Game art is new ganre that is following footsteps of the previous media arts such as video art, net art, sonic art, or telecomuncation art. However, most do not consider as art. In my opinion, game should be considered as art because of the fact art reflect the society it was created in. The game, nowadays, is a big part of the society.
Rebecca Cannon, with help of Karen Jenkins, developed the game with Java for mobile phones. This game is dedicated to all the people who are bored to death. Since playing mobile game means desperate attempt to end one's boredom, the artist's main theme and purpose could easily be understandable. The game requires the player to choose a character, and s/he will kill the same looking character over and over. The game's difficulty is set to increase as the player's self-hatred level increases.
I was really surprised to see game arts. Since I spend most of my time on playing video games, I can really relate to these pieces. The major figures for this kind of ganre are Cory Arcangel, Mary Flanagan, and Anne Marie Schleiner. I will study them and follow their project fron now on. I am hoping to get a chance to make game art just like this one.
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