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
Is this Ecco the Dolphin for Oculus Rift? Not quite. But almost. Considering that "immersion" is still the dominant metaphor for virtual reality, the idea of swimming in a digital sea of "20,000 to 40,000 big-eye trevally shoal as part of a mating ritual"
GAME ART
Benoit Paillé, Crossroads of Realities, 2014 Canadian photographer and digital artist Benoit Paillé is investigating the relationship between photography and virtual worlds. His visual exploration of Grand Theft Auto raises the bar in terms of game photography. Truly fascinating. LINK: Benoit Paillé Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
VIDEO
More pornographic teasing from Suffolk-based company Veiviev Limited, whose intention is to bring back virtual reality sex and onanistic jouissance for the Oculus Rift age, or, as they state, "to create more enjoyable and pleasurable artificial liaisons." Their latest project, titled Lucid Dreams V2, is "[A] very
EVENT
Artist Diego Leclery's contribution to the 2014 Whitney Biennial is a playful performance. The artist sits outside of the Whitney Museum, he plays Sid Meier's Civilization for severn hours a day, all week long, until May 25. The artist told Animal that Me Playing Civilization is
DOCUMENTARY
Opening titles of Javier Polo's documentary on the world of chip music: "The stars of this musical movement reveal to us how to reuse old videogames hardware like Nintendo’s GameBoy, NES, Atari ST, Amiga and the Commodore 64 to turn them into a tool capable of
GAME ART
LINK : Returned Resident Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
LINK : SaveMe Oh Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME
LINK: Frank Lantz Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME
LINK : Clara Fernandez-Vara Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Benoit Paillé, Hyper Timelapse GTA V (Crossroads of Realities), digital video, 2014Hyper Timelapse GTA V is a fascinating project by Canadian photographer and digital artist Benoit Paillé, part of a larger project about the relationship between photography and virtual worlds that includes a tumblr . Below is the artist's
3D ANIMATION
There is always a war to play. LINK : Victor Morales Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
GAME ART
Another brilliant project by Italian artist Marco Mendeni: “The r_lightTweakSunlight project stems from the research within the videogames brought forward by Marco Mendeni in recent years, giving rise to an environmental path entirely realized with Cryengine 3 engine, an advanced software to create videogames. The use of a platform