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Games+ Museums The next great venue for interactivity

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Games+ MuseumsThe next great venue for interactivity

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Introduction – Christopher Totten• Game Artist in Residence• Executive organizer:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Arcade

• Author on games, art, and architecture

• Game developer

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“Games for learning in museums and elsewhere are at their worst when they emerge from the muck as clever but joyless experiences. It is too easy — at any museum — to settle for a matching game or a quiz or any flavor of chocolate-covered broccoli…”

~James Collins, U.S. Department of Education

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IntersectionsGames+ Museums

CurationTechnology

Play

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Curation

• Collection• Display• Playable?

Computer Game Museum (Computerspielemuseum) in Berlin, Germany

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Curation

• Not just games but artistic parts of games?• Music• Artwork• Oral histories• Fan contributions

Game concept art on display, Art of Video Games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)

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Curation

• Preservation of game worlds?

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

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Curation

• Games as commissioned art or stimulations of creativity?

Lissitzky’s Revenge – a game made to accompany Constructivist works

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Technology

• How can technology change how visitors interact with museums?

Text Rain by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv, on display at SAAM’s Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art

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Technology

• How can we add new interactivity to art and exhibitions?

Interactive header installation Hit It! at Pitch to Pixel - National Football Museum, Manchester, UK

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Technology

• Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)

• Augmented Reality (AR)• Mobile and internet

technology

Layar – an augmented reality app in use at the British Museum, London

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Play

• How can playful thinking shape installations?

The Beach – National Building Museum, Washington, DC

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Play

• How can we engage visitors in educational content?

Fly Like A Pterosaur– National Museum of Natural History, New York

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Play

• How can games people support staff and educators in game making?

Global Game Jam at American University, 2016

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Games+ MuseumsThe next great venue for interactivity