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EVENT: MALAZ USTA (SEPTEMBER 18–OCTOBER 1 2026)
Space_invaders.exe video and video game-based moving image, colour and black-and-white, sound, single screen, 11 min, The Netherlands / Syria, 2024 created by Malaz Usta space_invaders.exe places the visual grammar of arcade threat alongside the bureaucratic demand that displaced people account for themselves. The film
EVENT: DREAMLAND: RECONSTRUCTING ABSENT PRESENCE (SEPTEMBER 16–NOVEMBER 16 2026, HANGZHOU, CHINA)
Dreamland: Reconstructing Absent Presence Curated by Wang Xiaoyong and Ren Yue Central Art Museum, Hangzhou September 16–November 16, 2026 Central Art Museum, Hall A, L3, Hangzhou Center 150 Zhanlan East Road, Gongshu District, Hangzhou Rhett Tsai’s Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification (2026)
BOOK REVIEW: GRAND THEFT AUTO: CRIME AND ARCHITECTURE BY ANGELO CARERI
Grand Theft Auto: Crime et architecture, Angelo Careri, with a preface by Mathieu Triclot and iconography by Leonardo Magrelli. Façonnage Éditions, 2026. 232 pages, €22. ISBN 978-2-491961-22-0. Published in French. Review copy supplied by the author. All images courtesy of Façonnage Éditions. The first thing Grand
EVENT: NATALIE MAXIMOVA (SEPTEMBER 4—17 2026)
Background, Action! digital video/machinima, 4 min 30 sec, sound by Perclane, 2026, Russia Created by Natalie Maximova Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Background, Action! extends Natalie Maximova’s out-of-bounds practice into the production infrastructure of open-world games. Where The Edge of the World (2021) pursued