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.
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
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
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 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
3D ANIMATION
i.Mirror by China Tracy (AKA: Cao Fei), Second Life Documentary Film, 2007 Cao Fei. My Future is not a Dream Selected Works from the Collection September 10, 2021–January 9, 2022 Espace Louis Vuitton München Maximilianstraße 2a 80539 Munich Germany Hours: Monday–Friday 12–7pm, Saturday 10am–7pm press
ANIMAL CROSSING NEW HORIZONS
Animal Crossing Diaries From September 2, 2021 National Videogame Museum Castle House, Angel Street Sheffield, S3 8LN United Kingdom Animal Crossing Diaries is a new online exhibition curated by the National Videogame Museum, "The UK’s national cultural centre for videogames", which examines the social, cultural, and artistic
3D ANIMATION
Sturm&Drang Curated by Luigi Alberto Cippini (Armature Globale), Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen (gta exhibitions, ETH Zurich Department of Architecture) September 9, 2021–January 23, 2022 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 20121 Milan Italy press release The exhibition project Sturm&Drang, a collaboration between Fondazione
3D ANIMATION
FLYIN' HIGH digital video (3840 × 2160), color, sound, 59’ 21”, 2021 (Italy) Created by The Cool Couple September 3 - 16 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org What is the relationship between aviation and computation, technology and the environment? Experience the inner contradictions of the modern age – in which
PROJECT
press release A new platform, Art Space, created at Vidzeme University in Latvia is available as a download here for Windows. Its purpose is to present the history of artistic styles in modern gaming in an innovative and interactive way. The authors of the game are researcher Ieva Gintere and
ANALOG
Yucef Merhi: OPEN On view Sept. 2 – Nov. 20 2021 The Bonnier Gallery 3408 NW 7th Avenue Miami, Florida33127 Yucef Merhi is the Nam June Paik of Game Art. OPEN is his unmissable retrospective at the The Bonnier Gallery in Miami. full press release "The Bonnier Gallery is pleased