zealand’s early digital games scene. Curated by Melanie Swalwell and Janet Bayly, “More Than A Craze” is one of the outcomes of Swalwell's research into the history of digital games in New Zealand, in the 1980s. The exhibition combines the work of some of New Zealand’s best known documentary photographers – Ans Westra, Christopher Matthews, Robin Morrison – with images from the archives of Wellington’s Evening Post and Auckland’s Fairfax newspapers. These photographers captured images of games, gamers and gameplay in the moment when these were novel. The exhibition website includes a short catalogue essay by Swalwell, and also a comments facility, where you are encouraged to record your impressions, memories, and recognitions. The exhibition and photographs will be of interest to people both curious and knowledgeable about the history of play and interactive entertainment, including those who are nostalgic for the old arcade days. See it at http://www.maharagallery.org.nz/MoreThanACraze -- Dr Melanie Swalwell Senior Lecturer, Screen and Media, & Course Coordinator, B. Media Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA 5001 278 Humanities Bldg Ph: +61 8 8201 2619 Fax: +61 8 8201 3635 [email protected] about me: http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/melanie.swalwell _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
