[game_preservation] Art History of Games

[Henry Lowood]

*<FYI.  BTW I am one of the speakers.  Henry>

Register now for The Art History of Games, a symposium and exhibition 
jointly organized by SCAD-Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology*

February 4-6, 2010
Rich Auditorium at the High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree St N.E., Atlanta GA 30308

*Register at: **http://arthistoryofgames.com/registration*

The Art History of Games is a three-day public symposium in which 
members of the fields of game studies, art history and related areas of 
cultural studies gather to investigate games as an art form.

Speakers include:

    * *John Romero*, designer of /Doom/ and co-founder of Gazillion
      Entertainment
    * *Christiane Paul*, New School professor and Whitney Museum adjunct
      curator
    * *Jesper Juul*, author of A Casual Revolution
    * *Brenda Brathwaite*, creator of Vanguard Award-winning /Train/
    * /*Frank Lantz*, designer of /Drop7/ and /Parking Wars//
    * /*And more...*/


Attendees are also invited to attend the premiere of three commissioned 
art games by *Jason Rohrer*, *Tale of Tales*, and *Nathalie Pozzi and 
Eric Zimmerman*, at Kai Lin Art (800 Peachtree St. N.E.).

Early registration ends Thusday, January 14: $15 for SCAD and Georgia 
Tech students, $25 for academics and students from other institutions, 
and $40 for the general public. 

*Register at:* http://www.arthistoryofgames.com/registration

For more information, please visit *http://www.arthistoryofgames.com* 
<http://www.arthistoryofgames.com/> or contact 
*arthistoryofgames at scad.edu <mailto:arthistoryofgames at scad.edu>*.
-- 
Henry Lowood, Ph.D.
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;
 Film & Media Collections
HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford CA 94305-6004
650-723-4602; lowood at stanford.edu; http://www.stanford.edu/~lowood 
<http://www.stanford.edu/%7Elowood>
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