E3Expo, AIAS, and LACMA Announce Art Selected for Into the Pixel Exhibition of the Art of the Videogame; Juried Exhibition at E3Expo 2005 Showcases the Art and Artists Bridging the Digital and Traditional Art Worlds.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo) today announced sixteen pieces of art to be featured in this year's Into the Pixel art Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level. Graphics in most old (or relatively limited) computer and video games, graphing calculator games, and many mobile phone games are mostly pixel art. exhibition at E3Expo 2005. The art was selected from a field of more than 140 submissions by a panel of jurors representing both the interactive entertainment industry and the traditional art community. The 2005 Into the Pixel art exhibition will take place May 18-20 in the Concourse Foyer of the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. (LACC LACC Los Angeles City College LACC Los Angeles Convention Center LACC Latin American and Caribbean Center (Florida International University) LACC Los Angeles College of Chiropractic LACC Local Aid Coordination Committee ), during E3Expo, the world's premiere interactive entertainment trade event. Into the Pixel is an exploration and celebration of computer and video game art, created by E3Expo, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS AIAS American Institute of Architecture Students AIAS Associazione Italiana Assistenza Spastici AIAS Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences AIAS American International Assistance Service AIAS American Institute of Applied Science ), and The Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. (LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association ). Now in its second year, Into the Pixel showcases talented artists who create art using video games See video game console. as their medium. For the second year in a row, the exhibit opening is sponsored by Spike TV. "Into the Pixel offers an unprecedented opportunity for today's computer and video game artists to receive critical review for their creative achievements by both peers in the digital art world and renowned traditional art experts," says Doug Lowenstein Douglas Lowenstein is the founder and former President of the Entertainment Software Association. He resigned on February 12, 2007 [1] to head up the newly formed Private Equity Council [2]. , president of the Entertainment Software Association, the trade association representing U.S. computer and video game publishers and the owner of E3Expo. "Through the cooperative relationship between the LACMA, E3Expo and AIAS, Into the Pixel continues to foster a fascinating dialogue between the digital and traditional art establishments."
Into the Pixel: Selected Artworks & Artists
Artwork title Artists Game title Company
Oddworld
Stranger's Oddworld
Song Engine Raymond Swanland Wrath Inhabitants
Guerrilla
Hackha The Hunter Marcos Domenech Killzone Games/Sony
Navy Shipyard Tyler West Godfather EA
Vinegar Hill Tyler West Godfather EA
Margaret Foley-
Mauvais, Veronique
Garcia, Alejandro
Gil, Anthony Mars,
Matt Christmann, Lord of The
Ben Wanat, Ivetta Rings: The
Eregion Orc Harte, David Mosher Third Age Electronic Arts
Uru, the Path
Yellow Room Stephan Martiniere of the Shell Cyan Worlds
Clarence Lansang, Shadow Ops: Petrol
Soldier Allan Hunter Red Mercury Advertising/Atar
Prince of
Babylon Panorama Mathieu Raynault Persia 3 Ubisoft
HAl Laboratory,
Tomomi Minami and Kirby: Canvas Inc./Nintendo of
Kirby-ful Color Tomoko Kitada Curse America Inc.
Marc Ecko's
Getting Up:
Nghia Lam, Mark Contents
Ecko, Brian Horton, Under
The Subway Depot Mike Evans Pressure Atari, Inc.
Marc Ecko's
Getting Up:
Danny Tamez, Mark Contents
CCK Tower - New Ecko, Brian Horton, Under
Year's Eve Mike Evans Pressure Atari, Inc.
Sony Computer
John Kendrew, John Entertainment
Design & Machin, Darren Europe/ Studio
Construction Douglas, Lee Carus Wipeout PSP Liverpool
Rich Mahon, Jon
Chinatown Level Gwyn, Chandana The Matrix: Shiny
Study Ekanayake Path of Neo Entertainment
Return To Stormfront
BattleField Matt Gaser Demonstone Studios
From Russia
Big Ben at Night Jason Courtney With Love Electronic Arts
For more information about "Into the Pixel" art, artists and jurors,
please refer to www.intothepixel.com.
"Spike TV is proud to sponsor such a worthy event which celebrates the incredible achievements in video game artwork," said Doug Herzog Douglas Alan Herzog (born 16 July 1959) is an American television executive. The current president of MTV Networks, Herzog is credited with bringing South Park, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report to Viacom's Comedy Central. , president, Spike TV, and the presenting sponsor of Into the Pixel. About the Jurors Kevin Salatino, Lead Juror juror n. any person who actually serves on a jury. Lists of potential jurors are chosen from various sources such as registered voters, automobile registration or telephone directories. , LACMA: Curator and Department Head, Prints and Drawings Kevin Salatino joined the staff of LACMA in 2000 as the Curator of Prints and Drawings, after a nine-year tenure as curator of the graphic arts at the Getty Research Institute. He has published and lectured widely in the US and abroad in his areas of expertise -- most recently at the Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. -- and has curated numerous exhibitions, including
LACMA's current "Rauschenberg: Posters." Last year, he
curated and wrote the catalogue for the exhibition, "Van Gogh to
Picasso: 19th- and 20th-Century French Master Drawings from LACMA,"
which was held in Belluno, Italy. His book, "Incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson.2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. Art," is scheduled to be published in France next year. Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants Oddworld Inhabitants is an American video game developer founded in 1994 by special effects and computer animation veterans Sherry McKenna and Lorne Lanning. Products of Oddworld Inhabitants range from released in 1997, to released in 2005. : President/Creative Director Lorne Lanning has 18 years experience in computer graphics and digital media and is the co-founder and president of video game development company Oddworld Inhabitants. Lorne also serves as the Executive Committee Vice Chairman for The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and on the Advisory Board to the President for the San Francisco Academy of Art College. He has a BFA BFA abbr. Bachelor of Fine Arts BFA abbr BFA, B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts; first degree in Fine Arts. from the California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the San Francisco Academy of Art College. Louis Marchesano, Getty Research Institute: Collections Curator, Prints and Drawings Louis Marchesano is the Collections Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, where he worked on seventeenth century Italian prints, a topic on which he has published. His recent exhibition, entitled Drawn to Rome, was a ground-breaking work on the remarkably rich sketchbooks of young French artists who trained in Rome in the eighteenth century. Louis' upcoming exhibitions include two collaborative projects with the Getty Museum, one on the prints and painting of James Ensor, and the other on the drawings and related prints of Peter Paul Rubens. Stephan Martiniere, Midway Games: Visual Design Director Stephan Martiniere is an internationally renowned science fiction and fantasy artist. Although he's neither a performer nor a politician, his work regularly influences TV watchers, moviegoers and magazine and newspaper readers throughout the world. Graduating from a four-year art school in his native France 20 years ago, and then attending an animation school also in Paris, Martiniere has worked in virtually every segment of the entertainment industry. Billy Shire, La Luz de Jesus Gallery/Billy Shire Fine Arts: Owner/Curator Native Los Angeleno Billy Shire is best known as the prodigious owner of the Soap Plant and Wacko stores and La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Shire's gallery, La Luz de Jesus, is one of the most important, ground-breaking galleries in Los Angeles and has garnered a considerable reputation with collectors, galleries, and artists around the world. La Luz de Jesus gallery started as an experiment: interested in redefining how a gallery worked, Shire set out to change the relationship between the artist and patron, challenging the notion of "exclusivity," and making a commitment to art and artists regardless of immediate commercial viability. His dedication to the "underground" scene is what earned him the title, "The Peggy Guggenheim of Lowbrow," from Juxtapoz magazine. Chris Swain, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. School of Cinema-Television and EA Game Innovation Lab: Co-Director At USC, Chris is interested in how games -- which are mathematical systems -- work as dramatic systems. Previously Chris was a founding member of game developer Spiderdance, Inc. -- a company focused on games for mass audiences. Prior to Spiderdance, Chris was a founding member of R/GA Interactive, a premiere New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of design firm. Chris has served on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmy's). He led the team that established the first Emmy for "Excellence in Interactive Television" and he chairs the Academy's Editorial Committee. Chris is co-author of the book "Game Design Workshop" which was published in 2004 by CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Books. Sponsors: Into the Pixel is presented by Spike TV, with generous donations from Epson America, Hamagami/Carroll. About E3Expo E3Expo is the world's premier trade show for computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG and related products. The show, now in its eleventh year, is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA 1. (architecture) ESA - Enterprise Systems Architecture. 2. (body) ESA - European Space Agency. ), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies publishing interactive games for video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. , handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet. For more information, please visit www.e3expo.com or www.theesa.com. About the Graphic Arts Council of LACMA Established as an independent institution in 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, has assembled a permanent collection that includes approximately 100,000 works of art representing regions throughout the world from ancient times to the present, making it the premier encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" visual arts museum in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . LACMA has organized its curatorial departments into innovative centers for art that foster multidisciplinary collaboration across the museum. Located in the heart of one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, the museum uses its collection and resources to provide a variety of educational, aesthetic, intellectual, and cultural experiences for the people who live in, work in, and visit Los Angeles. The Graphic Arts Council supports the Department of Prints and Drawings and encourages appreciation in the field of original works of art on paper. About the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences The AIAS is a non-profit member organization of over 3500 members, solely dedicated to serving the entertainment software industry. The Academy's board includes senior executives from the major videogame companies, including Sony, Nintendo, EA, Microsoft, Atari, Take Two, Activision, THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters and Ubisoft. Current members represent such varied fields as: art and graphics, animation, acting, interactive design, production, software engineering, sound design and music, testing and quality assurance, video and special effects, editorial and storyline writing, as well as the business segment of the industry. The mission of the Academy is to: Promote and advance common interests in the worldwide entertainment software community, recognize outstanding achievement in interactive content and the entertainment software community and conduct an annual awards show and enhance the image and awareness of entertainment software. Note to reporters/editors: To view and download the selected artwork, please go to: http://www.intothepixel.com/selected.php. |
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