Vector Day Zero @ VideoFag. A Stranger Comes to Town: Identity And The Avatar.

A not-for-profit initiative dedicated to showcasing contemporary game based artworks, Vector: Game + Art Convergence will be running at four venues over five days from Feb 20th-24th, in Queen West and Kensington in Toronto. Over these five days, Vector will feature exhibitions, screenings, workshops, performances and round table discussions, all with the intent of creating a critical dialogue about the medium of games and its expressive potential as a contemporary art practice.

More info on our full programme can be found here.
http://vectorgameartfest.tumblr.com/programme

Join us for a special pre-Vector screening @ VideoFag on Wednesday, February 20th at 7pm.

Tickets for this event are $5 and can be purchased here:
http://vectorscreenings-eorg.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C#

Or you can purchase a variety of affordable passes for the whole festival here:
http://vectorallaccess-eorg.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C#

In this program, the politics of the avatar in relationship to identity will be explored by examining massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), technologies of biometrics and the border that separates our real and digital identities.

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Program:
She Puppet – Peggy Ahwesh (2001, 15 minutes)
Facial Weaponization Communiqué: Fag Face – Zach Blas (2012, 8 minutes)
Untitled #2 – Valerie Brewer (2007, 12 minutes)
Stranger Comes to Town – Jacqueline Goss (2007, 28 minutes)
Second Bodies – Sandra Danilovic (2009, 44 minutes)

**Team Vector Acknowledges the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council in making Vector 2013 a reality.