Resistance, Play, and Memory, a talk by artist Joseph DeLappe.
Joseph DeLappe is the Professor of Games and Tactical Media at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, where he relocated early in 2017 after 23 years directing the Digital Media program at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Joseph DeLappe engages the intersections of art, technology, social engagement/activism and interventionist strategies exploring geo-political contexts. Working with electronic and new media since 1983, his work in online gaming performance, sculpture and electromechanical installation has been shown internationally. His creative works and actions have been featured widely in scholarly journals, books and in popular media—his most familiar work is a performative and memorializing intervention into the US Army video game recruitment website, "America's Army." Recent work includes the award-winning "Killbox," and his ongoing drone-related work #doyoufeelsafenow. www.delappe.net
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Center
A native San Franciscan, DeLappe has been working with electronic and new media since 1983. His work in online gaming performance, sculpture, and electromechanical installation have been exhibited across the globe. He has been interviewed on CNN, NPR, CBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and on “The Rachel Maddow Show” on Air America Radio, and his works have been featured in the New York Times, The Australian Morning Herald, Artweek, Art in America and in the 2010 book from Routledge entitled Joystick Soldiers The Politics of Play in Military Video Games, among many others. He has authored two book chapters, including “The Gandhi Complex: The Mahatma in Second Life,” in Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design (New York, Routledge 2011), and “Playing Politics: Machinima as Live Performance and Document,” in Understanding Machinima Essays on Filmmaking in Virtual Worlds (London, UK, Continuum 2012).
Sponsored by
School of Fine Arts’ Art & Art History and Digital Media & Design Departments Humanities Institute’s Digital Humanities and Media Studies, and Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
For more information, contact: Kelly Dennis at kelly.dennis@uconn.edu