#LOCArcade

For one-day only, the Library of Congress will transform with an all-day interactive video game event exploring game sound from 1972 to the present. Taking over Mahogany Row on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson building, patrons are invited to play, experience, and learn how sound and music influence, change, and heighten the video game and gamer.

At #LOCArcade visitors will have the opportunity to play through forty years of gaming. Engage hands-on with vintage systems like the Pong, Atari Video Computer System 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment Center, and explore new worlds with immersive virtual reality experiences with festival participants Augment VR Arcade and VR Zone DC Arcade. It will be a weekend like no other at the Library… it’s all fun and games.

Presented in cooperation with the Motion Picture, Broadcast, and Recorded Sound Division.

Part of Augmented Realities: A Video Game Music Mini-Fest

About Augmented Realities: A Video Game Music Mini-Fest

From RetroBits to VR Hits

Video games are a multi-billion dollar industry, providing a platform for some of the world’s most creative artists to astound us with their interactive media. In a series of public events over the course of three days, a gathering of composers, designers, performers curators and educators will explore the music of this vital cultural phenomenon through film, lectures, discussions, performance and interactive displays.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

7 pm - Pickford Theater

Reformat the Planet (NR, 82 mins)

Directed by Paul Owens

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Friday, April 5, 2019

12 pm - Whittall Pavilion

“Copyrighting a Cartridge: An Inside Look at Copyright and Video Games”

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Friday, April 5, 2019

8 pm - Coolidge Auditorium

"Hi, Score! Introducing a Game to its Music"

Featuring Austin Wintory, Philippe Quint, Peter Dugan, the Triforce Quartet and a new game by Rami Ismail

"A Brief History of Video Game Music"

6:30 pm - Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Presentation

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

10 am to 4 pm - Mahogany Row

#LOCArcade

An interactive video game display charting over forty years of video game sound

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

11 am - Whittall Pavilion

#Declassified: “Processing and Preserving Video Games”

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

2 pm - Whittall Pavilion

"The Interface Between Music Composition and Video Game Design”

Winifred Phillips, composer and author







Additional Ticketing Information

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