Minecraft video game to get Tate art "worlds" By Reuters
Published at 07:40 EDT on the 20th of November 2014. Updated: 07;40 EDT on 20 November 2014.
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By Michael Roddy
LONDON 20 November (Reuters) – Minecraft fans will be able to explore the worlds of art from Britain's Tate museums. Two 3-D "Tate Worlds" are available for free download, will be available starting Monday.
Minecraft is an online game that allows players to build almost anything block-by-block within an online environment. It was developed by Mojang in Sweden.
Jane Burton, Tate Media's Creative Director, stated that "Minecraft" is a wonderful game that inspires imagination and creativity in a statement released on Thursday.
It has captured the imagination of millions of children all over the world. We hope to inspire a new generation through Tate Worlds for Minecraft by reimagining art in Tate Worlds for Minecraft.
The Tate worlds were inspired by two paintings: Andre derain's 1906 painting "The Pool of London"; and Christopher Nevinson’s 1920 painting of New York, “Soul of the City without Soul.
Derain's painting is a scene of a cargo vessel and tenders, with London's famous Tower Bridge in the background The Nevinson shows skyscrapers with the tracks of an elevated rail line starting in the foreground and extending to the distance.
In "Tate Worlds: Soul of the Soulless City" the players enter the 1920s New York depicted in the painting and board a train taking players past New York landmarks of the period, before speeding to the future as skyscrapers are rising all around, Tate said.
The museum said that "the sights and sounds from the 'Roaring 20s" will be part of the journey as players build a skyscraper and join construction workers for a risky sky-high lunch and race to catch an film."
Six more "Tate Worlds" maps will be released over the coming year around the themes of 'Play', 'Destruction' and 'Fantasy'. The themes are influenced by well-known art works The museum announced.
This includes John Singer Sargent's "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" (1885-6), Peter Blake's "The Toy Shop" (1962) and John Martin's "The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum" (1822) and Cornelia Parker's "Cold Dark Matter An Exploded View" (1991).
The "Tate Worlds" were created in conjunction with "leading Minecraft mapmakers", the museum said, and will be available for download at (www.tate.org.uk/tateworlds).
Microsoft announced that it was buying Mojang for $2.5 Billion in September.
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