Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tucumån Arde
Witte de With - Participant - Archivo Tucumån Arde (Graciela Carnevale)Tucumán Arde (Tucumán is Burning) was a collective project by artists from Rosario and Buenos Aires whose objective, entirely in the spirit of the classical avant-garde, was to sound out the limits of their own methods and forms of artistic practice. At the same time, they worked on an information campaign against the official propaganda of the government.
Monday, July 09, 2007
This is not Australia
DOCUMENTA MAGAZINEThis is not Australia. You are not permitted to be here. You cannot leave. The law allows us to detain you until your boat leaves Australia. You cannot enter our country. We have burnt your boat. You cannot leave. Welcome to the camp…
Thursday, July 05, 2007
LINKS FOR GAMES/GENERAL PROGRAMMING IN LINGO AND FLASH
General Flash Demos
http://www.actionscript.org/
http://www.neave.com/lab/
http://www.bit-101.com
http://director.breezecentral.com/p82592013/
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/
http://www.flashmagazine.com/html/
http://www.flight404.com
http://www.levitated.net/
http://www.fakepilot.com/
http://www.shapevent.com/
http://www.lo9ic.com/
http://www.uncontrol.com/
http://www.ertdfgcvb.ch/
http://www.nooflat.nu/
http://www.nuran.org/
http://www.cleoag.ru/labs/
http://www.seraph.nl/
Pixel Art
Tilemap editor (director app):
http://www.setpixel.com/content/?ID=2
Advice on minimising file size:
http://www.nonoche.com/imaging/en/index.html
Love and pixels - a webcomic in pixels
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
So you want to be a pixel artist? - Big tutorial outlining the basics
http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial/
Pixel forum LOADS of tutorials
http://pixelation.cjb.net/
Pixel art in photoshop
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/de...ubsectionid=762
Game Design
Tile based game forum:
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/fo...asp?forum_id=13
Gamingo Developers Mailing List
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinf...nfo/gamingo-dev
Coding - Flash
Mother of all tile based tutorials
http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/tbw/index.html
Scrolling Terrain
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Cr...Ju-82/index.php
Collision Checking
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/La...Ju-81/index.php
Building Games in Flash 5 - pt 1 (top down space shooter)
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Bu...o-598/index.php
High score board using PHP
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Hi...o-657/index.php
Tile based world engine tut
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Ti...R-730/index.php
Keyboard movement method
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Si...B-819/index.php
Life-bar coding
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Ga...a-902/index.php
8 Direction key movement
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/ke...1-907/index.php
Basic platform game
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Cr...-1052/index.php
Coding - Director
Tiles in director - lists of lists:
http://www.nonoche.com/imaging/en/index.html
Book - Macromedia Director Game Development
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...626346?v=glance
Console style RPG:
http://www.zianet.com/cchamberlin/
I have a whole load more Director ones that I've not put in here yet. If you have any suggestions reply to this post and I'll copy and past them in from time to time. Thanks to Will Pearce for getting most of these together.
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Andy Polaine
Senior Lecturer
School of Media Arts
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
US seizes Afghan shooting footage
Al Jazeera English - News: "
US forces in Afghanistan tried to confiscate video and destroy photographic evidence taken after a shooting incident that left at least 10 civilians dead, witnesses have told Al Jazeera.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
new media art
http://www.maryflanagan.com/domestic/ Mary Flanagan is a new media srtist who works with computer games both as amedium and as a subject of investigation. her work 'domestic' is a game based on the commercially produced game 'unreal tournament' - first shooter game - 3D environment but altered with text and photos . and uses psychological battles insead of physical ones. > its critique of violence in gaming > and politicises the game
http://www.numeral.com/panels/panels.html - Simon uses pixels and code instead of paint - draws on Paul Klee's 'Pedagogical Sketchbook' and music infuences to get across his interpretation on the net.
and another: http://www.blacknetart.com/pink/thegame.html
another comment on fox hunting by this group: http://www.blacknetart.com/index1_1.html
also a sound based work:
http://www.flyingpuppet.com/shock/oneday.htm
and this work that shows the processual nature of web based work - 2 performers locked up in cells.
http://turbulence.org/Works/1year/