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.
COLLABORATION
Jamie Janković and Deborah Findlater Outsourcing (My Desires to Avatars) digital video, color, sound, 3’ 58”, 2021, United Kingdom October 15 - 28 2021 Introduced by Riccardo Retez vral.org Outsourcing (My Desires to Avatars) is a machinima and experimental video created by video artist Jamie Janković and writer, poet
ANIMATION
Amir Yatziv Kingdom of Shadows, 2021 Recording of live animation performance, sound, color, 11’ 20”, 2021 (Israel) October 1 - October 14 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Three avatars are auditioning for the role of a video game character under the vigilant eyes of a Japanese game designer.
EVENT
Who Did It Better in In-Game Photography Finissage Event of How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play with Marco de Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti October 9 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 Fotomuseum Winterthur Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45 CH – 8400 Winterthur +41 52 234 10 60 info@fotomuseum.ch As
DOCUMENTARY
In addition to the ARTE.TV's recent interview with Total Refusal, here's another brilliant portrayal of the gang from ZDK, in English. (Ok, it's The Division, not The Devision, but so what?) The artist, researcher and filmmakers collective and pseudo-marxist media guerrilla Total Refusal
ANIMATION
Radical Gaming - Immersion Simulation Subversion An exhibition curated by Boris Magrini September 2 - November 14 2021 Opening: Wednesday, 01.09.2021 HeK House of Electronic Arts Basel Freilager-Platz 9 CH–4142 Münchenstein/Basel The international group exhibition Radical Gaming presents a selection of artists who investigate the structures,
3D ANIMATION
WELCOME TO MY DESERT NEXUS (DEEP INSIDE MY DESERT HEART) Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 44’ 50”, 2021 (United States) screen recording of a live/virtual performance at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York on June 13 2021 Created by Kara Güt Welcome to My Desert Nexus is a
EVENT
Wednesday 22 September 2021 6 pm UK time/7 pm CET Screen Walks series (online) REGISTER HERE Join the Media Guerilla collective Total Refusal as they launch their new project FELT REAL MIGHT DELETE LATER where they transform a number of selected NPCs (extras in video games) into social media
EVENT
The mighty members of the Game Arts International Assembly have just released the Game Arts Curators Kit, which Ma. Luján Oulton describes as "a statement of purpose and consultation for curators, producers and institutions that are either working with video games or want to get into the field. Over
COLLABORATION
French-German TV channel ARTE.TV's interview with one of the greatest Game Art collectives of all time, Total Refusal, is a must see. Available both in German and French subtitles, the 16 minutes long documentary features and in-depth conversation at the Werkleitz, the Centre for New Media Arts
BOOK
Pascal Greco, Place(s), Chambre Noire, 2021, book cover. Swiss-Italian photographer Pascal Greco examines the changing notion of place, space, and travel in the age of video games and lockdowns. His latest project, Place(s) is an investigation of the photographic potential of a video game’s landscapes through the
3D ANIMATION
EXiS 2021 The 18th Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul September 9–16, 2021 74 World Cup-ro, Mapo Gu Seoul, 04004, Korea (the Republic of) Official website This year year, the Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul is screening a terrific selection of machinima, game videos, and game-based
GAME ART
Italian artist Luca Miranda's latest performance within the spaces of Dark Souls II is titled Host Souls. Documenting on a daily basis the number of total deaths by the players, the game, and, therefore, the system as a whole, Host Souls consists of a visual documentation comprising one