Happy Doomsday!
During the IFFR and as part of the Exploding Cinema program, V2_ presents "Happy Doomsday!" by Cãlin Dan (RO/NL).
Cãlin Dan: Happy Doomsday!
Happy Doomsday! is a computer game and an information machine dealing with the culture of war as it developed in Europe during pre-historical and historical times.
During the International Film Festival Rotterdam and as part of the Exploding Cinema programma, V2_ presented the Dutch premier exhibition of the interactive multi-user installation Happy Doomsday! by Cãlin Dan (RO/NL). Happy Doomsday! is a reflexion about history and action, modelled on a computer game in which two users go into battle. Two fitness machines function as interfaces and navigation tools in the virtual battlegrounds and dungeons of European culture.
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This edition - during IFFR - dealt with the construction of narrative and interactivity in media art projects. With David Blair (US/F), Martin Berghammer (D), and Ron Kuivila (US), moderated by Tanja den Broeder (NL).
"Happy Doomsday!" (1998-1999) is an interactive installation by Cãlin Dan. It was developed as an artist in residence project at V2_.
Catalogue description of the work "Happy Doomsday!," published in "The Art of the Accident," 1998.
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