EVENT
Kent Sheely Ice Cream President digital video, black and white, sound, 06’ 37” (United States) July 9 - July 22 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Fifteen years after its first appearance, Hitman: Blood Money’s disarming yet lethal ice cream truck returns in this bleak machinima that focuses
ART GAME
Robert Yang's latest game, developed in collaboration with illustrator Eleanor Davis and Manchester-based musician aya, is titled We Dwell in Possibility (WeDIP), a "queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape" (Yang). The game can be played
3D ANIMATION
Henry Driver is a prolific new media artist from the United Kingdom often incorporating game mechanics and aesthetics in his practice. His latest project is an interactive artwork/game commissioned by the BBC titled Secrets of Soil, which was supported by the leading Plant Science and Microbiology Researchers at the
ART GAME
Vector Festival 2021 Network Dependencies July 15 – August 8, 2021 vectorfestival.org press release: InterAccess is thrilled to announce the ninth annual Vector Festival, a participatory and community-oriented initiative dedicated to showcasing digital games and creative media practices. This year’s theme, Network Dependencies, asks what post-isolation co-existence might look
3D ANIMATION
EVA AND FRANCO MATTESJeanne Varun, 2006digital print on canvas36 x 48 inches91.5 x 122 cmTransfiguration: leaving reality behind A group show featuring works in all media from paintings to NFTs June 26 - August 4, 2021 opening reception: Saturday, June 26, 3-8 PM Postmasters Gallery 54 Franklin Street New
ACADEMIC COURSE
Times of Hands is a two day event online initiated by Akademie der Künste der Welt (Academy of the Arts of the World (ADKDW) Cologne, in cooperation with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), School of Environment and Architecture Mumbai (SEA), Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). The symposium
COLLABORATION
UBERMORGEN Chinese Gold (Boom) June 25 - July 8 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Approximately fifteen years ago, UBERMONGEN introduced Chinese Gold, a sui generis investigation of the gold farming phenomenon, that is, the practice of playing a massively multiplayer online game with the specific aim of acquiring
EVENT
Radical Gaming - Immersion Simulation Subversion An exhibition curated by Boris Magrini September 2 - November 14 2021 Opening: Wednesday, 01.09.2021 HeK House of Electronic Arts Basel Freilager-Platz 9 CH–4142 Münchenstein/Basel Theo Triantafyllidis, Pastoral, 2019 , screenshot. (Courtesy of the Artist) This is the most important Game
3D ANIMATION
Radicalization Pipeline Theo Triantafyllidis June 3–September 25, 2021 Eduardo Secci Milano Via Bernardino Zenale, 3, Milano, 20123 Italy Press release: For this new body of works, Theo Triantafyllidis draws inspiration from video games and recent events of civil disorder in America. Looking at phenomena such as the rise of
EVENT
Robert Lazzarini, Rated M for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs (The Last of Us Part II), 2021Acrylic and oil on canvas, 17 x 22 inches (image source: Lowell Ryan Projects) Robert Lazzarini's latest project consists of a series of paintings
ANIMATION
Lera Malchenko, 1/2 of the collective fantastic little splash, has recently launched the project Supermova, a new series of videos focusing on developing media and their impact on human interactions. ""Why are we sometimes so "therapeutically" outspoken on social media; how virtual worlds without moderators
3D ANIMATION
Li Zhu All Beings Are Suffering June 11 - June 24 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org All Beings Are Suffering is part of Human Dust, an ongoing project that comprises self-generating scenes of human-like intelligence created by Li Zhu with Unity 3D. These simulated creatures reproduce themselves endlessly,