Congratulations to the Game Over crew headed by Guillaume Reymond! Their video on the Human Tetris got the nod for the Creative category of the 2007 Youtube Video Awards. Here’s more about their work from their website:

GAME OVER is one of the art projects developed by the Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). It consists of a series of collaborative animation movies which revive some of the very first video games. The pixels are replaced by a group of real human-beings that are moving from seat to seat in a theatre during about 4 to 6 hours. Each “pixel” has its own rules and decides what s/he wants to do for each picture. Once all these pictures are turned into a short animation movie, a giant human-scale video game unfolds “live”.

The Original Human TETRIS Performance

TETRIS played by real human-beings sitting in an auditorium: TETRIS is the 4th video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). This stop-motion video was shot and played for “LES URBAINES” festival http://www.urbaines.ch at the Palais de Rumine (Lausanne, Switzerland) on November 24th 2007.

The Original Human POLE POSITION Performance

POLE POSITION is the 3rd video performance of the GAME OVER Project. This stop-motion video was shot and played during and for “The game is up!” festival at the Vooruit (Ghent, Belgium | www.vooruit.be) on February 11th 2007. Will the mad racing car avoid the other vehicles on this sinuous road?

The Original Human SPACE INVADERS Performance

SPACE INVADERS is the 2nd video performance of the GAME OVER Project. This stop-motion video was shot and played during and for the “Belluard Bollwerk International” festival in the “Espace Nuithonie” (Fribourg, Switzerland | www.belluard.ch) on June 24th 2006. Will the Earth be invaded by the spaceships?

The Original Human PONG Performance

PONG is the first video performance of the GAME OVER Project. This stop-motion video was a test-case aimed at developing the series. Who’s going to win this table tennis game?