"Cory Arcangel hacked the game and modified it so that all that remains of the game are the white clouds on a blue sky. Gone is the main character, Super Mario, who the player had to guide through a labyrinth in the original jump and run game, just like the obstacles, landscapes and opponents that lend the game its narrative structure. Those people who are familiar with the game can imagine them on the empty background, everyone else will just see the cartoon-like display of a sky."
Features of the game: Super Mario is a jump and run game, the clouds are the background of the game. They move slowly and create a view of landscapes, it is the narrative element of the game.
Art or not? Why?
I think the moving clouds make the game more look like art. If the game without the clouds and replace by some stayble background and just the Super Mario is moving, that really and only look like a game not a art. It is because the clouds have the meaning of changing scence and show the character is moving. It have aesthetic values.
source from: http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/super-mario-cloud/
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