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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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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 hoping
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The sixth edition of the MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL will take place in hybrid form, both online and in situ (Milan, Italy) between March 19 - 26 2023 Filmmakers and video artists engaged in the practice of appropriating, repurposing, and remixing video games are encouraged to send us their work for consideration.
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LuYangFalse AwakeningFebruary 12–June 19, 2022 Just Thinkers and Creators: May 5–June 16, lecture series Kunstpalais Palais Stutterheim Marktplatz 1 91054 Erlangen Germany press release Media artist LuYang (born in Shanghai, China) is currently taking the international art scene by storm with his groundbreaking productions. Technically sophisticated and aesthetically
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Epic Games, MetaHuman Creator (still), 2022. Video. Courtesy of Epic Games.Speculative Futures April 7, 10am–3:30pm Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street Vancouver BC V6Z 2H7 Canada press release To what extent have technology and the promise of digital futures co-opted and compromised our sense of self
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Michael Luo, Dark Days, interactive game Michael Luo, Addiction Center, interactive game MICHAEL LUO - YOU MAY THINK THEY LOVE YOU FOR YOUR GAMES, BUT ALL THEY ACTUALLY WANT ARE SPECTACULARLY WEIRD TOYS FOR THEIR SHINY, BRAND NEW 8K QLED SMART SCREENS. DMA SOLO EXHIBITION UCLA DMA Graduate Gallery Broad Art
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SUBOTRON online arcademy: Molleindustria Interactive Talk Zoom-Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81972552186Password: guerrillaPaolo Pedercinireposted from originalAn interactive, choose-your-own-lecture event through 20 years of Molleindustria projects. Paolo Pedercini is a game developer, artist and educator. At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh he teaches experimental game design,
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This is a must see!!! Updated on April 5: Matt Adams (Blast Theory) joined the panel. republished from original sourceMuseumsQuartier / Raum D, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien AustriaLocation: MuseumsQuartier / Q21 / Raum D, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 ViennaThe opening of production tools in game engines to players in the 1990s led to an
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MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL MMXXII EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE FOR EVERYTHING TO STAY THE SAME March 21-27 2022 Milan, Italy and online The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL MMXXII returns with a hybrid format —both online and in situ screenings — after a long disruption in the face of an unprecedented global crisis. The