Eddo Stern (born 1972 in

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) is a California-based artist and developer known for creating experimental video games, game art and

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-based works. Stern was a founding member of the physical-computing based collective and

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C-Level. He holds a BA in Electronic Media and Art from

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and an MFA in Art and Integrated Media from

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. A professor at

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' Design Media Arts program, he is additionally the director of the UCLA Game Lab.

Career

Eddo Stern's work has been exhibited in a number of prestigious institutions including but not limited to the

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, Tate Gallery Liverpool, The Haifa Museum of Art,

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, the

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, The

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, The

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, The Kitchen, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Machine Project,

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, and The Adelaide Film Festival.

Projects

* ''Vietnam Romance (2015-present).'' Stern is currently working on a project called Vietnam Romance, which received a UCIRA grant and has been exhibited at Postmasters Gallery,

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and Babycastles Gallery in New York City, The Beall Center for Art and Technology at

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, and Northern Spark in Minneapolis. The

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called the project "art you can play or watch" and described it as "a seasoned meditation on the relationship between war and gaming." In an article on the presentation of Vietnam Romance at Postmasters Gallery, Indie Game Magazine states that Stern "seeks to reassess the entertainment value of media released about the Vietnam War, in particular, with a large exhibit that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy to a point where they become indistinguishable." * ''Best Flamewar Ever (2007).'' Best Flamewar Ever is a dual channel animation work presenting conversations between

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players. Art critic Zehra Jumabhoy describes the players' conversation depicted in

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: "Their discussion of the game rapidly morphs into an excuse to trade insults, revealing the masculinity-obsessed aggression lurking behind even such seemingly innocent flights of fancy."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Eddo Living people 1972 births University of California, Santa Cruz alumni California Institute of the Arts alumni UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture faculty New media artists