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Start: Mar 2 2008 - 10:30amEnd: Mar 2 2008 - 12:00pm
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How do even simple games embody human values? How can activists plan to create new games which feature a strong ethos? This workshop, “Grow-a-Game!,” uses new tools developed to help novices and experts alike make socially responsible games. Tiltfactor (Hunter College) the first social activist computer game lab in the country, will host this workshop introducing activist groups to the process of creating video games for social change and social justice issues. No experience in game design required!
Mary Flanagan (MFA 1994, PhD 2005) investigates everyday relationships to contemporary technologies in her work. Flanagan's artwork has been shown internationally at venues including the Laboral Art Center, Whitney, SIGGRAPH, Beall Center, Steirischer Herbst, Ars Electronica, Artist's Space, Guggenheim, Gigantic Art Space, and others. Her essays on digital culture have appeared in periodicals and books. Her books include reload: rethinking women + cyberculture (MIT 2002) and re:SKIN (2007). She is the created the first internet adventure game for girls and also works as an activist designer. Flanagan, a MacDowell Fellow and the recipient of five National Science Foundation awards, is currently working on her fourth book, Critical Play. She is Associate Professor of Digital Art and Culture at Hunter College.
Angela Ferraiolo is a graduate student in the Hunter MFA program in Intergrated Media Arts where she is using Flash to build interactive documentaries. She has worked professionally for RKO Radio, Westwood Studios, and Electronic Arts. She has been programming and designing in Flash since 1999.
Jay is a project manager and game designer at Hunter’s Tiltfactor Lab, a socially conscious game studies organization, and the Online Leadership Program Associate for New York's Global Kids, Jay held a number of different positions including working as a freelance journalist for The Village Voice, The Hunts Point Express and The Indypendent, as well as doing event organization for the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and the Union Settlement Association. He also runs a writing program for the homeless at the Bowery Residents Committee.
Suyin Looui is a media artist creating projects to engage the public in a critical dialogue. She is a Research Assistant at Tiltfactor Research Lab and an MFA candidate in the IMA MFA Hunter College