Tonight at The Arts Center, Troy Night Out will feature Level Festival.
About Level Festival, from ArtsCenterOnline.org:
We Are Architects and the Arts Center celebrate the opening of Level, a new exhibition of recent independent video games that explore human lifestyles and behavior. Four intriguing performances by musicians who work in a range of electronic sounds and unconventional instrumentation will present works influenced by games, and other facets of pop culture, interweaving multi-sensory experiences ranging from a wide variety of video games, to genre bending electronic music. Performances by EXTREME ANIMALS,Bubblyfish, Matthew Carefully, and Evidences. Artists and non-artists from the United States, Europe, and Asia created the games in Level, and include Alexítron, Anna Anthropy, Angela Washko, Bennet Foddy, Alexis Bacot, Ian Bogost, MIT Game Lab, Jonata Söderström, Danish National Academy of Digital Entertainment, Jake Elliot, Peter Favaro, Cliff Harris, Stephen Lavelle, Sebastian Janisz, Molleindustria, Tabor Robak, Jason Rohrer, and Lea Schönfelder.
Game cabinets are designed and fabricated by We Are Architects with assistance from regional game enthusiasts and friends. Collaborators include Donna Fitzgerald’s class at Parson’s Child and Family Center, circuit bending sound artist Peter Edwards, and regional furniture maker Leonard Bellanca.
Level is organized by We Are Architects in collaboration with the artists. This exhibition is generously supported by New York Foundation for the Arts.
WHEN: Friday (April 27, 2012)
TIME: 6:00 PM
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE:The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180
For more information, visit ArtsCenterOnline.org by clicking here.
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