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ALT+CTRL at UCI Showcases Gaming Innovations

10.25.04 -- The Beall Center for Art and Technology, and the Calit² Irvine division Game Culture & Technology Lab are sponsoring ALT+CTRL, a festival of independent and alternative computer games. The interactive exhibit runs through Nov. 24 at UCI's Beall Center.

Interactive Games
Interactive Games

Students try their hand at interactive games.


ALT+CTRL showcases the most innovative new concepts in game genres, designs, methodologies and approaches. More than 20 works are displayed, including modded games, hot-rodded machines, net-based games, installations and machinima screenings. The display was awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Interactive Game
"I am David Koresh." The player begins the game by assuming the identity of the infamous Branch Davidian.

The custom exhibition features an environment produced by internationally acclaimed graffiti artists and crews, who have covered the Beall Center's walls with dazzling interpretations of the games and concepts. ALT+CTRL was organized by UCI studio art professors Robert Nideffer and Antoinette LaFarge, and Celia Pearce, Calit² new media arts layer manager. Indi McCarthy, assistant director of the Beall Center, supervised the graffiti artists and was also instrumental in planning the exhibition.


Interactive Game
Brightly colored walls interpret the games, avatars and modding.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Beall Center hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For more information, visit http://beallcenter.uci.edu.