[game_preservation] Videogame Archive exhibit on display

[Vowell, Zach]

Hey guys,
Sorry it's taken so long to reply.

Devin: Unfortunately, I think it's too late to add any information on Punchatz.

Andrew: That'd be great if you could post something about it on the blog!  Also, we have some images, and hope to put a few up soon, followed by a more comprehensive gallery of exhibit images so that those who don't travel through Austin will have a chance to see what it looks like.

I'll definitely let the list know when those images will be available online.


Zach


On 11/3/09 11:05 AM, "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:

Cool stuff :) I'll write something for our new site blog once I actually
have my account sorted, admin access added and various other basic
things so I can write up a monthly report and new posts ;)

Make sure to grab some photos of the event if you can :) and we should
start the record of exhibitions going:
http://wiki.igda.org/Videogame_Museums,_Archives,_Displays_and_Collections
- yes, I should do a basic page at some point. Problem is I've only been
to one in the last year so others will have to write things up and take
photos :)

Andrew

Vowell, Zach wrote:

> Last week we installed an exhibit featuring materials from the UT Videogame

> Archive out at the Austin airport.  It will be up until January 20, 2010, so

> if you'll be travelling through or stuck in the Austin airport, be sure to

> check it out.  The exhibit cases and posters are spread out throughout the

> main concourse.

>

> Here's a link from our website that gives a bit more information:

>

> http://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/videogamearchive/item_102809.html

>

> When putting the exhibit together, my primary aim was to broaden awareness

> about game preservation and explain the need for videogame archives in

> general, so hopefully some of that will rub off on at least a few passersby.

>

> And I thought I'd add that one of the exhibit cases features the DOOM box

> cover, and might serve as a inadequate but visible memorial for the late Don

> Ivan Punchatz.  There isn't any text identifying Punchatz, but we do

> identify the game as a classic (of course, everyone here knows that, but

> your average air-traveller may not).

>

>

>

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