Shiroi Sphere simultaneously blends and challenges the precedents of both video game art and competition. You are invited to engage with this emerging form of self expression in a new and peculiar setting.
Fighting games tournaments are stating their presence in the emering world of e-sports entertainment and competitive gaming. With the Evolution Fight Game World Championship 2013 drawing in over 5000 competitors and smashing records of concurrent online spectators it is hard to ignore the importance of games such as Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom and Super Smash Bros as real and important forms of competitive self expression. Equally, The engaging work of art powerhouses such as Cory Arcangel, Sturtevent and the Smithsonian’s ‘The Art of Video Games’ only serves to reinforce the insistence that video games are important and will continue to be taken seriously in an array of contexts.
Shiroi Sphere simultaneously blends and challenges the precedents of both video game art and competition. You are invited to engage with this emerging form of self expression in a new and peculiar setting. Our aim is open out the experience to members of the public who would not usually encounter video games in an accessible and exciting format.
Whether you seek to compete or spectate, Shiroi Sphere will test the boundaries of competitive gaming and what it means to participate in a games culture event.
