IndieCade today announced an open call for games submissions for its 2008 events. The IndieCade 2008 flagship festival will take place July 10-13 at the contemporary art gallery Open Satellite in Bellevue, located in Seattle’s technologically progressive Eastside. The opening festival launches a half-dozen global exhibitions and showcases that highlight the creativity, vision and work of leading independent game designers.
Call for Submissions:
Indiecade invites independent game artists and designers from around the world to submit interactive media of all types – from art to commercial, ARG to abstract, serious to shooter – for consideration. Work-in-progress is encouraged.
A diverse jury of industry leaders will select entries for top prizes at the IndieCade @ Open Satellite Festival. All entries for the Festival will also receive consideration for presentation at the other 2008 IndieCade international showcase exhibitions.
Submissions Deadline: April 11, 2008 at Midnight PST.
For more information and to enter: www.IndieCade.com.
Each Indiecade festival spotlights the best in cutting-edge work and innovative game design talent to the public, fostering the independent design community thriving at the fringes of this major industry.
Greater Seattle houses many of the world’s largest commercial videogame developers and publishers. IndieCade’s flagship 2008 festival @ Open Satellite will be the first major exhibition of international, independent videogames and videogame art in the area and will draw a diverse new audience, comprising savvy professionals interested in cutting-edge digital media, game developers, publishers, artists and enthusiasts of all ages. The gallery exhibition, featuring games selected by an international jury, is open to the public and complemented by a sequence of leading industry speakers, workshops and featured designers, and ongoing creative/social game play. An award reception, intimate evening programs, and VIP special events will anchor the program. Event organizers include IndieCade Founder Stephanie Barish, IndieCade Festival Chair Celia Pearce, IndieCade Festival Director Sam Roberts, and Open Satellite Exhibitions Director Abigail Guay.
- IndieCade 2008 Events:
- IndieCade Asia @ CICAF HangZhou, China (April 28-May 4)
- IndieCade 2008 @ Open Satellite (July 10-13)
- IndieCade @ E3, Los Angeles (July 15-17)
- IndieCade @ PAX, Seattle (Aug 28-31)
- IndieCade @ E for All, Los Angeles (Oct 3-5)
- IndieCade @ GameCity Nottingham, UK (Oct 28–Nov 1)
- IndieCade @ Latin America (TBA)
About IndieCade:
IndieCade supports independent game development and organizes a series of international festivals and showcase exhibitions for the future of independent games. It encourages, publicizes, and cultivates innovation and artistry in interactive media, helping to create a public perception of games as rich, diverse, artistic, and culturally significant. IndieCade’s events and related production and publication programs are designed to bring visibility to and facilitate the production of new works within the emerging independent game movement. Like the independent developer community itself, IndieCade’s focus is global; it includes producers in Asia, Europe, Australia, and wherever independent games are made and played. IndieCade was formed by Creative Media Collaborative, an alliance of industry producers and leaders founded in 2005. Advisors to IndieCade include Dave Perry, Will Wright, Eric Zimmerman, Greg Costikyan, Tracy Fullerton, and Keita Takahashi among many other storied industry veterans and rebels. http://www.indiecade.com
About Open Satellite:
Open Satellite is a contemporary art exhibition hall for the Seattle metropolitan area. The residency-based program provides an opportunity for emerging and mid-career artists from outside the region to work for an extended period to create large-scale artwork in any medium. Exhibitions are staged four times annually with every fifth show focused on architecture as a critical position. Open Satellite was formed in 2007 and is sustained by Su Development. http://www.opensatellite.org
We need one of these in NYC.
We need one of these in NYC. I can't afford to travel to Cali or Seattle. :)