Robbie Cooper's film stills capture children's faces as they play violent videogames
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Viewing a kid's face as they play violent video games
Gaming Nexus —
by: John Yan NEWS - Watching the video, I can say my expression probably matches some of them and I know Chuck's face looks like a few in the video. Here's a little art project called Immersion where you just see a kid's face as they play violent video games. It's an interesting look in seeing what kids look like as they kill virtual people. So, do you look like this when you're engrossed in a video game? ...
The art and science of the Immersion Project
Infinite Lives —
... facial responses to news footage, web videos, and movies will also be filmed and compared. It’s an interesting idea: how will children react, videotaped in the passive act of viewership, to simulated violence, or to news reports of real violence? In a culture of media supersaturation, in which we cope by emotionally disconnecting ‘reality’ from ‘the screen,’ what will our own faces tell?
Telegraph – The Immersion project (via)
