ART GAME
Above: Blippo+ (Playdate version), YACTH Blippo+ is an experimental video game created by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans (the author of the essential Broadband among many things) of the L.A.-based band YACHT, featuring over 100 artists, musicians, and performers from the underground art scene. Originally designed for
ART GAME
TUM TUM is a festival of art, science, and technology led by women and dissident voices, which takes place in a virtual space hosted on Spatial, and features works by artists from across Latin America including México, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. The works can be explored here The first edition
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Corrupted Blood digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound (music: Thomas Parigi, voice generation: Elevenlabs.io), 16’ 18”, 2024, France created by Elouan Le Bars August 1—14 2025 vral.org Corrupted Blood is an experimental documentary by Elouan Le Bars revisiting a notorious virtual epidemic from the massively multiplayer
GAME ART
Italo-Swiss killer kombo 2girls1comp is back again with the Red Dead Redemption 2 mod (well, that's a first!) titled There Is a Light That Never Goes Out which adds a permanent bonfire to every location an NPC dies. This illuminating modification seems like the prelude to a new
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Steffi Faircloth’s Corrido Hero draws on the structure and format of the rhythm game Guitar Hero, which the artist frequently played during the 2000s. When the game launched in 2005, it offered a novel means of music discovery, introducing players to new genres through performative gameplay. In this intervention,
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Accademia di Belle Arti Via dei Maceri, 2 61029 Urbino, Perugia Italy The Critical Game Art program, a brand new two-year initiative at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Urbino, explores the videogames as a language, critical tool, and starting point for understanding contemporary issues. Situated in Urbino, a historic
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FIESP Cultural Center Paulista Avenue, 1313, São Paulo In front of the Trianon-MASP stationpress release From July 16 to September 7, 2025, the heart of Avenida Paulista will be transformed by a new creative universe. FILE – Electronic Language International Festival presents its most ambitious edition yet with the exhibition SYNTHETIKA:
COLLABORATION
I learned of Rewell’s death today, more than a year after it happened, through an article by Ray Sanchez for CNN.According to the journalist, his body had been found in the Hudson River in June 2024, unrecognisable after weeks in the water. For a long time, no one
EVENT
Urbain Altéré digital video (3840 x 2160), colour, sound, 3’ 25”, 2024, Switzerland created by Pascal Greco vral.org In Urbain Altéré (2024), Pascal Greco expands his investigation into the aesthetic and conceptual potential of game environments by shifting from still in-game photography to machinima. Created entirely within Stray (BlueTwelve
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Estelle Flores: Contém Ingredientes de Verdade May 17 - July 26 2025 MuMA Digital Art Center (Rua República Argentina, 3430 – Portão, Curitiba – PR) Curated by biarritzzz The Digital Art Center of the Curitiba Municipal Art Museum (MuMA) is currently hosting the exhibition Contém Ingredientes de Verdade (“Contains Real Ingredients”) by
CONCEPTUAL
Rhythm Zero Los Santos digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 112’ , 2019, Germany created by Jonas Blume What happens when an artist surrenders all agency in a game space designed for violence? In Rhythm Zero Los Santos (2019), Jonas Blume stages a durational performance inside Grand Theft Auto Online,
ARCADE
Standing before The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty), one is confronted by the chilling absurdity of purchasing the right to obliterate a city. In this interactive installation, Dutch Collective WERC lays bare the uneasy, visually seductive appeal of spectacular violence. The participant, posed as a player and a consumer,