Gaming art exhibition blurs lines
ESA man says games are art
The Texas SXSW festival has been underway in recent days, the show including a new gaming-linked art exhibition called Into The Pixel, which apparently blurs the line further between games and art, no doubt prompting some fierce debate in so doing.
US trade body chief Michael Gallagher expressed his enthusiasm for the exhibit, put together between ESA and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, who co-curate the event between them.
"We're excited to bring Into the Pixel here to SXSW, because this is one of the premier art shows in the country. Video games are art. Without a doubt... look at the creative energy. It belongs here with film, it belongs here with music," enthused the exec.
"I think graphics are one of the powerful components that draw people in," Gallagher continued, further talking up the artistic merits of games.
