Matteo Bittanti is the co-author of GameScenes, art in the Age of Videogames with Domenico Quaranta. This website, which explores game-based artistic production, distributions, and discussion, was introduced in 2005.
GAME ART
The Mineral Kingdom (Dark Green) (2025) is a 37-minute looped video installation within Connolly’s broader Mineral Kingdom cycle. The work is closely related to Scenes from Subnature and the Mineral Kingdom, a six-channel installation shown earlier in 2025 at lower_cavity, an artist-run, invitational residency and
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Event: Shadow Creatures – From Spirit Photography to the Ghosts of the Algorithm Venue: Fotomuseum Winterthur, Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45, CH-8400 Winterthur Dates: 27 June–11 October 2026 Curators: Marco De Mutiis and Rea Grünenfelder Opening: 26 June 2026, 18:00–22:00 Artist talk and book launch: 27 June 2026,
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YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] single-channel video, colour, sound, 5 min 31 sec, 2025, United States of America created by Kara Güt June 12–25 2026 introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] imagines a faulty character creation menu still haunting the interior
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Event: Pixel Pioneers Artists: Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Feng Mengbo, Larry Achiampong, Claudia Hart, Suzanne Treister, Geert Mul, Hoos Blotkamp, Nam June Paik, Peter Struycken, Jeroen Jongeleen Curator: Amira Gad Venue: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Gallery II, 4th floor, and Gallery III, 5th floor, Museumpark 24, 3015 CX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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ZIP-Scene Conference on Immersive Storytelling Venue: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Poupětova 1 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice Prague, Czech Republic ART*VR Festival activities also extend to Prague Planetarium. Dates: 12–14 November 2026 Admission: Registration fee: 100 EUR for physical attendance. A reduced registration fee is available
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RESILIENT GLITCHES / HYPERNOMA Programme focus: Media art, game culture, digital play, activism, workshops, lectures, performances, pitches Selected participants: Zentrum für politische Schönheit, 2girls1comp, Babak Ahteshamipour, total refusal, Margarete Jahrmann, David Szauder, Paul Feigelfeld, Johanna Pirker, Günther Friesinger, Christof Ressi Game studio meet up: Subotron, Bongfish, Causa Creations, Microbird Games, Game
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Event: Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺 Artists: Xia Han, Gao Hang, Ye Funa Curator: Thea-Mai Baumann, Director, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition managers: Luke Parker and Mikhaela Rodwell Venue: China Gallery, Level 1, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, University Place, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia Dates: September 27,
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Venue: Kulturort Depot Dortmund, Halle, Dortmund, Germany Dates: June 11–21, 2026 Opening: June 11, 2026, 7:00 p.m. Finissage: June 21, 2026, 7:00 p.m. Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-8:30 p.m. Opening hours
JOB OPENING
Application deadline: 10 June 2026 Start date: 1 March 2027 Institution: HTWG Konstanz, University of Applied Sciences Position: Full Professor for Time-based Media Salary bracket: W2 Application link: https://www.htwg-konstanz.de/hochschule/die-hochschule-als-arbeitgeberin/onlinebewerbung HTWG Konstanz, the University of Applied Sciences in Constance, Germany,
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On June 4, 2026, Joseph DeLappe will perform a live reprise of Howl: Elite Force Voyager Online (2001) at ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of the 24th Goulash Programming Night (GPN24). The performance is free to attend in person and will also be livestreamed. First
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Where Are You, Samuel? digital video/machinima, color, sound, 13 min, 2024, Italy Created by Samuele Leogrande vral.org In Where Are You, Samuel?, a lost soul wanders through corrupted digital terrains, guided by a disembodied voice that promises a path home while drawing him deeper into memory, grief, and
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Tampere University / Games As Art Center October 9–11, 2026 | Tampere, Finland (fully hybrid) Submission deadline: July 1, 2026 Submit here or email: info@gamesasartcenter.com Tampere University and the Games As Art Center invite submissions of artistic games for the inaugural Games As Art Festival, October 9–11, 2026.