February 21, 2008
Kriegspiel in Brooklyn Tomorrow
A special situation obtains near Bedford Avenue tomorrow – the opportunity to play a newly computerized version of Guy Debord’s 1978 Kriegspiel. For those who can’t make it, you can still download Kriegspiel in beta form and play it. For those who can, the event is at the gallery Over the Opening, 60 North 6th Street, 2nd floor, Brooklyn (L train to Bedford Avenue). It takes place tomorrow (Friday February 22, 2008) from 7pm to 10pm. Prospective players should bring their own laptops.
The official word from the group RSG, creators of the computer version, follows…
In 1978 the French Situationist Guy Debord designed and fabricated a board game called “The Game of War.” Thirty years later RSG is resurrecting this largely forgotten game, translating the game instructions from French to Java and releasing it as an online computer game. We explore the contradiction between Debord, a symbol of radical politics and art in 1960s France, and the Napoleonic war game he created. In Debord’s own words the game was the only thing in his entire body of work that had any value. Was it nostalgia, or a vision of things to come?
Founded in 2000, RSG is a collective of programmers and artists working on experimental software products. The Kriegspiel team consists of: Alexander R. Galloway, producer and programming; Carolyn Kane, research; Adam Parrish, programming; Daniel Perlin, sound; DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek, music; and Mushon Zer-Aviv, design.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
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February 24th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
“…translating the game instructions from French to Java…”
LOL, what hardware does French run on? Doe it use a virtual machine?
April 6th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Thanks to Ian’s and Liz’s posts about the matter, I’ve learned that Galloway “recently received a lawyer’s letter regarding possible infringement of the rightful owner’s intellectual property” (as Liz writes).