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Apr 19, 2006
Show Coverage: I am 8-bit @ Gallery 1988 (04.18.06)
Cameron Tiede
The 2006 edition of the I am 8-bit show featuring art inspired by the classic era of video games opened last night (18th) at Gallery nineteen eighty eight. There were some great pieces on display which took classic 8-bit videogame characters and themes and reinterpreted them visually or thematically. Perhaps, it's no surprise that Mario and Pac-Man seemed to be the most popular just by rough feel but Megaman was right there as well.
There are waaay to many pieces to comment on, so we'll stick with one -- Cameron Tiede's Super Mario inspired installation-like piece is a tribute to the classic platform rendered in 2.5D utilizing at least a dozen or more separate painted elements! This piece had the most game-like quality to it and also has the potential for lots of "replayability" by reorienting the various elements. I kept thinking though, "man you'd need a huge space for it!"
This year's show proved to be extremely popular with a steady crowd lineing up and streaming into the gallery for a good 2.5 hours at which time I went to find food. All of the Gallery's events seem to be extremely popular, but I can't remember one with a constant line for so long. Props to Jon M. Gibson, the organizer, all the participating artists and Gallery nineteen eighty eight for all the classic video game inspired goodness.
Mike Moon
Jason Jacenko
Charles Guan
Aaron Dellla Vedova
Jeremiah Ketner
Martin Cendreda
Blaine Fontana
Yosuke Ueno
Martin Ontiveros
Steven Daily
Christopher Cuseo
Jeff McMillan
Jason Torchinsky
Jeremy Tinder
Sean Clarity
Erik Siador
2H
Mike Lomibao
Gary Baseman
Luke Chueh
Johnny Ryan
Mear One
Jim Rugg
Mike Burnett
Michelle Valigura
MCA
Matt Burlingame
Anna Chambers
Jim Mahfood
Chris Ryniak
Buff Monster
Hamish Grieve
Love Ablan
Chris Tezber
Choncey Langford
James Hakola
Ciro Nieli
Scott Morse
Brandon Reese
Thomas Han
Amanda Visell
Dez Einswell
Jimmy Pickering
Kevin Scalzo
Stone
Plasticgod
Axis
Jason Sho Green
Adam Hathorn
Dan Fleres
Craig Kellman
Dan Santat
Sandra Equihua
Isaac Pierro
Andrew Wilson
Alex Pardee
Jose Emroca Flores
Aaron Kraten
Sean Szeles
Chris Bishop
Tim Biskup
Tony Mora
Nathan Stapley
Yoskay Yamamoto
Mike Matei
Gabe Swarr
Angry Woebots
Joe Ledbetter
John Gill
Lesley Reppeteaux
James "Jimbot" Demski, Jr.
Brandi Milne
Roland Tamayo
Mark Bodnar
Ryan Heshka
Daniel Peacock
Brandon Bird
Aaron Jasinski
Katie Rice
Anand Hurkadli
Ryan Bubnis
Andrew Wilson
Trent Watanabe
Dave Crosland
Steve Purcell
Peter Gronquist
Julie West
Rex Hackelberg
Ahren Hertel
Max Grundy
Blinky
Dot Com
Greg "Craola" Simkins
Josh Holland
Michael Gagne
Johnny Yanok
Joshua Petker
Carlos Ramos
Bob Dob
Brian Singer
Gunnar
Howie Tsui
7teen
John Pham
Elizabeth Ito
Scott Campbell
Misha
Jen Rarey
Mr. Hahn
Shawnimals
Sophia Pottish
Lauren Crist
Alex Kirwan
Carlos Ramos
Jophen Stein
L. Croskey
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Amazing pictures!
awesome coverage!
thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the pics they are great. I wish we had more things like this in London. Im hoping to organise some events in the future. I hope they will be this good. Tahir
Great pics!
Nice sculpture piece by Stone!!!
Great photos! I tried to trackback you but either it's not working on your end or mine. :)
I linked to you here:
http://www.fabulist.org/archives/2006/04/i_am_eight_bit_1.html
and also have a bunch of pictures from opening night here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31733281@N00/sets/72057594111110189/?batch_done=1
:)
Awesome coverage vinylpulse.com!The big painting by blinky is actually a collab with SEIZER(www.seizerone.com)He did the "COntra" monster and the lettering...
we never have fun shows like this in nyc.
Hell yeah that's terrific ! How about a world tour ? :)
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