[rohrpost] "Gameworld" and more Exhibitions at LABORAL Opening 30.3.2007 Gijon, Spain

[Aram Bartholl]

*LABORAL. CENTRE FOR ART & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES*
http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org


*Exhibition "Gameworld" 30.3. - 30.9.2007, Opening 30.3.2007

* 
Gameworld explores video games as an art form and presents contemporary 
art related to video games. Via these dual lines of investigation, the 
exhibition explores video and computer games as entertainment, art form, 
agent of innovation, and cultural force.

Gameworld is conceptualized as two hemispheres, one focusing on internal 
considerations (game history and design) and the other on external 
considerations (how games are shaping culture), linked via a third, 
intermediate, section devoted to alternative games and current games 
research.

The exhibition will:

    * encourage public awareness of the varying types of video games,
      and of what constitutes good/quality game design
    * deepen the public understanding of games' role in contemporary
      culture beyond simple either/or distinctions (good or bad, etc.)
    * illustrate how games are influencing other forms of media, art,
      and design.
    * explore and observe the real-world, physical and social
      environments of video gameplay
    * probe how the virtual environments of video games are blending
      with and bleeding into our physical world.

The exhibition will be accompanied by an events program that includes 
professional workshops and seminars, musical performances, a recurring 
"LAN Party," and a "big game" .

*Curated by:*
Carl Goodman*/

/**Gameworld -- Participant artists
*
Peggy Ahwesh (US)
Cory Arcangel and Paper Rad (US)
Aram Bartholl (DE)
Jonathan Blow / Number None (US)
Ian Bogost/ Persuasive Games (US)
Chris Burke (US)
Thatgamecompany (Jenova Chen, Niki Clark, Austin Wintory)
Brody Condon (US)
Joseph DeLappe (US)
Dirk Eijsbouts (NL)
Eastwood Group (SV)
Mary Flanagan (US)
La Fiambrera Obrera (ES)
Fur Collective (DE)
Brent Gustafson (US)
Friedrich Kirschner (DE)
John Haddock (US)
Hitlab (NZ)
Walter Langelaar (BR)
Joane Leandre (ES)
Danny Ledonne (US)
The Ludic Society (Margarate Jahrman and Max Mowitzer) AT/CH)
Miltos Manetas (US/GR)
Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG) (IT)
Julian Oliver (DE/NZ)
Ken Perlin and Gerry Seidman (US)
Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern (US)
Niklas Roy (DE)
Douglas Edric Stanley (FR)
Eddo Stern (US)
Axel Stockburger (DE)
Keita Takahashi (JP)
Tale of Tales (Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn) (BR)
Workspace Unlimited (Thomas Soetens and Kora Van den Bulcke) (BR)



*//**More Exhibitions and Programm at Laboral Opening*_*

*_LABORAL - Centre for Art and Creative Industries

Official Opening: 30.03.2007
Opening Programme


FEEDBACK
30.03.07 - 30.06.07
Exhibition curated by:  Christiane Paul & Jemima Rellie
Curatorial Advisor:  Charlie Gere
Exhibition Design:  Leeser Architecture


GAMEWORLD
30.03.07 - 30.09.07
Exhibition curated by:  Carl Goodman
Associate Curator:  Daphne Dragona
Curatorial Advisor:  Helen Stuckey
Exhibition Design:  Leeser Architecture


EXTENSIONS - ANCHORS
30.03.07 - 30.09.07
in two different phases
Exhibition curated by:  Francisco Crabiffosse


LABCYBERSPACES
 30.03.07 - 30.06.07
International Open Call. 
Jury:  Alex Adriaansens, Rosina Gómez-Baeza, Christiane Paul & Gerfried 
Stocker
Exhibition Design:  Quero-Kawamura-Ganjavian

THE E-IMAGE ERA
30.03.07 - 01.04.07
Series of panels directed by:  José Luis Brea

Other Programmes

LEV FESTIVAL (LABORATORIO DE ELECTRÓNICA VISUAL)
23.03.07 - 24.03.07
Organised by Datatrón


LED THROWIES
31.03.07 - 01.04.07
In collaboration with Eyebeam R&D Openlab
and the Graffiti Research Lab from New York


      *About Laboral*

*Laboral Art and Industrial Creation Centre* is an exhibition centre for 
art, science, technology and advanced visual industries. But it is also 
a venue for artistic and technological production, research and 
training; and for the dissemination of new forms of art and industrial 
creation. To fulfil these goals, laboral will be *a space for exchange 
between different art disciplines*; a multidisciplinary and 
interdisciplinary centre and a dynamic environment for creators / works 
/ researchers / teachers / audiences.

Organically, the centre depends on a non-profit foundation comprising 
corporations and institutions, founded expressly to ensure the 
intellectual and financial feasibility of the centre. The project was 
developed under the auspices of the Government of the Principality of 
Asturias, promoter of the conversion of part of the building originally 
designed as workshops for the former Gijon vocational training centre. 
The refurbishment of the 14338 square metres of functional space for the 
centre required an investment in excess of €11 million.

Asturias' industrial tradition and the universal vocation of its people 
make this region the perfect location for this unique *space for 
artistic exchange* which wishes to forge an alliance of art, industry 
and economic growth.

Directora  Director: Rosina Gómez-Baeza
Universidad Laboral s/n,
33394 Gijón, Asturias - España
T. +34 985 185 577
F. +34 985 337 355
info at laboralcentrodearte.org    
www.laboralcentrodearte.org

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