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.
ART GAME
CONTROL ALT PLAY: LUDIC ALTERNATIVES ON CONTROL May 12 - November 12 2022 Curated by Luca Carruba and Eurídice Cabañes Produced by Zaragoza City Council and the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, through Etopia Art and Technology Centre, Vernissage: May 12 2022, 7:30 pm eTopia Avda. Ciudad de Soria,
3D ANIMATION
The Fold: episode I & II is a non-linear interactive film and virtual reality-based art game involving rooms with doors containing a concept folding into other rooms with doors. Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short story 'The Garden of Forking Paths', this VR-based 'escape the room&
EVENT
BRICK GAMES 18 March - 25 May, 2022 L21 S’Escorxador Hermanos García Peñaranda 1A 07010 Palma Islas Baleares, España Curated by Francesco Giaveri Featured artists: Richard Woods, Dasha Shishkin, Gao Hang, Richie Culver, Eva Fàbregas, Álvaro Gil, Gabriele de Santis, Felix Treadwell, Ryan Browning, Jordi Ribes, Pixy Liao, Rachel
3D ANIMATION
Media Innovation Circle #11 May 6 2022 @2pm-3pm (Lisbon Time)Zoom link https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86896643186 Free (registration required) Machinima. How a vernacular practice became a new artistic avantgarde Speaker: Matteo Bittanti, IULM University, Italy Moderation: Pedro Cardoso, University of Aveiro In this talk, Matteo Bittanti discusses the
GAME ART
Pieter Schoolwerth, Shifted Sims #14 (Luxury Party Stuff), 2020, Oil, acrylic, inkjet on canvas, 80 x 112 inches, 203.2 x 284.5 cmPieter Schoolwerth, Shifted Sims #15 (Tiny Living), 202 0 ,Oil, acrylic, inkjet on canvas , 85 x 120 inches , 215.9 x 304.8 cmI completely missed this
GAME
Home/Nome is a fascinating project by Lars Preisser comprising Hi8 home videos, hand drawn SNES Mario Paint animation, drawings, HD video which deals with the notion of domesticity, gentrification, space, and memory. As the artist writes, The video installation HOME NOME by Lars Preisser consists of a film that
MACHINIMA
A new work by guerrilla collective Total Refusal in collaboration with artist and curator Jan-Wieger van den Berg created with/in Battlefield V. As the collective writes, Together with the local artist and operator of the Besienderhuis residency Jan-Wieger van den Berg, the media guerilla Total Refusal walks through the
3D ANIMATION
The Virtual Frontier digital video, color, sound, 3’, 2020, The Netherlands Created by Sjors Rigters vral.org The popular video game Minecraft exemplifies the inner contradictions of the digital age. Lauded by many pundits as a highly creative form of entertainment, the so-called “digital LEGO” is a powerful vessel for
MACHINIMA
Roaming_Nowhere is a video art project created by Ilaria Pandini at Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, Italy. As Ilaria was playing Skyrim, she encountered an interesting bug that allowed her to walk in the sky and on the water. She decided to record her experience. As Ilaria writes,
DOCUMENTARY
Aron Meier's investigate the relationship between players and avatars, recontexualizing the very meaning of "skin", which has different connotations in IRL and in gaming lingo. He writes: Before anyone even heard of the term metaverse, a group of people have long experienced first-hand what it means
3D ANIMATION
Sara Sadik. Ultimate Vatos: Force & Honneur Curated by Oriane Durand and Kristina Scepanski Westfälischer Kunstverein Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster, Germany 26 March – 6 June 2022 Opening: Saturday, 26 March 2022, 6pm Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–7pm The exhibition rooms will be open from 11 am on this day. Press
3D ANIMATION
THE CONVENIENCE STORE digital video, color, sound, 6’ 23”, 2018, Sweden Created by Jonne Hansson April 8 - April 21 2022 VRAL.org The Convenience Store follows three recently former students who graduated from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden and later moved to the fictional city Los Santos