Videogame art: remixing, reworking and other interventions

Abstract

This paper explores some of the areas of intersection between videogames and both digital and non-digital art practice. By looking at examples of art practice drawn from videogames, it outlines some categories and so pro- vides an overview of this area, placing it within the wider context of contemporary and historical art prac- tice. The paper explores the tendency for much of this work to have elements of subversion or “détournement”, whilst also identifying areas of tension in the appro- priation of videogames as material for art practice