DOCUMENTARY
Jona Kleinlein, Hidden Conflicts, machinima, 23' 05", 2019 Jona Kleinlein is a multi-media artist working with film, video and installation living and working in Norway. He is interested in exploring the increasingly porous boundaries between filmmaking, video games, and simulation. Hidden Conflicts is Jona's new short,
FILM
Andy Hughes' monumental Plastic Scoop examines the relationship between virtual environments and ecological issues though the filter of GTA V. Created using the Rockstar Editor, Plastic Coop mixes images from the videogame with found footage and archival moving image. The video opens with the soothing atmospheres of an ocean
EVENT
MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL 2020 March 2020 IULM University Via Carlo Bo 2, 20143 Milano, Italia WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE OUR OFFICIAL CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE THIRD EDITION OF THE MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL, SLATED FOR MARCH 2020. The third edition of the MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL will take place at
DOCUMENTARY
In his latest film, Jonas Odell examines the topic of computer game addition is the through a mix of documentary interviews and animation. In the guise of their game avatars three people tell us about their experience of gaming addiction. Jonas Odell (b. 1962) is a Swedish music video and
DOCUMENTARY
Paolo Santagostino's latest film - a documentary about legendary platform games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, starring the audacious Willy - will make its UK Premiere at Play Expo Manchester with Matthew Smith on May 4 2019. You can read an interview with Paolo here. Paolo Santagostino
CONCEPTUAL
THE SECOND EDITION OF THE MILAN MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL PROMISES UNCANNY VISIONS. The MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL returns to Milan on March 15 2019 during the Milano Digital Week. Featuring a selection of artworks created by artists appropriating, repurposing, and remixing commercial video games, the MMF includes short films and experimental
ARCHITECTURE
Anders Eklund, Gaming the Real World, 2016 Can games change the world? Today public spaces and entire cities are being designed, planned and played through the medium of games. The result of this “civic gamification” is that city architecture and urban planning is being democratized. Cities have become the ground
EVENT
IS THIS A GAME TO YOU? April 3 2019 British Film Institute BFI Southbank Belvedere Road South Bank London SE1 8XT, UK Curated by Matt Turner/Lost Futures Full program Counter-Charge (Alex Hovet | 2016 | USA |13’) She Puppet (Peggy Ahwesh | 2001 | USA | 15’) Post-Newtonianism (Josh Bricker | 2012 | USA | 6’) Modern
3D ANIMATION
DIGITAL CITIZEN - THE PRECARIOUS SUBJECT 24 January – 16 June 2019 Curated by Alessandro Vincentelli BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art S Shore Rd, Gateshead NE8 3BA Newcastle, England Featured artists: James Bridle/Alan Butler/Laura Grace Ford/ Peter Hanmer/Daniela Ortiz/Jonas Staal/Kate Stonehill/Petra Szemán/They Are Here/