When not playing videogames, a lot of us like to look at art inspired by games, and the biggest show of the year tends to be the "I Am 8-Bit" group exhibition, which returns to Los Angeles next month.
Launched in 2005, the annual gathering invites artists to re-imagine and take inspiration from the games of the eighties, and has now turned into one of LA's biggest art events.
This year's exhibition, the fourth, continues the tradition of showcasing art based on treasured game characters and worlds from that era, this time with more than one hundred artists contributing their take on the world of eighties gaming.
"Mario, Mega Man, Pac-Man, and Sonic are just as iconic as The Beatles to our generation," said the show's founder and curator Jon M. Gibson in a statement.
"They are our childhood heroes, our babysitters, our most awesome fantasies -- and it's amazing to see how wildly and diversely artists choose to interpret them, because every experience is a personal one."
"I Am 8-Bit" opens August 14th at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery in Hollywood, and runs until September 7th. Chronicle Books has already put out an anthology of the first exhibition, with a new tome set to hit stores in 2009.
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