Game Engine Culture(s) - Paperback

Name: Game Engine Culture(s) - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9788869775512
Price: 48.38 USD
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by Matteo Bittanti , Paolo Ruffino , Valentino Catricalà

$48.38

Book Overview

Game Engine Culture(s) examines game engines as cultural infrastructures rather than neutral production tools. Across studies of Unity, Unreal, RAGE, RPG Maker, Minecraft, asset stores, higher education, live simulations, glitch, modding, and contemporary art, the volume traces how engines shape workflows, aesthetics, labour, memory, agency, and imagination. Its contributors show how these systems enable creativity while imposing defaults, constraints, and platform logics that organise what can be made, seen, taught, and contested. Bringing together game studies, media theory, softwar e studies, and art criticism, the book offers a critical account of the engine as a central apparatus of contemporary visual culture.

ISBN	9788869775512
Author	Matteo Bittanti , Paolo Ruffino , Valentino Catricalà
Publisher	Mimesis
Genre	Arts and Technology
Format	Paperback
Published	June 2026
Language	ENG- English
Pages	442
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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About Valentino Catricalà

Valentino Catricalà (PhD) is curator of SODA Gallery in Manchester and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. A scholar and contemporary art curator who specializes in analysis of the relationship of artists with new technologies and media, he is director of the Art Section of the Maker Faire-The European Edition, the biggest fair on creativity and innovation in Europe, as well as an art consultant at Paris Sony CS Lab. He was previously artistic director of the Rome Media Art Festival (MAXXI Museum) and art project coordinator at Fondazione Mondo Digitale. Valentino has curated exhibitions in museums and private galleries including the Hermitage, Minnesota Street Project, New York Media Center, Stelline, MAXXI Museum, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Ca' Foscari, and the New Dheli Italian Cultural Institute. He is the author of several essays and books including Media Art: Prospettive delle arti verso il XXI secolo. Storie, teorie, preservazione and Art and Technology in the Third Millenium. Scenarios and Protagonists.