GAME PLAY

A CELEBRATION OF VIDEO GAME PERFORMANCE ART

July 7-25, 2010

Applications Now Due April 1, 2010!

"It might be theater's future"—United Airlines Hemispheres Inflight Magazine
(http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2009/10/01/dont-tell-papa)

"This is my new favorite theater on earth. If I lived within 500 miles of this place, I'd be there for every show."
—G4TV's The Feed
(http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/696794/video-game-based-theater-coming-to-new-york.html)

Is art playable?  Are video games cinematic?  Is Machinima theatrical?  Are smartphones a stage?  Is there an architecture that connects these diverse media forms?  What boundaries can be broken within (and without) the walls of an Off-Off Broadway Theater to change your view?  With the increasing maturity of the modern video game, the possibilities for multi-media cross-over artworks cry out to be explored.

Boot up your think pad, open your horizon expansion application and prepare to log in to
The Brick's

GAME PLAY:
A CELEBRATION OF VIDEO GAME PERFORMANCE ART
July 7-25, 2010

Game Play explores the collision of technology, theater, performance art, and video game culture by staging the collaborative work of performance and media artists across the digital spectrum.  For 2009, Game Play's inaugural year, works for the celebrated festival included "Adventure Quest," "Thank You But Our Princess is in Another Castle," and "Suspicious Package: Rx".  Full coverage at www.bricktheater.com/gameplay2009.

The Brick is extending the Game Play deadline to April 1, 2010. Video Game artists are invited to apply at www.bricktheater.com/applications.

Only at
The Brick
575 Metropolitan Ave.,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
½ a block from the Lorimer stop of the L train
More info at: www.bricktheater.com/applications.