video games & art museums - inlcuding marisa pascucci and henry kravis

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Video Games & Art Museums Is there a connection?

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Museums are beginning to work their way into art museums such as the MoMA and the The Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington D.C. This slideshare talks about the history of video games, video games as an art form, and the history of the MoMA. It mentions how Marie-Josee Kravis, wife of Henry Kravis, is currently the MoMA President, and 20th century and contemporary art curator Marisa Pascucci is quoted.

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Page 1: Video Games & Art Museums - Inlcuding Marisa Pascucci and Henry Kravis

Video Games & Art MuseumsIs there a connection?

Page 2: Video Games & Art Museums - Inlcuding Marisa Pascucci and Henry Kravis

Are Video Games Art?

• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), just recently announced that they will be opening a permanent video game art exhibit. This exhibit will be interactive, and allow visitors to actually play the games.

• The big question is, “are video games actually art?”• One may not think so, however many museums

have been adding video game exhibits throughout the years.

• During the late 1800's and early 1900's photography was not seen as art. Today, however, photographs are found in all kinds of art museums.

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The History of Video Games

• Thomas Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed a US patent in 1947. They called these games "cathode ray tube amusement device."

• Video games became much more popular in the 1970s and 1980s. This was when arcades, game consoles, and computer games became the norm.

• The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in 1985 and was the best selling system at the time. Many people view this as one of the first and best at-home video game consoles.

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About the Video Game Exhibit

• The Museum of Modern Art is not the only one with a exhibit like this.

• The Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington D.C. currently has an “evolution of video games exhibit.”

• According to 20th century and contemporary art curator Marisa Pascucci, the point of these types of exhibits are, “To push the envelope and to broaden visitor’s minds about what is art and what can be art.”

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About the MoMA

• The Museum of Modern Art is one of the biggest and most popular museums in New York City.

• The idea to create the Museum of Modern art was developed in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who was married to John Rockefeller Jr.

• Currently Marie-Josee Kravis, wife of private equity legend Henry Kravis, is the President of the MoMA.

• Over 70,000 artists are displayed in the MoMA.• The MoMA has all different kinds of artwork,

including architecture, drawings, design, sculptures, illustrated books, films, paintings, and more.