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.
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Death in August digital video, color, sound, 16 min, 1.85:1, 2023, Portugal Created by Bruno Abib vral.org Following a disturbing incident somewhere in Portugal, a group of friends responds in conflicting ways. Some resist the conditions that surround them, while others seek refuge in a virtual realm.
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Ryotaro Sato examines the circulation of game assets in Outlet at BlackBoxKyoto Ryotaro Sato: Outlet August 10–October 11, 2026 BlackBoxKyoto Taniguchi Building, 3F 171-1 Kashiwaya-cho, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto 604-8014, Japan Opening hours: 1:00–9:00 p.m. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday Admission: ¥1,500 on
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Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification digital video/machinima, color, sound, 100 min, 2026, China Screen recording documenting the modified one-on-one match between Yao Ming and Shaquille O’Neal. The match itself is programmed to continue indefinitely. This recording concludes when one player
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PLAY-TO-PAINT is an ongoing series examining the influence of video games on contemporary painting. Each article considers how artists translate game imagery, virtual camera systems, player-made content, and the temporal logic of play into material form, treating the canvas as a site where digital experience is edited
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The Institut National des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, Morocco, has announced Hack the Game: Game Art, Détournement and Video Game Imaginaries, the inaugural edition of the Technology and Art Research International Colloquium (TARIC). The event will take place during the 17th Mediterranean Biennale of Art Schools, scheduled for 9–13
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Playground digital video/machinima, color, sound, 10 min 23 sec, 2023, France Created by Célia Caroubi Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Playground is a desktop documentary filmed inside Roblox. Célia Caroubi joins her twelve-year-old sister Anna for a remote play session that turns uneasy when another player,
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The Power of Play Artists/participants: Espen Aarseth, Pok Yin Victor Leung, postgraduate students from CityUHK School of Creative Media’s Art and Activist Games Workshop, and game cultures represented through Senet, Counter-Strike, Quake III Arena, Minecraft, labyrinth traditions, robotic play, indie games, and eSport Curator: Espen Aarseth, Dean
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Museums and Video Games. Collection, Interaction, and Playable Heritage Edited by Matteo Bittanti and Elisabetta Modena In 2011, artist and game designer Pippin Barr created The Artist Is Present, a video game based on Marina Abramović’s performance of the same name, originally staged in 2010 at the Museum of
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Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Otaniementie 14 Espoo, 02150 Finland Application deadline: August 31, 2026, 11:59pm Read the original post here Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Aalto ARTS) is a global leader in higher education in design, fashion, games, media, architecture, film, art
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Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) digital video/machinima, color, sound, 12 min, 2022, China Created by Yuchi Ma Yuchi Ma’s Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) (2022) is a 12-minute single-channel video that treats distance not as an absence but as a
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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,