Music Mondays Presents 8 Bit

Tonight, Music Mondays, AICN and the Austin Museum of Digital Art present 8 Bit, a documentary look at the cultural overlap between video games, art and music.

Through interviews with digital artists (most notably Cory Arcangel, best known for his artistic Nintendo cartridge modifications) and heaps of live performance footage, the film explores the ever-increasing influence of video games on contemporary culture, from digital art to machinima to game-influenced music. And while this might seem like a slightly nerdy topic to build a doc around, it actually makes for some weighty artistic discussion.

Artists, gamers, hackers and musicians alike will love 8 Bit, and we were especially intrigued by the segments involving musicians who use Gameboys as instruments (though we were disappointed that there was no mention of video game cover bands like The Advantage. But what can you do?).

Music Mondays Presents 8-Bit
Monday, March 19th
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
9:45pm, $2 / $1 Student, AFS
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