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.
MUSIC
"An extract from the A/V performance "TILT - bit - NOISE" by Alessandro Ragazzo (music) and Valerio Valerio Veneruso (video). "TILT - bit - NOISE" was performed during the final exhibition of a workshop in new media arts by Klaus Obermaier. Player 1: Ableton
VIDEO
"A young man finds an old Nintendo system but it only has one game, Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!! Though one of the hardest, most brutal games around he starts obsessively playing it only to see the world around him slowly starting to turn 8 Bit. Guided by
MACHINIMA
Baden Pailthorpe's "Formation (difference and repetition) III", 2011 Link: Baden Pailthorpe Related Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
DOCUMENTARY
Link: Jon Rafman Link: A conversation on Rhizome Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
EVENT
Ecriture Videoludique's Nicolas Tilly photo reportage of 8-bit Champions. Link: 8-bit Champions @ Ecriture Videoludique Link: 8-bit Champions Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
Defiant Development, Warco, Digital game, 2011 (in progress). The game casts the player in the role of a war correspondent. link: Warco link: Warco on WIRED Italy Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
EVENT
Link: Copenhagen Game Collective Submitted by Matteo Bittanti
ART GAME
- Keith Stuart talks to Jason Nelson: "Operating somewhere in between all of those is digital poet and artist Jason Nelson. Born in Oklahoma but now based on the East coast of Australia, Nelson has been producing thought-provoking and anger-baiting interactive works for years, the best known examples being
PHOTOGRAPHY
"Nintendo, in partnership with the prestigious agency Magnum Photos, organized the first photo-exhibit in 3D without glasses, on a portable video game console, the Nintendo 3DS. Being the only handheld to take and view pictures in 3D without the use of glasses, the Nintendo 3DS was given to three
ART GAME
Pippin Barr, The Artist is Present, interactive game, 2011 "Are games art?! This one definitely is! The Artist is Present is a Sierra-style recreation of the famed performance piece of the same name by artist Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Have the
SCULPTURE
Aled Lewis, Double Discount, 2011, Sculpture. Laser-cut by speedyjvw. Background and characters in plywood with a Bambo frame surround. "From one of my favourite Game Boy titles: Double Dragon II. For the Old School Video Games Show at Gallery 1988 Venice." (alex Lewis) Link: Aled Lewis Submitted by
ART GAME
"Kurye 11 Festival: Space Invaders YEM building, Istanbul Tukey, Fulya Mahallesi Yeşilçimen Sokak No.12/430 September 14-23 2011 Get ready to dive into a world, where you have previously been the audience. Kurye Video Festival 2011 is opening the doors of the world of video games for you.