Nerdcore exhibit opens in Hollywood!
By Jeremy Azevedo
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Starting last Thursday and continuing on through September 7th, popular gamer lifestyle brand “I Am 8-Bit” will be hosting a gallery of 8-bit inspired art at the World of Wonder Storefront in Hollywood. |
I was lucky enough to attend the opening and check out some of the crazy artwork on display this year. While there weren’t any giant-size working controllers or custom chiptune Guitar Hero games or anything at the show this year, the Nerdcore girls were acting as a human exhibit of sorts, lying around glass enclosures in their underwear, playing old school games in front of drooling fanboys disguised as hipsters. Adding to the excitement were DJs playing midi tunes while bartenders served (free!) Colt 45s in custom designed 24 oz. cans.
Donkey Kong, Mario and Paul Frank
Now I’m not much of an art critic but I find the whole 8-bit art thing particularly fascinating because as a kid growing up playing those games, I remember using my imagination to fill in the blanks that the rudimentary graphics were unable to fill. What these artists have done is essentially given physical form to their own imaginary interpretations of subjects that figure very strongly in today’s pop cultural tableau. My camera is a piece of shit so please enjoy these pictures, most of which I cribbed from our friends over at Joysiq.com!
Samus
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Bionic Commando and some naked zombie vampire soldiers
Homo-erotic Billy and Jimmy Lee of Double Dragon
Mario conquering DK
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The Wizard!
Street Fighter, duh.
Freakin’ sweet Q*Bert video installation
Life-size Piranha Plants
Some DJ chick with a totally sweet handmade Pac-dress
Eggplant Wizard, Bowser, Bubble Bobble, Q-Bert, Starman
Pac-Grenades, probably being mass-produced for sale at Urban as we speak
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