[ecrea] Video Game Art Reader - Call For Papers Fall 2016

In his keynote address for the 2013 DiGRA Art History of Games 
symposium, Paolo Pedercini, influential game developer and professor of 
Critical Game Making at Carnegie Mellon University, issued the following 
proposal:

/Let’s stop identifying with the game industry./

/Let’s stop being academic/fans and glorify consumer products that were 
never meant to be more than consumer products./

/Instead of being advocates for the medium as a whole we can be 
advocates for good games and good art./

/Because we cannot have an art history of games without an art criticism 
of games./

The VGA Reader (VGAR) is accepting submissions responding to this 
challenge for its inaugural issue, to be published in the summer of 
2017. The VGAR seeks a variety of art historical analyses and works of 
art criticism pertaining to all levels of video game production; from 
art game experiments, to significant developments in indie and small 
studio games, to high-profile mass-audience titles. Objects of analysis 
can reside on any video game platform including consoles, personal 
computers, mobile devices, alternative and custom hardware, virtual 
reality platforms, and other emerging technologies. Each submission 
should be framed within its historical and cultural context in order to 
help generate and add to a growing overlap between art history and video 
games as an inviting and rich field of inquiry.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

●Analysis of video game genres and platforms, both emerging and historical

●Analysis and documentation of significant experiments in avant-garde 
video games

●Analysis of issues pertaining to representations, gender performance, 
sexuality, class, and race in video games

●Analysis and critique of gaming culture(s), of gaming and consumer 
habits as a whole, or of a specific franchise or trend

●The public exhibition of video games in museums, galleries, festivals, 
conventions, and arcade bars

●Investigations and descriptions of video game development, design, and 
authorship

●Analysis of existing video game criticism, reviews, advertising, and 
marketing

●Gamification and how it functions in both the humanities and sciences

●Analysis of the function of video games in culture and society

●The formation of new communities, institutions, and contexts for video 
games

●Analysis of the development of virtual and physical communities in 
video games, gaming culture, and the politics of video game spaces

All submissions are due *January 9^th , 2017*.

All submissions and questions should be sent to: tfunk (at) vgagallery 
(dot) org.

For more information and formatting guidelines, visit:

http://www.videogameartgallery.com/education-1/

http://www.videogameartgallery.com/s/VGAReaderSUBMISSIONGUIDELINES-6z5x.pdf

Video Game Art Reader Mission Statement:

The VGA Reader is a peer-reviewed journal for video game audiences and 
video game practitioners interested in the history, theory, and 
criticism of video games, explored through the lens of art history and 
visual culture. Its primary aim is to facilitate exploration and 
conversation of video game art, documenting and disseminating discourse 
about the far-reaching influence of video games on history, society, and 
culture.

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