Festival Front
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str<:k:; ll‘ the street. August an lidrnt’wgh has featured eyery form of artrstrr: er‘tertarrtrrtent wrot'r" to man. l xee >t rt hasn't. Until thrs year. t't‘ert‘: 'tas heen ont- art ‘o'm mrssrng An area of the medra that makes more money tl‘a" Y‘ltl‘.’l(?‘.; An area .r‘ \.'.'h‘r:l‘ a srngle ar‘t'.'.'orlt takes years to won‘t/ea,- at a <:ost that (:ar‘ 'ur‘ L'TIO the t'tllllt)ttf; It oegs. borrows an: stea s "or" every other artrstlr: arena to ttreate sometn ng unrg'ue and “rat; hegu" to repay those Influences rn " e the <:onn<)lsseu's are counted 0", neonle who :;'\1" most other
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Yes. Computer games are «ormhg to the ‘estrya:
And they are <;or‘.‘.r‘g .r‘ tyne oarts lhe serrous part s a daylong semrnar for those tn the ‘rrtttt.stv‘.' l"e'e wrll he nus" hamslapnrrtg. a fev. argun‘er‘ts. an award a":: 'to swat. amour“. of aleol‘o tonstmntror‘. Hotney'e'. .'.rt" a l;‘.t'e It.<)r\. :t 'ttrgl". "crease the protzle
o Ir‘tevatttrve entertanmerit as a" art form are. were :r"r>ortantly t )r
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Hut '.'.«hat's tn It tor the games play/e".> Well. that's .'.'."e'e the second ha“. <T()l“t.‘t§ tn. loliowtng the success of the Gave 0" exhrbrtron. u.-."‘.rt~h attracted-15.0()()\.rsttors. the Royal Musetrr“ .s _;tagrng the (.30 Pat (Eart‘es exhrhrtron, a ::olle(:tron of the best garnet; "rom I’t‘t‘i,‘ 301713. 'We thought -t only rrght that we S"<:uld allow the general {7«tll)ll(‘, an opportu'wty to sample some ::‘ t"e 'rzest examples ot the art] says festival than low. Stone.
And these examples? Well. Sony, Mrcrosott. Nrr‘te'tao and PC SD- tiaro' manufacturer NVIDIA have come together 1:: proxtde gutte a nux. L'troy the nonsense of [ ye'fo ~ where the earne'a captures you
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Cullberg Ballet
6 THE LIST FESTIVAL GUIDE " ‘.'. Stat: .‘
Thumbs up for thumb bandits
Year’s best games celebrated. Words: Iain Davidson
They say that youth rs wasted on the ,oung. and money On the old. but new yet. can get the best of both Wrth the Edrnburgh ltttéErrtziIt()"£il Festrual's Gateway Weekend rnrtratwe. Marv nroductrons are gOrng beggrng absolutely free on Sat 8 and Sun S) Aug. so you can take your carefree. t tzoor. ass ar‘d get yOurself along to The Seagull Or a soot (:f Wagner's GOttero’ammerrur7g Or rttaytge some dance wrth the astonrshrng Cullberg Ballet.
All rt takes IS to turn up at the \.re"ue an tour and half before the Start of eac" perforrvxar‘se ‘.-~.trth some proof of your tender age — ,Ou haye te be under 27 to gualrfy. No other trckets are avatlable so :t wrll he a
ftg'fnxz eartoor‘ Kung Fu artrsts l_xnerrer‘.ce the heautrtt“ .rtt~-'::,:'.,
s'xut')! ‘er't ur, lkaruga. Dance Dance Revo/utrorr antzrs .’)t. tum stuord 'P nuhlrt: and there rs even a chance to have a trddle yam: Nokra's upeomrng mohrle consolerohone hyhrrd N (Bage Wrth :50 trtles a\.'arla't)le to olay. about hal‘ ot wrueh seem tt; "mitt: been chosen for thezr grout; olayahrlrty. take so't‘e ‘rtilttltl and (R: Play
Games wrll eat throug" more than an afte'noon For the more (:eret2'a nlayer. the event .'.'Iil also host a num'ner of lectures a"::‘ gvorxshons throughout the ‘IT'S OF THE ART'
week. grv'ng a change tt, ‘rnrl out how games are made from those ‘.'.’l7(, 'l‘t‘mtr tlie'n. lner'e wrll also tit: a games nla‘ynrtg eorrtrretstro': and a vote for the Gameolayer's (tante :>‘ 2002 201:3 ay-rard.
But what's the poet? lom Stone wants to er'rulate the s m of debate tt‘at takes place rt other culture. rndustr‘res. 'What “VIRUS; the nte'arit'ye (é"’t(?l'.£t«".",‘.(:"§ sector the fastest g'oyzrr‘g (frttorfgtrruqrffjf 'mmwpv' he
asks. 'V‘y’here :loes rt s:t today‘s segret,” And many would say that : armr‘c weeds exactly the
type of debate. and exactly thts :;"an<;e to stunt:-
arrtong Its artrstrr: (it>rtte”tr>orartes But '.-.'t‘ett~.e' we ms“ to take :tart ll‘. the debate or not. there as "r; hands on some glor gusty good g);tt't.r‘g;. oen‘aus HUD" son‘e goodres lr‘. the t2'1;<:ess. :s always anorernated
If you want to debate, argue. ‘gnt aw: ‘eurl or ust sit rtuletly and
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enroy a gentle gar'te ot Prlwrrr:. t"e l l(3l .‘.’(¢l{,‘(,"l(}$; ,ou Just lrke the rest of artrstrc Ettttttltltg" ‘r‘. August 'eai",
Royal Museum, 11-18 Aug, Mon-Sat 10am-1.15pm & 1.45pm-4.45pm, Sun noon-5pm, £2 (£1).
Fes ival freebies for under 27s
Gateway Weekend doles out culture bites for free. Ruth Hedges
nurely yOtlt‘thr(;.'.’tl(illtlINC/10mlf,l)r(‘)thlll to ,tou tr, the generous cooperatrorx between (,a<,tt-t;r;arrrtg powers. "There was a {lot of money that the Scottrsh Executrve had left over and the mty (Lunarls .‘rere asked to bld for rt.' says Frankre Burr of Ell: 'Edrnhurgh courterl got some and ’l(:/,:(l(:(l to use rt purely for yOung people. Eacl: of the rrtator “:UTI'Jt'llF, got some on thrs understanding. and. topped up .‘thh some Lottery mone,. EIF came up mm the (Eaten-ray Weekeno.‘
I To see a full run Jo's/r7 of the product/ens on offer .«stt the F/F webs/fie. erf.(,‘o.ul< or (,al/ Hub Trotters or? O 737 473 2000.