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Don't miss the great art events taking place around town this weekend. Here are just a few of the highlights: For those who prefer art that is generated on an 8-bit processor, make sure to be at Club DeVille on Saturday night. The Austin Museum of Digital Art is putting together yet another Digital Showcase with music and visual art in the key of geek. Canadian indie dance party rapper, Cadence Weapon, will headline the show. Participating visual artists include Varelsen, a Swedish motion graphic designer, CandyStations, a multidisciplinary artist who has provided visual projections for Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Calexico, and M. Ward, and Mark Charles Brown from Baltimore's Wham City Art Collective. The show starts at 9pm and costs $10 for general admission and $5 for AMODA members.

If you haven't had a chance to check out the Moose Lodge yet, here's your chance. Austin's Museum of Digital Art is hosting a mixer for creatives (geeks, musicians, artists, residents of 78704) on Friday; offering cheap drinks, live music and raffle prizes.

The more conceptual aspects of gaming are getting special notice with the Arthouse's newest exhibit RESET/PLAY. The show, which opens Saturday, explores the use of video games as a medium for the inspiration of contemporary art. The international cast of artists with work on display at RESET/PLAY were brought together by guest curators, Marcin Ramocki of Brooklyn and Paul Slocum of Dallas. Slocum is a new media artist who, among other things is turning 1985 vintage Epson printers into musical instruments. Ramocki also makes technology inspired art and co-created the documentary film 8 BIT which examines how video games have influenced contemporary culture. The Arthouse has teamed up with the Austin Museum of Digital Art to present various events related to the exhibit. Both guest curators will be at the Arthouse on Saturday at 3pm to talk about the exhibit.

He’s a master of sampling and an early proponent of turntablism, but you won’t find Carl Stone working with Kanye any time soon. Instead, throughout his musical career, minimalist pioneer Stone has taken experimented with electronics and sound in a way that recalls his hero John Cage and other irrepressible avant-garde musicians of his ilk.