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Chloé Desmoineaux presents Deviant Game Space , a space-time that brings together creators and amateurs around an alternative video game factory. Saturday, January 17, 2026, 2-4 p.m. Espace Pluriel Jeunes d'Istres, Istres Media Library, NEXUS – virtual reality space and Micro-Folie d'Istres with the OutLows Gaming association,
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Accidents digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 17’, 2025, Hong Kong created by Edwin Lo December 5–18 2025 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Set inside the simulated Hong Kong of Sleeping Dogs (2012), Accidents is an observational machinima about a city that keeps running through failure. Lo
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The house of Pikachu: art, anime, and pop culture 17 October 2025 – 15 March 2026 Curated by Owen Duffy (Nancy C. Allen Curator and Director of Exhibitions) Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX 77004 Wed, Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 12–7pm. General admission $8; free for
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Narrating [with] the Videogame Image Barcelona, 28–29 November 2025 Fundación Foto Colectania C/ Passeig Picasso, 14 08003 Barcelona Spain Fundación Foto Colectania, in collaboration with ArsGames, presents a two-day programme on the videogame image, its narrative capacities and intersections with photography, digital art, and cinema. The event forms part
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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