A LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE DARKNESS

There are many parallels between minimal and post-minimal fine art and early video games, namely the reliance on audience participation– where minimalist artwork asks its viewers to consider themselves and the space around them as well as the art, early video games asked their audiences to project narrative and meaning onto a visually minimal game as well. Where minimalism and conceptual art may appear to some as shrouded within a veil of academia, others may see a kids game from the 1980s as simplistic and mundane after a single playthrough. What these artworks (found, offline, at the museum ...