Game Informer has the skinny on the follow up exhibition to last summer’s “i am 8-bit” show. Turns out that last summer’s classic video game themed gallery showing was so popular it’s spawned a sequel, as well as an upcoming coffee table book. I made it to the first, I’ll be showing up to browse around the second as well.
The original show was so successful, in fact, that it has spun off a nifty paperback coffee table book titled i am 8-bit: Art Inspired By Classic Videogames Of The 80’s. While the book won’t be released for sale until April, we here at Game Informer have already perused one of the early versions of the book. With a forward written by Spin Magazine’s senior writer Chuck Klosterman, and the rest of the book penned by Curator Jon Gibson, it gives a heartwarming look at what inspired each of the artists to create their bitty art. Spanning over 150 pages, the book will contain 100 different selections of art from the show, with a number of commentaries by the artists.
Due to the success of the first exhibit, Gibson has been in preparation for the follow up – i am 8-bit 2.006 – to take place between April 18th – May 19th. The show will return to its original venue at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight (7020 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA).
Below: A detail from Charles Guan’s “Elevator Action” inspired painting.
