{"id":11762,"date":"2012-05-24T09:56:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=11762"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T13:56:35","slug":"call-science-gallery-game-open-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2012\/05\/24\/call-science-gallery-game-open-call\/","title":{"rendered":"[CALL] Science Gallery: GAME Open Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science Gallery is calling for proposals for its upcoming exhibtion\u00a0GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n


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A FLAGSHIP INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF PLAY FROM SCIENCE GALLERY TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN<\/p>\n

Call for Proposals<\/p>\n

Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland is seeking proposals for an upcoming major exhibition\u00a0GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call Opens: Wed 23rd May 2012<\/p>\n

Call Closes: Monday 2nd July 2012<\/p>\n

Exhibition duration: 26 October 2012 \u2013 18th January 2013<\/p>\n

See call at\u00a0http:\/\/www.sciencegallery.com\/game<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n

Calling all gamers from casual to hardcore, newbies and retrogamers, data nerds, hobbyists, artists, scientists, tech geeks, edgy engineers and serious gamers, Science Gallery is seeking proposals for its major 2012 exhibition\u00a0GAME\u00a0launching in October 2012, during Dublin\u2019s tenure as European City of Science.<\/p>\n

With global industry sales predicted to reach $68.4 billion this year, the games industry has overtaken all other entertainment industries in the last ten years. An average UK gamer is 23 years old, has been playing games for over ten years and spends on average 11 hours per week playing games. Ireland is rapidly emerging as a global hub for animation and games with many of the leading software and middleware developers located here.<\/p>\n

GAME\u00a0at Science Gallery will explore the multifaceted world of gaming from the technology and design behind games to gaming and society and the history of games. Jane McGonigal in her book \u201cReality is broken\u201d argues that games can make us better and that by harnessing what game developers have learnt about optimizing human experience we can develop games that can tackle some of the major issues of the 21st century from depression and obesity to making people more socially connected.\u00a0GAME\u00a0at Science Gallery will explore the amazing potential of games and offer opportunities to visitors to engage in numerous aspects of this theme, even creating their very own game during a visit.<\/p>\n

GAME\u00a0will ask why people play games? How do our brains respond to games? What makes a game compelling? What will the future of gaming look like? How can we harness games for good?<\/p>\n

GAME\u00a0is Science Gallery\u2019s end of year exhibition for 2012. We are interested in receiving proposals for exhibits, events and workshops along the following themes,<\/p>\n