Head shot! Artefatti del giocare interventista. Le schermate estese di Joseph DeLappe.

DeLappe, Joseph; Leuzzi, Laura

Abstract

In this chapter DeLappe and Leuzzi argue that screenshots and other artefacts created to document Joseph DeLappe's performative, activist, and interventionist actions within contemporary game spaces are at once inspired by war photography while also functioning to expand, question, and problematise documents of violence, whether virtual or real. A selection of key works from DeLappe's oeuvre is considered and analysed, including examples on online gaming performance, early digital photo montage "screenshots", and analogue artefacts including drawings and sculptures. The works is considered as representing an operational modality where what happens on the screen, when captured, becomes both document and expanded expression of computer-based artistic and activist content.

Citation

DELAPPE, J. and LEUZZI, L. 2025. Head shot! Artefatti del giocare interventista. Le schermate estese di Joseph DeLappe. In Bittanti, M. and De Mutiis, M. (eds.) Fotoludica: fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione. Milan: Mimesis Edizioni [online], pages 459-491. Available from: https://milanmachinimafestival.org/fotoludica-book

• Online Publication Date: Mar 12, 2025
• Publication Date: Mar 12, 2025
• Deposit Date: Mar 24, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 13, 2026
• Publisher: Mimesis Edizioni
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 459-491
• Series Title: Eterotopie
• Book Title: Fotoludica. Fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione
• Chapter Number: Part 4
• ISBN: 9791222310329
• Keywords: Screenshots; Photography; Artefacts; Contemporary game spaces; War photography; Digital photo montages; Analogue artefacts
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2761149
• Publisher URL: https://milanmachinimafestival.org/fotoludica-book