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Is Life a Game?: Eric Zimmerman + John Krakauer

An interactive conversation with the audience on the cognitive aesthetic, and cultural aspects of games as a tool for better understanding how we interact with our senses, and the world we live in.

Eric Zimmerman is a game designer and academic who has been working in the game industry for more than 20 years. One of the New York Observer’s “Power Punks,” one of Interview Magazine’s “30 To Watch,” one of International Design Magazine’s “ID 40” influential designers and one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital 50”, Zimmerman has created games on and off the computer that range from massively multiplayer online games to installations at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He is also an Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center.

John Krakauer is currently a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.











When: Sat., Feb. 21, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Where: Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
212-620-5000
Price: $20
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An interactive conversation with the audience on the cognitive aesthetic, and cultural aspects of games as a tool for better understanding how we interact with our senses, and the world we live in.

Eric Zimmerman is a game designer and academic who has been working in the game industry for more than 20 years. One of the New York Observer’s “Power Punks,” one of Interview Magazine’s “30 To Watch,” one of International Design Magazine’s “ID 40” influential designers and one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital 50”, Zimmerman has created games on and off the computer that range from massively multiplayer online games to installations at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He is also an Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center.

John Krakauer is currently a Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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