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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Orezification digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 64’ 05”, 2025, Italy created by Antonio Maria Abate World premiere vral.org Orezification is a speculative machinima loosely inspired by Dissipatio H.G., the posthumously published novel by Guido Morselli (1977). At its centre is an unnamed protagonist, an AI engineer
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ART BIT MATRIX -TOKUSATSU to VIDEOGAME 29 August to 19 October 2025 Mizuma Gallery 22 Lock Road #01-34 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108939 Mizuma Gallery will present ART BIT MATRIX – TOKUSATSU to VIDEOGAME, a group exhibition running from 29 August to 19 October 2025. Curated by Daichi Nakagawa, Takakurakazuki, and Yasutaka
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Game Worlds ACMI September 18 2025—February 8 2026 Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia Ground Floor Open daily 10am – 5pm (closed Christmas Day 25 Dec) Spanning over 50 years of play, Game Worlds features more than 30 videogames from the 1970s to today, with 44 playable moments alongside original builds, rare
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press release Yuha’s Nightmaresis a nightmare simulator — a psychological adventure where you dive into the dreams of the protagonist, Yuha, experience her emotions and fears, and gradually piece together her story from memories, objects, and sounds. The game drops you into familiar dream scenarios: apocalypse, returning to the childhood
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In 1991, Capcom’s Resident Evil burst onto shelves, revolutionising the survival horror genre and spawning a multi-million dollar franchise. Now on its 8th installment, after a soft reboot in 2017, it has weathered the course of time, having both incredible commercial success and struggle. The Resident Evil franchise is
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Above: Blippo+ (Playdate version), YACTH Blippo+ is an experimental video game created by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans (the author of the essential Broadband among many things) of the L.A.-based band YACHT, featuring over 100 artists, musicians, and performers from the underground art scene. Originally designed for
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TUM TUM is a festival of art, science, and technology led by women and dissident voices, which takes place in a virtual space hosted on Spatial, and features works by artists from across Latin America including México, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. The works can be explored here The first edition
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Corrupted Blood digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound (music: Thomas Parigi, voice generation: Elevenlabs.io), 16’ 18”, 2024, France created by Elouan Le Bars August 1—14 2025 vral.org Corrupted Blood is an experimental documentary by Elouan Le Bars revisiting a notorious virtual epidemic from the massively multiplayer
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Italo-Swiss killer kombo 2girls1comp is back again with the Red Dead Redemption 2 mod (well, that's a first!) titled There Is a Light That Never Goes Out which adds a permanent bonfire to every location an NPC dies. This illuminating modification seems like the prelude to a new
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Steffi Faircloth’s Corrido Hero draws on the structure and format of the rhythm game Guitar Hero, which the artist frequently played during the 2000s. When the game launched in 2005, it offered a novel means of music discovery, introducing players to new genres through performative gameplay. In this intervention,
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Accademia di Belle Arti Via dei Maceri, 2 61029 Urbino, Perugia Italy The Critical Game Art program, a brand new two-year initiative at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Urbino, explores the videogames as a language, critical tool, and starting point for understanding contemporary issues. Situated in Urbino, a historic
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FIESP Cultural Center Paulista Avenue, 1313, São Paulo In front of the Trianon-MASP stationpress release From July 16 to September 7, 2025, the heart of Avenida Paulista will be transformed by a new creative universe. FILE – Electronic Language International Festival presents its most ambitious edition yet with the exhibition SYNTHETIKA: