where the magic lives
Last night’s opening at Deitch was an almost ecstatically-happy sorta-rave made up mostly of artists and computer nerds. The output of this little machine, an altered vintage Nintendo cartridge, sitting on a black platform in the corner of the room, was what attracted the overflow crowd. The machine itself was the product of a particulary felicitous collaboration between Paper Rad and Cory Arcangel.
Tom Moody describes the work – in two posts.
impression of the scene of the “Super Mario Movie” projection, unfortunately minus even a hint of the great soundtrack