Game Music Fest – IN PROGRESS is the event of the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
The vernissage and concert will take place on 12 April 2024 at 5 p.m. at the Zamek Cieszyn (u. Zamkowa 3 a, b, c). The entrance is free.
The exhibition can be visited until 17 April 2024. Then it will be moved to the Silesian Philharmonic on 21 April 2024.
The programme includes:
- AR posters: interactive works inspired by soundtracks to video games and city of Katowice,
- display of diplomas: the graduates present the best works related to game design and virtual space,
- display of works by supervisors: Prof. Małgorzata Łuszczak, Prof. Katarzyna Kroczek-Wasińska and Prof. Kaja Renkas,
- show of Game Music Fest 2023 animations in new musical arrangements,
- experimental games: games developed by lecturers of Game Design and Virtual Space as well as Music in Multimedia degree programmes, presenting innovative approach to sound and interaction,
- performance of Silesian Chamber Orchestra from the Silesian Philharmonic.
The event is preceded by the interdisciplinary festival Game Music Fest dedicated to music in video games, organised by the Silesian Philharmonic. The first edition of the festival took place in February 2023 and was attended by almost 5,000 visitors. The Faculty of Arts and Educational Science of the University of Silesia in Katowice was a partner of the last year’s edition and is a co-organiser of the event this year.
Works by Games and Virtual Reality Design students, which were created during the previous edition of the festival, as well as premiere works created for this year’s edition of the event, will be presented during the Space Game Music Fest – IN PROGRESS. Additionally, the presentation will be expanded with the exhibition of the best diplomas of 1st and 2nd cycle graduates of Games and Virtual Reality Design, their supervisors, presentation of games developed by lecturers called “Experimental games” and animations from the previous edition of the festival in new sound arrangements, made by students of Music in Multimedia degree programme.
The event will also include a performance by Silesian Chamber Orchestra from the Silesian Philharmonic. Game Music Fest – IN PROGRESS is not only a presentation of achievements, but a unique experience where music, visual arts and world of games meet in an inspiring way.
Game Music Fest – IN PROGRESS is co-financed by the Silesian Voivodeship – co-organiser of the European City of Science Katowice 2024. The event is carried out within the City-Region-Academia stream as part of the European City of Science Katowice 2024.
Graphic design authors: Anna Szczepaniec, Agnieszka Firla – 1st year students of 2nd cycle studies in Games and Virtual Reality Design