Taha Heydari, was born in Tehran, Iran in 1986. He now lives and works in Baltimore. He received an MFA in painting from the Maryland Institute college of Art, Baltimore and a BFA in Painting from the Art University of Tehran. His 2017 painting, Shooting the Edge, depicts a pixelated explosion from the point-of-view of a first-person-shooter video game.
LINKEvent: Pixel Pioneers Artists: Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Feng Mengbo, Larry Achiampong, Claudia Hart, Suzanne Treister, Geert Mul, Hoos Blotkamp, Nam June Paik, Peter Struycken, Jeroen Jongeleen Curator: Amira Gad Venue: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Gallery II, 4th floor, and Gallery III, 5th floor, Museumpark 24, 3015 CX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ZIP-Scene Conference on Immersive Storytelling Venue: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Poupětova 1 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice Prague, Czech Republic ART*VR Festival activities also extend to Prague Planetarium. Dates: 12–14 November 2026 Admission: Registration fee: 100 EUR for physical attendance. A reduced registration fee is available
RESILIENT GLITCHES / HYPERNOMA Programme focus: Media art, game culture, digital play, activism, workshops, lectures, performances, pitches Selected participants: Zentrum für politische Schönheit, 2girls1comp, Babak Ahteshamipour, total refusal, Margarete Jahrmann, David Szauder, Paul Feigelfeld, Johanna Pirker, Günther Friesinger, Christof Ressi Game studio meet up: Subotron, Bongfish, Causa Creations, Microbird Games, Game
Event: Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺 Artists: Xia Han, Gao Hang, Ye Funa Curator: Thea-Mai Baumann, Director, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition managers: Luke Parker and Mikhaela Rodwell Venue: China Gallery, Level 1, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, University Place, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia Dates: September 27,
