Are games art? I don’t know, probably?
But what about games about art – are they art, or are they games? I’m not sure about that one either. What about the art in games? Is a piece of art in a game still art? If I stumble across a painting on a wall in a first person shooter, is that painting still art, or is it game? Can art be games? What about if I paint a picture of a game?
Jesus, no wonder no-one likes to talk about this stuff, I’m confused already.
One evening this winter, a piano-playing friend of mine invited me along to a concert and ‘artistic installation’ he was involved in, held inside a quaint little medieval church in Hove. The place was lit with candlelight, with fake trees positioned to cast flickering shadows about this strange village church in a busy city. Handed a little plastic cup of mulled wine, I sat listening to my pianist friend, debating with another friend whether ‘this was it’.