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Dreamland: Reconstructing Absent Presence Curated by Wang Xiaoyong and Ren Yue Central Art Museum, Hangzhou September 16–November 16, 2026 Central Art Museum, Hall A, L3, Hangzhou Center 150 Zhanlan East Road, Gongshu District, Hangzhou Rhett Tsai’s Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification (2026)
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Background, Action! digital video/machinima, 4 min 30 sec, sound by Perclane, 2026, Russia Created by Natalie Maximova Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Background, Action! extends Natalie Maximova’s out-of-bounds practice into the production infrastructure of open-world games. Where The Edge of the World (2021) pursued
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Instance Dungeons: Gray Zone runs through November 15, 2026, at the National Asian Culture Center, 38 Munhwajeondang-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea, as part of the Pavilion Project accompanying the 16th Gwangju Biennale’s main exhibition, You Must Change Your Life, directed by Ho Tzu Nyen with curators Che
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Death in August digital video, color, sound, 16 min, 1.85:1, 2023, Portugal Created by Bruno Abib vral.org Following a disturbing incident somewhere in Portugal, a group of friends responds in conflicting ways. Some resist the conditions that surround them, while others seek refuge in a virtual realm.
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The Power of Play Artists/participants: Espen Aarseth, Pok Yin Victor Leung, postgraduate students from CityUHK School of Creative Media’s Art and Activist Games Workshop, and game cultures represented through Senet, Counter-Strike, Quake III Arena, Minecraft, labyrinth traditions, robotic play, indie games, and eSport Curator: Espen Aarseth, Dean
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Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) digital video/machinima, color, sound, 12 min, 2022, China Created by Yuchi Ma Yuchi Ma’s Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) (2022) is a 12-minute single-channel video that treats distance not as an absence but as a
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YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] single-channel video, colour, sound, 5 min 31 sec, 2025, United States of America created by Kara Güt June 12–25 2026 introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] imagines a faulty character creation menu still haunting the interior
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ZIP-Scene Conference on Immersive Storytelling Venue: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Poupětova 1 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice Prague, Czech Republic ART*VR Festival activities also extend to Prague Planetarium. Dates: 12–14 November 2026 Admission: Registration fee: 100 EUR for physical attendance. A reduced registration fee is available
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RESILIENT GLITCHES / HYPERNOMA Programme focus: Media art, game culture, digital play, activism, workshops, lectures, performances, pitches Selected participants: Zentrum für politische Schönheit, 2girls1comp, Babak Ahteshamipour, total refusal, Margarete Jahrmann, David Szauder, Paul Feigelfeld, Johanna Pirker, Günther Friesinger, Christof Ressi Game studio meet up: Subotron, Bongfish, Causa Creations, Microbird Games, Game
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Event: Infinite Scroll 荧屏沉溺 Artists: Xia Han, Gao Hang, Ye Funa Curator: Thea-Mai Baumann, Director, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition managers: Luke Parker and Mikhaela Rodwell Venue: China Gallery, Level 1, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, University Place, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia Dates: September 27,
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On June 4, 2026, Joseph DeLappe will perform a live reprise of Howl: Elite Force Voyager Online (2001) at ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of the 24th Goulash Programming Night (GPN24). The performance is free to attend in person and will also be livestreamed. First
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Nothing to Tell digital video/machinima, 20 min, Italy 2025 created by Fabrizio Condino Nothing to Tell is an experimental short that reworks the world of Cyberpunk 2077 into a study of alienation, repetition, and mental disintegration. Following Daniel through an oppressive cycle of waking, drifting, drinking, and self-arming,