September 2011
Jasper de Beijer@Kurye 11 Festival: Space Invaders
Video and Digital Arts Festival Kurye will meet its spectators this year between September 14-23 at the YEM (The Building Information Center) building with its new edition dedicated to video games. Structured around a main exhibition called Space Invaders, the festival will also include screenings, seminars, workshops and live performances and examine the boundaries between real life and the world of video games.
Video Games have always proved to be crucial reference points for popular culture starting with their initial phase of Space Invaders years. Today thanks to the ever developing computer and game console technologies, they continue to create ever more realistic worlds that capture an ever increasing number of players. The works of the local and international artists that make up the exhibition point to the boundaries between the real world and the world of video games, which are becoming more vague and unpredictable every day. Examining these two overlapping worlds, the exhibition will have us take an interactive, immersive and fun look at some serious questions of today’s world.