Show Coverage: I am 8-bit @ Gallery 1988 (04.18.06)




Cameron Tiede

The 2006 edition of the I am 8-bit show  featuring art inspired by the classic era of video games opened last night (18th) at Gallery nineteen eighty eight.  There were some great pieces on display which took classic 8-bit videogame characters and themes and reinterpreted them visually or thematically.  Perhaps, it’s no surprise that Mario and Pac-Man seemed to be the most popular just by rough feel but Megaman was right there as well. 

There are waaay to many pieces to comment on, so we’ll stick with one — Cameron Tiede’s Super Mario inspired installation-like piece is a tribute to the classic platform rendered in 2.5D utilizing at least a dozen or more separate painted elements!  This piece had the most game-like quality to it and also has the potential for lots of "replayability" by reorienting the various elements.  I kept thinking though, "man you’d need a huge space for it!"

This year’s show proved to be extremely popular with a steady crowd lineing up and streaming into the gallery for a good 2.5 hours at which time I went to find food.  All of the Gallery’s events seem to be extremely popular, but I can’t remember one with a constant line for so long.  Props to Jon M. Gibson, the organizer, all the participating artists and Gallery nineteen eighty eight for all the classic video game inspired  goodness. 

 




Mike Moon




Jason Jacenko




Charles Guan




 






Aaron Dellla Vedova




Jeremiah Ketner




Martin Cendreda




Blaine Fontana






Yosuke Ueno




 




Martin Ontiveros




Steven Daily







Christopher Cuseo




Jeff McMillan




Jason Torchinsky




Jeremy Tinder






Sean Clarity




Erik Siador




2H




Mike Lomibao






Gary Baseman




Luke Chueh




Johnny Ryan




Mear One






Jim Rugg




Mike Burnett




Michelle Valigura




 






 




 




 




MCA






Matt Burlingame




Anna Chambers




 




 






 




Jim Mahfood




Chris Ryniak




Buff Monster






Hamish Grieve




Love Ablan




 




Chris Tezber






Choncey Langford




James Hakola




Ciro Nieli




Scott Morse






 




 




 




Brandon Reese






Thomas Han




Amanda Visell




 




 






 




 




 




 






Dez Einswell




Jimmy Pickering




Kevin Scalzo




Stone






Plasticgod




 




Axis




Jason Sho Green






Adam Hathorn




Dan Fleres




Craig Kellman




Dan Santat






Sandra Equihua




 




 




 






Isaac Pierro




Andrew Wilson




 




Alex Pardee






Jose Emroca Flores




 




Aaron Kraten




Sean Szeles






Chris Bishop




 




 




Tim Biskup






Tony Mora




Nathan Stapley




 




Yoskay Yamamoto






Mike Matei




Gabe Swarr




 




 






 




 




Angry Woebots




Joe Ledbetter






John Gill




Lesley Reppeteaux




 




James "Jimbot" Demski, Jr.






Brandi Milne




Roland Tamayo




Mark Bodnar




Ryan Heshka






 




 




Daniel Peacock




Brandon Bird






 




Aaron Jasinski




Katie Rice




 






 




Anand Hurkadli




Ryan Bubnis




Andrew Wilson






Trent Watanabe




Dave Crosland




Steve Purcell




 






Peter Gronquist




Julie West




Rex Hackelberg




 






 




 




 




Ahren Hertel






 




Max Grundy




 




Blinky






 




Dot Com




 




Greg "Craola" Simkins






 




Josh Holland




Michael Gagne




 






Johnny Yanok




Joshua Petker




Carlos Ramos




Bob Dob






Brian Singer




Gunnar




Howie Tsui




7teen






John Pham




Elizabeth Ito




Scott Campbell




Misha






 




 




Jen Rarey




 






Mr. Hahn




Shawnimals




Sophia Pottish




Lauren Crist






Alex Kirwan




Carlos Ramos




Jophen Stein




L. Croskey






 




 




 




 






 




 


8 Replies to “Show Coverage: I am 8-bit @ Gallery 1988 (04.18.06)”

  1. Thanks for the pics they are great. I wish we had more things like this in London. Im hoping to organise some events in the future. I hope they will be this good. Tahir

  2. Awesome coverage wordpress-305716-980974.cloudwaysapps.com!The big painting by blinky is actually a collab with SEIZER(www.seizerone.com)He did the “COntra” monster and the lettering…

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