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EVENT: ART BIT #6 BRINGS PLAYABLE INDIE GAMES AND GAME ART TO HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO (MAY 16–JULY 12 2026, KYOTO, JAPAN)
art bit – Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture – #6: Game Playing Society runs from 16 May to 12 July 2026 at Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, Gallery 9.5, 7 Higashikujo Aketa-cho, Minami-ku, Kyoto. Opening hours are 10:00–20:00. Admission is free. A reception and workshop are planned for 16
MAGAZINE: RESET MAGAZINE: KEPLER INTERACTIVE TURNS GAMES CRITICISM INTO A DESIGN OBJECT
Kepler Interactive has launched Reset Magazine Issue 1, a large-format print publication devoted to video games as contemporary culture. Available for pre-order through Kepler’s online store and shipping from late May 2026, the debut issue runs 200 pages, measures 240 × 310 mm, and appears in three reverse-cover variants devoted
BOOK: ANGELO CARERI’S GRAND THEFT AUTO CRIME ET ARCHITECTURE (2026)
Façonnage Éditions has announced the release of Angelo Careri’s first book, Grand Theft Auto – Crime et architecture, a French-language long essay devoted to one of the most commercially dominant, culturally abrasive, and theoretically productive videogame series of the last three decades. Published in the Everglades collection, the book includes
RESOURCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JANNE SCHIMMEL
A conversation between Matteo Bittanti and Janne Schimmel has been published on the Permanent Beta Network website. Titled Repair as Refusal: Janne Schimmel and the Phantoms of Gaming Hardware, the conversation examines Schimmel’s sculptural practice through haunted consoles, obsolete devices, repair culture, homebrew communities, and the material afterlives of