Skot Deeming (aka mrghosty)

Join Skot Deeming (aka mrghosty) for a curatorial talk on the practice of curating games and game based artworks. Skot will briefly outline the history of the employment of video games in contemporary art practice and discuss his vision for the curation of such artworks.What condiserations must be made when selecting this kind of work? What are the spaces, critical and aesthetic concerns in curating video games and game art?  This discussion will span the indie video game making scene, art games, video game modding practices, ROMhacking, bootlegs and more.

Bio: mrghosty (aka skot deeming) is an artist, curator, and researcher at the Technoculture, Art and Gaming Research Centre at Concordia University. As a key figure in the Canadian videogame art scene, skot draws upon a wealth of practical experience and theoretical knowledge while investigating the intersections between gamer cultures, hacker cultures and new media art practices. These investigations take on many forms: academic writing, video game art events and exhibitions, live audio visual performances, games, installations and more.