May 3, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An interactive exhibition devoted to the art of games and the game of art comes to New York City at Macy Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Game Show NYC Exhibition: The Art of Learning through Games
May 16 – June 3, 2011
Macy Gallery
444 Macy Building, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027
Gallery Reception: Friday May 27, 2011, 5-8pm
Exhibition website:
For more information, please contact Nick Sousanis, , (248)396-5530
Gallery information:
Game Show NYC (GSNYC), an interactive exhibit devoted to the art of games and the game of art, opens on May 16, 2011 at Macy Gallery, Teachers College. Not to be confused with a TV Game Show, GSNYC expands the concept of an Art Show by making the enjoyment of art an active and educative experience. This exciting exhibition consists of artful new games, familiar games that have been artistically and educationally re-imagined, and interactive artworks fusing the idea of games, art, education, and play to celebrate the joy of learning. It brings together artists, educators, and game designers who skillfully blend the attractive attributes of games, art, and education so that no single element dominates.
Transforming the gallery into a site for participation and play, the artists’ works invite visitors to engage, touch, reflect, and learn. A few highlights include: Learn chemistry from the basics to a deep level by playing California artist Julie Newdoll’s elaborate, highly tactile board game “Journey to Neon™.” Explore logic and literature, and the unspeakable in relationships courtesy members of USC’s famed Interactive Media Lab. Look for exquisitely designed board games by Rhode Island artist Bree Westphal, while Detroit artist Teresa Petersen reuses images and objects to create aesthetically beautiful works imbued with whimsy and social commentary. Wisconsin artist Arnold Martinblows up the classic puzzle-game SOMA to monumental scale in “Anatomy of a Cube.” Some pieces even take visitors out of the gallery itself: Played on the streets of New York City, Jim Pallas’s “CARRY ME BACK” ( the public to use the web to find and then transport light weight, life-size sculptures ofthree notable New Yorkers to specific Manhattan destinations.Players who help to complete the journey are rewarded with a share in the artworks’ ultimate sale price.
The complete list of artists includes: Carri Lyn Burgjohann, KY; Rachel Cohen, UK; Jonathan Clyde Frey, TN; Jon Horvath, WI; Michelle Illuminato, NYC; Amery Kessler, NYC; Megan Klim, NJ; Arnold Martin, WI; Joshua McVeigh,Andy Uehara, Casey China, Michael Annetta, LA; Andrew Moskalik, Detroit, MI; Julie Newdoll, CA; Philip Noble, UK; Aaron Oldenburg, MD; Jim Pallas, MI; Teresa Petersen, Detroit, MI; Carol Reid, Detroit, MI; Mike Richison, NJ; Diane Rosen, NY; Kat Schneck, NYC; Leslie Sobel, MI; James Taylor, LA; Lee Walton, NC; Bree Westphal, RI; Elizabeth Zacharia, NYC.Details about all the artists and their works can be found on the exhibition website
Selected from a large volume of national and international proposals from an open call for entries, GSNYC builds on 2006’s Game Show Detroit ( held at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID). Original organizers professor Fred Goodman, Andy Malone, and Nick Sousanis are joined by Suzanne Choo in jurying this exhibition and educational experience. This exhibition is made possible in part by support from Microsoft Research Connections.
Game Show NYC is hosted in conjunction with the educational conference Creativity, Play, and the Imagination across Disciplines, which brings together educators, artists, scholars, and game-makers for an investigation and celebration of creativity in education. Information about this three-day interactive conference (May 26-28, 2011) is available on the conference website: