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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Silicon Valley Talks: Henry Lowood, "Replayed" November 14, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST Hohbach Hall Presentation Room, Green Library (East Wing) Stanford University, Stanford, California Since the early 2000s, Henry Lowood has led or had a key role in numerous initiatives devoted to the preservation
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Cécile B. Evans, Reality or Not, 2023, Production still made with IncWorks CECILE B. EVANS, REALITY OR NOT FOTO/INDUSTRIA VI BIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON INDUSTRY AND WORK18.10 – 26.11.2023 Musei Civici Bologna MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di BolognaVia Don Giovanni Minzoni, 14, Bologna, Italy Reality or
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Danielle Udogaranya, Eden, 2023 © The Sims, EA Courtesy of the artist Danielle Udogaranya. Seeing Me, Seeing You, Seeing us October 18 - November 26 2023 Fondazione del Monte in Bologna and at Palazzo Paltroni in Ravenna FOTO/INDUSTRIA VI BIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON INDUSTRY AND WORK Bologna and Ravenna, Italy
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press release "Now Play This returns to Somerset House in Spring 2024 with a new edition of the festival. As in previous years we want to use the festival to delve into a pressing subject, and find ways that games can shed a new light on the unexpected aspects
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Elephant Juice, 2020, film still © ECAL / Simone C. Niquille AUTOMATED PHOTOGRAPHY Curated by Marco De Mutiis, The École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) FOTO/INDUSTRIA VI BIENNIAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON INDUSTRY AND WORK18.10 – 26.11.2023 Bologna, ItalyEx Chiesa di San MattiaVia Sant’Isaia, 13Bologna, Italy Description: An
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ONFM 2021, Exhibition view, Theo Triantafyllidis, Pastoral, Église des Trinitaires. Octobre Numérique – Faire Monde October 11 - November 10 2023 Arles, France Various locations and times Full program Octobre Numérique – Faire Monde is a month-long festival in Arles, France, at the crossroads of video games and arts, advocating towards more
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Heecheon Kim: Double Poser 1 Dec 2023 – 7 Jan 2024 HENI Project Space, Hayward Gallery Hayward Gallery, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX press release Kim’s work conflates virtual and physical realms, embracing yet questioning our obsession and trust in advanced technologies. In his video works, Kim manipulates both filmed
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Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Rehearsal Single-channel video (color, sound, narrator: Mamusu Kallon), 14’ 19”, 2023, Palestine Created by Firas Shehadeh Originally commissioned by Singapore Art Museum Part of Shehadeh’s ongoing research into video games and Palestinian youth culture, Like An Event In A Dream
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Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer and Finn Marchant, Big Game Hunting, Bus Projects, 2017 Big Game Hunting examines the disjuncture between the material and the digital and how this separation has engendered an anxiety of the digital. Through the deconstruction and materialisation of fantasy role-playing video games Big Game Hunting interrogates how video
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Mario Mu, The Sun, The Mast or Gravity, 2022 (video installation, HD, 7 min. ,wood panels) Mario Mu has unveiled his latest video creation, titled The Sun, The Mast or Gravity, which delves into the intricate interplay of architecture and decay. This 7-minute film was crafted using the Unity video
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Lullaby Created by Merlin Dutertre digital video, color, sound (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 11’ 51”, 2019, France August 25 - September 7 2023 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Developed with(in) Zoo Tycoon 2, Lullaby is set into a magic forest where people are mysteriously transformed into animals.
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The rumors are true. The elusive collective 2girls1comp strikes back with a new mod for Grand Theft Auto V that makes the police read the player's rights - that is, Rockstar Games' End User License Agreement (EULA)- when their avatars are being actively sought by the