What??? Art and Game

A very important aspect of art is the "transformation from non-art to art" (27).

Isn't this the basis of all art - the evolution of material or fragments into a space?

"Three different modes of relation between contemporary fine art and games [are] appropriation, modification, and production of original games" (29)

1. Appropriation is validated by the needlessness of "in-depth" knowledge of technology or rules

e.g. "Space Invaders" as depicted on p31

2. Modification is in the form on hacks and alterations of the code to further fancy the piece

3. Production as a "Invention in the Form of Mods and Hacks"




What the heck is going on here. To define art is to remove art. A game designer is an artist. A game hacker is a hacker. A game modder is a modder.