Playing With the City: Street Art and Videogames

Israel Vazques Marquez, Susana Pajares Tosca

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    Abstract

    In this paper we introduce and describe the phenomenon of videogame street art as a specific kind of street art. We consider its materiality and significance, and conceptualize it in the light of a double manifestation of play: the playful appropriation of the city by the artist and the fact that street art encapsulates the act of playing videogames in a visual form. Digital play spills out of our computer screens and occupies the urban space with the explicit intention of involving spectators, who are invited to play in symbolic ways that actualize nostalgic memories of gaming and can be related to a more general "play turn" in our culture.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftArte, Individuo y Sociedad
    Vol/bind29
    Udgave nummer1
    Sider (fra-til)105-120
    ISSN1131-5598
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2017

    Emneord

    • Street art
    • graffiti
    • videogames
    • play
    • city

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