The second Art History of Games symposium will explore the relationships between games, art and history. Indeed, the title of this co-located conference – the Art History of Games – is intended as a provocation. Do games have an art history? Should they have an art history? Can they have a history in the same sense that painting, sculpture and architecture did until the mid-20th century? Is there a clear and identifiable relationship between games and art? What about histories of art games/games as art/games for art’s sake?  What is happening to such creations and their history, as they age?  What resources might existing disciplines such as Art History provide for thinking through these and other questions, and where might they need rethinking, supplementing, extending?

The Art History of Games symposium will be co-located with DiGRA 2013 in order to take advantage of the confluence of game makers, scholars, technologists, theorists and critics. We encourage submissions from all corners of the worlds of art, games and history: contemporary art world, the indie game scene, the game industry, academics studying and making games, media artists, art and media historians, and beyond.

http://dm.lmc.gatech.edu/digra2013/

Abstracts due February 8