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AU-DELÀ DU DÉSERT FLOU, PLUS AUCUNE SAUVEGARDE N’EST POSSIBLE Digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound 43’, 2021, France Created by Elisa Sanchez Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org “I’m tired of playing cowboy” says Elisa Sanchez, referring to her experience with Red Dead Redemption 2.
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Elaine Hoey, A Blind Eye, 2021 GAME UP Open: June 1 - 26 (Preview: 18:00 - 21:00, Thursday June 2) Wednesdays – Fridays 13:00 - 19:0 Saturdays & Sundays June 11:00 - 19:00 Free entrance transmediale studio Gerichtstrasse 35 13347 Berlin Germany This is a killer exhibition. Highly recommended.
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Sam Crane Grand Theft Artaud: Live performance and spectatorship inside online video games May 29 2022, 6 PM Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) FutuRetro Athens, Greece What happens when you try to perform Shakespeare inside Grand Theft Auto Online, a game space notorious for its aggression and gratuitous violence? You
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We are happy to announce that online platform VRAL is now available through Patreon. Here's the curators' spiel: We are using Patreon to build a community for all appreciators of machinima and game videos situated at the intersection of video art, experimental cinema, contemporary art, and avant-
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The Centre de la photographie GenèvePascal Greco’s PerformanceSchedule: 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m.Discussion with Pascal Greco and Danaé PanchaudSchedule: 9:00 p.m.Centre de la photographie Genève Bac — Bâtiment d’art contemporain 28, rue des
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Stephen Thorpe, The Over-soul, Oil on canvas, 60 x 52 in, 2022Stephen Thorpe, Life is Heaven, Oil on canvas, 60 x 52 in, 2022Stephen Thorpe, In Woods and Mountains I Roam, 60 x 52 in, 2022Stephen Thorpe, One Needs Death to be Able to Harvest the Fruit, oil on
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My paws are soft, my bones are heavy digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound (stereo), 4’ 57”, Germany, 2021 Created by Felix Klee, 2021 vral.org Can an artificial intelligence dream? Apparently, yes. In this oneiric short, it imagines itself as a virtual mountain lion wandering through digital landscapes.
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CONTROL ALT PLAY: LUDIC ALTERNATIVES ON CONTROL May 12 - November 12 2022 Curated by Luca Carruba and Eurídice Cabañes Produced by Zaragoza City Council and the Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, through Etopia Art and Technology Centre, Vernissage: May 12 2022, 7:30 pm eTopia Avda. Ciudad de Soria, 8
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The Fold: episode I & II is a non-linear interactive film and virtual reality-based art game involving rooms with doors containing a concept folding into other rooms with doors. Inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short story 'The Garden of Forking Paths', this VR-based '
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BRICK GAMES 18 March - 25 May, 2022 L21 S’Escorxador Hermanos García Peñaranda 1A 07010 Palma Islas Baleares, España Curated by Francesco Giaveri Featured artists: Richard Woods, Dasha Shishkin, Gao Hang, Richie Culver, Eva Fàbregas, Álvaro Gil, Gabriele de Santis, Felix Treadwell, Ryan Browning, Jordi Ribes, Pixy Liao, Rachel Hobkirk,
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Media Innovation Circle #11 May 6 2022 @2pm-3pm (Lisbon Time)Zoom link https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86896643186 Free (registration required) Machinima. How a vernacular practice became a new artistic avantgarde Speaker: Matteo Bittanti, IULM University, Italy Moderation: Pedro Cardoso, University of Aveiro In this talk, Matteo Bittanti
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Pieter Schoolwerth, Shifted Sims #14 (Luxury Party Stuff), 2020, Oil, acrylic, inkjet on canvas, 80 x 112 inches, 203.2 x 284.5 cmPieter Schoolwerth, Shifted Sims #15 (Tiny Living), 202 0 ,Oil, acrylic, inkjet on canvas , 85 x 120 inches , 215.9 x 304.8 cmI completely missed this