AAA Collective / Utopias - Navigating Without Coordinates

AAA is an art collective that uses video-game engines, web technologies, performance and lectures as part of their creative practice. Since 2015, they have been curating aaartgames, a public community event at Spektrum Berlin with a focus on investigating how video-games, virtual worlds and experimental CGI intersect with art and culture. Their recent work includes projects 'Utopias: Navigating Without Coordinates', a video game network of nine worlds; 'Data Mutations', a collection of data that can be transmuted and re-arranged with ease; 'Dystropicana', a digital multimedia archipelago, and many more. AAA collective will talk about their activities, how and why they work together and will discuss their latest project Utopias: Navigating Without Coordinates.

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Thorsten S. Wiedemann / A MAZE

Thorsten S. Wiedemann is a founder and artistic director of A MAZE. Under this international label he produces and curates festivals, exhibitions and workshops on the intersection of games, digital arts and playful media. With 'A MAZE. / Berlin' and 'A MAZE. / Johannesburg (until 2017)'' Thorsten created two annual festivals to present independent and alternative games culture and to connect Europe, Africa and the world. He also generates new controversial formats (e.g. A MAZE. Magazine, A MAZE. Pop-ups, A MAZE. Train Jam South Africa) and gives room for experimentation, collaboration and exchange. In addition, Thorsten established since 2012 the A MAZE. Awards, which goes to artistic and groundbreaking works in six categories. His focus is on the interdisciplinary and diverse discourse about art-forms of the 21. century. He gains to fill the gaps between playful media, art and technology. Thorsten is also the first VR Naut and spent during his Disconnected performance 48hrs without break in virtual reality! He lives and works in Berlin. A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival focusing on the art and culture of games and playful media. A MAZE. / Berlin invites creatives from over 40 countries to experience inspiring talks and workshops, and to celebrate the art of video games making. The four nights of music, plus a life changing and mind blowing interactive exhibition of our medium of the 21st century, will fascinate the general public. A MAZE. invites artists and creatives from diverse fields to share their vision and projects, exchange knowledge, play, connect, and collaborate. A MAZE. / Berlin represents and celebrates the new art movement, including arthouse games, artistic virtual reality, and a playful media culture beyond the mainstream that defines its own identity. #arthousegames #playfulmedia #postivechaos #punksofthedigitalage #AMaze2020

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