Next Level – Festival for Games, Interactive Art and Digital Theatre Festival dates: 13–16 November 2025 Curated by Lex Rütten and Viv Lennert Several exhibitions remain open through 18 January 2026; check individual listings for times and site-specific details. * Akademie für Theater und Digitalität — Speicherstraße 17, 44147 Dortmund. * Digitale Werkbank
Tell no Friend or Foe apart: Hell Unleashed digital video, color, sound, 6’ 45”, 2025, Iran/Greece created by Babak Ahteshamipour VRAL World premiere This work is presented in collaboration with Octobre Numérique-Faire Monde festival in Arles, France Tell no Friend or Foe apart: Hell Unleashed (2025) is a machinima
Catherine Sarah Young’s Deep Sea Mining Claw Machine from Friday October 10 2025 as part of “Playground of the Invisible” curated by Nōvo Collective venue: Lucky Dip Shop 56/470 Torrens Rd, Kilkenny SA 5009 Australia How can a claw machine illuminate the ethics and logistics of planetary extraction?
Worldglimpsing ArkDes, Skeppsholmen, Exercisplan, Stockholm, Sweden Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm 3 October 2025 – 2026 (Stockholm chapter), with the second chapter opening at Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, in 2026. Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00; Tuesday & Friday late opening until 20:00 Programme highlights: Opening: Friday, 3 October 2025, 6–8pm
The Great Adventure of Material World (2019–2020) Curated by Regina Harsanyi September 26, 2025 – March 22, 2026 Museum of the Moving Image, Jane Henson Amphitheater 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106 The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) will present The Great Adventure of Material World (2019–2020) by
Heel Turn Curated by Camille Martin Featuring works by Réda Boussella, Zoé Chataignon, and Yannis Mohand Briki 24 September to 13 December 2025 La Maison pop 9bis rue Dombasle 93100 Montreuil, France La Maison pop (Montreuil) opens its 2025–26 season with Heel Turn, an exhibition curated by Camille Martin
Between October 2025 and February 2026, artist and game maker Chloé Desmoineaux inaugurates Deviant Game Space, a temporary laboratory dedicated to experimental play. Conceived as an “espace-temps” for both creators and audiences, the initiative explores alternative forms of videogame making and unmaking through three intersecting themes: détournement, media archaeology, and
Drew Davidson: Ludic Narrans, stories of/by/for the fields of play October 29, 2025 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Carnegie Mellon University 4919 Frew St. College of Fine Arts, Room 111 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Since 2024, Drew Davidson has been conducting an exploratory qualitative study on the international
Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Zifzafa curated by Tominga O’Donnell 18 September 2025 — 4 January 2026 MUNCH Museum, Oslo — Floor 10 (Gallery 10) Edvard Munchs plass 1, 0194 Oslo, Norway Opening Hours: Sunday–Tuesday: 10:00 – 18:00 ; Wednesday–Saturday: 10:00 – 21:00 At the Munch Museum in Oslo,
THE INSUFFERABLE WEIGHT OF BEING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MURDERER digital video, color, sound, 17’ 54”, 2025, France created by Yannis Mohand Briki September 26—October 9 2025 VRAL THE INSUFFERABLE WEIGHT OF BEING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MURDERER is the second chapter in what the artist calls a coming of (r)age triptych,
Essential Engagement: The Works of Joseph DeLappe Vernissage: Thursday, 23 October 2025, 4–6pm PT Hohbach Hall, Room 122, Cecil H. Green Library, Stanford University, 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, California Retrospective exhibition + artist talk by Joseph DeLappe, followed by a conversation with Joel Slayton (CADRE Lab founding director), moderated by
Jakob Kudsk Steensen: The Song Trapper 17 October 2025 to 2 March 2026 Curated by Claudia Buizza and Ludovic Delalande Fondation Louis Vuitton 8 av. du Mahatma Gandhi Paris, France From 17 October 2025 to 2 March 2026, the Fondation Louis Vuitton presents The Song Trapper, the first Paris institutional
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JEŚLI/TO [IF/THEN] October 3, 2025–February 1, 2026 Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art Curated by Sara Szostak and Marta Grytczuk 2 Jazdów Street Warsaw 00-467 Poland Hours: Tuesday–Wednesday and Friday–Sunday 11am–7pm Thursday 11am–8pm JEŚLI/TO [IF/THEN], on view at Ujazdowski Castle Centre
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Independent artist and game designer Mikhail Maksimov has just released Relic Dongle, a curious entry in what might be called the genre of “mourning simulators.” The app positions itself as a playful, even ironic, platform to grieve: “Although our world is fragile, life is beautiful! But it is very important
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Octobre Numérique — Faire Monde 11 October – 9 November 2025 Curated by Vincent Moncho Chapelle des Trinitaires, Arles, France official website From 11 October to 9 November 2025, Arles hosts a new edition of Octobre Numérique — Faire Monde, with a pronounced emphasis on artistic videogames, experimental practices, and a technology-critical ethos.
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Suzanne Treister: Prophetic Dreaming Modern Art Oxford October 4, 2025 – April 12, 2026 (opening: October 3, 6:30–10pm) 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP United Kingdom modernartoxford.org.uk Modern Art Oxford will present the first major UK institutional retrospective of Suzanne Treister, opening October 4, 2025, and running
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Lawrence Lek: Life Before Automation 26 September–14 December 2025 Goldsmiths CCA, St James’, New Cross, London SE14 6AD Opening event: Thursday 25 September, 6–9pm Goldsmiths CCA presents the most extensive UK institutional exhibition to date by Lawrence Lek (b. 1982), an artist whose practice coheres film, installation, video
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Precursing digital video, color, sound, 11’ 13”, 2023, Canada/United Kingdom created by Nina Davies September 12—25 2025 vral.org Precursing is a video work which was commissioned by Matt’s Gallery for her show Precursing in 2023. The video work presents a fictional narrative narrated by —software engineers
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The Works of Joseph DeLappe Silicon Valley Archives Cecil H. Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6004 United States of America This is just a quick preview. Expect several updates in the upcoming weeks. Joseph DeLappe’s work explores the intersections of art, technology, and politics. He provokes by
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Orezification digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 64’ 05”, 2025, Italy created by Antonio Maria Abate World premiere vral.org Orezification is a speculative machinima loosely inspired by Dissipatio H.G., the posthumously published novel by Guido Morselli (1977). At its centre is an unnamed protagonist, an AI engineer
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ART BIT MATRIX -TOKUSATSU to VIDEOGAME 29 August to 19 October 2025 Mizuma Gallery 22 Lock Road #01-34 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108939 Mizuma Gallery will present ART BIT MATRIX – TOKUSATSU to VIDEOGAME, a group exhibition running from 29 August to 19 October 2025. Curated by Daichi Nakagawa, Takakurakazuki, and Yasutaka
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Game Worlds ACMI September 18 2025—February 8 2026 Fed Square, Melbourne, Australia Ground Floor Open daily 10am – 5pm (closed Christmas Day 25 Dec) Spanning over 50 years of play, Game Worlds features more than 30 videogames from the 1970s to today, with 44 playable moments alongside original builds, rare
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press release Yuha’s Nightmaresis a nightmare simulator — a psychological adventure where you dive into the dreams of the protagonist, Yuha, experience her emotions and fears, and gradually piece together her story from memories, objects, and sounds. The game drops you into familiar dream scenarios: apocalypse, returning to the childhood