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SUMMARY:Games by the Book: An Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Clara Fernández-Vara & Nick Montfort. From the exhibit description… \n\nPeople can’t get enough of stories–we’re always seeking to re-experience them\, in different forms and versions. Myths have been transformed and rehashed between religion\, folklore\, and popular narrative. It’s typical to see the play\, read the book\, watch the film\, and now\, play the game. Each medium will appropriate a story based on what each medium can do best. This exhibit focuses on literary adaptations to the new medium of the videogame\, ones that come from classical theatre texts (by Sophocles and William Shakespeare) as well as novels (by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Douglas Adams). \nThe games showcased in this exhibit demonstrate that there is a wide variety of approaches one can follow in adapting literary works into games. \nThe participatory nature of the medium cues a transformation of the original story\, exploring its different alternatives. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (a text game\, or interactive fiction) is an example of how the player becomes the protagonist\, engages in the story\, maybe changing the events\, maybe experiencing a different version of the story. Another approach to adaptation is focusing on world building rather than the events. Avon (also an interactive fiction) invites the player to explore a land inhabited by Shakespeare’s characters\, who create the challenges that the player must face. The Great Gatsby (a tongue-in-cheek Flash game) intersects the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story with the conventions of platformer games such as Super Mario Bros.\, marking the transition between levels with short cutscenes based on the novel. Another option is adapting the themes\, so that the actions of the player rehearse and explore these essential themes\, while the original characters\, events\, and setting may not be present at all. The mechanics of Yet One Word are based on the themes of Oedipus at Colonus. \nThe exhibit showcases these four games alongside the books they are based on; editions of these book are also available near the exhibit in the Humanities Library’s browsery.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/games-by-the-book-exhibit/
LOCATION:Hayden Memorial Library\, 160 Memorial Drive\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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SUMMARY:Online Information Session
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SUMMARY:Gediminas Urbonas
DESCRIPTION:Gediminas Urbonas\nGediminas Urbonas is artist and educator\, and co-founder (with Nomeda Urbonas) of Urbonas Studio – an interdisciplinary research program that advocates for the reclamation of public culture in the face of overwhelming privatization\, stimulating cultural and political imagination as tools for social change. Often beginning with archival research\, their methodology unfolds complex participatory works investigating the urban environment\, architectural developments\, and cultural and technological heritage. \nThe Urbonases have established their international reputation for socially interactive and interdisciplinary practice exploring the conflicts and contradictions posed by the economic\, social\, and political conditions of countries in transition. Working in collaboration they develop models for social and artistic practice with the interest to design organizational structures that question relativity of freedom. \nThey use art platform to render public spaces for interaction and engagement of the social groups\, evoking local communities and encouraging their cultural and political imagination. Combining the tools of new and traditional media\, their work frequently involves collective activities such as workshops\, lectures\, debates\, TV programs\, Internet chat-rooms and public protests that stand at the intersection of art\, technology and social criticism. \nThey are also co-founders of VILMA (Vilnius Interdisciplinary Lab for Media Art)\, and VOICE\, a net based publication on media culture. They have exhibited internationally including the San Paulo\, Berlin\, Moscow\, Lyon and Gwangju Biennales
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/gediminas-urbonas/
LOCATION:MIT Building 4\, Room 231\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:On-Campus Information Session
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URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/on-campus-information-session-102512/
LOCATION:Comparative Media Studies: MIT Building E15\, Room 335\, 20 Ames St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Independent Activities Period
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