Field Trip Recommendations

Oh yes.  #SupaMural.  One of the more timely ideas of our day.  Think about it.  The world needs more Street Art.  We all unanimously agree upon that.

Plus people gotta remember about the classics.

What could be more important than a guy with a hat on sideways with some big shades on, and a pair of binoculars?  Not much you might say.

The image below, the binoculars, were lifted from a videogame which came out in the 1980's.  It's a great design.  Examine the patterns and symmetry.  You'll be challenged to depict 'binoculars' using fewer pixels.

That's a part of the academic portion of Supamural.  It's not just an art project.  It's a study into the earliest days during the evolution of videogames.

Field Trip Recommendations

If your group wants to go on a field trip, and you live in New England, #Supamural recommends FunSpot in New Hampshire.  It's where world records are set.  It's the place where "King of Kong" was filmed.  It's the most accurate example of what a full-sized arcade would have looked like in the years between 1980-1996.  Read more about FunSpot.

Are you from a different geographic region?  Recommend a quality vintage arcade by sending an email with Subject:Classic Arcade in (Your Region).  Mailto:SupaMural@Gmail.Com

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More than an Art Project. It's a Movement.

Join us in New Haven this April 17th at Bentara, a Malaysian restaurant where the lead designer for the project will explain the goals and structure for the movement behind street artists producing 8bit graphics that are directly lifted from videogames.

This is not about a retro-obsessed gamer who wants to force his or her own personal aesthetic preferences into everybody's lives.  Well, maybe a little; you can decide.  It's supposed to really be about getting back to basics, and away from some of the chaos of where we are currently in the 21st century.

Not going to give away the entire speech right now. If this is something you want to know more about, then by all means, attend the Pecha Kucha event, next Wednesday, and see what this art movement is all about.