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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Uh, uh this is going to be very interesting. I'm thinking San Andreas Deer Cam with a robo-cam. Screen Walk with GTA V Photographer Bot: Wednesday, 28 July, 2021, 6 pm UK time / 7 pm CET The event will be livestreamed directly on screen walks.com. In the
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RADICALIZATION PIPELINE Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 15’ 01”, 2021 (Greece) excerpt from live simulation Created by Theo Triantafyllidis July 23 - August 5 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org You may disagree about the root causes, but the diagnosis is crystal clear: reality has imploded. The
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working towards our own obsolescence An exhibition curated by Régine Debatty June 18 - July 23 2021 NeMe Arts Centre 3603 Limassol, Cyprus Artists: Pippin Barr; Larisa Blazic; Peter Buczkowski; Stéphane Degoutin, Gwenola Wagon, and Pierre Cassou-Noguès; Dasha Ilina; Sanela Jahić; Lisa Ma; Liz Magic Laser; Julien Prévieux; Laurel Ptak.
ACADEMIC COURSE
Application deadline : July 30, 2021Experimental Game CulturesAcademic degree: MA (Master of Arts)Credits: 120 ECTSDuration: 4 yearsLanguage: Englisch und Deutsch/English and German University of Applied Arts Vienna Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2 1010 Vienna Austria T +43 1 711332160 info@uni-ak.ac.at The University of Applied Arts Vienna is introducing a
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Homo Ludens: Videogames to understand the present July 20 - October 31 2021CaixaForum MadridPaseo del Prado, 36 28014 Madrid, Spain Curated by Luca CarrubbaDesigned by Domestic Data Streamer studio Produced by Fundación "La Caixa"Opening Conference: July 20 2021 "The exhibition Homo Ludens proposes an anthropological journey
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Kent Sheely Ice Cream President digital video, black and white, sound, 06’ 37” (United States) July 9 - July 22 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Fifteen years after its first appearance, Hitman: Blood Money’s disarming yet lethal ice cream truck returns in this bleak machinima that focuses
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Robert Yang's latest game, developed in collaboration with illustrator Eleanor Davis and Manchester-based musician aya, is titled We Dwell in Possibility (WeDIP), a "queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape" (Yang). The game can be played
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Henry Driver is a prolific new media artist from the United Kingdom often incorporating game mechanics and aesthetics in his practice. His latest project is an interactive artwork/game commissioned by the BBC titled Secrets of Soil, which was supported by the leading Plant Science and Microbiology Researchers at the
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Vector Festival 2021 Network Dependencies July 15 – August 8, 2021 vectorfestival.org press release: InterAccess is thrilled to announce the ninth annual Vector Festival, a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices. This year’s theme, Network Dependencies, asks what post-isolation co-existence might look
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EVA AND FRANCO MATTESJeanne Varun, 2006digital print on canvas36 x 48 inches91.5 x 122 cmTransfiguration: leaving reality behind A group show featuring works in all media from paintings to NFTs June 26 - August 4, 2021 opening reception: Saturday, June 26, 3-8 PM Postmasters Gallery 54 Franklin Street New
ACADEMIC COURSE
Times of Hands is a two day event online initiated by Akademie der Künste der Welt (Academy of the Arts of the World (ADKDW) Cologne, in cooperation with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), School of Environment and Architecture Mumbai (SEA), Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). The symposium
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UBERMORGEN Chinese Gold (Boom) June 25 - July 8 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Approximately fifteen years ago, UBERMONGEN introduced Chinese Gold, a sui generis investigation of the gold farming phenomenon, that is, the practice of playing a massively multiplayer online game with the specific aim of acquiring